2022 Midlothian Council election
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All 18 seats to Midlothian Council
10 seats needed for a majority
Registered75,636
Turnout42.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kelly Parry Lawrence Fitzpatrick
Party SNP Labour
Leader's seat Midlothian West Bonnyrigg
Last election 6 seats, 37.3% 7 seats, 29.0%
Seats before 7 6
Seats after 8 7
Seat change Increase2 Steady0
  Third party
 
Leader Damian Timson
Party Conservative
Leader's seat Midlothian East
Last election 5 seats, 23.2%
Seats before 5
Seats after 3
Seat change Decrease2
Council Leader before election

Derek Milligan
Labour

Council Leader after election

Kelly Parry
SNP

The 2022 Midlothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected three members, using the STV electoral system.[1]

For the first time, the Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party on the council with eight seats, with Scottish Labour winning seven and the Scottish Conservatives three.[2]

Results

2022 Midlothian Council election[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 8 2 0 Increase2 44.44 37.6 11,844 (({plus/minus))}
  Labour 7 0 0 Steady0 38.89 33.5 10,575 (({plus/minus))}
  Conservative 3 0 2 Decrease2 16.67 16.7 5,270 (({plus/minus))}
  Scottish Green 0 0 0 Steady0 0.00 5.27 2,542 (({plus/minus))}
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady0 0.00 4.78 1,025 (({plus/minus))}
  Alba 0 0 0 Steady0 0.00 0.7 220 (({plus/minus))}
  Libertarian 0 0 0 Steady0 0.00 0.2 58 (({plus/minus))}

Wards

Penicuik

Penicuik - 3 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Debbi McCall (incumbent) 31.80 1,639            
Labour Willie McEwan 23.90 1,234 1,261.76 1,268.97 1,418.90      
Conservative Richard Thomson 17.70 912 917.12 923.12 1,003.12 1,037.30 1,073.01  
SNP Connor McManus 11.43 589 857.42 869.06 889.34 904.96 1,159.25 1,276.17
Scottish Green Helen Armstrong 7.43 383 409.27 416.27 482.19 508.33    
Liberal Democrats Ken Brown 6.81 351 356.98 364.98        
Alba George Boyd 0.83 46 46.85          
Electorate: 11,133   Valid: 5,154   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,289   Turnout: 5,242 (47.1%)  

Bonnyrigg

Bonnyrigg - 3 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Derek Milligan (incumbent) 40.36 2,428      
SNP Dianne Alexander 35.19 2,117      
Conservative David Virgo 23.52 1,415 1,299.0 1,323.87 1,720.07
Scottish Green Daya Feldwick 7.63 459 735.74 1,155.49  
Electorate: 14,239   Valid: 6,016   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,505   Turnout: 6,073 (48.5%)  

Dalkeith

Dalkeith - 3 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Stephen Curran (incumbent) 27.00 1,163          
SNP Colin Cassidy (incumbent) 23.50 1,012 1,017.92 1,035.92 1,133.21    
Labour Margot Russell (incumbent) 18.58 800 881.14 894.36 953 956.86 1,199.24
SNP Karen Green 11.63 501 503.29 508.29 602.51 648.35 663.57
Conservative Mark Wells 10.66 459 462.77 464.77 482.77 483.42  
Scottish Green Marion Black 6.90 299 301.29 311.37      
Alba Jamie Bryant 1.60 56 56.37        
Electorate: 11,594   Valid: 4,306   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,077   Turnout: 4,423 (38.1%)  

Midlothian West

Midlothian West - 3 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Russell Imrie (incumbent) 26.70 1,645          
SNP Pat Kenny 18.65 1,149 1,158.29 1,176.36 1,206.94 1,370.59  
Conservative Pauline Winchester (incumbent) 18.57 1,144 1,161.7 1,167.89 1,323.75 1,386.98 1,397.23
SNP Kelly Parry (incumbent) 18.27 1,126 1,131.56 1,143.56 1,159.52 1,449.55 2,643.65
Scottish Green Jill Simon 10.13 624 636.77 649.22 773.32    
Liberal Democrats Richard Chandler 6.49 400 431.1 441.18      
Alba Andrew Coventry 1.20 74 76.09        
Electorate: 13,917   Valid: 6,162   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,541   Turnout: 6,267 (45%)  

Midlothian East

Midlothian East - 3 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Bryan Pottinger 29.81 1,473        
Conservative Peter Smaill (incumbent) 22.38 1,106 1,153.30 1,255.71    
SNP Stuart McKenzie (incumbent) 21.15 1,045 1,060.93 1,079.79 1,080.28 1,254.15
SNP Ann Montague 12.46 616 634.34 657.59 658.26 805.99
Scottish Green Bill Kerr-Smith 8.66 428 456.16 575.88 578.78  
Liberal Democrats Jenny Marr 5.54 274 336.91      
Electorate: 12,229   Valid: 4,942   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 1,236   Turnout: 5,000 (40.9%)  

Midlothian South

Midlothian South - 3 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Kelly Drummond (incumbent) 25.09 1,243            
SNP Ellen Scott 21.09 1,045 1,045.09 1,051.09 1,053.09 1,185.1 1,206.12 1,345.55
SNP Douglas Bowen 20.29 1,005 1,005.13 1,013.13 1,018.13 1,072.13 1,097.13 1,223.54
Conservative Robin Stenhouse 12.86 637 637.10 642.1 658.11 678.11    
Labour Hazel Flanagan 11.57 573 576.46 579.47 588.07 680.50 999.59  
Scottish Green Malcolm Spaven 7.04 349 349.06 356.06 370.06      
Libertarian Daniel Fraser 1.17 58 58 63        
Alba Christopher Hampton 0.88 44 44          
Electorate: 12,524   Valid: 4,954   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,239   Turnout: 5,074 (40.5%)  

Aftermath

On 24 May, the SNP group announced that it had secured support to run a minority administration in Midlothian.[10] Kelly Parry was elected leader of the council with Debbi McCall serving as provost.[11]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Map showing the_Wards within the Midlothian Area
  2. ^ Sharp, Marie (7 May 2022). "SNP take most seats in Midlothian". Midlothian View. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Midlothian result - Scottish Council Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ^ Cochrane, Lynn. "Local Government Election 2022". www.midlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 2 Bonnyrigg". midlothian.gov.uk.
  6. ^ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report - Ward 3 Dalkeith". midlothian.gov.uk.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 4 Midlothian" (PDF). midlothian.gov.uk.
  8. ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 5 Midlothian East". midlothian.gov.uk.
  9. ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 6 Midlothian South". midlothian.gov.uk.
  10. ^ Morrison, Hamish (24 May 2022). "Midlothian Council: SNP take control after 'Better Together' deal". The National. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  11. ^ Bowen, Phil (24 May 2022). "Midlothian's new Provost and Council Leader elected". Midlothian View. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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