# 2022 Stirling Council election

The 2022 Stirling Council election was held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
The election saw Labour increase their representation on the council by two and significantly increase their vote share. The SNP lost one seat and the Greens retained their single seat. The Conservatives saw their representation on the council drop by two seats. The Liberal Democrats failed to win representation and one independent candidate won a seat.

## Results

2022 Stirling Council election result :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | SNP | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34.8 | 33.3 | 12,196 | 1.4 |
| | Conservative | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 11,522 | 5.7 |
| | Labour | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.1 | 16.1 | 5,899 | 0.1 |
| | Scottish Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.3 | 7.0 | 2,546 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 2,103 | 2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1,841 | 1.7 |
| | Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.2 | 428 | New |
| | Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 61 | New |
| Total | Total | 23 | | | | | | 36,596 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

## Ward results
### Trossachs and Teith

* 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
* 2022: 2xCon; 1xSNP
* 2017-2022: No change
Trossachs and Teith - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Martin Earl (incumbent) | 37.8 | 2,031 |
| | SNP | Gene Maxwell | 19.2 | 1,031 | 1,053.0 | 1,054.0 | 1,064.7 | 1,238.4 | 1,377.5 |
| | SNP | John Watson | 14.2 | 761 | 773.5 | 774.5 | 785.5 | 874.2 | 945.2 | 974.7 |
| | Labour | Josh Hamilton | 9.1 | 491 | 530.6 | 534.9 | 610.1 | 764.2 |
| | Scottish Green | Wendy Faulkner | 8.3 | 444 | 480.2 | 485.5 | 537.6 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Watterson | 7.2 | 385 | 881.6 | 893.3 | 926.7 | 950.9 | 1,078.8 | 1,079.2 | 1,262.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Galen Milne | 3.5 | 188 | 218.4 | 223.8 |
| | Scottish Family | Dolores Hughes | 0.8 | 41 | 46.1 |
| Electorate: 9,475 Valid: 5,372 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,344 Turnout: 57.8% ||||||||||||

### Forth and Endrick

* 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
* 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2017-2022 Change: 1 Lab gain from Con
Forth and Endrick - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Rosemary Fraser | 24.1 | 1,451 | 1,454.0 | 1,484.0 | 1,570.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Henke | 18.8 | 1,130 | 1,140.0 | 1,180.0 | 1,272.0 | 1,272.4 | 1,291.1 | 2,334.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Heald | 17.3 | 1,043 | 1,048.0 | 1,071.0 | 1,153.0 | 1,153.3 | 1,175.6 |
| | Labour | Gerry McGarvey | 14.0 | 846 | 857.0 | 996.0 | 1,137.0 | 1,140.4 | 1,438.0 | 1,481.1 |
| | SNP | Paul Goodwin | 11.1 | 671 | 672.0 | 687.0 | 719.0 | 776.4 |
| | Independent | Rob Davies‡ (incumbent) | 7.8 | 468 | 489.0 | 548.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James MacLaren | 5.7 | 345 | 355.0 |
| | Scottish Family | Liam McKechnie | 1.1 | 69 |
| Electorate: 10,854 Valid: 6,023 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,506 Turnout: 56.2% |||||||||||

### Dunblane and Bridge of Allan

* 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xGreen
* 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xGreen; 1xLab
* 2017-2022 Change: 1 Lab gain from Con
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Dodds (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,536 |
| | SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 17.8 | 1,266 | 1,268.0 | 1,269.0 | 1,293.0 | 1,317.3 | 1,815.3 |
| | Scottish Green | Alasdair Tollemache (incumbent) | 16.0 | 1,138 | 1,141.0 | 1,147.0 | 1,156.0 | 1,207.5 | 1,260.5 | 1,466.4 |
| | Labour | Ewan Dillon | 11.9 | 842 | 846.9 | 850.9 | 856.9 | 901.1 | 910.1 | 957.4 | 971.2 | 1,330.5 | 1,577.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fayzan Rehman | 9.4 | 665 | 669.2 | 674.2 | 674.2 | 748.3 | 760.3 | 785.6 | 799.6 |
| | Conservative | Willy Stirling | 8.4 | 598 | 686.2 | 701.4 | 705.4 | 819.0 | 819.0 | 823.3 | 824.9 | 956.0 |
| | SNP | Ahsan Khan | 7.9 | 564 | 564.2 | 564.2 | 569.2 | 581.2 |
| | Independent | Alastair George Majury (incumbent) | 5.3 | 377 | 382.2 | 387.2 | 396.2 |
| | Alba | Bill Cowan | 0.9 | 61 | 61.1 | 64.1 |
| | Scottish Family | Nickie Willis | 0.7 | 50 | 50.3 |
| Electorate: 11,911 Valid: 7,097 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 60.4% ||||||||||||||

