Английская Википедия:2022 Glasgow City Council election

Elections to Glasgow City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on 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.

Despite losing two seats, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party on the council for the second consecutive election, returning 37 councillors out of 85 – six shy of an overall majority. Labour regained some of the ground they had lost at the previous election after winning 36 seats – up five from 2017. The Greens bettered their record-breaking performance from 2017 as they won 10 seats – an increase of three – while the Conservatives lost three-quarters of their seats as they returned just two councillors.

Following the election, the SNP and Greens reached a "working agreement" which allowed the minority SNP administration to remain in control and Cllr Susan Aitken was again returned as council leader.

Background

Previous election

Шаблон:Main At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats on the council for the first time. The SNP gained 12 seats to hold 39, four shy of an overall majority, while Labour lost 13 seats, which left them with 31 as they fell from the largest party to second place. The Conservatives gained seven seats to record their best result in Glasgow since 1980 with eight seats. The Greens had a similarly record-breaking result as they recorded their best ever result in Glasgow picking up seven seats, two more than 2017. The Liberal Democrats lost their only seat.^[1]^[2] As a result, the SNP formed a minority administration to run the council.^[3]

2017 Glasgow City Council election result
Party		Seats	Vote share
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	39	41.0%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	31	30.2%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservatives	8	14.6%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Greens	7	8.7%

Source:^[1]^[2]

Electoral system

The election used the 23 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 85 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.^[4]

Composition

Following the 2017 election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillors Glenn Elder, Russell Robertson, Michael Cullen and Elspeth Kerr and Green councillor Martin Bartos who resigned from their respective parties to become independents.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Labour councillor Anne McTaggart defected and joined the SNP^[9] and Conservative councillor Tony Curtis resigned from the party before he was disqualified from the council for not attending a meeting in six months.^[10] Labour councillor Jim Coleman was also disqualified for not attending a meeting in six months.^[11]

SNP councillors Michelle Ferns and John Letford defected to the Alba Party.^[12]^[13]^[14] Three by-elections were held and resulted in a Labour hold, a Labour gain from Conservative and an SNP gain from Labour.^[15]^[16] Labour councillor Gary Gray died in February 2022 which left a vacancy on the council which would not be filled as it was less than six months before the election.^[17]

Composition of Glasgow City Council
Party		2017 election	DissolutionШаблон:Cref2
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	SNP	39	35
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Labour	31	29
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Conservative	8	7
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Green	7	6
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Independent	0	5
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" \|	Alba	0	2

Notes

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Retiring Councillors

Retiring councillors
Council Ward	Party		Departing Councillor
Linn	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Glenn Elder
Newlands/Auldburn	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Josephine Docherty
Newlands/Auldburn	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Kyle Thornton
Greater Pollok	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	David McDonald
Greater Pollok	Rhiannon Spear	SNP
Govan	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	John Kane
Govan	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Green	Allan Young
Langside	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Archie Graham
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Anna Richardson
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Green	Tanya Wisely
Calton	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Jennifer Layden
Victoria Park	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Maggie McTernan
Garscadden/Scotstounhill	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Michael Cullen
Drumchapel/Anniesland	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Malcolm Balfour
Maryhill	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Alba	John Letford
Maryhill	scope="row" style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Jane Morgan
Springburn/Robroyston	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Martin McElroy
East Centre	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Frank Docherty
	Marie Garrity	Labour
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Russell Robertson
Shettleston	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Alba	Michelle Ferns
Baillieston	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	SNP	Elaine Ballantyne
Baillieston	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Conservative	Philip Charles
Dennistoun	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Green	Kim Long
Partick East/Kelvindale	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Independent	Martin Bartos
Partick East/Kelvindale	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" \|	Labour	Martin Rhodes

Source:^[2]^[18]

