East Dunbartonshire Council elections

East Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Year
Year	SNP	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	EDIA	Independent
1995	0	9	15	2	0	0
1999^[a]	0	10	11	3	0	0
2003	0	12	9	3	0	0
2007^[b]	8	3	6	5	2	0
2012	8	3	8	2	2	1
2017^[c]	7	6	2	6	0	1
2022	8	6	4	3	0	1

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Alan Moir	39.2	1,401	1,479	1,784	1,787
	SNP	Denis Johnston	23.4	837	949	1,223
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair McPhee	20.6	736	928
	Conservative	Matt Ford	14.0	500
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Callaghan	2.7	96
	Labour hold
Valid: 5,196 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 2,599 Turnout: 5,261

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai	29.4	1,110	1,381	1,770
	Conservative	Rachel Higgins	33.4	1,261	1,306	1,499
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	20.7	783	972
	Labour	Manjinder Shergill	16.6	626
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,780 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,891 Turnout: 3,930

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Gemma Welsh	30.8	851	860	874	939	1,146
	SNP	Billy Hutchinson	26.9	743	762	767	845	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray	25.0	693	702	740	788
	Independent	Brian Reid	9.9	274	284	318
	Conservative	Alisdair Sinclair	5.1	141	143
	Green	Ross Greer	2.3	65
	Labour gain from EDIA
Valid: 2,767 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,384 Turnout: 2,795

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Aidan Marshall	30.2	958	959	967	983	999	1,040	1,255	1,691
	Liberal Democrats	Marthos Christoforou	21.3	677	679	684	712	765	878	1,029
	SNP	Serina Marshall	22.9	726	727	751	812	815	855
	Reform	Bruce Hampton	15.0	476	480	489	494	517
	Conservative	Satbir Kaur Gill	4.1	131	133	134	136
	Green	Elizabeth Rowan	4.0	128	128	133
	Alba	Eamonn Gallagher	2.0	63	67
	Sovereignty	Alan McManus	0.6	18
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Valid: 3,177 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,589 Turnout: 3,228

East Dunbartonshire Council elections

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2007-2012

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2022-2027

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Bearsden South By-Election 27 January 2026^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Langmead	38.1	1,744	1,749	1,826	1,940	2,333
	SNP	Lynne Gibbons	17.2	789	791	804	948	1,057
	Reform	John Fairlie	15.5	709	716	787	793	836
	Labour	Lorna Dougall	14.2	650	650	678	746
	Green	Emma Sheppard	8.1	371	378	384
	Conservative	Duncan Evans	6.2	283	287
	Scottish Family	Liam McKechnie	0.8	35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Valid: 4,581 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 2,291 Turnout: 4,607