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2022 Elections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the other Scottish local elections.
The Scottish Greens won their first ever seat on the council. [1]
Following the election, an administration was formed with the Conservatives and Independent Councillors Caroline Cochrane, Stuart Marshall, and Watson McAteer.
Conservative Councillors Euan Jardine from Galashiels & District, and Scott Hamilton from Jedburgh & District, were elected as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council respectively. [2] [3] Independent Councillor Watson McAteer was elected as Convener. [2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41.2 | 31.0 | 13,992 | 10.6 | |
SNP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 21.0 | 9,475 | 0.4 | |
Independent | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.6 | 24.2 | 10,912 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.82 | 9.8 | 4,416 | 1.6 | |
Scottish Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 8.0 | 3,627 | 5.8 | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 2,345 | 3.4 | |
Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 179 | New | |
Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 53 | New | |
Vanguard Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 74 | New | |
Scottish Eco Federalist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.05 | 24 | 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 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Source: [4]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Viv Thomson | 26.2 | 1,266 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Drummond Begg | 22.8 | 1,100 | 1,107.8 | 1,257.6 | |||
Conservative | Eric Small | 18.5 | 893 | 894.3 | 915.4 | 926.6 | 1,338.5 | |
Scottish Green | Dominic Ashmole | 16.4 | 792 | 829.3 | 905.3 | 926.8 | 947.3 | |
Conservative | John Smith | 9.7 | 466 | 466.4 | 472.4 | 476.2 | ||
Labour | Julia Reid | 6.5 | 312 | 316.4 | ||||
Electorate: 8,517 Valid: 4,829 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 57.4% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Marshall Douglas | 30.3 | 1,485 | |||||
Conservative | Julie Pirone | 22.5 | 1,102 | 1,106.7 | 1,107.7 | 1,148.6 | 1,253.3 | |
Independent | Robin Tatler | 18.3 | 896 | 929.9 | 933.6 | 1,031.7 | 1,293.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Pye | 9.9 | 483 | 506.2 | 507.2 | 649.1 | ||
Scottish Green | Ellie Clarke | 9.6 | 469 | 604.7 | 607 | 718.3 | ||
Labour | Robert Bon | 9.2 | 449 | 481.2 | 482.2 | |||
Vanguard | Calum Watt | 0.2 | 11 | 11.9 | ||||
Electorate: 9,117 Valid: 4,895 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 1,224 Turnout: 54.0% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Fay Sinclair | 35.9 | 1,637 | ||||||||
Conservative | Euan Jardine (incumbent) | 26.4 | 1,205 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Steel | 10.6 | 483 | 581.8 | 658.6 | 662.8 | 667.1 | 697.1 | 777.4 | 995.6 | |
Scottish Green | Neil MacKinnon | 9.0 | 412 | 786.2 | 796.7 | 809.9 | 814.8 | 855.9 | 889.8 | 984.4 | |
Independent | Bill White | 6.9 | 315 | 364.6 | 415.9 | 416.2 | 426.6 | 508.9 | 706.3 | ||
Independent | Harry Scott | 5.4 | 246 | 272.6 | 314.6 | 318.8 | 321.3 | 398.6 | |||
Independent | Duck Frater | 4.4 | 199 | 230.0 | 252.9 | 257.5 | 272.5 | ||||
Vanguard | Michael Banks | 0.8 | 36 | 43.5 | 47.9 | 49.8 | |||||
Scottish Eco Federalist Party | James Clark | 0.5 | 24 | 30.2 | 32.9 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,639 Valid: 4,557 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 912 Turnout: 39.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Caroline Cochrane | 35.5 | 1,423 | ||||
Conservative | Leagh Douglas | 26.2 | 1,049 | ||||
SNP | Elaine Thornton-Nicol (incumbent) | 21.8 | 873 | 943.7 | 945.1 | 1,073.2 | |
Labour | Scott Redpath | 5.6 | 223 | 280.7 | 286.7 | 336.6 | |
Scottish Green | Barbra Harvie | 5.5 | 222 | 266.1 | 268.2 | ||
Independent | Gordon Edgar (incumbent) | 5.4 | 217 | 310.2 | 327.3 | 371.7 | |
Electorate: 8,018 Valid: 4,007 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 50.4% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 34.3 | 1,594 | ||||||
Conservative | Jenny Linehan | 24.4 | 1,133 | 1,241.4 | |||||
SNP | John Paton-Day | 19.7 | 918 | 1,003.4 | 1,004.4 | 1,006.2 | 1,111.2 | 1,180.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Johnson | 12.7 | 589 | 686.9 | 718.7 | 724.4 | 791.8 | 905.9 | |
