Before (end of 2011) (20 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 7 · Labour 7 · SNP 3 · Other 2 · Liberal Democrats 1
After (end of 2012) (20 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 8 · Conservative 6 · SNP 4 · Other 2 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
Barrhead4 seats
| Danny Devlin | Independent | 1,741 ✓ |
| Betty Cunningham | Labour | 1,417 ✓ |
| Tommy Reilly | SNP | 716 ✓ |
| Douglas Yates | SNP | 716 |
| Kenny Hay | Labour | 629 ✓ |
| Edward Phillips | Independent | 429 |
| Tariq Parvez | Conservative | 344 |
| Sarah Louise Hemy | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 56 |
| Alan Lafferty | Labour | 1,763 ✓ |
| Stewart Miller | Conservative | 1,223 ✓ |
| Alastair Carmichael | SNP | 1,165 ✓ |
| Alec White | Conservative | 879 |
| George Kennedy | Independent | 213 |
| Ritchie Adam | Liberal Democrats | 150 |
Giffnock and Thornliebank3 seats
| Jim Fletcher | Labour | 1,935 ✓ |
| Gordon Wallace | Conservative | 1,163 ✓ |
| Vincent Waters | SNP | 1,083 ✓ |
| Hugh Moore | Independent | 645 |
| Alex Mackie | Liberal Democrats | 620 |
| Charlie Gilbert | Conservative | 1,417 ✓ |
| Elaine Green | Labour | 1,099 ✓ |
| Tony Buchanan | SNP | 1,052 ✓ |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | 1,038 ✓ |
| Leslie Rosin | Conservative | 640 |
| Grace McCarthy | Green | 278 |
| Francis Rankin | SNP | 249 |
| Roy Provan | Liberal Democrats | 152 |
| Graham Williamson | Independent | 142 |
| Mary Montague | Labour | 1,528 ✓ |
| Ralph Robertson | Independent | 1,493 ✓ |
| Gordon McCaskill | Conservative | 1,052 ✓ |
| Irene Anderson | SNP | 933 |
| Gordon Cochrane | Liberal Democrats | 124 |
Newton Mearns South3 seats
| Jim Swift | Conservative | 1,448 ✓ |
| Barbara Grant | Conservative | 1,101 ✓ |
| Ian McAlpine | Labour | 819 ✓ |
| Frank Angell | SNP | 607 |
| Alistair Haw | Conservative | 490 |
| Bryson McNeil | Independent | 243 |
| Anna McCurley | Liberal Democrats | 82 |