The 2022 election to Moray Council took place on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 Councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
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On 18 May 2022, it was announced that the council would be run by a minority Conservative group, alongside two Independents.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SNP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34.6 | 31.6 | 10,518 | 7.8 | |
Conservative | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 30.8 | 36.1 | 12,010 | 18.6 | |
Independent | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30.8 | 24.1 | 8,022 | 4.8 | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1,438 | 4.9 | |
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 853 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 410 | 0.6 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 11 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 42.31 | 36.24 | 10,698 | ||
SNP | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 30.77 | 35.95 | 10,613 | ||
Labour | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 11.54 | 12.33 | 3,641 | ||
Independent | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 7.69 | 7.88 | 2,327 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.85 | 3.80 | 1,121 | ||
Scottish Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.85 | 3.39 | 1,001 | ||
Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 99 | New | |
Sovereignty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 23 | New |
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Speyside Glenlivet | 36.77 | 1 | 33.83 | 1 | 8.57 | 0 | 20.83 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Keith and Cullen | 43.50 | 1 | 43.68 | 2 | 9.94 | 0 | 2.88 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Buckie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
Fochabers Lhanbryde | 42.99 | 1 | 10.11 | 1 | 39.79 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Heldon and Laich | 29.48 | 1 | 7.68 | 0 | 39.71 | 2 | 4.62 | 0 | 18.52 | 1 | 3 | ||
Elgin City North | 32.60 | 1 | 28.49 | 1 | 25.88 | 1 | 4.49 | 0 | 3.92 | 0 | 4.62 | 0 | 3 |
Elgin City South | 35.55 | 1 | 28.11 | 1 | 26.83 | 1 | 3.05 | 0 | 6.45 | 0 | 4 | ||
Forres | 34.29 | 1 | 10.62 | 0 | 40.91 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 5.10 | 0 | 4 | ||
Total | 26 |
The incumbent councillors for each ward as of March 2022 are listed below.[3] Any changes from the councillors elected in the 2017 Moray Council election are also noted. Candidates for the upcoming election were confirmed on 30 March 2022.[4]
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SNP | Juli Harris | 36.77% | 1,227 | |||
Conservative | David Gordon | 33.83% | 1,129 | |||
Independent | Derek Ross (incumbent) | 20.14% | 672 | 750.3 | 897.7 | |
Scottish Green | Elidh Myrvang Brown | 8.57% | 286 | 491.7 | 519.6 | |
Sovereignty | David Philip McHutchon | 0.69% | 23 | 30.7 | 50.5 | |
Electorate: 7,382 Valid: 3,374 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 835 Turnout: 45.7% |
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
SNP | Theresa Coull (incumbent) | 43.5% | 1,493 | |||||
Conservative | Donald Gatt (incumbent) | 24.7% | 849 | 884.25 | ||||
Conservative | Tracy Colyer | 18.9% | 650 | 673.8 | 693.6 | 732.61 | 955.35 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Tarr | 9.9% | 341 | 589.4 | 591.8 | 674.21 | ||
Scottish Family | William Barclay | 2.9% | 99 | 178.0 | 178.4 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,432 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 859 Turnout: 45.7% |
Incumbent councillors:
Candidates (uncontested):
Candidate | Party | |
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Neil McLennan | Conservative | |
Christopher Thomas Price | Liberal Democrat | |
Sonya Warren (incumbent) | SNP |
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | Marc Macrae (incumbent) | 39.7% | 1,590 | |||||
SNP | Shona Morrison (incumbent) | 23.5% | 940 | 959.2 | 1005.3 | |||
SNP | David Bremner (incumbent) | 19.4% | 778 | 791.7 | 811.8 | 816.3 | ||
Labour | Ben Williams | 10.1% | 404 | 534.6 | 830.5 | 830.8 | 1,178.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donald Cameron | 7.0% | 284 | 496.2 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,996 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 4,064 |
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Neil Cameron | 29.5% | 1,455 | ||||||
Conservative | James Allan (incumbent) | 27.0% | 1,331 | ||||||
Independent | John Cowe (incumbent) | 18.5% | 914 | 1,045.28 | |||||
Conservative | Bridget Mustard | 12.7% | 629 | 639.27 | 885.17 | 898.46 | 946.96 | 1,150.32 | |
Labour | Andrew O'Neill | 7.7% | 404 | 489.1 | 511.77 | 526.23 | 725.25 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Calum Cameron | 4.6% | 228 | 307.28 | 326.35 | 337.06 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,936 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 988 Turnout: 4,996 |
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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SNP | Jérémie Fernandes | 32.6% | 1,199 | |
Labour | Sandy Keith | 28.5% | 1,048 | |
Conservative | Amber Dunbar | 25.9% | 952 | |
Independent | Graham Jarvis | 4.6% | 170 | |
Scottish Green | Rebecca Kail | 4.5% | 165 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Alexander | 3.9% | 144 | |
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,678 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 920 Turnout: 3,710 |
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 35.5% | 1,444 | |
Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 28.1% | 1,142 | |
Conservative | Peter Bloomfield | 26.8% | 1,090 | |
Independent | Michaela French | 4.0% | 161 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Salmon | 3.1% | 124 | |
Independent | Paul Briggs | 2.5% | 101 | |
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,062 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 4,113 |
Incumbent councillors:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Scott Lawrence | 34.3% | 2,077 | ||||||
Conservative | Kathleen Robertson | 25.0% | 1,516 | ||||||
Conservative | Paul McBain | 15.9% | 962 | 991.15 | 1,239.8 | ||||
Labour | James Hynam | 10.6% | 643 | 830 | 844.63 | 851.77 | 1,001.43 | ||
Scottish Green | Draeyk Van der Horn | 9.1% | 550 | 927.73 | 932.54 | 933.97 | 1,047.49 | 1,513.51 | |
Independent | Shaun Moat | 5.1% | 309 | 403.12 | 416.76 | 423.85 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,128 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 6,057 |
3 November 2022
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | John Stuart | 48.9% | 1,172 | 1,181 | 1,192 | 1,269 | |
Conservative | Tim Eagle | 36.7% | 879 | 884 | 904 | 989 | |
Labour | Keighley Goldie | 10.0% | 239 | 247 | 276 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Les Tarr | 2.8% | 67 | 78 | |||
Independent | Neil Houlden | 1.6% | 38 | ||||
Electorate: 8,139 Valid: 2,395 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 1,199 Turnout: 2,408 (29.6%) |