2012 Dundee City Council election

Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight 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 29 Councillors elected.

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections
2012 Dundee City Council election
3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 29 seats to Dundee City Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ken Guild Kevin Keenan Derek Scott
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat The Ferry Strathmartine The Ferry
Last election 13 seats, 44.8% 10 seats, 34.5% 3 seats, 10.3%
Seats before 13 10 3
Seats won 16 10 1
Seats after 10
Seat change 3 0 2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Fraser Macpherson Ian Borthwick
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat West End Strathmartine
Last election 2 seats, 6.9% 1 seat, 3.5%
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 -
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Ken Guild
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Ken Guild
SNP

After the 2007 Election a Labour-Lib Dem Coalition was formed. This administration subsequently collapsed in 2009 as a result of a by-election loss, and an SNP minority administration was formed.

The 2012 election saw the Scottish National Party gain 3 seats and secure an overall majority on the Council. The Scottish Labour Party retained their 10 seats on the Council while both the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to a single Councillor. There also remains a single Independent.

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