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The 2022 Inverclyde Council elections took place on 5 May 2022, [1] as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local authorities were up for election. The election used the 7 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, last changed in 2017, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. [2]
At the previous election in 2017, the Labour Party won the most seats and formed a minority administration. The same happened at this election in 2022, with Stephen McCabe continuing as leader of the council after the election.
Ward | Party | Retiring councillor | |
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Inverclyde West | Independent | Ronald Ahlfeld | |
Inverclyde North | Labour | Martin Brennan | |
Inverclyde South West | Labour | Gerry Dorrian | |
Inverclyde South West | Liberal Democrats | Ciano Rebecchi |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.9 | 32.5 | 7,491 | 5.6 | |
SNP | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36.4 | 37.7 | 8,694 | 4.9 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 3,455 | 1.7 | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 2,372 | 7.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 734 | 2.7 | |
Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 342 | New |
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 5 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of council.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
SNP | Christopher Curley (incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Labour | Stephen McCabe (incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Conservative | David Wilson (incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Quota: |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | Robert Moran (incumbent) | 31.5 | 1,016 | |||||
SNP | Kirsty Law | 22.3 | 720 | 738.51 | 747.75 | 761.36 | 1,301.91 | |
SNP | Jim MacLeod (incumbent) | 19.6 | 633 | 657.48 | 669.92 | 682.56 | ||
Independent | Drew McKenzie (incumbent) | 16.8 | 543 | 603.48 | 615.18 | 718.08 | 843.69 | |
Conservative | James Kelly | 8.6 | 277 | 296.95 | 300.46 | |||
Alba | Louise Williams | 1.2 | 38 | 45.82 | ||||
Electorate: 8,065 Valid: 3,269 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 807 Turnout: 40.9% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Pam Armstrong | 34.2 | 968 | |||||
Labour | Michael McCormick (incumbent) | 26.6 | 753 | |||||
Labour | Colin Jackson (incumbent) | 21.2 | 599 | 617.26 | 651.09 | 675.42 | 782.88 | |
SNP | Agnes McAuley | 8.2 | 231 | 450.44 | 452.03 | 509.05 | 516.11 | |
Conservative | Ian Bryson | 6.0 | 169 | 170.07 | 171.09 | 176.36 | ||
Alba | Jim McEleny (incumbent) | 3.8 | 108 | 115.79 | 117.82 | |||
Electorate: 7,787 Valid: 2,828 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 708 Turnout: 2,936 (37.7%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Labour | Francesca Brennan | 25.5 | 1,284 | ||||||||
SNP | Elizabeth Robertson (incumbent) | 22.3 | 1,122 | ||||||||
Conservative | Graeme Brooks (incumbent) | 15.1 | 761 | 787.77 | 789.08 | 791.4 | 800.40 | 886.52 | 995.77 | 1,018 | |
SNP | Jenn Scott-McClafferty | 12.0 | 606 | 615.64 | 713.63 | 738.14 | 744.36 | 766.40 | 826.21 | ||
Labour | Jim Clocherty (incumbent) | 10.4 | 526 | 716.4 | 719.52 | 728.94 | 733.46 | 799.36 | 862.95 | 1,138.36 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacci Stoyle | 6.2 | 312 | 323.34 | 325.06 | 330.06 | 336.92 | ||||
Independent | Gillian Maxwell | 5.7 | 285 | 295.92 | 298.94 | 309.57 | 347.98 | ||||
Independent | John Davidson * | 1.5 | 75 | 77.1 | 78.51 | 85.82 | |||||
Alba | Philomena Donnachie | 1.4 | 70 | 71.5 | 73.32 | 74.3 | |||||
Electorate: 10,353 Valid: 5,041 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,009 Turnout: 5,169 (49.9%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Independent | Lynne Quinn (incumbent) | 30.2 | 1,440 | |
SNP | Sandra Reynolds | 26.6 | 1,271 | |
Labour | Martin McCluskey | 26.1 | 1,247 | |
Conservative | Ted Runciman | 9.5 | 453 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Burleigh | 3.6 | 171 | |
Alba | Christopher McEleny (incumbent) | 2.6 | 126 | |
Independent | William Wilson | 1.4 | 66 | |
Electorate: 8,773 Valid: 4,774 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 4,804 (54.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | James Daisley | 29.7 | 1,206 | ||||||
Labour | Paul Cassidy | 28.9 | 1,175 | ||||||
SNP | Innes Nelson (incumbent) | 14.9 | 606 | 755.66 | 774.88 | 815.79 | 925.97 | 1,057.69 | |
Conservative | Lisa Dallas | 12.5 | 507 | 510.15 | 540.6 | 632.83 | 727.67 | ||
Independent | Paul Travers | 7.8 | 316 | 326.56 | 343.87 | 411.97 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Higgins | 6.2 | 251 | 259.82 | 306.77 | ||||
Electorate: 9,531 Valid: 4,061 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 4,120 (43.2%.) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | John Crowther (incumbent) | 30.8 | 972 | ||||
Labour | Natasha McGuire (incumbent, (elected in 2017 as Natasha Murphy)) | 28.2 | 891 | ||||
Independent | Tommy McVey (incumbent) | 23.1 | 730 | 743.12 | 777.91 | 915.99 | |
SNP | Irene McLeod | 11.4 | 359 | 506.55 | 521.51 | 528.05 | |
Conservative | Georgina Halfnight | 6.5 | 205 | 207.25 | 220.06 | ||
Electorate: 7,877 Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 790 Turnout: 3,219 (40.9%) |
On 17 May 2022, Labour announced that it had secured enough support from independent councillors to form a new minority administration. Council Leader Stephen McCabe said: "I am delighted that after a week of discussions and negotiations with the other groups on the council I have been able to secure sufficient cross-group support for Inverclyde Labour to lead the next administration." [3] Also, as part of the deal, Drew McKenzie became Inverclyde Council's first Independent Provost, with all previous Provosts being either Labour or Lib Dem councillors. [4]
On the 3 September 2024, Martin McCluskey announced that he was resigning from his Inverclyde West seat as he had become an MP. A by-election date is yet to be set. [5]
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