2022 Scottish local government election
2022 Scottish Borders Council election ← 2017 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05 ) 2026 →
All 34 seats toScottish Borders Council 18 seats needed for a majority
2022 Elections toScottish Borders Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the other Scottish local elections .
TheScottish Greens won their first ever seat on the council.[ 1]
Following the election, an administration was formed with the Conservatives and Independent Councillors Caroline Cochrane, Stuart Marshall, and Watson McAteer.
Conservative Councillors Euan Jardine from Galashiels & District, and Scott Hamilton from Jedburgh & District, were elected as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council respectively.[ 2] [ 3] Independent Councillor Watson McAteer was elected as Convener.[ 2]
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.
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2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP2022: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP2017-2022 Change: No ChangeTweeddale West - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 SNP Viv Thomson 26.2 1,266 Liberal Democrats Drummond Begg 22.8 1,100 1,107.8 1,257.6 Conservative Eric Small 18.5 893 894.3 915.4 926.6 1,338.5 Green Dominic Ashmole 16.4 792 829.3 905.3 926.8 947.3 Conservative John Smith 9.7 466 466.4 472.4 476.2 Labour Julia Reid 6.5 312 316.4 Electorate: 8,517 Valid: 4,829 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 57.4%
2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xInd2022: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xInd2017-2022 Change: No ChangeTweeddale East - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 SNP Marshall Douglas 30.3 1,485 Conservative Julie Pirone 22.5 1,102 1,106.7 1,107.7 1,148.6 1,253.3 Independent Robin Tatler 18.3 896 929.9 933.6 1,031.7 1,293.7 Liberal Democrats David Pye 9.9 483 506.2 507.2 649.1 Green Ellie Clarke 9.6 469 604.7 607 718.3 Labour Robert Bon 9.2 449 481.2 482.2 Vanguard Calum Watt 0.2 11 11.9 Electorate: 9,117 Valid: 4,895 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 1,224 Turnout: 54.0%
Galashiels and District [ edit ] 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 2xIndependent2022: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem, 1XGrn2017-2022 Change: Lib Dem and Green gain one seat each from Independents.Galashiels and District - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SNP Fay Sinclair 35.9 1,637 Conservative Euan Jardine (incumbent ) 26.4 1,205 Liberal Democrats Hannah Steel 10.6 483 581.8 658.6 662.8 667.1 697.1 777.4 995.6 Green Neil MacKinnon 9.0 412 786.2 796.7 809.9 814.8 855.9 889.8 984.4 Independent Bill White 6.9 315 364.6 415.9 416.2 426.6 508.9 706.3 Independent Harry Scott 5.4 246 272.6 314.6 318.8 321.3 398.6 Independent Duck Frater 4.4 199 230.0 252.9 257.5 272.5 Vanguard Michael Banks 0.8 36 43.5 47.9 49.8 Scottish Eco Federalist Party James Clark 0.5 24 30.2 32.9 Electorate: 11,639 Valid: 4,557 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 912 Turnout: 39.5%
2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent2022: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP;2017-2022 Change: Independent (Cochrane) gains from Independent (Edgar).Selkirkshire - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 Independent Caroline Cochrane 35.5 1,423 Conservative Leagh Douglas 26.2 1,049 SNP Elaine Thornton-Nicol (incumbent ) 21.8 873 943.7 945.1 1,073.2 Labour Scott Redpath 5.6 223 280.7 286.7 336.6 Green Barbra Harvie 5.5 222 266.1 268.2 Independent Gordon Edgar (incumbent ) 5.4 217 310.2 327.3 371.7 Electorate: 8,018 Valid: 4,007 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 50.4%
Leaderdale and Melrose [ edit ] 2017: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP2022: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP2017-2022 Change: No ChangeLeaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Independent David Parker (incumbent ) 34.3 1,594 Conservative Jenny Linehan 24.4 1,133 1,241.4 SNP John Paton-Day 19.7 918 1,003.4 1,004.4 1,006.2 1,111.2 1,180.1 Liberal Democrats Simon Johnson 12.7 589 686.9 718.7 724.4 791.8 905.9 Labour Michael Scott 4.5 207 240.3 247.0 250.2 284.3 Green Michael Needham 4.3 199 227.7 229.4 231.4 Vanguard Chris Stefanek 0.2 10 14.6 16.8 Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 4,650 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 51.5%
2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP2022: 2xCon; 1xSNP2017-2022 Change: No change
2017: 2 x Conservative; 1 x SNP2022: 1 x Conservative; 1x SNP; 1 x Independent2017-2022 Change: 1 x Independent gain from ConservativeEast Berwickshire - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Conservative Carol Hamilton (incumbent ) 31.3 1,328 SNP Aileen Orr 21.2 899 901.2 904.2 995.2 1,078.8 Independent James Anderson 13.3 562 572.7 576.7 604.7 668.9 672.7 913.7 1,123.7 Independent Raquel Lloyd-Jones 10.9 466 483.6 487.8 525.4 615.8 620.9 Conservative Lynda Jones 9.7 409 624.5 632.3 643.3 666.3 666.9 757.9 Labour Paul Stirton 6.9 296 299.8 300.8 355.2 Green Peter Guthrie 5.8 245 248.0 249.2 Scottish Family Edward Prentice 0.8 33 35.0 Electorate: 9,029 Valid: 4,238 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 47.5%
2017: 2 x Conservative, 1 x Liberal Democrat2022: 2 x Conservative, 1 x Liberal Democrat2017-2022 Change: No Change
Jedburgh and District [ edit ] 2017: 2 x Conservative, 1 x SNP2022: 2 x Conservative, 1 x SNP2017-2022 Change: No change
2017: 1 x Independent; 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP2022: 2 x Independent; 1 x Conservative2017-2022 Change: 1 x Independent gain from SNP
Clair Ramage was elected as an SNP Councillor in the 2017 election for Hawick & Denholm Hawick and Hermitage [ edit ] 2017: 2 x Independent; 1 x Conservative2022: 1 x Independent; 1 x Conservative; 1 x SNP2017-2022 Change: 1 x SNP gain from IndependentHawick and Hermitage - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Independent Watson McAteer (incumbent ) 48.5 1,477 Conservative Jane Cox 18.4 560 674.2 681.2 692.2 732.4 904.1 SNP Annette Smart 16.7 509 565.2 607.9 638.3 671.6 765.4 Independent Cameron Knox 6.3 191 522.6 534.4 555.7 601.2 Labour Robert Leach 3.7 114 131.4 148.9 Liberal Democrats Rosemary Webster 3.7 113 153.2 162.6 202.4 Green Kevin Ferguson 2.7 81 101.8 Electorate: 7,070 Valid: 3,045 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 762 Turnout: 43.5%