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2022 Angus Council Election
Elections to Angus 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. For the 11th consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 13 seats – two shy of an overall majority. The Conservatives lost much of the ground they had made up in the previous election as their vote share fell by 7.3%, losing one seat to return seven councillors. The number of independents fell by two to seven, and the remaining seat was won by Labour. The Liberal Democrats lost both their seats. The outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent coalition was replaced by an SNP–independent administration with Cllr Beth Whiteside elected as council leader a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Council
Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the north of the county. Angus was historically a province, and later a sheriffdom and county (known officially as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1928), bordering Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west; southwards it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay; these remain the borders of Angus, minus Dundee which now forms its own small separate council area. Angus remains a registration county and a lieutenancy area. In 1975 some of its administrative functions were transferred to the council district of the Tayside Region, and in 1995 further reform resulted in the establishment of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats ( gd, Pàrtaidh Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal, federalist political party in Scotland, a part of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats. The party currently holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 4 of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. The Scottish Liberal Democrats is one of the three state parties within the federal Liberal Democrats, the others being the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the English Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats do not contest elections in Northern Ireland. History Formation and early years The Scottish Liberal Democrat party was formed by the merger of the Scottish Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Scotland, as part of the merger of the Liberal Party and SDP on 3 March 1988. The party campaigned for the creation of a devolved Scottish Parliament as part of its wider policy of a federal United Kingdom. In the late 1980s an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbroath East And Lunan (ward)
Arbroath East and Lunan is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects three Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Angus Council election 2017 Election 2017 Angus Council election 2016 By-election 2012 Election 2012 Angus Council election 2007 Election 2007 Angus Council election Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Go ... References {{Wards of Angus Wards of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnoustie And District (ward)
Carnoustie and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Angus Council election 2017 Election 2017 Angus Council election 2016 By-election 2012 Election 2012 Angus Council election 2007 Election 2007 Angus Council election Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Go ... References {{Wards of Angus Wards of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Party
The Alba Party is a Scottish nationalist and pro-independence political party in Scotland. The party was founded in February 2021, with Alex Salmond (a former first minister of Scotland) announced as party leader shortly thereafter. Salmond launched the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign in March 2021, with the party standing list-only candidates. Two Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons defected from the Scottish National Party (SNP) to the Alba Party on 27 March 2021, and several former SNP MPs also joined the party. No Alba Party candidate has succeeded at any election while a member of the party. History Background Alex Salmond served as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1990 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2014, and as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. He was succeeded in both positions by his former deputy, Nicola Sturgeon. Salmond resigned from the SNP in 2018 following accusations of sexual misconduct, which he de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montrose And District (ward)
Montrose and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Angus Council election 2017 Election 2017 Angus Council election 2012 Election 2012 Angus Council election 2007 Election 2007 Angus Council election Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Go ... References {{Wards of Angus Wards of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forfar And District (ward)
Forfar and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Angus Council election 2017 Election 2017 Angus Council election 2012 Election 2012 Angus Council election 2007 Election 2007 Angus Council election Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Go ... References {{Wards of Angus Wards of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brechin And Edzell (ward)
Brechin and Edzell is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Angus Council election 2017 Election 2017 Angus Council election Elections to Angus Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Local government in Scotland, Scottish local government 2012 Scottish local elections, elections. The election used the eight Ward (politics), wards, created under the ... 2012 Election 2012 Angus Council election 2007 Election 2007 Angus Council election References {{Wards of Angus Wards of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirriemuir And Dean (ward)
Kirriemuir and Dean is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors. Councillors Election Results 2022 Election 2022 Angus Council election 2017 Election 2017 Angus Council election 2012 Election 2012 Angus Council election 2007 Election 2007 Angus Council election Elections to Angus Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Go ... References {{Wards of Angus Wards of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system. The Commission on Local Government and the Scottish Parliament reported in June 2000. The introduction of proportional representation in local authority elections was a key demand of the Liberal Democrats when they entered into coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ... with the Labour Party in the Scottish Executive. See also * 2007 Scottish local government elections References External links * Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2004 Local government in Scotland Local government legislation in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak of holding 56 of the 129 seats at the first Scottish parliament election in 1999, the Party has lost seats at each Holyrood election, returning 22 MSPs at the 2021 election. The party currently holds one of 59 Scottish seats in the UK House of Commons, with Ian Murray having represented Edinburgh South continuously since 2010. Throughout the later decades of the 20th century and into the first years of the 21st, Labour dominated politics in Scotland; winning the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election from 1964 to 2010, every European Parliament election from 1984 to 2004 and in the first two elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and 2003. After this, Scottish Labour formed a coalition with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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