2022 Midlothian Council election Registered 75,636 Turnout 42.4% First party Second party Leader Kelly Parry Lawrence Fitzpatrick Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Midlothian West Bonnyrigg Last election 6 seats, 37.3% 7 seats, 29.0% Seats before 7 6 Seats after 8 7 Seat change 2 0 Third party Leader Damian Timson Party Conservative Leader's seat Midlothian East Last election 5 seats, 23.2% Seats before 5 Seats after 3 Seat change 2
The 2022 Midlothian Council election took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections . The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected three members, using the STV electoral system .[1]
For the first time, the Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party on the council with eight seats, with Scottish Labour winning seven and the Scottish Conservatives three.[2]
Results [ edit ] 2022 Midlothian Council election[3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− SNP 8 2 0 2 44.44 37.6 11,844 {{{plus/minus}}} Labour 7 0 0 0 38.89 33.5 10,575 {{{plus/minus}}} Conservative 3 0 2 2 16.67 16.7 5,270 {{{plus/minus}}} Scottish Green 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.27 2,542 {{{plus/minus}}} Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.78 1,025 {{{plus/minus}}} Alba 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.7 220 {{{plus/minus}}} Libertarian 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 58 {{{plus/minus}}}
Penicuik [ edit ] 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab 2017-2022: 1 SNP gain from Con Penicuik - 3 seats[4] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SNP Debbi McCall (incumbent ) 31.80 1,639 Labour Willie McEwan 23.90 1,234 1,261.76 1,268.97 1,418.90 Conservative Richard Thomson 17.70 912 917.12 923.12 1,003.12 1,037.30 1,073.01 SNP Connor McManus 11.43 589 857.42 869.06 889.34 904.96 1,159.25 1,276.17 Scottish Green Helen Armstrong 7.43 383 409.27 416.27 482.19 508.33 Liberal Democrats Ken Brown 6.81 351 356.98 364.98 Alba George Boyd 0.83 46 46.85 Electorate: 11,133 Valid: 5,154 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 5,242 (47.1%)
Bonnyrigg [ edit ] 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2022: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2017-2022 Change: No change Bonnyrigg - 3 seats[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 Labour Derek Milligan (incumbent ) 40.36 2,428 SNP Dianne Alexander 35.19 2,117 Conservative David Virgo 23.52 1,012 1,299.0 1,323.87 1,720.07 Scottish Green Daya Feldwick 7.63 459 735.74 1,155.49 Electorate: 14,239 Valid: 6,016 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,505 Turnout: 6,073 (48.5%)
Dalkeith [ edit ] 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2017-2022 Change: No change Dalkeith - 3 seats[6] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labour Stephen Curran (incumbent ) 27.00 1,163 SNP Colin Cassidy (incumbent ) 23.50 1,012 1,017.92 1,035.92 1,133.21 Labour Margot Russell (incumbent ) 18.58 800 881.14 894.36 953 956.86 1,199.24 SNP Karen Green 11.63 501 503.29 508.29 602.51 648.35 663.57 Conservative Mark Wells 10.66 459 462.77 464.77 482.77 483.42 Scottish Green Marion Black 6.90 299 301.29 311.37 Alba Jamie Bryant 1.60 56 56.37 Electorate: 11,594 Valid: 4,306 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,077 Turnout: 4,423 (38.1%)
Midlothian West [ edit ] 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2017-2022 Change: No change Midlothian West - 3 seats[7] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labour Russell Imrie (incumbent ) 26.70 1,645 SNP Pat Kenny 18.65 1,149 1,158.29 1,176.36 1,206.94 1,370.59 Conservative Pauline Winchester (incumbent ) 18.57 1,144 1,161.7 1,167.89 1,323.75 1,386.98 1,397.23 SNP Kelly Parry (incumbent ) 18.27 1,126 1,131.56 1,143.56 1,159.52 1,449.55 2,643.65 Scottish Green Jill Simon 10.13 624 636.77 649.22 773.32 Liberal Democrats Richard Chandler 6.49 400 431.1 441.18 Alba Andrew Coventry 1.20 74 76.09 Electorate: 13,917 Valid: 6,162 Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 6,267 (45%)
Midlothian East [ edit ] 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab 2017-2022 Change: No change Midlothian East - 3 seats[8] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Labour Bryan Pottinger 29.81 1,473 Conservative Peter Smaill (incumbent ) 22.38 1,106 1,153.30 1,255.71 SNP Stuart McKenzie (incumbent ) 21.15 1,045 1,060.93 1,079.79 1,080.28 1,254.15 SNP Ann Montague 12.46 616 634.34 657.59 658.26 805.99 Scottish Green Bill Kerr-Smith 8.66 428 456.16 575.88 578.78 Liberal Democrats Jenny Marr 5.54 274 336.91 Electorate: 12,229 Valid: 4,942 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,236 Turnout: 5,000 (40.9%)
Midlothian South [ edit ] 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab 2017-2022 Change: 1 SNP gain from Con Midlothian South - 3 seats[9] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labour Kelly Drummond (incumbent ) 25.09 1,243 SNP Ellen Scott 21.09 1,045 1,045.09 1,051.09 1,053.09 1,185.1 1,206.12 1,345.55 SNP Douglas Bowen 20.29 1,005 1,005.13 1,013.13 1,018.13 1,072.13 1,097.13 1,223.54 Conservative Robin Stenhouse 12.86 637 637.10 642.1 658.11 678.11 Labour Hazel Flanagan 11.57 573 576.46 579.47 588.07 680.50 999.59 Scottish Green Malcolm Spaven 7.04 349 349.06 356.06 370.06 Libertarian Daniel Fraser 1.17 58 58 63 Alba Christopher Hampton 0.88 44 44 Electorate: 12,524 Valid: 4,954 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,239 Turnout: 5,074 (40.5%)
Aftermath [ edit ] On 24 May, the SNP group announced that it had secured support to run a minority administration in Midlothian.[10] Kelly Parry was elected leader of the council with Debbi McCall serving as provost.[11]
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