2022 Midlothian Council election
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5 May 2022
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All 18 seats to Midlothian Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 75,636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 42.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Midlothian Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 councillors being elected. Each ward elected three members, using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.[1]
For the first time, the Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party on the council with eight seats, with Labour winning seven and the Conservatives three.[2]
Previous election
At the previous election in 2017, the Labour party won the most seats at 7, closely followed by the SNP and the Conservatives, with 6 & 5 respectively. The Conservatives increased their vote share by over 14%, while Labour and the SNP dropped sharply in vote share, with 9.3%, and 8.8% drops respectively.
| Party | Seats | Vote share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 30.2% | |
| SNP | 6 | 30.7% | |
| Conservatives | 5 | 22.7% | |
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Electoral system
The election used the 6 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 18 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[4]
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| SNP | 8 | 2 | 0 |  2 |
44.4 | 37.6 | 11,844 | 6.9 | |
| Labour | 7 | 0 | 0 |  |
38.9 | 33.5 | 10,575 | 3.3 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 2 |  2 |
16.7 | 16.7 | 5,270 | 6.0 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 5.3 | 2,542 | 1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 4.8 | 1,025 | 2.8 | |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.7 | 220 | New | |
| Scottish Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.2 | 58 | New | |
| Total | 18 | 31,534 | |||||||
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