2022 Inverclyde Council election

2022 Inverclyde Council election
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All 22 seats to Inverclyde Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Lab
SNP
Leader Stephen McCabe Elizabeth Robertson
Party Labour SNP
Leader's seat Inverclyde East Inverclyde North
Last election 8 seats, 26.9% 7 seats, 32.8%
Seats before 8 5
Seats won 9 8
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 7,491 8,694
Percentage 32.5% 37.7%
Swing Increase 5.6% Increase 4.9%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Ind
Con
Leader Various David Wilson
Party Independent Conservative
Leader's seat Various Inverclyde East
Last election 4 seats, 16.7% 2 seats, 17.6%
Seats before 4 2
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 3,455 2,372
Percentage 15.0% 10.3%
Swing Decrease 1.7% Decrease 7.3%

Council Leader before election

Stephen McCabe
Labour

Council Leader after election

Stephen McCabe
Labour

The 2022 Inverclyde Council election took place on 5 May 2022,[1] as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local authorities were up for election. The election used the 7 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, last changed in 2017, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[2]

At the previous election in 2017, the Labour Party won the most seats and formed a minority administration. The same happened at this election in 2022, with Stephen McCabe continuing as leader of the council after the election.

  1. ^ "Notice of Poll" (PDF). www.inverclyde.gov.uk. Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Local Government elections 2022". Inverclyde Council. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.