2022 Glasgow City Council election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

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All 85 seats to Glasgow City Council
43 seats needed for a majority
Registered464,091
Turnout38.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Susan Aitken Malcolm Cunning
Party SNP Labour
Leader's seat Langside Linn
Last election 39 seats, 41.0% 31 seats, 30.2%
Seats before 35 29
Seats won 37 36
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 5
Popular vote 61,543 58,516
Percentage 35.5% 33.8%
Swing Decrease 5.5% Increase 3.6%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jon Molyneux &
Martha Wardrop (pictured)
Thomas Kerr
Party Scottish Green Conservative
Leader's seat Pollokshields &
Hillhead
Shettleston
Last election 7 seats, 8.7% 8 seats, 14.6%
Seats before 6 7
Seats won 10 2
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 6
Popular vote 23,716 17,741
Percentage 13.7% 10.2%
Swing Increase 5.0% Decrease 4.4%

The 23 new multi-member wards


Leader before election

Susan Aitken
(SNP)
No overall control

Leader after election

Susan Aitken (SNP)
No overall control

Elections to Glasgow City 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.

Despite losing two seats, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party on the council for the second consecutive election, returning 37 councillors out of 85 – six shy of an overall majority. Labour regained some of the ground they had lost at the previous election after winning 36 seats – up five from 2017. The Greens bettered their record-breaking performance from 2017 as they won 10 seats – an increase of three – while the Conservatives lost three-quarters of their seats as they returned just two councillors.

Following the election, the SNP and Greens reached a "working agreement" which allowed the minority SNP administration to remain in control and Cllr Susan Aitken was again returned as council leader.