2022 Dundee City Council election

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2022 Dundee City Council election
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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader John Alexander Kevin KeenanFraser Macpherson
Party SNP Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Strathmartine Strathmartine West End
Last election14 seats, 41.3%9 seats, 20.3%2 seats, 8.1%
Seats won1594
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0Increase2.svg2
Popular vote18,3029,7407,312
Percentage41.39%22.03%16.54%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.13%Increase2.svg1.73%Increase2.svg8.44%
 Fourth party
 
LeaderDerek Scott
Party Conservative
Leader's seat The Ferry
Last election3 seats, 17.3%
Seats won1
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2
Popular vote4,861
Percentage10.99%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.31%
Dundee City Council 2022 results by ward final.png
The eight multi-member wards; colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
DundeeCityCouncil2022Composition.svg
Council Leader before election

John Alexander
SNP

Elected Council Leader

John Alexander
SNP

The 2022 Dundee City Council election took place on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. [1] Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation used since the 2007 election and according to the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. [1]

Contents

The election resulted in the SNP gaining a majority, winning 15 seats after gaining a seat from Labour in the West End. Labour came second with no seat change from the last election, the Liberal Democrats gained two seats, rounding their total up to four and the Conservatives fell to fourth place, losing two seats making Derek Scott, the group leader, the sole councillor elected to the council. The sole Alba Party councillor, Alan Ross, who defected from the SNP, failed to retain his seat.

After the election, the SNP's Bill Campbell and Kevin Cordell were appointed Lord Provost and Deputy Lord Provost on 20 May 2022. [2]

Background

Previous election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won 14 seats and as a result, was the largest party. Despite two losses, the SNP continued to govern however, they no longer held a majority after the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats made gains. [3] Labour was the second-largest party on the council with 9 seats, the Conservatives won 3 seats, up two and the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats, up one.

Composition

After the 2017 election, several changes in the composition of the council happened. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including North East councillor Gregor Murray who resigned from the SNP in May 2019 after accusing the party of being transphobic [4] and Lochee councillor Alan Ross who first left the SNP to become an independent before defecting to Alba in February 2022, making him the first Alba councillor in Dundee City Council. [5] A single by-election was held which resulted in an SNP gain from Labour. [6]

Party2017 electionDissolution
SNP 1413
Labour 98
Conservative 33
Liberal Democrats 22
Independent 12
Alba -1

Retiring councillors

There were four councillors elected at the 2017 election which will depart ahead of the 2022 election.

WardPartyRetiring councillor
Strathmartine Independent Ian Borthwick
Coldside SNP Anne Rendall
North East Independent [lower-alpha 1] Gregor Murray
East End Labour Margaret Richardson

Debates and hustings

Ahead of the election, a series of debates and hustings were held throughout the campaign period. DC Thomson hosted an election debate on 21 April 2022 which was moderated by Derek Healey, the political editor of The Courier . The debate featured only leaders and representatives of the five parties on the council and an appeal for questions to be considered were featured. [7] [8] It was announced shortly after that the debate would be streamed on The Courier's social media pages on 25 April 2022.

A husting took place on 27 April 2022 which was organised and moderated by the Dundee Social Enterprise Network. The hustings featured representatives of the four parties on the council along with the inclusion of the Scottish Greens but not the Alba Party. [9]

2022 Dundee City Council election debates and hustings
DateOrganisersModerator(s) P Present [lower-alpha 2]   S Surrogate [lower-alpha 3]   NI Not invited  A Absent invitee  INV Invited 
SNP Labour Conservatives Lib Dems Greens Alba AudienceRef.
21 April DC Thomson Derek Healey [lower-alpha 4] P
Alexander 		S
McCready [lower-alpha 5] 		P
Scott [lower-alpha 6] 		P
MacPherson [lower-alpha 7] 		P
Jones [lower-alpha 8] 		P
Ross [lower-alpha 9] 		Virtual [7]
27 AprilDundee SENS
Short [lower-alpha 10] 		S
McCready [lower-alpha 11] 		S
MacKenzie [lower-alpha 12] 		S
Crichton [lower-alpha 13] 		P
Jones [lower-alpha 14] 		NIYes [9]

Results

Overall

Dundee City Council election 2022
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 1510Increase2.svg151.7241.4018,302Decrease2.svg1.3
  Labour 911Steady2.svg031.0322.039,740Increase2.svg1.0
  Liberal Democrats 420Increase2.svg213.7916.547,312Increase2.svg8.2
  Conservative 102Decrease2.svg23.4511.004,861Decrease2.svg7.9
  Scottish Green 000Steady2.svg00.005.742,538Increase2.svg3.2
  Alba 000Steady2.svg00.002.381,053New
  Scottish Family 000Steady2.svg00.000.61268New
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg00.000.2195Decrease2.svg1.4
  Sovereignty 000Steady2.svg00.000.0938New

Votes summary

↓
15941
SNPLabourLDConservative
First preference vote share
SNP
 
41.40%
Labour
 
22.03%
Liberal Democrats
 
16.54%
Conservative
 
11.00%
Green
 
5.74%
Other
 
3.29%
Council seats
SNP
 
51.72%
Labour
 
31.03%
Liberal Democrats
 
13.79%
Conservative
 
3.45%

Ward summary

2022 Dundee City Council election by ward
Ward %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %SeatsTotal
SNP Lab Conservative Lib Dem Green Others
Strathmartine 45.4%222.8%15.9%018.7%13.3%03.2%04
Lochee 43.2%235.8%28.4%03.1%03.1%05.3%04
West End 31.3%210.9%06.7%040.3%29.4%01.4%04
Coldside 44.5%231.1%27.9%03.1%09.9%03.4%04
Maryfield 47.4%222.6%18.8%04.7%010.6%05.9%03
North East 56.5%226.6%18.3%02.6%03.3%02.6%03
East End 52.8%226.0%110.7%02.8%04.1%03.7%03
The Ferry 27.6%110.0%123.0%134.7%13.0%01.7%04
Total41.39%1522.03%910.99%116.54%45.74%03.29%029

Incumbents defeated

WardPartyDefeated Councillor
Lochee Alba Alan Ross
West End Conservative Donald Hay
West End Labour Richard McCready
The Ferry Conservative Philip Scott

Ward results

Strathmartine

Strathmartine - 4 seats [10]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
SNP John Alexander (incumbent)36.02,143  
Labour Kevin Keenan (incumbent)22.81,359  
Liberal Democrats Daniel Coleman18.71,1161,169 1,226
SNP Stewart Hunter (incumbent)9.45591,310 
Conservative Calum Walker5.9351353 366
Scottish Green Callum Baird3.3199268 284
Alba Laura Whyte1.8105120 125
Scottish Family Susan Ettle1.48186 91
TUSC Maddie Jamieson0.74346 60
Electorate: 15,266  Valid: 5,956  Spoilt: 168  Quota: 1,192  Turnout: 40.1%  

    Lochee

    Lochee - 4 seats [10]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    SNP Roisin Smith (incumbent)37.22,174       
    Labour Charlie Malone (incumbent)28.71,678       
    Conservative Gavin MacKenzie8.0488492 505 531 543 543 603 623
    Labour Wendy Scullin7.0412448 820 846 872 876 935 1,085
    SNP Siobhan Tolland6.03511,128 1,137 1,144 1,204   
    Scottish Green Kate Treharne4.0244308 318 326 369 383 438  
    Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bremner3.1184196 221 244 255 256   
    Alba Alan Ross (incumbent)3.1184208 220 230    
    Electorate: 14,912  Valid: 5,843  Spoilt: 179  Quota: 1,169  Turnout: 40.4%  

      West End

      West End - 4 seats [10]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Liberal Democrats Fraser MacPherson (incumbent)37.42,146      
      SNP Nadia El-Nakla 16.1924961 964 974 978 1,127 
      SNP Bill Campbell (incumbent)15.2872922 923 939 946 1,058 1,119
      Labour Richard McCready (incumbent)10.9624731 734 740 831 928 931
      Scottish Green Ted Booth9.4536565 566 577 593   
      Conservative Donald Hay (incumbent)6.7386453 453 547    
      Liberal Democrats Michael Crichton2.9165821 823 836 1,021 1,102 1,105
      Alba Annie Jenkins1.15468 72     
      ISP Brooke Labagh0.31417      
      Electorate: 14,626  Valid: 5,732  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 1,147  Turnout: 39.9%  

