2022 Perth and Kinross Council election

2022 Perth and Kinross Council election
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All 40 seats to Perth and Kinross Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Grant Laing Murray Lyle Willie Wilson
Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Strathtay Strathallan (retiring) Perth City South (retiring)
Last election 15 seats, 31.2% 17 seats, 40.9% 4 seats, 12.5%
Seats won 16 14 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 22,273 19,643 7,961
Percentage 36.6% 32.3% 13.1%
Swing Increase 5.4% Decrease 8.6% Increase 0.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Various Alasdair Bailey
Party Independent Labour
Leader's seat Various Carse of Gowrie
Last election 3 seat, 6.7% 1 seat, 5.2%
Seats won 4 2
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 4,399 3,432
Percentage 7.2% 5.6%
Swing Increase 0.5% Increase 0.4%
Composition of the council following the election
Council Leader before election

Murray Lyle
Conservative

Council Leader after election


SNP

The 2022 Perth and Kinross Council election was held on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the 12 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 40 councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members - using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.

Following the declaration of the results on 6 May 2022, talks began between the political groupings to determine who will be able to form an administration, which will result in posts such as Committee Conveners, the Council Leader, and the Provost being allocated.