2022 Elections to
Stirling Council
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were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven 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 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the
STV electoral system.
The election saw
Scottish Labour increase their representation on the council by two and significantly increase their vote share. The
SNP lost one seat and the
Scottish Greens
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retained their single seat. The
Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...
saw their representation on the Council drop by two seats. The
Scottish Liberal Democrats
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failed to win representation and one independent candidate won a seat.
2022 results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward results
Trossachs and Teith
*2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
*2022: 2xCon; 1xSNP
*2017-2022: No change
Forth and Endrick
*2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
*2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
*2017-2022 Change: 1 Lab gain from Con
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
*2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xGreen
*2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xGreen; 1xLab
*2017-2022 Change: 1 Lab gain from Con
Stirling North
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
*2022: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
*2012-2017: No change
Stirling West
*2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
*2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
*2012-2017 Change: No change
Stirling East
*2017: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
*2022: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
*2017-2022: No change
Bannockburn
*2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
*2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xInd
*2017-2022 Change: 1 Ind gain from SNP
Notes
*‡On 17 May 2017, Robert Davies (
Forth and Endrick) was suspended from the Scottish Conservative party over potentially offensive Twitter posts. He was reinstated on 21 August 2017. However, on 29 September 2017, Robert Davies resigned from the Conservative group at a council meeting and subsequently had his Conservative party membership terminated. He ran as an independent in the 2022 election.
Aftermath
Despite the SNP winning the most seats, Labour formed a minority administration after the Conservatives voted in favour of it.
Changes since 2022
In October 2022, Labour councillor Ewan Dillon quit the party to become an independent. This reduced the ruling Labour administration to five councillors.
By-elections since 2022
A by-election was held in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan on 16 March 2023 following the death of SNP councillor Graham Houston.
A by-election was held in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan on 25 January 2024 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Douglas Dodds due to health concerns.
References
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Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...