2022 Clackmannanshire Council election

The Clackmannanshire Council election of 2022 was held on Thursday 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the fourth election to run under the STV electoral system with 18 councillors being elected across five wards.[1]

2022 Clackmannanshire Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Last election 8 5 5
Seats after 9 5 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease2
  Fourth party
 
Party Green
Last election 0
Seats after 1
Seat change Increase1
Council Leader before election

Ellen Forson
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Ellen Forson
SNP

Background

2017 result
2017 Clackmannanshire local election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 8 0 0 - 44.4 37.1 6,525 -8.8
  Labour 5 - 3 -3 27.8 27.8 4,887 -10.3
  Conservative 5 4 - +4 27.8 24.9 4,382 +15.1
  Green 0 0 0 - 0 6.5 1,141 +6.5
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 - 0 3.1 553 +2.3
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0 0.5 85 -4.6

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 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Result

The Scottish National Party won 9 of the 18 seats on the council an increase of one on the total they had won at the previous contest in 2017. Scottish Labour held their five seats, but the Scottish Conservatives lost two seats and finished with three Councillors. The Scottish Greens won the remaining seat, the first time they had won a seat in Clackmannanshire.[1][2]

2022 Clackmannanshire Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 9 1 0 Steady 50.00 39.45 6,451 Increase2.35
  Labour 5 0 0 Steady 27.80 23.80 4,091 Decrease4.00
  Conservative 3 0 2 Decrease2 16.67 23.24 3,996 Decrease1.56
  Green 1 1 0 Increase1 5.56 8.36 1,438 Increase1.86
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0 2.04 350 Decrease1.06
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0 2.46 423 Increase1.96
  Alba 0 0 0 New 0 0.74 128 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 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward summary
Results of the 2022 Clackmannanshire Council election
by ward
Ward %
Seats
 %
 Seats
 %
 Seats
 %
 Seats
 %
 Seats
 %
 Seats
 Total
Cllrs
SNP Lab Conservative Green Lib Dem Others
Clackmannanshire West 43.65 2 26.82 1 22.78 1 4.04 0 2.72 0 4
Clackmannanshire North 41.39 2 18.72 1 21.95 1 5.73 0 3.18 0 9.04 0 4
Clackmannanshire Central 43.46 2 34.68 1 17.32 0 4.54 0 3
Clackmannanshire South 37.94 2 23.06 1 16.54 0 19.51 1 2.95 0 4
Clackmannanshire East 30.80 1 19.61 1 37.32 1 6.30 0 3.71 0 2.26 0 3
Total 39.35 9 23.80 5 23.24 3 8.36 1 2.04 0 3.21 0 18

Ward results

Clackmannanshire West
  • 2017-2022 Change: No Change
Clackmannanshire West - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
SNP Phil Fairlie 24.02% 875  
Conservative Darren Lee 22.78% 830  
Labour Mark McLuckie 21.60% 787  
SNP Graham Lindsay 19.63% 715 844
Labour Daniel Rooney 5.22% 190 192
Green Cara Quinn 4.04% 147 153
Liberal Democrats Laura Quin 2.72% 99 101
Electorate: 8,936   Valid: 3,643   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 729   Turnout: 42.0%  

    Clackmannanshire North
    • 2017-2022 Change: No Change
    Clackmannanshire North - 4 seats[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Donald Balsillie 26.37% 1,062          
    Conservative Martha Benny 21.95% 884          
    Labour William Keogh 18.72% 754 764 784 790 795 852
    SNP Fiona Law 15.02% 605 799 800 848    
    Independent Ian Millar 6.95% 280 285 297 309 314 345
    Green Clare Andrews 5.73% 231 253 256 269 287 326
    Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce 3.18% 128 132 148 148 150  
    Alba Eva Comrie 2.09% 84 93 95      
    Electorate: 8,643   Valid: 4,028   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 806   Turnout: 47.9%  

      Clackmannanshire Central
      • 2017-2022 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Conservative
      Clackmannanshire Central - 3 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SNP Wendy Hamilton 30.39% 730            
      Conservative Kate Mason 17.32% 416 417 426 437 455 476  
      Labour Carolynne Hunter 13.32% 320 324 332 370      
      SNP Jane McTaggart 13.07% 314 419 472 481 506 519 584
      Labour Janine Rennie 11.99% 288 291 305 469 757    
      Labour Huw Sherrard 9.37% 225 227 234        
      Green John Hosie 4.54% 109 119          
      Electorate: 6,301   Valid: 2,402   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 601   Turnout: 39.6%  

        Clackmannanshire South
        • 2017-2022 Change: 1 x Green gain from Conservative
        Clackmannanshire South - 4 seats[3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Labour Kenneth Earle 23.06% 877            
        SNP Ellen Forson 21.04% 800            
        Green Bryan Quinn 19.51% 742 768          
        SNP Craig Holden 16.91% 643 662 697 701 720 747 800
        Conservative William Marlin 16.54% 629 653 653 654 658 688  
        Independent Hugh van Lierop 1.79% 68 77 78 79 92    
        Alba Matthew Reilly 1.16% 44 47 47 47      
        Electorate: 9,357   Valid: 3,803   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 761   Turnout: 41.7%  

          Clackmannanshire East
          • 2017-2022 Change: No Change
          Clackmannanshire East - 3 seats[3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          SNP Scott Harrison 30.80% 1,021          
          Conservative Denis Coyne 30.41% 1,008          
          Labour Kathleen Martin 19.61% 650 685 692 709 760 951
          Conservative Neil Gault 6.91% 229 232 384 405 417 435
          Green Marion Robertson 6.30% 209 302 305 323 377  
          Liberal Democrats Angus Myles 3.71% 123 136 140 153    
          Independent Les Calderwood 2.26% 75 82 85      
          Electorate: 7,004   Valid: 3,315   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 829   Turnout: 48.0%  

            References
            1. Bakonyi, Rajmund (6 May 2022). "Scottish Council Elections: Clackmannanshire returns nine SNP councillors". Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            2. "Clackmannanshire election result". BBC Elections 2022. BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            3. "Local Government Results 2022 Reports". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
            This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.