2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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All 22 seats toWest Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Martin Rooney Jonathon McColl Jim Bollan Party Labour SNP West Dunbartonshire Community Leader's seat Lomond Lomond Leven Last election 8 seats, 33.6% 10 seats, 40.1% 1 seat, 7.8% Seats before 8 10 1 Seats won 12 9 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 12,473 12,676 1,462 Percentage 41.9% 42.6% 4.9% Swing 8.3% 2.5% 2.9%
Council Leader before election Jonathan McColl SNP Council Leader after election Martin Rooney Labour

The2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using theSTV electoral system - a form ofproportional representation.

The SNP minority administration formed after the2017 election was replaced with a new Labour majority administration.

2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	4	0	4	54.5	41.9	12,473	8.3
	SNP	9	0	1	1	40.9	42.6	12,676	2.5
	West Dunbartonshire Community	1	0	0		4.5	4.9	1,462	2.9
	Conservative	0	0	2	2	0.0	8.9	2,644	3.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	206	0.4
	Scottish Family	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	121	New
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	73	New
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.2	51	5.1
	Scottish Libertarian	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	45	New
	Sovereignty	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	30	New

• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from Con

• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xWDCP; 1xLab
• 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xWDCP;
• 2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one from SNP

• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2022: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one from Con

• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017-2022 Change: no change

• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
• 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

• 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2017-2022 Change: no change

Labour won twelve seats, giving them the majority they needed to regain control of the council from the SNP, who had won control in 2017.^[7] Martin Rooney was appointed Council Leader, with Michelle McGinty serving as his deputy.^[8]

Clydebank Central SNP councillor Diane Docherty quit the SNP group in January 2023, and now sits as an Independent.^[9][10]

In July 2024 Labour councillor and ProvostDouglas McAllister was elected toParliament for theWest Dunbartonshire constituency during the2024 United Kingdom general election, and as such stood back from being Provost.^[11]

Ex-council leader Dumbarton SNP councillor Jonathon McColl quit the SNP group on 19 August 2024, and now sits as an Independent.^[12][13]

Clydebank Waterfront Labour councillors Daniel Lennie and June McKay quit the Labour group in August 2024, and now sit as Independents.^[14] This resulted in the Labour group losing control of the council.^[15] However in September 2024, it was announced that Labour will retain control of the council as a minority administration, as opposition councillors were unable to form a coalition administration.^[16]

On 28 August 2024, Dumbarton councillor Karen Murray Conaghan was elected to serve as the newProvost, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the history of the council.^[17]

A by-election was held on 13 June 2024 after Clydebank Central Labour councillor Craig Edward was removed from the party group after being charged with possession of indecent images and had resigned as a councillor after pleading guilty.^[18][19] It was won by the Labour candidate Fiona Hennebry.^[20]

In September 2024 Labour councillor and newly elected Member of ParliamentDouglas McAllister resigned as a councillor. A by-election was held in the Kilpatrick ward on 28 November 2024.^[21][22]

In March the incumbent SNP councillor resigned from the council triggering a by-election.

Eryn Browning was deselected as the Scottish Greens' candidate, but retained their logo attached to her name on the ballot.^[23]

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