2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election

2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election
All 22 seats in the West Dunbartonshire Council; 12 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; Jonathan McColl; SNP	Council Leader after election ; Martin Rooney; Labour

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.

The SNP minority administration formed after the 2017 election was replaced with a new Labour majority administration.

2022 results

2022 West Dunbartonshire local election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
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
Scottish Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	45	New
Sovereignty	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	30	New

Ward results

Lomond

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

Lomond - 3 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

Leven

2017: 2xSNP; 1xWDCP; 1xLab
2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xWDCP;
2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one from SNP

Leven - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

Dumbarton

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

Dumbarton - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Scottish 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%

Kilpatrick

2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2017-2022 Change: no change

Kilpatrick - 3 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

Clydebank Central

2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

Clydebank Central - 4 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

Clydebank Waterfront

2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2017-2022 Change: no change

Clydebank Waterfront - 4 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

2022-2027 by-elections

Clydebank Central by-election

Independent councillor Craig Edward resigned after pleading guilty to the posession of indecent images of children ^[7]. The by-election was won by Labour's Fiona Hennebry.

Clydebank Central - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	Marina Scanlan	38.9	1,095	1,099	1,118	1,127
	Labour	Fiona Hennebry	49.6	1,398	1,400	1,404	1,425
	Communist	Nathan Hennebry	1.7	47	47
	Independent	Andrew Muir	3.1	87	87	91	98
	Conservative	Ewan McGinnigle	4.4	125	126	126	130
	Scottish Liberal Democrats	Kai Robert Murray Pyper	1.8	52	56	59
	Independent	Kelly Wilson	0.4	12
Electorate: 11,702 Valid: 2,816 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 24.3%

Aftermath

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.^[8] Martin Rooney was appointed Council Leader, with Michelle McGinty serving as his deputy.^[9]

Labour councillor Craig Edward was immediately removed from the party after being charged with possession of indecent images. He sat as independent and resigned when he pled guilty.^[10]

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