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    • Source: 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election

      • The 2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.
      The SNP minority administration formed after the 2017 election was replaced with a new Labour majority administration.


      Results




      Ward results




      = Lomond

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      2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
      2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
      2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from Con


      = Leven

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      2017: 2xSNP; 1xWDCP; 1xLab
      2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xWDCP;
      2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one from SNP


      = Dumbarton

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      2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
      2022: 2xLab; 2xSNP
      2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one from Con


      = Kilpatrick

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      2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
      2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
      2017-2022 Change: no change


      = Clydebank Central

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      2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
      2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
      2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent


      = Clydebank Waterfront

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      2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
      2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
      2017-2022 Change: no change


      Aftermath


      Labour won twelve seats, giving them the majority they needed to regain control of the council from the SNP, who had won control in 2017. Martin Rooney was appointed Council Leader, with Michelle McGinty serving as his deputy.
      Clydebank Central SNP councillor Diane Docherty quit the SNP group in January 2023, and now sits as an Independent.
      In July 2024 Labour councillor and Provost Douglas McAllister was elected to Parliament for the West Dunbartonshire constituency during the 2024 United Kingdom general election, and as such stood back from being Provost.
      Ex-council leader Dumbarton SNP councillor Jonathon McColl quit the SNP group on 19 August 2024, and now sits as an Independent.
      Clydebank Waterfront Labour councillors Daniel Lennie and June McKay quit the Labour group in August 2024, and now sit as Independents. This resulted in the Labour group losing control of the council. However in September 2024, it was announced that Labour will retain control of the council as a minority administration, as opposition councillors were unable to form a coalition administration.
      On 28 August 2024, Dumbarton councillor Karen Murray Conaghan was elected to serve as the new Provost, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the history of the council.


      = Clydebank Central by-election

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      A by-election was held on 13 June 2024 after Clydebank Central Labour councillor Craig Edward was removed from the party group after being charged with possession of indecent images and had resigned as a councillor after pleading guilty. It was won by the Labour candidate Fiona Hennebry.


      = Kilpatrick by-election

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      In September 2024 Labour councillor and newly elected Member of Parliament Douglas McAllister resigned as a councillor. A by-election has been scheduled in the Kilpatrick ward for 28 November 2024.


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