# 2012 Inverclyde Council election

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 20 Councillors being elected in total.
The election saw Labour Councillors remain the largest party as they gained 1 additional seat to hold half the seats on the Council. The Scottish National Party also increased their representation by 1 seat and remained in second place on the authority. The Scottish Liberal Democrats remained in third place but lost half of their seats, falling from 4 seats to 2. The Independent and Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their solitary seats on the authority.
Following the election the Labour Party again formed a minority administration this time with the support of the Independent and the Conservative Party Councillors.

## Results

2012 Inverclyde Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 44.2 | 11,542 | 6.3 |
| SNP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 25.4 | 6,636 | 3.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 2,063 | 12.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 5.0 | 11.4 | 2,986 | 0.7 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 5.0 | 10.1 | 2,635 | 1.2 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.9 | 227 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

## Ward results
### Inverclyde East

* 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
* 2012: 2xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
* 2007-2012: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem
Inverclyde East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Stephen McCabe (incumbent) | 28.7 | 1,607 | |
| | Conservative | David Wilson (incumbent) | 25.8 | 1,447 | |
| | SNP | Jim MacLeod (incumbent) | 25.4 | 1,426 | |
| | Labour | James McColgan | 14.5 | 812 | 1,233.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Watson | 5.6 | 313 | 332.9 |
| Electorate: 12,770 Valid: 5,605 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,122 Turnout: 5,725 (44.83%) ||||||

### Inverclyde East Central

* 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
* 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
* 2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Michael McCormick (incumbent) | 42.4 | 1,689 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Grieve (incumbent) | 22.3 | 890 | 925.6 | 945.9 | 953.2 | 1,003.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Moran (incumbent) | 14.5 | 612 | 1,134.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Drew McKenzie | 14.5 | 592 | 638.7 | 685.6 | 702.3 | 741.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns | 2.7 | 106 | 117.1 | 125.8 | 136.9 | |
| | Conservative | Harry Osborn | 2.5 | 96 | 98.5 | 100.7 | | |
| Electorate: 10,222 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 997 Turnout: 4,102 (40.13%) |||||||||

### Inverclyde North

* 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
* 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
* 2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Martin Brennan | 33.8 | 1,804 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Clocherty (incumbent) | 16.2 | 863 | 1,419.8 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Math Campbell-Sturgess | 16.0 | 854 | 889.1 | 928.4 | 954.1 | 1,334.3 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenny Shepherd | 11.8 | 628 | 651.3 | 684.6 | 755.7 | 794.4 | 853.9 | 1,177.8 |
| | Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 9.5 | 508 | 525.9 | 539.4 | 573.1 | 583.6 | 611.2 | |
| | SNP | Alex De Ruyter | 8.4 | 449 | 462.9 | 476.7 | 500.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Charles McCallum (incumbent) | 4.1 | 224 | 237.9 | 288.6 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,222 Valid: 5,330 Spoilt: 192 Quota: 1067 Turnout: 5,492 (45.22%) |||||||||||

### Inverclyde South

* 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
* 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
* 2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Joe McIlwee (incumbent) | 41.3 | 1,392 | |
| | SNP | Keith Brooks (incumbent) | 29.8 | 1,004 | |
| | Labour | Vaughan Jones† | 17.5 | 589 | 1,025.9 |
| | Independent | Don Shearer | 4.7 | 157 | 187.8 |
| | Conservative | Bill Crawford | 3.4 | 114 | 117.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Diamond | 3.0 | 111 | 122.5 |
| Electorate: 8,390 Valid: 3,367 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 842 Turnout: 3,435 (40.94%) ||||||

### Inverclyde West

* 2007: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
* 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLab; 1xSNP
* 2007-2012: SNP gain from Lib Dem
Inverclyde West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent) | 44.8 | 1,951 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Terry Loughran (incumbent) | 22.5 | 991 | 1,157.9 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Christopher McEleny | 12.2 | 541 | 649.2 | 657.3 | 682.7 | 982.4 | 1,010.3 | 1,129.2 |
| | SNP | Ralph Roberts | 6.8 | 301 | 359 | 361.9 | 368.8 | | | |
| | Conservative | Iain D. MacLeod | 5.7 | 253 | 331.2 | 333.9 | 383.9 | 394.7 | | |
| | Liberal | George White (incumbent) | 5.1 | 227 | 383.5 | 393.2 | 463.1 | 482.6 | 604.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Anderson | 3.3 | 146 | 207.7 | 212 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,642 Valid: 4,410 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 4,456 (51.56%) |||||||||||

### Inverclyde South West

* 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
* 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
* 2007-2012: No change
Inverclyde South West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Gerry Dorrian (incumbent) | 22.6 | 768 | 779 | 789 | 792 | 829.2 | 873.7 |
| | SNP | Innes Nelson (incumbent) | 22.6 | 766 | 772 | 801 | 804.3 | 1,117.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent) | 22.4 | 759 | 764 | 865 | | | |
| | Labour | Colin Jackson | 12.2 | 415 | 419 | 430 | 432.1 | 443.3 | 471.5 |
| | SNP | John Crowther | 11.9 | 405 | 413 | 418 | 419.5 | | |
| | Conservative | Duncan Simpson | 6.4 | 217 | 229 | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Patrick Glancy Campbell | 1.8 | 62 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,666 Valid: 3,392 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 849 Turnout: 3,451 (39.82%) ||||||||||