2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

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All 36 seats to Argyll and Bute Council 19 seats needed for a majority
Registered	69,469
Turnout	50.4%
First party Second party   SNP Con Leader Jim Lynch Gary Mulvaney Party SNP Conservative Leader's seat Oban South and the Isles Helensburgh Central Last election 11 seats, 27.6% 9 seats, 25% Seats before 11 8 Seats after 12 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 10,729 7,845 Percentage 31.0% 22.7% Swing 3.3% 2.4%   Third party Fourth party   Ind LD Leader Robin Currie Party Independent Liberal Democrats Leader's seat N/A Kintyre and the Islands Last election 10 seats, 30.4% 6 seats, 10.7% Seats before 10 5 Seats after 7 5 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 8,742 3,325 Percentage 25.3% 9.6% Swing 2.4% 1.1%   Fifth party Sixth party   Lab Grn Leader Fiona Howard Luna Martin Party Labour Scottish Green Leader's seat Helensburgh Central Oban North and Lorn Last election 0 seats, 4.1% 0 seats, 1.8% Seats before 0 0 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 2,218 1,334 Percentage 6.4% 3.9% Swing 2.3% 2.1%
Leader before election Robin Currie (Lib Dems) No overall control Leader after election Robin Currie (Lib Dems) No overall control

Elections to Argyll and Bute 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. New ward boundaries were proposed by Boundaries Scotland in 2021, which would have reduced the total number of councillors to 34. However, these were rejected by the Scottish Parliament and the boundaries used at the previous election remained in place.

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 12 seats—one more than in 2017 but seven short of an overall majority. The Conservatives solidified the gains they had made at the previous election and increased their number by one to return 10 councillors and become the second-largest group on the council. The number of independent councillors fell by almost one third to seven while the Liberal Democrats lost one seat to return four councillors. The remaining two seats were won by Labour and the Greens.

The incumbent Conservative-Liberal Democrat-independent coalition—known as The Argyll, Lomond and Islands group (TALIG)—retained control of the council, with Cllr Robin Currie re-elected as council leader and Maurice Corry elected as Provost.