The 2022 East Renfrewshire Council election took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other
Scottish local government elections. The election used the 5 wards created under the
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 Commissi ...
, with 18 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the
STV electoral system.
At the last election in
2017, the
Conservatives
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won the most seats, but a coalition administration was formed between the
SNP and
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
.
Background
Composition
Changes since 2017
Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor Conservative Cllr Paul Aitken resigned from the Scottish Conservatives and became an Independent on 22 January 2018.
Clarkston, Netherlee & Williamwood Conservative Cllr Stewart Miller resigned from the Scottish Conservatives and became an Independent on 10 September 2020.
Results
Ward summary
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Cllrs
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SNP
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Labour
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Conservative
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Independent
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Others
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Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor
, style="background:#efe146;", 33.4
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, 20.1
, 1
, 10.7
, 0
, 31.1
, 1
, 4.5
, 0
, 4
, -
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Newton Mearns North and Neilston
, 32.1
, 1
, 25.4
, 1
, style="background:lightblue;", 34.5
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, 8.0
, 0
, 3
, -
, align="left",
Giffnock and Thornliebank
, style="background:#efe146;", 26.1
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, 22.2
, 1
, 25.1
, 1
, 19.9
, 0
, 6.7
, 0
, 3
, -
, align="left",
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood
, style="background:#efe146;", 29.0
, style="background:#efe146;", 1
, 16.8
, 1
, 23.5
, 1
, 20.7
, 1
, 10.0
, 0
, 4
, -
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Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham
, 24.3
, 1
, 19.1
, 1
, style="background:lightblue;", 48.9
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, 7.8
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!6
!20.2
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!29.5
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!14.1
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Ward results
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor
† Greg Turner was suspended from the Conservative Party on 21 April 2022, prior to the election, after being linked to derogatory online remarks against Catholics. His name remained on the ballot paper, as the deadline for nominations had passed.
Newton Mearns North and Neilston
Giffnock and Thornliebank
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood
Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham
Aftermath
After this election, a minority coalition was formed with the five Labour councillors and the two Independent councillors, David Macdonald and Danny Devlin. The SNP accused Labour of a 'backroom deal' with the Conservatives.
On 4 July 2022, Macdonald left the coalition, and the council's administration. Responding to a query on social media, he said: "The agreement I reached with the Labour group leader for my support to install a minority Labour, Independent administration was not going to be delivered. I lost trust and confidence and for that reason I could not, in good faith, continue."
References
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East Renfrewshire Council elections
East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire ( sco, Aest Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas ...