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2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

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All 22 seats to East Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordan Low Vaughan Moody Alan Moir Party SNP Liberal Democrats Labour Leader's seat Bishopbriggs South Bearsden South Bishopbriggs South Last election 7 seats, 28.77% 6 seats, 15.04% 2 seats, 13.09% Seats before 7 6 2 Seats won 8 6 4 Seat change 1 0 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andrew Polson Duncan Cumming Party Conservative Independent Leader's seat Bearsden South Bearsden North Last election 6 seats, 26.45% 1 seat, 4.2% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 0
Joint Council Leaders before election Vaughan Moody & Andrew Polson Lib Dems & Conservatives Council Leader after election Gordan Low SNP

The East Dunbartonshire Council election of 2022 was held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. 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.

The election saw the SNP remain as the largest group, increasing their representation by 1 seat to 8. The Lib Dems remained steady on 6, moving into second place, although former Depute Provost Gary Pews, who had succeeded the Conservative's Alan Brown as Provost following the latter's death in December 2021, lost his seat. Labour doubled their representation to 4 seats, moving into third place, while the Conservatives fell back to fourth place on 3. The Independent councillor Duncan Cumming retained his seat.

Election result

2022 East Dunbartonshire local election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	8	1	0	1	36.4	30.38	13,842	1.61
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	1	0	27.3	16.43	7,484	1.39
	Labour	4	2	0	2	18.2	19.35	8,814	6.26
	Conservative	3	0	3	3	13.6	18.26	8,318	8.19
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.5	8.61	3,924	3.39
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	5.87	2,676	1.22
	Alba	0	-	-	-	-	0.46	208	New
	Scottish Family	0	-	-	-	-	0.36	164	New
	Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom)	0	-	-	-	-	0.29	131	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.

Ward results

Milngavie

• 2017: 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Bearsden North

• 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Lib Dem, 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 1 x Independent, 1 x Lib Dem, 1 x SNP
• 2017-2022 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Conservative

Bearsden South

• 2017: 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2017-2022: No Change

Bishopbriggs North and Campsie

• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 2 x SNP, 1 xLabour, 1 x Conservative
• 2017-2022 Change: 1x Labour gain from Lib Dem

Bishopbriggs South

• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2007-2012 Change: 1x Lib Dem gain from Conservative

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South

• 2017: 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2017-2022 Change: 1 x Labour gain from Conservative

Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar

• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2022: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Aftermath

On 19 May 2022, a new SNP administration took office, with Cllr Gordan Low elected as Leader and Cllr Calum Smith appointed as Depute. Cllr Gillian Renwick was appointed as the first SNP Provost of East Dunbartonshire, and the first to represent a Kirkintilloch seat. Labour's Cllr Colette McDiarmid was elected as Depute Provost.

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Liberal Democrat councillor for Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar Susan Murray was elected MP for Mid Dunbartonshire.

References

1. ^ "Local Elections 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
2. "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
3. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
4. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
5. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
6. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
7. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
8. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
9. "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
10. "SNP forms minority administration to take control of East Dunbartonshire Council". 20 May 2022.
11. "Susan Murray elected as MP for Mid Dunbartonshire". www.edlibdems.org.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

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