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The 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 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 - a form of proportional representation.
The SNP minority administration formed after the 2017 election was replaced with a new Labour majority administration.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 54.5 | 41.9 | 12,473 | 8.3 | |
SNP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.9 | 42.6 | 12,676 | 2.5 | |
West Dunbartonshire Community | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 1,462 | 2.9 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 2,644 | 3.6 | |
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 206 | 0.4 | ||
Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 121 | New | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 73 | New | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 51 | 5.1 | |
Scottish Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 45 | New | ||
Sovereignty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30 | New |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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 | |
Scottish 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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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% |
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]
Clydebank Central SNP councillor Diane Docherty quit the SNP group in January 2023, and now sits as an Independent. [9] [10]
In July 2024 Labour councillor and Provost Douglas McAllister was elected to Parliament for the West Dunbartonshire constituency during the 2024 United Kingdom general election, and as such stood back from being Provost. [11]
Ex-council leader Dumbarton SNP councillor Jonathon McColl quit the SNP group on 19 August 2024, and now sits as an Independent. [12] [13]
Clydebank Waterfront Labour councillors Daniel Lennie and June McKay quit the Labour group in August 2024, and now sit as Independents. [14] This resulted in the Labour group losing control of the council. [15] However in September 2024, it was announced that Labour will retain control of the council as a minority administration, as opposition councillors were unable to form a coalition administration. [16]
On 28 August 2024, Dumbarton councillor Karen Murray Conaghan was elected to serve as the new Provost, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the history of the council. [17]
A by-election was held on 13 June 2024 after Clydebank Central Labour councillor Craig Edward was removed from the party group after being charged with possession of indecent images and had resigned as a councillor after pleading guilty. [18] [19] It was won by the Labour candidate Fiona Hennebry. [20]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Labour | Fiona Hennebry | 49.6 | 1,398 | 1,400 | 1,404 | 1,425 | |
SNP | Marina Scanlan | 38.9 | 1,095 | 1,099 | 1,118 | 1,127 | |
Conservative | Ewan McGinnigle | 4.4 | 125 | 126 | 126 | 130 | |
Independent | Andrew Muir | 3.1 | 87 | 87 | 91 | 98 | |
Scottish Liberal Democrats | Kai Robert Murray Pyper | 1.8 | 52 | 56 | 59 | ||
Communist | Nathan Hennebry | 1.7 | 47 | 47 | |||
Independent | Kelly Wilson | 0.4 | 12 | ||||
Electorate: 11,702 Valid: 2,816 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 24.3% |
In September 2024 Labour councillor and newly elected Member of Parliament Douglas McAllister resigned as a councillor. A by-election has been scheduled in the Kilpatrick ward for 28 November 2024. [21]
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