2022 Fife Council election

2022 Fife Council election
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All 75 seats to Fife Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader David Alexander David Ross
Party SNP Labour
Leader's seat Leven, Kennoway and Largo Kirkcaldy North
Last election 29 seats, 33.8% 24 seats, 23.9%
Seats before 29 23
Seats won 34 20
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 4
Popular vote 46,913 31,102
Percentage 36.9% 24.5%
Swing Increase 3.1% Increase 0.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jonny Tepp Dave Dempsey
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Tay Bridgehead Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
Last election 7 seats, 13.1% 15 seats, 21.1%
Seats before 7 13
Seats won 13 8
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 7
Popular vote 21,320 18,247
Percentage 16.8% 14.4%
Swing Increase 3.7% Decrease 6.7%
2022 Fife Council election results map
Co-leaders before election

David Alexander (SNP) &
David Ross (Labour)
No overall control

Leader after election

David Ross
(Labour)
No overall control

Elections to Fife Council took place on 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 Scottish National Party were returned as the largest party with 34 seats but remained shy of an overall majority. Despite a small increase in vote share, Labour lost four seats but again finished second 20 councillors. The Liberal Democrats leapfrogged the Conservatives into third place after gaining six seats to hold 13 while the Conservatives lost almost half their number to return eight members. For the second time since the local government reforms in the 1990s, no independent candidates were elected.

With support from the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, Labour formed a minority administration to run the council and David Ross was elected as council leader in his own right having previously been co-leader after the 2017 election.