2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

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2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

2 May 2022 (2022-05-02)
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 3 May 2012. 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

Milngavie – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Jim Gibbons (incumbent)	24.89%	1,566
	Conservative	Alix Mathieson	20.69%	1,293	1,293.05	1,303.06	1,448.07	1,586.08
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Polson	16.49%	1,031	1,031.26	1,217.49	1,449.63	2,159.10
	Labour	Thomas Shepherd	13.49%	869	869.37	1,100.79	1,364.99
	Independent	Julie Duncan	13.28%	830	830.29	948.69
	Scottish Green	Emma Sheppard	10.56%	660	661.59
Electorate: 10,661   Valid: 6,249   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,563   Turnout: 59.1%

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 North – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Duncan Cumming (incumbent)	38.30%	2,645
	SNP	Calum Smith	19.05%	1,316	1,404.15	1,659.04	1,821.97
	Conservative	Duncan Evans	14.98%	1,035	1,263.02	1,269.45	1,370.05	1,373.07
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reid	12.42%	858	1,119.34	1,199.81	1,569.10	1,605.73	2,378.56
	Labour	Craig Muncie	9.48%	655	795.21	873.67
	Scottish Green	Neill Simpson	5.75%	397	478.56
Electorate: 11,936   Valid: 6,909   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,727   Turnout: 58.4%

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

Bearsden South – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ian Gallagher	23.39%	1,490	1,497.00	1,521.00	1,783.00
	Conservative	Andrew Polson (incumbent)	23.20%	1,478	1,488.00	1,567.00	1,571.00	1,574.94	1,604.40
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Moody (incumbent)	23.12%	1,473	1,487.00	1,590	1,669.00
	Labour	Lorna Dougall	16.06%	1,023	1,035.00	1,103.00	1,197.00	1,286.40	1,312.08
	Scottish Green	Scott Ferguson	7.17%	457	469.00	491.00
	Independent	Sheila Mechan	4.74%	302	383.00
	Independent	Duncan Malcolm	2.31%	147
Electorate: 11,099   Valid: 6,370   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,593   Turnout: 57.8%

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 North and Campsie – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Paul Ferretti (Incumbent)	26.38%	2,130
	Labour	Colette McDiarmid	20.73%	1,674
	Conservative	Billy Hendry (incumbent)	18.52%	1,495	1,502.46	1,509.33	1,522.44	1,578.79	1,596.76	1,596.76
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Pews (Incumbent)	15.23%	1,229	1,254.15	1,274.02	1,289.09	1,333.22	1,429.79
	SNP	Lynda Williamson	10.52%	849	1,223.28	1,228.63	1,268.23	1.292.69	1,592.85	1,823.72
	Scottish Green	Elizabeth Rowan	5.08%	410	462.47	468.70	491.75	508.34
	Scottish Family	Paul Gallacher	2.03%	164	175.36	178.22	200.05
	Alba	Alan Harris	1.49%	121	135.51	136.22
Electorate: 15,642   Valid: 8,072   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,615   Turnout: 52.4%

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

Bishopbriggs South – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Gordan Low (incumbent)	36.92%	2,241
	Labour	Alan Moir (incumbent)	27.25%	1,654
	Conservative	Catherine Brown	17.27%	1,048	1,061.87	1,076.92	1,091.22	1,119.07
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Rose	12.45%	756	865.69	918.89	938.25	1,235.73	1,962.71
	Scottish Green	Jesper Bach	4.68%	284	662.76	682.89	751.42
	Alba	Eamonn Gallagher	1.08%	87	150.56	154.59
Electorate: 12,340   Valid: 6,070   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,518   Turnout: 49.8%

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

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Gillian Renwick (incumbent)	33.23%	2,165
	Labour	Callum McNally	20.98%	1,367	1,474.19	1,484.45	1,809.77
	Conservative	Sandra Thornton (incumbent)	20.34%	1,325	1,331.44	1,344.44	1,360.89	1,377.44
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Paterson	17.36%	1,131	1,188.68	1,196.18	1,394.78	1,495.48	2,356.67
	Scottish Green	Carolyn Scrimgeour	7.18%	468	744.04	752.02
	Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom)	James Watson	0.91%	59	62.71
Electorate: 12,524   Valid: 6,515   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,629   Turnout: 52.6%

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

Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Pamela Marshall	38.88%	2,095
	Labour	Stewart MacDonald (incumbent)	29.17%	1,572
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray (incumbent)	18.67%	1,006	1,307.65	1,404.40
	Conservative	Josephine MacLeod	11.95%	644	663.61	692.82
	Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom)	Alan McManus	1.34%	72	180.75	199.13
Electorate: 12,318   Valid: 5,389   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,348   Turnout: 44.5%

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.