The 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
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The SNP minority administration formed after the 2017 election was replaced with a new Labour majority administration.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 54.5 | 41.9 | 12,473 | 8.3 | |
SNP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.9 | 42.6 | 12,676 | 2.5 | |
West Dunbartonshire Community | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 1,462 | 2.9 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 2,644 | 3.6 | |
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 206 | 0.4 | |
Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 121 | New | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 73 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 51 | 5.1 | |
Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 45 | New | |
Sovereignty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30 | New |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Jonathan McColl (incumbent) | 34.5 | 1,494 | |||||
Labour | Martin Rooney (incumbent) | 21.7 | 938 | 1,017.4 | 1,163.1 | |||
Labour | Hazel Sorrell | 16.6 | 719 | 782.1 | 969.3 | 1,035.0 | 1,433.5 | |
Conservative | Sally Page (incumbent) | 15.4 | 666 | 680.9 | 731.0 | 735.2 | ||
West Dunbartonshire Community | Drew MacEoghainn | 11.8 | 509 | 620.7 | ||||
Electorate: 9,111 Valid: 4,326 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,082 Turnout: 48.3% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Ian Dickson (incumbent) | 25.7 | 1,494 | |||||||
Labour | John Millar (incumbent) | 18.7 | 1,089 | 1,095.2 | 1,101.2 | 1,116.8 | 1,184.3 | |||
Labour | Michelle McGinty | 16.4 | 956 | 963.3 | 966.3 | 997.8 | 1,116.8 | 1,130.7 | 1,280.3 | |
West Dunbartonshire Community | Jim Bollan (incumbent) | 16.4 | 953 | 972.2 | 988.4 | 1,047.1 | 1,136.1 | 1,138.2 | 1,500.6 | |
SNP | Ronnie McColl | 11.2 | 653 | 913.3 | 917.3 | 1,007.6 | 1,017.3 | 1,017.9 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Dillon | 7.2 | 420 | 421.1 | 432.1 | 439.3 | ||||
Scottish Green | Paula Baker | 3.5 | 206 | 226.5 | 231.7 | |||||
Independent | Sian Wilkie | 0.9 | 51 | 51.7 | ||||||
Electorate: 13,820 Valid: 5,822 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,165 Turnout: 43.1% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Karen Conoghan (incumbent) | 33.8 | 2,171 | ||||||
Labour | David McBride (incumbent) | 31.8 | 2,045 | ||||||
Labour | Gurpreet Singh Johal | 14.5 | 950 | 987 | 1,546.5 | ||||
Conservative | Brian Walker (incumbent) | 9.4 | 601 | 602.9 | 642.4 | 682.5 | 686.5 | 696.4 | |
SNP | Chris Pollock | 8.2 | 592 | 1,246.2 | 1,265.4 | 1,291.8 | 1,295.8 | 1,305.8 | |
TUSC | Lynda McEwan | 1.1 | 73 | 86.9 | 99.9 | 123.0 | 127.7 | 137.4 | |
Libertarian | Johnathan Rainey | 0.7 | 45 | 49.7 | 54.8 | 62.3 | 68.5 | ||
Sovereignty | Kelly Wilson | 0.5 | 30 | 30.8 | 32.2 | 34.3 | |||
Electorate: 13,336 Valid: 6,524 Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,305 Turnout: 50.1% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Labour | Douglas McAllister (incumbent) | 49.1 | 1,903 | ||
SNP | Gordon Scanlan | 25.4 | 986 | ||
SNP | Marina Scanlan | 12.5 | 486 | 524.2 | |
Labour | Lawrence O'Neill (incumbent) | 7.0 | 272 | 1,020.6 | |
Conservative | David Jardine | 5.9 | 229 | 269.7 | |
Electorate: 8,987 Valid: 4,059 Spoilt: 183 Quota: 970 Turnout: 45.2% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Diane Docherty (incumbent) | 41.0 | 1,903 | ||||
Labour | Craig Edward | 25.8 | 1,199 | ||||
Labour | Claire Steel | 13.9 | 645 | 717.7 | 900.7 | 1,137.8 | |
SNP | Sophie Traynor | 11.1 | 531 | 1,367.8 | |||
Conservative | Liam Wilson | 7.9 | 366 | 368.6 | 384.2 | 390.5 | |
Electorate: 11,820 Valid: 4,848 Spoilt: 204 Quota: 929 Turnout: 41.0% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | James McElhill | 31.8 | 1,493 | ||||||
Labour | Daniel Lennie (incumbent) | 25.9 | 1,217 | ||||||
SNP | Lauren Oxley | 16.3 | 767 | 1,179.9 | |||||
Labour | June McKay | 11.5 | 540 | 571.5 | 811.4 | 822.1 | 868 | 1,093.5 | |
Conservative | Holly Moscrop | 7.7 | 362 | 367.2 | 374.2 | 376.6 | 403.9 | ||
SNP | Jacob Toland | 4.2 | 196 | 255.3 | 259.5 | 475.1 | 493.2 | 500.8 | |
Scottish Family | Brian Michael Lally | 2.6 | 121 | 125.4 | 129.5 | 130.6 | |||
Electorate: 11,537 Valid: 4,696 Spoilt: 158 Quota: 940 Turnout: 42.1% |
Labour won twelve seats, giving them the majority they needed to regain control of the council from the SNP, who had won control in 2017.[7] Martin Rooney was appointed Council Leader, with Michelle McGinty serving as his deputy.[8]
Labour councillor Craig Edward was suspended from the party after being charged with possession of indecent images, and now sits as an Independent.[9]