        Coldside

        Coldside - 4 seats [10]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Heather Anderson31.11,737      
        Labour George McIrvine (incumbent)17.2960970 982 987 1,011 1,044 1,155
        Labour Helen Wright (incumbent)13.9777785 797 812 822 854 937
        SNP Mark Flynn (incumbent)13.47511,275     
        Scottish Green Tanya Jones9.9551584 636 656 702 764 808
        Conservative Naveed Ali7.9444446 448 450 463 485  
        Liberal Democrats Jenny Blain3.1176179 183 185 195   
        Alba Scott Agnew2.5141150 164 165    
        TUSC Wayne Scott0.95252 56     
        Electorate: 14,893  Valid: 5,589  Spoilt: 238  Quota: 1,118  Turnout: 39.1%  

          Maryfield

          Maryfield - 3 seats [10]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          SNP Ken Lynn (incumbent)24.61,0371,037 1,042 1,093
          SNP Lynne Short (incumbent)22.8960962 974 1,005
          Labour Georgia Cruickshank (incumbent)22.6956957 1,017 1,062
          Scottish Green Martha Smart10.6446453 493 517
          Conservative Danielle Marr8.8371376 414 430
          Alba Sundas Kamran5.1214218 226  
          Liberal Democrats Rebecca Dewar4.7198202   
          Sovereignty Ewan Gurr0.834   
          Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,213  Quota: 1,054  

            North East

            2022 Dundee City Council election: North East (3 seats)
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            SNP Steven Rome (incumbent)30.41,150
            Labour Jax Finniegan26.61,007
            SNP Willie Sawers (incumbent)26.2991
            Conservative Lisa Franchi8.3313
            Scottish Green Stuart White3.3126
            Alba Heather McLean2.7102
            Liberal Democrats Mark Smith2.7100
            Valid: 3,789  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 948  Turnout: 32.9%  

              East End

              East End - 3 seats [10]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12
              SNP Will Dawson (incumbent)32.81,350 
              Labour Dorothy McHugh26.01,071 
              SNP Christina Roberts (incumbent)20.08231,088
              Conservative Bill Crabb10.7440444
              Scottish Green Alison McIntosh4.1168184
              Alba Allan Petrie3.7151158
              Liberal Democrats Outi Mȁȁttȁnen-Burke2.8115120
              Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,117  Quota: 1,030  

                The Ferry

                The Ferry - 4 seats [10]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678
                Liberal Democrats Craig Duncan (incumbent)34.73,112       
                SNP Kevin Cordell (incumbent)20.11,806       
                Conservative Derek Scott (incumbent)18.51,6612,064      
                Labour Pete Shears10.08991,150 1,156 1,157 1,168 1,180 1,292 1,462
                SNP Qaiser Habib7.5674819 820 829 832 867 1,030 1,043
                Conservative Philip Scott (incumbent)4.5407459 706 706 730 745 763  
                Scottish Green Mark Parsons3.0269398 400 401 413 423   
                Alba Thomas Byrne1.092109 109 109 113    
                Scottish Family Carole Smith0.75987 88 88     
                Valid: 8,979  Quota: 1,796  

                  Footnotes

                  1. ↑ Originally elected as a Scottish National Party candidate
                  2. ↑ Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
                  3. ↑ Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
                  4. ↑ Political editor of The Courier
                  5. ↑ Richard McCready, Labour
                  6. ↑ Phillip Scott, Scottish Conservative group leader at Dundee City Council, councillor in The Ferry ward
                  7. ↑ Fraser MacPherson, Scottish Liberal Democrat group leader at Dundee City Council, councillor in the West End ward
                  8. ↑ Tanya Jones, Scottish Green candidate for the Coldside ward
                  9. ↑ Alan Ross, Alba Party sole representative at Dundee City Council, councillor for Lochee ward
                  10. ↑ Lynne Short, SNP councillor for the Maryfield ward
                  11. ↑ Richard McCready, Labour
                  12. ↑ Gavin MacKenzie, Conservative
                  13. ↑ Michael Crichton, Liberal Democrats
                  14. ↑ Tanya Jones, Scottish Green candidate for the Coldside ward

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