Английская Википедия:2022 Angus Council election
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Elections to Angus Council took place on 5 May 2022, 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 11th consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 13 seats – two shy of an overall majority. The Conservatives lost much of the ground they had made up in the previous election as their vote share fell by 7.3%, losing one seat to return seven councillors. The number of independents fell by two to seven and the remaining seat was won by Labour. The Liberal Democrats lost both their seats.
The outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent coalition was replaced by an SNP–independent administration with Cllr Beth Whiteside elected as council leader and Cllr Brian Boyd elected as Provost.
Background
Previous election
Шаблон:Main At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) remained the largest party - tied with the number of independents - despite losing 40 per cent of their seats. As a result, they lost control of the council to a coalition of independents, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives came third despite recording the largest share of first preference votes as they gained four seats to double their number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats also gained one seat to double their representation while Labour – who received a larger vote share than the Liberal Democrats – lost their only seat.[1][2]
Party | Seats | Vote share | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | SNP | 9 | 31.2% |
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Independent | 9 | 25.0% |
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Conservatives | 8 | 33.9% |
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 4.6% |
Electoral system
The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 28 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[3]
Composition
No by-elections were held following the previous election in 2017. The only change in the political composition of the council came when Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim councillor Richard Moore resigned from the Liberal Democrats and sat as an independent after he was found to have inappropriately touched several women.[4]
Party | 2017 result | Dissolution | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" | | SNP | 9 | 9 |
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" | | Independent | 9 | 10 |
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" | | Conservative | 8 | 8 |
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" | | Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 |
Retiring councillors
Ward | Party | Retiring councillor | |
---|---|---|---|
Kirriemuir and Dean | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | Conservative | Angus Macmillan-Douglas |
Brechin and Edzell | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | Independent | Bob Myles |
Forfar and District | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | Conservative | Braden Davy |
Monifeith and Sidlaw | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | SNP | Shelia Harris |
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | SNP | Alex King |
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | Conservative | David Lumgair | |
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | Independent | Richard Moore | |
Montrose and District | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color"| | Conservative | Ron Sturrock |
Candidates
The total number of candidates increased from 53 in 2017 to 56. As with the previous election, the SNP fielded the most candidates at 14 – one fewer than in 2017. After their success in the 2017 election, the Conservatives fielded a total of 11 candidates – two more than the previous election – while the number of independent candidates fell from 14 to 11. The Liberal Democrats maintained a total of eight candidates as they had in 2017 and the number of Labour candidates standing fell by one to six. For the first time, the Alba Party (three) fielded candidates in Angus.[2][5]
Results
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Source:[5]
Ward summary
Шаблон:Election table
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2|SNP
!colspan=2|Con
!colspan=2|Ind
!colspan=2|Lab
!colspan=2|Others
|-
|align="left"|Kirriemuir and Dean
|bgcolor="#efe146"|42.0
|bgcolor="#efe146"|2
|38.4
|1
|colspan="2" Шаблон:N/a
|6.7
|0
|12.9
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Brechin and Edzell
|bgcolor="#efe146"|34.1
|bgcolor="#efe146"|1
|32.3
|1
|20.4
|1
|7.2
|0
|5.9
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Forfar and District
|bgcolor="#efe146"|38.4
|bgcolor="#efe146"|2
|21.4
|1
|28.9
|1
|5.5
|0
|5.9
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Monifieth and Sidlaw
|bgcolor="#efe146"|39.7
|bgcolor="#efe146"|2
|30.7
|1
|colspan="2" Шаблон:N/a
|13.5
|1
|16.1
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Carnoustie and District
|35.9
|1
|17.3
|0
|bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|36.8
|bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|2
|colspan="2" Шаблон:N/a
|10.0
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
|bgcolor="#efe146"|36.2
|bgcolor="#efe146"|2
|31.4
|1
|17.0
|1
|6.5
|0
|9.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Arbroath East and Lunan
|bgcolor="#efe146"|41.5
|bgcolor="#efe146"|1
|17.7
|1
|31.0
|1
|7.0
|0
|2.8
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Montrose and District
|bgcolor="#efe146"|39.3
|bgcolor="#efe146"|2
|22.3
|1
|25.6
|1
|6.5
|0
|7.6
|0
|4
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"
!align="left"|Total
!38.3
!13
!26.6
!7
!19.0
!7
!6.9
!1
!9.2
!0
!28
|}
Source:[5]
Seats changing hands
Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.
Seat | 2017 | 2022 | ||||
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Party | Member | Party | Member | |||
Kirriemuir and Dean | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Conservative | Angus Macmillan-Douglas | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | SNP | George Meechan |
Forfar and District | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Independent | Colin Brown | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | SNP | Linda Clark |
Monifieth and Sidlaw | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Labour | Heather Doran |
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Moore | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | SNP | Martin Shephard |
Montrose and District | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Independent | Mark Salmond | bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | SNP | Kenny BraesШаблон:Cref2 |
- Notes
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Ward results
Kirriemuir and Dean
The SNP retained the seat they had won at the previous election and gained one from the Conservatives while retained one of their two seats. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Kirriemuir and Dean|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Brechin and Edzell
The SNP and Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Jill Scott gained a seat from retiring independent councillor Bob Myles. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Kirriemuir and Dean|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Forfar and District
The SNP and Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from independent candidate Colin Brown. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Forfar and District|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Monifieth and Sidlaw
The SNP (2) and the Conservtives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Monifieth and Sidlaw|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Carnoustie and District
The SNP and independent candidates David Cheape and Brian Boyd retained the seats they had won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Carnoustie and District|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate David Fairweather retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Arbroath East and Lunan
The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Lois Speed retained the seats they had won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Arbroath East and Lunan|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Montrose and District
The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Tommy Stewart retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained a seat from independent candidate Mark Salmond. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Montrose and District|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2
Aftermath
Following the election, the outgoing Conservative-Liberal Democrat-independent administration was replaced after the SNP group formed a coalition with independent councillors Brian Boyd and David Cheape. At the first meeting of the new council on 24 May 2022, SNP councillor Beth Whiteside was elected as leader of the council – the first woman to hold the role – replacing independent councillor David Fairweather. Cllr Boyd was elected as Provost – the first openly gay man to hold the role – and Cllr Linda Clark was elected deputy Provost. Provost Boyd said the new council should seek to end the "petty politics that have blighted Angus Council in its entirety".[22][23]
Notes
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