Labour | Michael Scott | 4.5 | 207 | 240.3 | 247.0 | 250.2 | 284.3 | ||
Scottish Green | Michael Needham | 4.3 | 199 | 227.7 | 229.4 | 231.4 | |||
Vanguard | Chris Stefanek | 0.2 | 10 | 14.6 | 16.8 | ||||
Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 4,650 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 51.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | John Greenwell (incumbent) | 29.0 | 1,213 | |||||||
SNP | Donald Moffat (incumbent) | 25.8 | 1,079 | |||||||
Conservative | Mark Rowley (incumbent) | 17.1 | 715 | 842.8 | 844.3 | 891.1 | 919.3 | 942.4 | 1,162.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Huggins-Haig | 11.5 | 479 | 491.3 | 496.5 | 519.4 | 620.9 | 829.6 | ||
Scottish Green | Gail Jackson | 6.9 | 292 | 294.8 | 309.3 | 328.1 | 396.7 | |||
Labour | David Smith | 6.1 | 254 | 259.1 | 264.1 | 272.3 | ||||
Scottish Family | Hamish Goldie-Scot | 3.5 | 146 | 148.4 | 149.6 | |||||
Electorate: 8,817 Valid: 4,178 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,045 Turnout: 48.3% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Conservative | Carol Hamilton (incumbent) | 31.3 | 1,328 | ||||||||
SNP | Aileen Orr | 21.2 | 899 | 901.2 | 904.2 | 995.2 | 1,078.8 | ||||
Independent | James Anderson | 13.3 | 562 | 572.7 | 576.7 | 604.7 | 668.9 | 672.7 | 913.7 | 1,123.7 | |
Independent | Raquel Lloyd-Jones | 10.9 | 466 | 483.6 | 487.8 | 525.4 | 615.8 | 620.9 | |||
Conservative | Lynda Jones | 9.7 | 409 | 624.5 | 632.3 | 643.3 | 666.3 | 666.9 | 757.9 | ||
Labour | Paul Stirton | 6.9 | 296 | 299.8 | 300.8 | 355.2 | |||||
Scottish Green | Peter Guthrie | 5.8 | 245 | 248.0 | 249.2 | ||||||
Scottish Family | Edward Prentice | 0.8 | 33 | 35.0 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,029 Valid: 4,238 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 47.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson (incumbent) | 29.8 | 1,169 | |||||||
Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent) | 24.0 | 942 | 987.7 | ||||||
Conservative | Simon Mountford (incumbent) | 23.1 | 904 | 926.8 | 932.2 | 932.2 | 937.1 | 973.8 | 1,111.3 | |
Scottish Green | Shelagh King | 13.2 | 518 | 560.9 | 561.1 | 564.6 | 575.2 | 736.2 | ||
Labour | Wilson George | 7.7 | 301 | 331.2 | 331.4 | 336.7 | 392.3 | |||
Labour | Kenryck Lloyd-Jones | 1.8 | 69 | 81.7 | 81.8 | 82.3 | ||||
Vanguard | Sunny Smith | 0.4 | 17 | 19.3 | 19.3 | |||||
Electorate: 8,499 Valid: 3,920 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 981 Turnout: 46.9% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Scott Hamilton (incumbent) | 31.1 | 1,089 | |||||||
SNP | Pam Brown | 23.1 | 809 | 814.3 | 829.5 | 840.5 | 930.5 | |||
Conservative | Sandy Scott (incumbent) | 19.2 | 675 | 823.5 | 827.9 | 840.4 | 858.4 | 860.8 | 1,076.9 | |
Independent | John Bathgate | 15.1 | 529 | 558.0 | 564.8 | 614.9 | 706.3 | 726.9 | ||
Scottish Green | Charles Strang | 7.1 | 250 | 254.5 | 261.5 | 273.9 | ||||
Independent | Jesse Rae | 2.9 | 102 | 106.5 | 110.7 | |||||
Alba | Yvonne Ridley | 1.5 | 53 | 55.5 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,212 Valid: 3,507 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 877 Turnout: 49.4% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Stuart Marshall (incumbent) | 69.2 | 2,265 | ||||||
Independent | Clair Ramage (incumbent)* | 9.7 | 316 | 899.9 | |||||
Conservative | Neil Richards (incumbent) | 9.4 | 309 | 441.2 | 451.3 | 465.9 | 541.4 | 680.2 | |
Scottish Green | Catriona Hamilton | 4.5 | 147 | 224.3 | 242.4 | 312.5 | 375.8 | ||
Labour | Kay Hughes | 3.7 | 120 | 188.9 | 197.9 | ||||
Independent | Trevor Adams | 3.5 | 114 | 232.8 | 253.3 | 291.8 | |||
Electorate: 7,173 Valid: 3,271 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 818 Turnout: 46.0% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Watson McAteer (incumbent) | 48.5 | 1,477 | ||||||
Conservative | Jane Cox | 18.4 | 560 | 674.2 | 681.2 | 692.2 | 732.4 | 904.1 | |
SNP | Annette Smart | 16.7 | 509 | 565.2 | 607.9 | 638.3 | 671.6 | 765.4 | |
Independent | Cameron Knox | 6.3 | 191 | 522.6 | 534.4 | 555.7 | 601.2 | ||
Labour | Robert Leach | 3.7 | 114 | 131.4 | 148.9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Webster | 3.7 | 113 | 153.2 | 162.6 | 202.4 | |||
Scottish Green | Kevin Ferguson | 2.7 | 81 | 101.8 | |||||
Electorate: 7,070 Valid: 3,045 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 762 Turnout: 43.5% |
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