2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
← 2017 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2027 →
All 70 seats to Aberdeenshire Council
36 seats needed for a majority
Registered204,559
Turnout44.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mark Findlater Gwyneth Petrie
Party Conservative SNP
Leader's seat Troup Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
Last election 23 seats, 40.1% 21 seats, 28.2%
Seats before 18 16
Seats won 26[note 1] 21
Seat change Increase 3 Steady
Popular vote 30,586[note 1] 27,826
Percentage 33.9% 30.8%
Swing Decrease 6.2% Increase 2.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
LD
Ind
Leader Peter Argyll N/A
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside (defeated) N/A
Last election 14 seats, 14.4% 10 seats, 10.9%
Seats before 13 18
Seats won 14 9
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 13,269 11,967
Percentage 14.7% 13.3%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 2.4%
2022 Aberdeenshire Council Election Results Map.
Leader before election

Andy Kille
(Conservatives)
No overall control

Leader after election

Mark Findlater
(Conservatives)
No overall control

Elections to Aberdeenshire Council took place on Thursday 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 Conservatives were returned as the largest party on the council, however they fell short of an overall majority despite gaining three seats on a reduced vote share. The Scottish National Party (SNP) remained the second largest party with 21 seats on an increased vote share from 2017. The Liberal Democrats also recorded no change in councillors, returning 14, on a slightly higher vote share than in 2017. Labour and the Greens lost their only seats on the council and the number of independent councillors returned decreased by one despite the number of votes being cast for these candidates increasing slightly.

The incumbent Conservative-Liberal Democrat-independent administration retained control of the council with Cllr Mark Findlater taking over from the retiring Andy Kille as leader of the council.

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