| Election Name: | 2012 North Ayrshire Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 North Ayrshire Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2017 North Ayrshire Council election |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Image1: | SNP |
| Leader1: | William Gibson |
| Party1: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Saltcoats and Stevenston |
| Seats Before1: | 8 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,623 |
| Percentage1: | 35.6% |
| Swing1: | 6.1 |
| Leader2: | David O'Neill |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Irvine West |
| Seats Before2: | 12 |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,906 |
| Percentage2: | 31.4% |
| Swing2: | 1.0 |
| Image3: | Ind |
| Leader3: | Jean Highgate |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Kilbirnie and Beith |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,808 |
| Percentage3: | 19.0% |
| Swing3: | 2.1 |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | David O'Neill (Labour) |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Election: | William Gibson (SNP) |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2012 North Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. 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 30 Councillors being elected.
The election saw the Scottish National Party make further advances by gaining four seats to become the largest party on the Council while also increasing their vote share significantly. Labour lost one seat to become the second-largest party on the Council. Independents gained a seat to have a total of six members. The Conservatives lost two-thirds of their former seats, while the Liberal Democrats were wiped out, losing both their seats.
Following the election, the SNP formed a minority administration on the Council. This replaced the previous Labour minority administration which existed from 2007 to 2012. This was also the first time Labour had not been part of the administration on the council for over 30 years.
Source: [1]
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.
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives.
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats.
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Robert Steel gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.
Labour (2), the SNP (1) and independent councillor Ronnie McNicol retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
The SNP, Labour and independent councillor John Hunter retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from former independent councillor Margie Currie.
Independent councillor Elizabeth McLardy retained the seat she had won at the previous election while the SNP and independent councillor Robert Barr each gained a seat from Labour and the Conservatives. In 2007, Cllr Barr had been elected as a Conservative candidate but later left the party.
The SNP, Labour and independent councillor Jean Highgate retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.