2022 Stirling Council election
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Elections to Stirling Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
The election saw Labour increase their representation on the council by two. The SNP lost one seat and the Greens retained their single seat. The Conservatives saw their representation on the council drop by two seats. The Liberal Democrats failed to win representation and one independent candidate won a seat.
Previous election
At the previous election in 2017, the Conservatives won 9 seats, an increase of 5 and a vote share increase of 17.2%. Also on 9 seats was the SNP. Next were Labour, who won the next largest amount of seats, winning 4. The sole Green councillor, also held their seat. In the aftermath of the 2017 election a new coalition was agreed between the SNP and Labour with Labour Councillor Christine Simpson becoming Provost of Stirling and the SNP's Graham Houston becoming depute convener of the council.[1]
| Party | Seats | Vote share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 9 | 37.2% | |
| SNP | 9 | 34.7% | |
| Labour | 4 | 16.2% | |
| Green | 1 | 6.6% | |
Source:[2]
Electoral system
The election used the 7 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 23 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.
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 8 | 0 | 1 |  1 |
34.8 | 33.3 | 12,196 | 1.4 | |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
30.4 | 31.5 | 11,522 | 5.7 | |
| Labour | 6 | 2 | 0 |  2 |
26.1 | 16.1 | 5,899 | 0.1 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
4.3 | 7.0 | 2,546 | 0.4 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4.3 | 5.7 | 2,103 | 2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 5.0 | 1,841 | 1.7 | |
| Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 1.2 | 428 | New | |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.2 | 61 | New | |
| Total | 23 | 36,596 | |||||||
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.
