2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

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All 22 seats to East Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordan Low Vaughan Moody Alan Moir Party SNP Liberal Democrats Labour Leader's seat Bishopbriggs South Bearsden South Bishopbriggs South Last election 7 seats, 28.77% 6 seats, 15.04% 2 seats, 13.09% Seats before 7 6 2 Seats won 8 6 4 Seat change 1 0 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andrew Polson Duncan Cumming Party Conservative Independent Leader's seat Bearsden South Bearsden North Last election 6 seats, 26.45% 1 seat, 4.2% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 0
Joint Council Leaders before election Vaughan Moody & Andrew Polson Lib Dems & Conservatives Council Leader after election Gordan Low SNP

The East Dunbartonshire Council election of 2022 was held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.^[1] Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation used since the 2007 election and according to the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.^[1]

The election saw the SNP remain as the largest group, increasing their representation by 1 seat to 8. The Lib Dems remained steady on 6, moving into second place, although former Depute Provost Gary Pews, who had succeeded the Conservative's Alan Brown as Provost following the latter's death in December 2021, lost his seat. Labour doubled their representation to 4 seats, moving into third place, while the Conservatives fell back to fourth place on 3. The Independent councillor Duncan Cumming retained his seat.