2022 Angus Council election

2022 Angus Council election

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All 28 seats to Angus Council 15 seats needed for a majority
Registered	92,083
Turnout	46.1%
First party Second party   SNP Leader Beth Whiteside Craig Fotheringham Party SNP Conservative Leader's seat Monifieth and Sidlaw Monifieth and Sidlaw Last election 9 seats, 31.2% 8 seats, 33.9% Seats before 9 8 Seats won 13 7 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 16,025 11,142 Percentage 38.3% 26.6% Swing 7.1% 7.3%   Third party Fourth party   Ind Lab Leader David Fairweather Heather Doran Party Independent Labour Leader's seat Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim Monifieth and Sidlaw Last election 9 seats, 25.0% 0 seats, 5.4% Seats before 10 0 Seats won 7 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 7,932 2,870 Percentage 19.0% 6.9% Swing 6.0% 1.5%
Leader before election David Fairweather (Independent) No overall control Leader after election Beth Whiteside (SNP) No overall control

Elections to Angus Council took place on 5 May 2022, 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 11th consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 13 seats – two shy of an overall majority. The Conservatives lost much of the ground they had made up in the previous election as their vote share fell by 7.3%, losing one seat to return seven councillors. The number of independents fell by two to seven, and the remaining seat was won by Labour. The Liberal Democrats lost both their seats.

The outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent coalition was replaced by an SNP–independent administration with Cllr Beth Whiteside elected as council leader and Cllr Brian Boyd elected as Provost.