2022 Moray Council election

2022 Moray Council election

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All 26 seats to Moray Council 14 seats needed for a majority
Registered	66,419
Turnout	45.0%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Tim Eagle (not standing for re-election) Graham Leadbitter & Shona Morrison John Divers Party Conservative SNP Labour Leader's seat Did not contest Elgin South & Fochabers Lhanbryde Elgin South Last election 8 seats, 36.1% 9 seats, 31.6% 1 seats, 4.3% Seats before 9 9 1 Seats won 11 8 3 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 10,698 10,613 3,641 Percentage 36.2% 36.0% 12.3% Swing 0.1% 4.4% 8.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Various Christopher Thomas Price Lisa Mead & Fabio Villani Party Independent Liberal Democrats Scottish Green Leader's seat Various Buckie Did not contest Last election 8 seats, 24.1% 0 seats, 1.2% 0 seats, 2.6% Seats before 7 0 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 2,327 1,121 1,001 Percentage 7.9% 3.8% 3.4% Swing 16.2% 2.6% 0.8%
Council Leader before election Graham Leadbitter[1] SNP Council Leader after election Neil McLennan & Kathleen Robertson Conservative

The 2022 Moray Council election was held on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 Councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.

Following the election, on 18 May 2022, it was announced that the council would be run by a minority Conservative group, alongside two Independents.^[2]