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词条 2012 Scottish local elections
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  1. Background

     New eCounting system 

  2. Party performance

  3. Aftermath

  4. Results

     Analysis 

  5. Councils

  6. Further reading

  7. Notes

  8. References

{{Infobox Election
| election_name = Scottish local elections, 2012
| country = Scotland
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Scottish local elections, 2007
| previous_year = 2007
| next_election = Scottish local elections, 2017
| next_year = 2017
| seats_for_election = All 1,223 seats to 32 Scottish councils
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|05|03}}
| turnout = 39.6% ({{decrease}}13.2%)[1]
| 1blank ={{nowrap|First preferences}}
| 2blank = {{nowrap|First preferences (%)}}
| 3blank = Swing (pp)
| image1 =
| leader1 = Alex Salmond
| leader_since1 = 3 September 2004
| party1 = Scottish National Party
| last_election1 = 363 seats, 27.9%
| seats1 = 425
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}62
| 1data1 = 503,233
| 2data1 = 32.33%
| 3data1 = {{increase}}4.48%
| image2 =
| leader2 = Johann Lamont
| leader_since2 = 17 December 2011
| party2 = Scottish Labour Party
| last_election2 = {{nowrap|348 seats, 28.1%}}
| seats2 = 394
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}46
| 1data2 = 488,703
| 2data2 = 31.39%
| 3data2 = {{increase}}3.26%
|image4 =
|leader4 = Ruth Davidson
|leader_since4 ={{nowrap| 4 November 2011}}
|party4= Scottish Conservative Party
|last_election4 = {{nowrap|143 seats, 15.6%}}
|seats4 = 115
|seat_change4 = {{decrease}}28
|1data4 = 206,599
|2data4 = 13.27%
|3data4 = {{decrease}}2.35%
|image5 =
|leader5 = Willie Rennie
|leader_since5 = 17 May 2011
|party5 = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|last_election5 = 166 seats, 12.7%
|seats5 = 71
|seat_change5 = {{decrease}}95
|1data5 = 103,087
|2data5 = 6.62%
|3data5 = {{decrease}}6.05%
|map_image = Scottish local elections 2012.svg
|map_size =200px
|map_caption = Colours denote the winning party with outright control
|map2_image = Scottish local elections 2012 (largest party).svg|
|map2_size = 200px
|map2_caption = Colours denote the party with the most seats
|map3_image = Scottish local elections, 2012 (Ward results).svg
|map3_size = 250px
|map3_caption = Colours denote the party with largest share of first preference votes by ward
}}

The 2012 Scottish local elections, were held on 3 May, in all 32 local authorities. The Scottish National Party (SNP) overtook Labour to win the highest share of the vote, and retained and strengthened its position as the party with most councillors. Labour also made gains, while the Liberal Democrats experienced meltdown, falling behind the Conservatives. For the first time since the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system, the SNP won majority control of 2 councils, from no overall control. Labour also won majority control of 2 councils from no overall control, while retaining majority control over 2 councils.

Independent councillors retained majority control over the 3 island councils. The 23 other councils remained under no overall control.

Background

The election was due to be held on 5 May 2011, but Scottish Ministers heeded the advice of the Gould Report and split the Holyrood and local elections - in order to avoid a repeat of the 2007 fiasco. These local elections were the second since the Single Transferable Vote (STV) was first introduced for the 2007 local government elections. This election was the first since the SNP won a majority in the Scottish Parliament. They were also the first local elections in Scotland since 1995 not to take place at the same time as a Scottish parliamentary election.

New eCounting system

In October 2010 a new company - Logica was awarded the contract for the vote counting system for the 2012 council elections, and since January 2011 testing has been under way to sort out many issues. On the 5 August 2011, A Dummy election was set up in Perth to test out new "eCounting" system, as part of robust test, in which 160,000 ballot papers run through the machine. This forms third stage of rigorous testing of the system in partition of these elections.[2]

Party performance

Both the SNP and Labour performed well, increasing both share of the vote and their numbers of councillors. The SNP gained control of two councils from No Overall Control: Angus and Dundee. Labour gained majority control over two councils, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire, also from No Overall Control, and held on to their overall majority in both Glasgow and North Lanarkshire councils. The Conservative & Unionist Party lost significant ground, but did gain a seat in Argyll & Bute and managed to come third.

The Liberal Democrats continued to experience a political meltdown following on from the previous year's Scottish elections, losing 57% of their councillors. In one Edinburgh ward, Pentland Hills, Mike 'Professor Pongoo' Ferrigan who intended to dressed as a penguin to council meetings received 444 first-preference votes, 74 more than the Liberal Democrat candidate, Stuart Bridges, and 122 more than the Green Party candidate.[3] In Edinburgh, where the Liberal Democrats had previously been in a ruling coalition with the SNP, they lost 13 of their 16 seats. In the Fife Council ward of 'Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages', the party's candidate, Lois Lothian, received just 21 votes.

The Scottish Greens boosted their councillor numbers from 8 to 14, including doubling their representation in Edinburgh (where they topped the poll in two wards for the first time) and electing councillors for the first time to Stirling, Midlothian and Aberdeenshire local authorities (note: Cllr Martin Ford, re-elected in 2012 as a Green, won in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat).

