2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
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The East Dunbartonshire Council election of 2022 was held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.[1] 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.[1]
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.
Ward summary
| 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 | |
| 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 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
| Ward | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Lib Dem | Lab | Con | Ind | Others | ||||||||
| Milngavie | 24.89 | 1 | 16.49 | 1 | 13.49 | 0 | 20.69 | 1 | 13.28 | 0 | 10.56 | 0 | 3 |
| Bearsden North | 19.05 | 1 | 12.42 | 1 | 9.48 | 0 | 14.98 | 0 | 38.30 | 1 | 5.75 | 0 | 3 |
| Bearsden South | 23.39 | 1 | 23.12 | 1 | 16.06 | 0 | 23.20 | 1 | 7.05 | 0 | 7.17 | 0 | 3 |
| Bishopbriggs North and Campsie | 36.90 | 2 | 15.23 | 0 | 20.73 | 1 | 18.52 | 1 | 8.60 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bishopbriggs South | 36.92 | 1 | 12.45 | 1 | 27.25 | 1 | 17.27 | 0 | 5.76 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South | 33.23 | 1 | 17.36 | 1 | 20.98 | 1 | 20.34 | 0 | 7.99 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar | 38.88 | 1 | 18.67 | 1 | 29.17 | 1 | 11.95 | 0 | 1.34 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Total | 30.38 | 8 | 16.43 | 4 | 19.35 | 3 | 18.26 | 1 | 8.61 | 1 | 6.98 | 0 | 22 |