### Stirling North

* 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
* 2022: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
* 2012-2017: No change
Stirling North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Susan McGill (incumbent) | 25.7 | 1,305 |
| | Conservative | Rachel Nunn | 22.8 | 1,161 |
| | Labour | Danny Gibson (incumbent) | 20.2 | 1,029 |
| | SNP | Jim Thomson (incumbent) | 12.6 | 642 | 872.7 | 878.2 | 879.6 | 886.3 | 908.4 | 1,474.8 |
| | Scottish Green | Amy Smith | 13.7 | 695 | 727.3 | 735.6 | 737.9 | 751.7 | 852.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Franklin | 3.7 | 190 | 195.3 | 254.1 | 257.6 | 276.2 |
| | Scottish Family | Shena McLelland | 1.3 | 64 | 64.9 | 77.7 | 78.3 |
| Electorate: 11,589 Valid: 5,117 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 44.7% |||||||||||

### Stirling West

* 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
* 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2012-2017 Change: No change
Stirling West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Neil Benny (incumbent) | 23.8 | 1,313 | 1,334.0 | 1,364.0 | 2,041.0 |
| | SNP | Scott Farmer (incumbent) | 21.9 | 1,207 | 1,214.0 | 1,239.0 | 1,240.0 | 1,258.9 | 1,279.9 | 2,038.4 |
| | Labour | Jen Preston | 20.0 | 1,100 | 1,118.0 | 1,268.0 | 1,302.0 | 1,509.2 |
| | SNP | Morag Fulton | 13.8 | 760 | 768.0 | 792.0 | 801.0 | 809.1 | 834.0 |
| | Conservative | Alastair Pettigrew | 13.3 | 730 | 742.0 | 762.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dick Moerman | 5.2 | 285 | 296.0 |
| | Scottish Family | Michael Willis | 2.0 | 110 |
| Electorate: 10,192 Valid: 5,505 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,377 Turnout: 54.9% |||||||||||

### Stirling East

* 2017: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
* 2022: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
* 2017-2022: No change
Stirling East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Gerry McLaughlan | 30.7 | 1,177 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Flannagan (incumbent) | 23.3 | 893 | 895.0 | 905.0 | 925.0 | 931.2 | 999.2 |
| | Labour | Chris Kane (incumbent) | 21.6 | 829 | 839.4 | 848.4 | 877.7 | 933.9 | 1,019.6 |
| | SNP | Grant Thoms | 8.0 | 306 | 488.4 | 497.4 | 502.2 | 578.7 | 650.0 |
| | Independent | Gary McGrow | 7.9 | 303 | 305.8 | 310.8 | 323.0 | 359.7 |
| | Scottish Green | Linda Hendry | 4.7 | 182 | 189.8 | 194.1 | 213.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Murphy | 2.4 | 91 | 93.2 | 98.2 |
| | Scottish Family | David Tortolano | 1.4 | 53 | 53.6 |
| Electorate: 8,587 Valid: 3,834 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 959 Turnout: 45.5% ||||||||||

### Bannockburn

* 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
* 2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xInd
* 2017-2022 Change: 1 Ind gain from SNP
Bannockburn - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Alasdair MacPherson (incumbent) | 26.0 | 955 |
| | Labour | Margaret Brisley (incumbent) | 20.7 | 762 | 770.1 | 775.3 | 794.8 | 813.3 | 839.8 | 900.8 | 1,188.2 |
| | SNP | Brian Hambly | 20.4 | 749 | 755.2 | 756.3 | 764.6 | 786.9 | 1,085.1 |
| | Conservative | Stuart McLuckie | 19.1 | 702 | 705.1 | 717.2 | 731.5 | 737.6 | 739.6 | 743.9 |
| | SNP | Diane Tortolano | 8.3 | 306 | 310.1 | 313.1 | 320.2 | 345.8 |
| | Scottish Green | Marie Stadtler | 2.4 | 87 | 88.8 | 93.0 | 101.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary MacPherson | 2.1 | 77 | 78.5 | 81.6 |
| | Scottish Family | Sophie Hendry | 1.1 | 41 | 41.9 |
| Electorate: 8,777 Valid: 3,679 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 920 Turnout: 42.6% ||||||||||||