The Scottish Socialist Party held its sole seat, that of Jim Bollan in West Dunbartonshire. Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party lost its sole councillor in Scotland on Fife Council. Independent councillors retained majority control over the three island councils (Na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkney and Shetland).

Aftermath

Talks took place to decide who would control of the 23 remaining councils [4] This resulted in Labour taking control of Fife, East and West Lothian, Inverclyde and South Lanarkshire and forming a grand coalition with the SNP in the City of Edinburgh and an anti-Conservative alliance in East Renfrewshire.

The SNP took control of Clackmannanshire, North Ayrshire and Perth and Kinross and became the largest party in controlling coalitions in Argyll and Bute, Highland, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and East Ayrshire. They also joined the Scottish Conservatives in a coalition arrangement in Dumfries and Galloway.

Results

Results to follow: {{Scottish council elections, 2012}}

Note: The net gain/loss and percentage change in number of votes relates to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This differs from the table in the reference above [5] which shows gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Analysis

{{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}{{Party name with colour|Scottish Green Party}}{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}{{Party name with colour no link|Other}}
Curtice|2012|p=22}}
PartyTotal electedElected on 1st prefs
Total%% (2007)
115 46 40.040.6
394 199 50.537.4
71 20 28.221.7
425 185 43.556.5
14 1 7.1
200 79 39.531.6
4 2 50.014.3
Totals 1,223 532 43.539.7
{{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}{{Party name with colour|Scottish Green Party}}
the first terminal transfer of a major party candidate in a ward, where all of the other parties still had a candidate in the count}}{{sfn|Curtice|2012|pp=15-16}}
Transferred from% non-transferable% transferred to
ConLabLDSNP Ind/Other
33.6 8.0 32.4 8.3 17.6
47.8 5.8 13.2 16.5 16.7
23.1 21.8 20.4 15.5 19.3
44.2 6.0 18.1 14.1 17.8
20.4 5.1 19.2 19.9 18.3 17.0

Councils

Council2007 Result: Largest party (Parties in control)Control before election
(Change in control since May 2007, if different)
2012 Result: Largest party (Parties in control)Details
Aberdeen City{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} (LD + SNP)NOC (SNP + LD){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + Con + Ind)Details
Aberdeenshire{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} (LD + Con){{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (Con + LD + Ind)Details
Angus{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (Ind + Con + LD + Lab){{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}Details
Argyll and Bute{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} (Ind + SNP)NOC (Independent minority){{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} (Ind + SNP)Details
Clackmannanshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)NOC (SNP minority){{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (SNP minority)Details
Dumfries and Galloway{{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}} (LD + SNP){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)Details
Dundee City{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (Lab + LD)NOC (SNP minority){{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}Details
East Ayrshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (SNP minority)(SNP + Con){{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (SNP + Con)Details
East Dunbartonshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (Lab + Con){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + LD + Con)Details
East Lothian{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (SNP + LD){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + Con)Details
East Renfrewshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}} (Lab + Con + Ind + LD)NOC (Lab + SNP + Ind + LD){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + SNP + Ind)Details
City of Edinburgh{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} (LD + SNP){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + SNP)Details
Falkirk{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + Ind + Con){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + Con + Ind)Details
Fife{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (LD + SNP){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)Details
Glasgow City{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} NOC (Lab minority){{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}Details
Highland{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} (Ind + SNP)}NOC (Ind + LD + Lab){{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} (SNP + LD + Lab)Details
Inverclyde{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)Details
Midlothian{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority) Labour{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (SNP + Green + Ind)Details
Moray{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} (Ind + Con){{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (Ind + Con)Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}Details
North Ayrshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority){{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (SNP minority)Details
North Lanarkshire{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} Labour{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}Details
Orkney{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}Details
Perth and Kinross{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (SNP + LD){{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (SNP minority)Details
Renfrewshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (SNP + LD){{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}Details
Scottish Borders{{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}} (Con + LD + Ind){{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}} (SNP + Ind + LD)Details
Shetland{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}Details
South Ayrshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}} (Con + Lab + Ind){{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}} (Con + Lab + Ind)Details
South Lanarkshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab + LD + Con){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)Details
Stirling{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)NOC (SNP minority){{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}} (Lab + Con)Details
West Dunbartonshire{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (SNP + Ind){{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}Details
West Lothian{{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (SNP + Ind){{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}} (Lab minority)Details

Name of party shows the largest group within each council. However, the party names in brackets identify members of a coalition leading the council. In some cases, the largest party is shown, but is not in charge of the council.

Further reading

  • {{cite web|url= http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/sites/default/files/2012-Scottish-Local-Government-Elections.pdf|title= 2012 Scottish Local Government Elections|last1= Curtice|first1= John|last2= |first2= |date= 2012|publisher= Electoral Reform Society|ref= harv|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150915220715/http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/sites/default/files/2012-Scottish-Local-Government-Elections.pdf|archivedate= 2015-09-15|df= }}

Complete results and vote data files for all wards in Scotland, with figures illustrating the count process, are available at http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~denis/stv_elections/SC2012/

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

1. ^p.11
2. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14418769 |publisher=BBC News |date=5 August 2011 |title='Dummy election' for electronic vote counting machine}}
3. ^ 
4. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-17967667 | work=BBC News | title=Scottish council election: Council control talks get under way | date=5 May 2012}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=BBC News- Vote 2012 - Scottish Council Results|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/scotland.stm}}
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