Candidates

The total number of candidates fell from 209 in 2017 to 201. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 49 (seven less than in 2017) across the 23 wards. Unlike 2017, the SNP were the only party to field enough candidates to win an outright majority as Labour only put forward 42 candidates – one fewer than the previous election. All of the Labour candidates stood under the "Glasgow Labour" banner, an official alternative description registered by the UK Labour Party that its candidates can use on the ballot papers.^[19] Both the Greens and the Conservatives also contested every ward with both standing 23 candidates which was the same as the previous election. The 20 candidates fielded by the Liberal Democrats were one less than in 2017 while the number of independent candidates fell from 14 to nine. As they had in 2017, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) stood seven candidates while the Scottish Socialist Party put forward four candidates – up one from the previous election. The number of United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) candidates fell by 90 per cent to one while the Libertarians (two) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) (one) stood the same number of candidates as they had in 2017. Contesting elections in Glasgow City for the first time were the Alba Party (14 candidates), the Freedom Alliance (three), Volt UK (one) and the Scottish Family Party (one). Solidarity – who had contested every election in Glasgow since 2003 – and No Referendum Maintain Union Pro-Brexit – who had also stood at the 2017 election – did not stand any candidates.^[2]^[18]

Results

Source:^[20]

Ward summary

Шаблон:Election table |- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !% !Seats !rowspan=2|Total |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 |SNP !colspan=2 |Lab !colspan=2 |Grn !colspan=2 |Con !colspan=2 |Others |- |align="left"|Linn |bgcolor="#efe146"|33.4 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |32.0 |2 |6.0 |0 |11.5 |0 |17.1 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Newlands/Auldburn |bgcolor="#efe146"|33.1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |32.8 |1 |8.4 |1 |11.3 |0 |14.3 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Greater Pollok |38.5 |2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|43.7 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |3.9 |0 |9.4 |0 |4.5 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Cardonald |39.2 |2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|42.0 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |5.4 |0 |8.8 |0 |4.6 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Govan |bgcolor="#efe146"|38.3 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |29.7 |1 |15.1 |1 |10.0 |0 |6.9 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Pollokshields |bgcolor="#efe146"|30.6 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |23.4 |1 |22.1 |1 |12.5 |0 |11.4 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Langside |bgcolor="#efe146"|32.3 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |26.7 |1 |27.9 |1 |8.6 |0 |4.4 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Southside Central |bgcolor="#efe146"|34.3 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |31.5 |2 |18.1 |1 |4.1 |0 |12.0 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Calton |bgcolor="#efe146"|39.4 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |34.2 |2 |12.7 |0 |10.4 |0 |3.3 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Anderston/City/Yorkhill |bgcolor="#efe146"|33.0 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |30.1 |1 |25.8 |1 |6.7 |0 |4.4 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Hillhead |28.6 |1 |22.1 |1 |bgcolor="#61c100"|36.2 |bgcolor="#61c100"|1 |6.7 |0 |6.3 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Victoria Park |26.6 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|28.4 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1 |23.4 |1 |15.8 |0 |5.8 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Garscadden/Scotstounhill |bgcolor="#efe146"|40.7 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |38.7 |2 |8.3 |0 |10.3 |0 |2.0 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Drumchapel/Anniesland |37.9 |2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|38.2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |6.1 |0 |9.5 |0 |8.3 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Maryhill |bgcolor="#efe146"|42.1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |34.0 |1 |12.3 |0 |8.2 |0 |3.4 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Canal |bgcolor="#efe146"|38.1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |35.4 |2 |5.6 |0 |5.2 |0 |15.8 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Springburn/Robroyston |41.2 |2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|41.7 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |4.2 |0 |9.0 |0 |3.7 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|East Centre |bgcolor="#efe146"|42.1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |37.3 |2 |3.4 |0 |9.9 |0 |7.3 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Shettleston |35.4 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|39.2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |5.0 |0 |16.7 |1 |3.6 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Baillieston |38.2 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|38.3 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1 |4.1 |0 |16.6 |1 |2.8 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|North East |42.6 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|44.0 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |3.0 |0 |8.6 |0 |1.8 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Dennistoun |bgcolor="#efe146"|35.1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |29.2 |1 |26.2 |1 |6.2 |0 |3.3 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Partick East/Kelvindale |28.4 |1 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|32.2 |bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2 |20.9 |1 |13.3 |0 |5.2 |0 |4 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" !align="left"|Total !35.5 !37 !33.8 !36 !13.7 !10 !10.2 !2 !6.8 !0 !85 |}

