Английская Википедия:2022 Angus Council election

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]

2017 Angus Council election result
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%

Source: ^[1]^[2]

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]

Angus Council composition
	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

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

Source:^[2]^[5]

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.

Seats changing hands
Seat	2017			2022
Seat	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

Source: ^[6]^[7] }}

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

Source: ^[8]^[9]}}

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

Source: ^[10]^[11]}}

Monifieth and Sidlaw

Source: ^[12]^[13] }}

Carnoustie and District

Source: ^[14]^[15]}}

Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim

Source:^[16]^[17]}}

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

Source:^[18]^[19]}}

Montrose and District

Source:^[20]^[21]}}

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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