2022_East_Renfrewshire_Council_election
2022 East Renfrewshire Council election
East Renfrewshire Council election
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, with 18 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[3]
For broader coverage of this topic, see 2022 Scottish local elections.
Quick Facts All 18 seats to East Renfrewshire Council 10 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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At the last election in 2017, the Conservatives won the most seats, but a coalition administration was formed between the SNP and Labour.[4]
Composition
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| Party | 2017 result | Dissolution | |
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| SNP | 5 | 5 | |
| Labour | 4 | 4 | |
| Conservative | 7 | 5 | |
| Independent | 2 | 4 |
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Changes since 2017
Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor Conservative Cllr Paul Aitken resigned from the Scottish Conservatives and became an Independent on 22 January 2018.[5]
Clarkston, Netherlee & Williamwood Conservative Cllr Stewart Miller resigned from the Scottish Conservatives and became an Independent on 10 September 2020.[6]
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| SNP | 6 | 1 | 0 |  1 |
33.3 | 28.6 | 11,249 | 4.3 | |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 2 |  2 |
27.8 | 29.5 | 11,599 | 8.8 | |
| Labour | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
27.8 | 20.2 | 7,973 | 2.8 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 |  0 |
11.1 | 14.1 | 5,571 | 4.9 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 5.4 | 2,111 | 4.0 | |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.9 | 341 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.5 | 203 | 1.7 | |
| Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.5 | 203 | New | |
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.2 | 67 | New | |
| ISP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.1 | 57 | New | |
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Ward summary
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| Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor | 33.4 | 2 | 20.1 | 1 | 10.7 | 0 | 31.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Newton Mearns North and Neilston | 32.1 | 1 | 25.4 | 1 | 34.5 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Giffnock and Thornliebank | 26.1 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 25.1 | 1 | 19.9 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood | 29.0 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham | 24.3 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 48.9 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Total | 28.5 | 6 | 20.2 | 5 | 29.5 | 5 | 14.1 | 2 | 7.6 | 0 | 18 |
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Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Danny Devlin (incumbent) | 26.0% | 1,753 | ||||||||
| SNP | Angela Convery (incumbent) | 24.3% | 1,639 | ||||||||
| Labour | Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) | 20.1% | 1,355 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Greg Turner† | 10.7% | 722 | 760 | 761 | 762 | 767 | 780 | 898 | ||
| SNP | Chris Lunday | 9.1% | 616 | 691 | 935 | 936 | 968 | 1,105 | 1,198 | 1,282 | |
| Independent | Paul Aitken (incumbent) | 5.1% | 345 | 462 | 470 | 472 | 491 | 536 | |||
| Scottish Green | Frank Wilson | 3.4% | 229 | 258 | 272 | 273 | 285 | ||||
| Alba | Neil Anderson | 1.1% | 74 | 91 | 96 | 96 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,485 Valid: 6,733 Spoilt: 133[9] (1.93%) Quota: 1,347 Turnout: 47.2% | |||||||||||
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† 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.[10] His name remained on the ballot paper, as the deadline for nominations had passed.
Newton Mearns North and Neilston
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| SNP | Tony Buchanan (incumbent) | 32.1% | 1,938 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Morrison | 26.2% | 1,579 | |
| Labour | Owen O'Donnell | 25.4% | 1,532 | |
| Conservative | Farooq Choudhry | 8.3% | 501 | |
| Scottish Green | Adrian Egglestone | 5.3% | 322 | |
| Scottish Family | Maria Reid | 1.4% | 84 | |
| Alba | Carol McKenzie | 0.9% | 55 | |
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Derek McMillan | 0.4% | 23 | |
| Electorate: 12,397 Valid: 6,034 Spoilt: 72[11] (1.2%) Quota: 1,509 Turnout: 49% | ||||
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Giffnock and Thornliebank
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| SNP | Colm Merrick (incumbent) | 26.1% | 1,888 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Gordon Wallace (incumbent) | 25.1% | 1,816 | ||||||||
| Labour | Mary Montague | 22.2% | 1,608 | 1,629 | 1,630 | 1,662 | 1,863 | ||||
| Independent | Allan Steele | 13.5% | 978 | 983 | 986 | 998 | 1,033 | ||||
| Independent | Alice Roy | 6.4% | 464 | 469 | 470 | 488 | 576 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Karen Sharkey | 5.4% | 387 | 418 | 418 | 439 | |||||
| Alba | George Gebbie | 1.3% | 92 | 97 | 97 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,996 Valid: 7,233 Spoilt: 80[12] (1.1%) Quota: 1,809 Turnout: 56.2% | |||||||||||
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Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Annette Ireland (incumbent) | 21.6% | 2,119 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Kate Campbell | 17.2% | 1,692 | 1,692 | 1,694 | 1,710 | 2,254 | ||||
| Labour | Katie Victoria Pragnell | 16.8% | 1,647 | 1,654 | 1,657 | 1,728 | 1,743 | 1,798 | 1,908 | 2,116 | |
| Independent | David Macdonald (incumbent) | 14.3% | 1,407 | 1,415 | 1,425 | 1,448 | 1,471 | 1,541 | 1,868 | 2,017 | |
| SNP | David Tam McDonald | 7.4% | 724 | 838 | 852 | 863 | 864 | 867 | 895 | 1,233 | |
| Scottish Green | Gordon Keenan | 7.3% | 717 | 737 | 745 | 780 | 787 | 796 | 846 | ||
| Independent | Stewart Miller (incumbent) | 6.4% | 624 | 626 | 634 | 656 | 673 | 718 | |||
| Conservative | Gerald Edwards | 6.3% | 622 | 622 | 622 | 627 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Daphne Vlastari | 2.1% | 203 | 204 | 206 | ||||||
| ISP | Colette Walker | 0.6% | 57 | 58 | |||||||
| Electorate: 16,612 Valid: 9,812 Spoilt: 165[13] (1.6%) Quota: 1,963 Turnout: 60.2% | |||||||||||
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Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Caroline Bamforth[14] (incumbent) | 24.3% | 2,325 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Paul Edlin[14] | 21.1% | 2,016 | |||||||||
| Labour | Andrew Anderson[14] | 19.1% | 1,831 | 1,938 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Jim McLean[14] (incumbent) | 16.6% | 1,584 | 1,600 | 1,685 | 1,690 | 1,691 | 1,721 | 1,733 | 1,823 | 2,888 | |
| Conservative | Paul Smith | 11.2% | 1,067 | 1,070 | 1,082 | 1,083 | 1,087 | 1,106 | 1,113 | 1,154 | ||
| Scottish Green | Victoria Palmer-Dyer | 4.8% | 456 | 649 | 650 | 658 | 665 | 688 | 738 | |||
| Alba | Amer Siddiqui | 1.3% | 120 | 146 | 147 | 147 | 152 | 164 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Luke Reid | 1.2% | 119 | 123 | 123 | 124 | 133 | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Mark Niven Turnbull[8] | 0.5% | 44 | 45 | 45 | 46 | ||||||
| Electorate: 18,174 Valid: 9,562 Spoilt: 139[15] (1.4%) Quota: 1,913 Turnout: 53.1% | ||||||||||||
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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.[16]
On 4 July 2022, Macdonald left the coalition, and the council's administration.[17] 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."[18]
In April 2024, SNP councillor Annette Ireland resigned from the SNP group and became an Independent.
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- "East Renfrewshire Council : Declaration of Results" (PDF). Eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.
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