2022_Moray_Council_election

2022 Moray Council election
All 26 seats to Moray Council; 14 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; Graham Leadbitter; SNP	Council Leader after election ; Neil McLennan & Kathleen Robertson; Conservative

2022 Moray Council election

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The 2022 election to Moray Council took place on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 Councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

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On 18 May 2022, it was announced that the council would be run by a minority Conservative group, alongside two Independents.^[2]

Ward results

The incumbent councillors for each ward as of March 2022 are listed below.^[3] Any changes from the councillors elected in the 2017 Moray Council election are also noted. Candidates for the upcoming election were confirmed on 30 March 2022.^[4]

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[1] 4 Councillors Open Group, 2 Moray Alliance Group, and 2 Independent

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"Councillors". Moray Council. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

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"Information for voters". Moray Council. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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"Moray Council Election Results 2022". Moray Council. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SNP	9	0	1	1	34.6	31.6	10,518	7.8
Conservative	8	5	0	5	30.8	36.1	12,010	18.6
Independent	8	0	2	2	30.8	24.1	8,022	4.8
Labour	1	0	2	2	3.8	4.3	1,438	4.9
Scottish Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	853	0.2
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	410	0.6

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	11	3	0	+3	42.31	36.24	10,698
SNP	8	0	1	-1	30.77	35.95	10,613
Labour	3	2	0	+2	11.54	12.33	3,641
Independent	2	0	6	-6	7.69	7.88	2,327
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	3.85	3.80	1,121
Scottish Green	1	1	0	+1	3.85	3.39	1,001
Scottish Family	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.34	99	New
Sovereignty	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.08	23	New

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SNP		Lab		Conservative		Green		Lib Dem		Others		Total Cllrs
Speyside Glenlivet	36.77	1			33.83	1	8.57	0			20.83	1	3
Keith and Cullen	43.50	1			43.68	2			9.94	0	2.88	0	3
Buckie		1				1				1			3
Fochabers Lhanbryde	42.99	1	10.11	1	39.79	1							3
Heldon and Laich	29.48	1	7.68	0	39.71	2			4.62	0	18.52	1	3
Elgin City North	32.60	1	28.49	1	25.88	1	4.49	0	3.92	0	4.62	0	3
Elgin City South	35.55	1	28.11	1	26.83	1			3.05	0	6.45	0	4
Forres	34.29	1	10.62	0	40.91	2	9.1	1			5.10	0	4
Total													26

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	SNP	Juli Harris	36.77%	1,227
	Conservative	David Gordon	33.83%	1,129
	Independent	Derek Ross (incumbent)	20.14%	672	750.3	897.7
	Scottish Green	Elidh Myrvang Brown	8.57%	286	491.7	519.6
	Sovereignty	David Philip McHutchon	0.69%	23	30.7	50.5
Electorate: 7,382 Valid: 3,374 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 835 Turnout: 45.7%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	SNP	Theresa Coull (incumbent)	43.5%	1,493
	Conservative	Donald Gatt (incumbent)	24.7%	849	884.25
	Conservative	Tracy Colyer	18.9%	650	673.8	693.6	732.61	955.35
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Tarr	9.9%	341	589.4	591.8	674.21
	Scottish Family	William Barclay	2.9%	99	178.0	178.4
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,432 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 859 Turnout: 45.7%

2022_Moray_Council_election

2022 Moray Council election

2017 results

Results

Ward results

Speyside Glenlivet

Keith and Cullen

Buckie

Fochabers Lhanbryde

Heldon and Laich

Elgin City North

Elgin City South

Forres

Footnotes

Changes since 2022

By-elections since 2022

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Candidate	Party
Neil McLennan		Conservative
Christopher Thomas Price		Liberal Democrat
Sonya Warren (incumbent)		SNP

Fochabers Lhanbryde - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Marc Macrae (incumbent)	39.7%	1,590
	SNP	Shona Morrison (incumbent)	23.5%	940	959.2	1005.3
	SNP	David Bremner (incumbent)	19.4%	778	791.7	811.8	816.3
	Labour	Ben Williams	10.1%	404	534.6	830.5	830.8	1,178.2
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Cameron	7.0%	284	496.2
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,996 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 4,064

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Neil Cameron	29.5%	1,455
	Conservative	James Allan (incumbent)	27.0%	1,331
	Independent	John Cowe (incumbent)	18.5%	914	1,045.28
	Conservative	Bridget Mustard	12.7%	629	639.27	885.17	898.46	946.96	1,150.32
	Labour	Andrew O'Neill	7.7%	404	489.1	511.77	526.23	725.25
	Liberal Democrats	Calum Cameron	4.6%	228	307.28	326.35	337.06
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,936 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 988 Turnout: 4,996

Elgin City North - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SNP	Jérémie Fernandes	32.6%	1,199
	Labour	Sandy Keith	28.5%	1,048
	Conservative	Amber Dunbar	25.9%	952
	Independent	Graham Jarvis	4.6%	170
	Scottish Green	Rebecca Kail	4.5%	165
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Alexander	3.9%	144
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,678 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 920 Turnout: 3,710

Elgin City South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SNP	Graham Leadbitter (incumbent)	35.5%	1,444
	Labour	John Divers (incumbent)	28.1%	1,142
	Conservative	Peter Bloomfield	26.8%	1,090
	Independent	Michaela French	4.0%	161
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Salmon	3.1%	124
	Independent	Paul Briggs	2.5%	101
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,062 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 4,113