2022 Renfrewshire Council election

2022 Renfrewshire Council election

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All 43 seats to Renfrewshire Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.4% 3.6%
First party Second party Third party   SNP Lab Con Leader Iain Nicolson Eddie Devine Neill Graham Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Erskine and Inchinnan Paisley Southeast Paisley Northeast and Ralston Last election 19 seats, 37.6% 13 seats, 19.4% 8 seat, 21.0% Seats before 19 13 7 Seats won 21 15 5 Seat change 2 2 3   Fourth party Fifth party   LD Ind Leader Eileen McCartin (retiring) N/A Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat Paisley Southwest N/A Last election 1 seat, 4.1% 2 Seats before 1 3 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1
Council Leader before election Iain Nicolson SNP Council Leader after election Iain Nicolson SNP

The 2022 Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 5 May 2022,^[1] as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local authorities were up for election. The election used the 12 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 and last changed as a result of the 2015-16 Boundary Commission review, with 43 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.^[2]

At the last election in 2017, the SNP won the most seats and formed a minority administration taking over from the previous Labour majority administration. This election saw the SNP grow their number of seats to 21, one short of a majority, along with seats gains by Labour to bring them up to 15. The Conservatives lost seats, reducing their representation to 5. Liberal Democrats retained their single seat and Independents on the council were reduced to also a single seat.