2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election
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All 22 seats in the West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Last election 10 seats, 40.1% 8 seats, 33.6% 2 seats, 12.5%
Seats before 10 8 2
Seats after 9 12 0
Seat change Decrease1 Increase4 Decrease2
Popular vote 12,676 12,473 2,644
Percentage 42.6% 41.9% 8.9%
Swing Increase2.5% Increase8.3% Decrease3.6%
  Fourth party
 
Party West Dunbartonshire Community
Last election 1 seat, 7.8%
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady0
Popular vote 1,462
Percentage 4.9%
Swing Decrease2.9%
Council Leader before election

Jonathan McColl
SNP

Council Leader after election

Martin Rooney
Labour

The 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The SNP minority administration formed after the 2017 election was replaced with a new Labour majority administration.

2022 results

2022 West Dunbartonshire local election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 12 4 0 Increase4 54.5 41.9 12,473 Increase8.3
  SNP 9 0 1 Decrease1 40.9 42.6 12,676 Increase2.5
  West Dunbartonshire Community 1 0 0 Steady0 4.5 4.9 1,462 Decrease2.9
  Conservative 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 8.9 2,644 Decrease3.6
  Scottish Green 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 206 Increase0.4
  Scottish Family 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.4 121 New
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 73 New
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 0.2 51 Decrease5.1
  Libertarian 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 45 New
  Sovereignty 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 30 New

Ward results

Lomond

Lomond - 3 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Jonathan McColl (incumbent) 34.5 1,494        
Labour Martin Rooney (incumbent) 21.7 938 1,017.4 1,163.1    
Labour Hazel Sorrell 16.6 719 782.1 969.3 1,035.0 1,433.5
Conservative Sally Page (incumbent) 15.4 666 680.9 731.0 735.2  
West Dunbartonshire Community Drew MacEoghainn 11.8 509 620.7      
Electorate: 9,111   Valid: 4,326   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,082   Turnout: 48.3%  

Leven

Leven - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Ian Dickson (incumbent) 25.7 1,494            
Labour John Millar (incumbent) 18.7 1,089 1,095.2 1,101.2 1,116.8 1,184.3    
Labour Michelle McGinty 16.4 956 963.3 966.3 997.8 1,116.8 1,130.7 1,280.3
West Dunbartonshire Community Jim Bollan (incumbent) 16.4 953 972.2 988.4 1,047.1 1,136.1 1,138.2 1,500.6
SNP Ronnie McColl 11.2 653 913.3 917.3 1,007.6 1,017.3 1,017.9  
Conservative Matthew Dillon 7.2 420 421.1 432.1 439.3      
Scottish Green Paula Baker 3.5 206 226.5 231.7        
Independent Sian Wilkie 0.9 51 51.7          
Electorate: 13,820   Valid: 5,822   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,165   Turnout: 43.1%  

Dumbarton

Dumbarton - 4 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Karen Conoghan (incumbent) 33.8 2,171          
Labour David McBride (incumbent) 31.8 2,045          
Labour Gurpreet Singh Johal 14.5 950 987 1,546.5      
Conservative Brian Walker (incumbent) 9.4 601 602.9 642.4 682.5 686.5 696.4
SNP Chris Pollock 8.2 592 1,246.2 1,265.4 1,291.8 1,295.8 1,305.8
TUSC Lynda McEwan 1.1 73 86.9 99.9 123.0 127.7 137.4
Libertarian Johnathan Rainey 0.7 45 49.7 54.8 62.3 68.5  
Sovereignty Kelly Wilson 0.5 30 30.8 32.2 34.3    
Electorate: 13,336   Valid: 6,524   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,305   Turnout: 50.1%  

Kilpatrick

Kilpatrick - 3 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Douglas McAllister (incumbent) 49.1 1,903  
SNP Gordon Scanlan 25.4 986  
SNP Marina Scanlan 12.5 486 524.2
Labour Lawrence O'Neill (incumbent) 7.0 272 1,020.6
Conservative David Jardine 5.9 229 269.7
Electorate: 8,987   Valid: 4,059   Spoilt: 183   Quota: 970   Turnout: 45.2%  

Clydebank Central

Clydebank Central - 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Diane Docherty (incumbent) 41.0 1,903      
Labour Craig Edward 25.8 1,199      
Labour Claire Steel 13.9 645 717.7 900.7 1,137.8
SNP Sophie Traynor 11.1 531 1,367.8    
Conservative Liam Wilson 7.9 366 368.6 384.2 390.5
Electorate: 11,820   Valid: 4,848   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 929   Turnout: 41.0%  

Clydebank Waterfront

Clydebank Waterfront - 4 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP James McElhill 31.8 1,493          
Labour Daniel Lennie (incumbent) 25.9 1,217          
SNP Lauren Oxley 16.3 767 1,179.9        
Labour June McKay 11.5 540 571.5 811.4 822.1 868 1,093.5
Conservative Holly Moscrop 7.7 362 367.2 374.2 376.6 403.9  
SNP Jacob Toland 4.2 196 255.3 259.5 475.1 493.2 500.8
Scottish Family Brian Michael Lally 2.6 121 125.4 129.5 130.6    
Electorate: 11,537   Valid: 4,696   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 940   Turnout: 42.1%  

Aftermath

Labour won twelve seats, giving them the majority they needed to regain control of the council from the SNP, who had won control in 2017.[7] Martin Rooney was appointed Council Leader, with Michelle McGinty serving as his deputy.[8]

Labour councillor Craig Edward was suspended from the party after being charged with possession of indecent images, and now sits as an Independent.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report - Ward 1 - Lomond" (PDF). 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report - Ward 2 - Leven" (PDF). 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report - Ward 3 - Dumbarton" (PDF). 6 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report - Ward 4 - Kilpatrick" (PDF). 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report - Ward 5 - Clydebank Central" (PDF). 6 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report - Ward 6 - Clydebank Waterfront" (PDF). 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ Grant, Tom (6 May 2022). "Council elections 2022: Labour win West Dunbartonshire". Clydebank Post. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  8. ^ Clarke, Fraser (23 May 2022). "West Dunbartonshire Council's new Labour leader is named". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Ex Labour councillor facing indecent images charge now sits as independent". The National.
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