Table 8: 2012 Council Elections: First Preference Vote Share by Party

Council	Con	Lab	LibDem	SNP	Ind
Aberdeen	5,870	15,897	4,256	21,478
Aberdeenshire	15,139	4,903	11,807	41,317
Angus	13,828	7,238	3,021	32,807
Argyll and Bute	5,056	1,547	2,510	11,615
Clackmannannshire	1,778	6,308	306	8,575
Dumfries and Galloway	18,454	18,989	3,795	13,940
Dundee	5,712	11,640	2,543	26,257
East Ayrshire	4,435	16,432	0	23,087
East Dunbartionshire	8,603	13,806	4,844	14,571
East Lothian	6,609	13,944	2,260	15,756
East Renfrewshire	12,362	16,458	1,551	12,437
Edinburgh	34,216	46,158	23,055	57,965
Falkirk	0	606	91	2,221
Fife	5,470	18,256	132	26,950
Glasgow	10,493	43,151	16,348	55,910
Highland	11,978	80,959	7,119	71,009
Inverclyde	6,071	11,501	10,652	26,455
Midlothian	1,993	13,219	2,658	10,642
Moray	2,751	14,016	3,302	16,745
Na h-Eileanan an lar	2,442	2,375	218	12,923	*
North Ayshire	5,090	16,354	736	24,525
North Lanarkshire	5,120	46,186	509	44,913
Orkney Islands	29	0	0	0	*
Perth and Kinross	13,414	4,585	5,348	25,352
Renfrewshire	7,140	25,023	2,876	35,362
Scottish Borders	13,509	1,245	8,674	13,855
Shetland Islands	54	0	205	0
South Ayrshire	16,456	11,320	0	17,418
South Lanarkshire	12,059	45,974	1,677	51,070
Stirling	6,554	9,740	1,468	14,344
West Dunbartonshire	2,034	14,107	0	15,466
West Lothian	4,695	24,899	1,270	32,225
Scotland Total	259,414	556,836	123,231	777,190

**Independent victory predicted in Na h-Eileanan an lar and Orkney due to 2007 support retention**