2022 North Lanarkshire Council election information
North Lanarkshire Council election
2022 North Lanarkshire Council election
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All 77 seats to North Lanarkshire Council 39 seats needed for a majority
Registered
264,519
Turnout
41.3%
First party
Second party
Third party
SNP
Lab
Con
Leader
Jordan Linden
Jim Logue
Sandy Watson
Party
SNP
Labour
Conservative
Leader's seat
Bellshill
Airdrie Central
Airdrie South
Last election
33 seats, 38.4%
32 seats, 32.9%
10 seats, 15.8%
Seats before
26
31
8
Seats won
36
32
5
Seat change
3
5
Popular vote
46,255
37,336
12,571
Percentage
43.6%
35.2%
11.8%
Swing
5.2%
2.3%
4.0%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Ind
Grn
BUP
Leader
Claire Louise Williams
John Jo Leckie
Party
Independent
Scottish Green
British Unionist Party
Leader's seat
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
Fortissat
Last election
2 seats, 7.4%
0 seats, 1.3%
0 seats, 0.5%
Seats before
9
0
0
Seats won
2
1
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
4,282
2,304
859
Percentage
4.0%
2.2%
0.5%
Swing
3.4%
0.9%
0.3%
Leader before election
Jim Logue (Labour)
No overall control
Leader after election
Jordan Linden (SNP)
No overall control
Elections to North Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 36 seats – three shy of an overall majority. Despite a slight increase in vote share, Labour made a net gain of zero seats to remain as the second-largest party on 32 seats. The Conservatives lost half of their seats while both the Greens and the British Unionist Party (BUP) won their first seats in a North Lanarkshire election. The remaining two seats were won by independents.
For the first time in the council's history, Labour lost control as their ruling minority administration supported by the Conservatives was replaced by an SNP minority administration. However, following allegations of sexual harassment against council leader Jordan Linden, Labour regained control of the council three months later.
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