2022 Stirling Council election

2022 Elections to Stirling Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The election saw Scottish Labour increase their representation on the council by two and significantly increase their vote share. The SNP lost one seat and the Scottish Greens retained their single seat. The Scottish Conservatives saw their representation on the Council drop by two seats. The Scottish Liberal Democrats failed to win representation and one independent candidate won a seat.

2022 results
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.

Trossachs and Teith

 * 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
 * 2022: 2xCon; 1xSNP
 * 2017-2022: No change

Forth and Endrick

 * 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
 * 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2017-2022 Change: 1 Lab gain from Con

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan

 * 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xGreen
 * 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xGreen; 1xLab
 * 2017-2022 Change: 1 Lab gain from Con

Stirling North

 * 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
 * 2022: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
 * 2012-2017: No change

Stirling West

 * 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
 * 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2012-2017 Change: No change

Stirling East

 * 2017: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
 * 2022: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
 * 2017-2022: No change

Bannockburn

 * 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xInd
 * 2017-2022 Change: 1 Ind gain from SNP

Aftermath
Despite the SNP winning the most seats, Labour formed a minority administration after the Conservatives voted in favour of it.

Changes since 2022
In October 2022, Labour councillor Ewan Dillon quit the party to become an independent. This reduced the ruling Labour administration to five councillors.

By-elections since 2022
A by-election was held in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan on 16 March 2023 following the death of SNP councillor Graham Houston.

A by-election will be held in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan on 25 January 2024 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Douglas Dodds due to health concerns.