East Dunbartonshire Council elections

East Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

Year	SNP	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	EDIA	Independent
1995	0	9	15	2	0	0
1999 [a]	0	10	11	3	0	0
2003	0	12	9	3	0	0
2007 [b]	8	3	6	5	2	0
2012	8	3	8	2	2	1
2017 [c]	7	6	2	6	0	1
2022	8	6	4	3	0	1

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[2]

By-elections

2007-2012

Bishopbriggs South By-Election 4 June 2009 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Alan Moir	39.2	1,401	1,479	1,784	1,787
	SNP	Denis Johnston	23.4	837	949	1,223
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair McPhee	20.6	736	928
	Conservative	Matt Ford	14.0	500
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Callaghan	2.7	96
	Labour hold
Valid: 5,196  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 2,599  Turnout: 5,261

Bearsden South By-Election 10 December 2009 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai	29.4	1,110	1,381	1,770
	Conservative	Rachel Higgins	33.4	1,261	1,306	1,499
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	20.7	783	972
	Labour	Manjinder Shergill	16.6	626
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,780  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,891  Turnout: 3,930

2012-2017

Campsie and Kirkintilloch North By-Election 14 September 2012 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Gemma Welsh	30.8	851	860	874	939	1,146
	SNP	Billy Hutchinson	26.9	743	762	767	845	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray	25.0	693	702	740	788
	Independent	Brian Reid	9.9	274	284	318
	Conservative	Alisdair Sinclair	5.1	141	143
	Scottish Green	Ross Greer	2.3	65
	Labour gain from EDIA
Valid: 2,767  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,384  Turnout: 2,795

2022-2027

Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar By-Election 13 February 2025 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Aidan Marshall	30.2	958	959	967	983	999	1,040	1,255	1,691
	Liberal Democrats	Marthos Christoforou	21.3	677	679	684	712	765	878	1,029
	SNP	Serina Marshall	22.9	726	727	751	812	815	855
	Reform UK	Bruce Hampton	15.0	476	480	489	494	517
	Conservative	Satbir Kaur Gill	4.1	131	133	134	136
	Scottish Green	Elizabeth Rowan	4.0	128	128	133
	Alba	Eamonn Gallagher	2.0	63	67
	Sovereignty	Alan McManus	0.6	18
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Valid: 3,177  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 1,589  Turnout: 3,228

References

1. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - East Dunbartonshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - East Dunbartonshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
3. "scottishelections.org.uk". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bishopbriggs South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bearsden South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
6. "Labour triumph in council by-election". kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
7. "Ward 7 - Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar" (PDF). East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 February 2025.