2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

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All 77 seats to North Lanarkshire Council 39 seats needed for a majority
Registered	264,519
Turnout	41.3%
First party Second party Third party   SNP Lab Con Leader Jordan Linden Jim Logue Sandy Watson Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Bellshill Airdrie Central Airdrie South Last election 33 seats, 38.4% 32 seats, 32.9% 10 seats, 15.8% Seats before 26 31 8 Seats won 36 32 5 Seat change 3 5 Popular vote 46,255 37,336 12,571 Percentage 43.6% 35.2% 11.8% Swing 5.2% 2.3% 4.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ind Grn BUP Leader Claire Louise Williams John Jo Leckie Party Independent Scottish Green BUP Leader's seat Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Fortissat Last election 2 seats, 7.4% 0 seats, 1.3% 0 seats, 0.5% Seats before 9 0 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,282 2,304 859 Percentage 4.0% 2.2% 0.5% Swing 3.4% 0.9% 0.3%
Leader before election Jim Logue (Labour) No overall control Leader after election Jordan Linden (SNP) No overall control

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 36 seats – three shy of an overall majority. Despite a slight increase in vote share, Labour made a net gain of zero seats to remain as the second-largest party on 32 seats. The Conservatives lost half of their seats while both the Greens and the British Unionist Party (BUP) won their first seats in a North Lanarkshire election. The remaining two seats were won by independents.

For the first time in the council's history, Labour lost control as their ruling minority administration supported by the Conservatives was replaced by an SNP minority administration. However, following allegations of sexual harassment against council leader Jordan Linden, Labour regained control of the council three months later.