West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2012

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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Martin Rooney	Jonathan McColl
Party	Labour	SNP
Leader's seat	Lomond	Lomond
Last election	10 seats, 45.5%	9 seats, 40.9%
Seats before	8	9
Seats won	12	6
Seat change	2	3

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	George Black	Jim Bollan
Party	Independent	Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat	Dumbarton	Leven
Last election	2 seats, 9.1%	1 seat, 4.6%
Seats before	3	1
Seats won	3	1
Seat change	1	-

Composition of the council after the election

Council Leader before election

Ronnie McColl defeated
SNP

Council Leader after election

Martin Rooney
Labour

Ronnie McColl defeated
SNP

Martin Rooney
Labour

Elections to West Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The election saw the Scottish Labour Party gain 2 seats to secure an overall majority on the Council while also significantly increasing their vote. The Scottish National Party remained in second place on the Council but West Dunbartonshire proved to be their worst performance in Scotland as they lost 3 seats including that of their former Council leader, Ronnie McColl. Independents increased their seat numbers to 3 through the addition of former Labour Councillor and the Scottish Socialist Party retained their sole seat in Scotland.

Following the election the Labour majority administration was formed. This replaced the previous SNP minority led administration which had been supported by the Independents that had existed from 2007-2012.

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.

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