# 2022 Midlothian Council election

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.
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.

## Results

2022 Midlothian Council election :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SNP | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44.44 | 37.6 | 11,844 | 6.93 |
| Labour | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.89 | 33.5 | 10,575 | 3.30 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16.67 | 16.7 | 5,270 | 6.04 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.27 | 2,542 | 1.60 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.78 | 1,025 | 2.77 |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.7 | 220 | 0.70 |
| Scottish Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 58 | 0.20 |

## Wards
### Penicuik

* 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab
* 2017-2022: 1 SNP gain from Con
Penicuik - 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 | 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

* 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
* 2022: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
* 2017-2022 Change: No change
Bonnyrigg - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

* 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
* 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
* 2017-2022 Change: No change
Dalkeith - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

* 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2017-2022 Change: No change
Midlothian West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

* 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
* 2017-2022 Change: No change
Midlothian East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

* 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
* 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab
* 2017-2022 Change: 1 SNP gain from Con
Midlothian South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | | | |
| | Scottish 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

On 24 May, the SNP group announced that it had secured support to run a minority administration in Midlothian. Kelly Parry was elected leader of the council with Debbi McCall serving as provost.