Source:^[20]

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
Linn	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Euan Blockley	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Labour	Catherine Vallis
Newlands/Auldburn	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Leòdhas Iain Massie
Pollokshields	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	David Meikle	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Zen Ghani
Southside Central	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Mhairi Hunter	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Elaine Gallagher
Calton	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Robert Connelly	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Labour	George Redmond
Victoria Park	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Ade Aibinu	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Greens	Lana Reid-McConnell
Shettleston	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Michelle FernsШаблон:Cref2	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Labour	Jill Pidgeon
North East	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	SNP	Mandy Morgan	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Labour	Sharon Greer
Partick East/Kelvindale	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Conservative	Tony CurtisШаблон:Cref2	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"\|	Labour	Lilith Johnstone

Notes

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Source:^[2]^[20]

Ward results

Linn

Source:^[21]^[22]}}

Newlands/Auldburn

Source:^[23]^[24]}}

Greater Pollok

Source:^[25]^[26]}}

Cardonald

Source:^[27]^[28]}}

Govan

Source:^[29]^[30]}}

Pollokshields

Source:^[31]^[32]}}

Langside

Source:^[33]^[34]}}

Southside Central

Source:^[35]^[36]}}

Calton

Source:^[37]^[38]}}

Anderston/City/Yorkhill

Source:^[39]^[40]}}

Hillhead

The Greens, the SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Hillhead|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:^[41]^[42]}}

Victoria Park

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Greens gained a seat from the Conservatives. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Victoria Park|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:^[43]^[44]}}

Garscadden/Scotstounhill

Source:^[45]^[46]}}

Drumchapel/Anniesland

Source:^[47]^[48]}}

Maryhill

Source:^[49]^[50]}}

Canal

Source:^[51]^[52]}}

Springburn/Robroyston

Source:^[53]^[54]}}

East Centre

Source:^[55]^[56]}}

Shettleston

Source:^[57]^[58]}}

Baillieston

Labour, the SNP and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Baillieston|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:^[59]^[60]}}

North East

Source:^[61]^[62]}}

Dennistoun

Source:^[63]^[64]}}

Partick East/Kelvindale

Source:^[65]^[66]}}

Aftermath

Despite losing two seats, the SNP retained their position as the largest party ahead of Labour. The result was welcomed by First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon who called the SNP's gain from the Conservatives in Pollokshields "seismic". Labour group leader Cllr Malcolm Cunning said the results pointed to the people in Glasgow looking for change after the party gained five seats.^[67] The election saw both the first refugee – Cllr Roza Salih – to be elected as a councillor in Scotland and the first transgender person – Cllr Elaine Gallagher – elected to Glasgow City Council.^[68]^[69]

After the election, the SNP reached a working agreement with the Greens, similar in nature to the co-operation agreement in the Scottish Government but the Greens would not form part of the administration.^[70] Cllr Susan Aitken was returned as council leader and Cllr Richard Bell was elected as deputy leader, replacing David McDonald who had stood down before the election. Cllr Jacqueline McLaren was selected as Lord Provost – replacing Labour's Cllr Philip Braat – and, as part of the agreement with the Greens, Cllr Christy Mearns was re-elected as deputy Lord Provost.^[71]

Cllr Cunning was replaced as leader of the Labour group by Cllr George Redmond shortly after the election.^[72]

Linn by-election

Source:^[75]^[76]}}

Hillhead by-election

On 14 December 2023, Labour councillor for Hillhead Hanzala Malik died.^[77] A by-election will be scheduled in 2024.

Notes

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