2022 Inverclyde Council election
5 May 2022
All 22 seats to Inverclyde Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
SNP
Con
Leader Stephen McCabe Elizabeth Robertson David Wilson
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Leader's seat Inverclyde East Inverclyde North Inverclyde East
Last election 8 seats, 26.9% 7 seats, 32.8% 2 seat, 17.6%
Seats before 8 5 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Alb
LD
Ind
Leader Jim McEleny Ciano Rebecchi
(retiring)		 N/A
Party Alba Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Inverclyde West Inverclyde South West N/A
Last election N/A 1 seat, 5.9% 4 seat, 16.7%
Seats before 2 1 4
Council Leader before election

Stephen McCabe
Labour

 Council Leader after election

Stephen McCabe
Labour

The 2022 Inverclyde Council elections took place on 5 May 2022,[1] as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local authorities were up for election. The election used the 7 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, last changed in 2017, with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[2] Councillor Lynne Quinn was re-elected with more votes than any candidate in the area with 1,445 first preference votes.

At the previous election in 2017, the Labour Party won the most seats and formed a minority administration. The same happened at this election in 2022, with Stephen McCabe continuing as leader of the council after the election.

Background

Retiring councillors

Ward Party Retiring councillor
Inverclyde West Independent Ronald Ahlfeld
Inverclyde North Labour Martin Brennan
Inverclyde South West Labour Gerry Dorrian
Inverclyde South West Liberal Democrats Ciano Rebecchi

Results

2022 Inverclyde Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 1 0 +1 40.9 32.45 7,491
  SNP 8 1 0 +1 36.4 37.66 8,694
  Conservative 2 0 0 0 9.0 10.27 2,372
  Alba 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.48 342
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 -1 0.0 3.18 734
  Independent 3 0 1 -1 13.6 14.96 3,455

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 5 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of council.

Inverclyde East

  • 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
  • 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
  • 2017-2022: Unchanged.
Inverclyde East - 3 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
SNP Christopher Curley (incumbent) Unopposed
Labour Stephen McCabe (incumbent) Unopposed
Conservative David Wilson (incumbent) Unopposed
Valid:   Quota:  

    Inverclyde East Central

    Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats [1]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour Robert Moran (incumbent) 31.5 1,016        
    SNP Kirsty Law 22.3 720 738.51 747.75 761.36 1,301.91
    SNP Jim MacLeod (incumbent) 19.6 633 657.48 669.92 682.56  
    Independent Drew McKenzie (incumbent) 16.8 543 603.48 615.18 718.08 843.69
    Conservative James Kelly 8.6 277 296.95 300.46    
    Alba Louise Williams 1.2 38 45.82      
    Electorate: 8,065   Valid: 3,269   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 807   Turnout: 40.9%  

      Inverclyde Central

      Inverclyde Central - 3 seats [1]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      SNP Pam Armstrong 34.2 968        
      Labour Michael McCormick (incumbent) 26.6 753        
      Labour Colin Jackson (incumbent) 21.2 599 617.26 651.09 675.42 782.88
      SNP Agnes McAuley 8.2 231 450.44 452.03 509.05 516.11
      Conservative Ian Bryson 6.0 169 170.07 171.09 176.36  
      Alba Jim McEleny (incumbent) 3.8 108 115.79 117.82    
      Electorate: 7,787   Valid: 2,828   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 708   Turnout: 2,936 (37.7%)  

        Inverclyde North

        Inverclyde North - 4 seats [1]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Labour Francesca Brennan 25.5 1,284              
        SNP Elizabeth Robertson (incumbent) 22.3 1,122              
        Conservative Graeme Brooks (incumbent) 15.1 761 787.77 789.08 791.4 800.40 886.52 995.77 1,018
        SNP Jenn Scott-McClafferty 12.0 606 615.64 713.63 738.14 744.36 766.40 826.21  
        Labour Jim Clocherty (incumbent) 10.4 526 716.4 719.52 728.94 733.46 799.36 862.95 1,138.36
        Liberal Democrats Jacci Stoyle 6.2 312 323.34 325.06 330.06 336.92      
        Independent Gillian Maxwell 5.7 285 295.92 298.94 309.57 347.98      
        Independent John Davidson * 1.5 75 77.1 78.51 85.82        
        Alba Philomena Donnachie 1.4 70 71.5 73.32 74.3        
        Electorate: 10,353   Valid: 5,041   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,009   Turnout: 5,169 (49.9%)  
          • = Running under The Pensioner's Party

          Inverclyde West

          Inverclyde West - 3 seats [1]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Independent Lynne Quinn (incumbent) 30.2 1,440
          SNP Sandra Reynolds 26.6 1,271
          Labour Martin McCluskey 26.1 1,247
          Conservative Ted Runciman 9.5 453
          Liberal Democrats John Burleigh 3.6 171
          Alba Christopher McEleny (incumbent) 2.6 126
          Independent William Wilson 1.4 66
          Electorate: 8,773   Valid: 4,774   Quota: 1,194   Turnout: 4,804 (54.8%)  

            Inverclyde South West

            Inverclyde South West - 3 seats [1]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            SNP James Daisley 29.7 1,206          
            Labour Paul Cassidy 28.9 1,175          
            SNP Innes Nelson (incumbent) 14.9 606 755.66 774.88 815.79 925.97 1,057.69
            Conservative Lisa Dallas 12.5 507 510.15 540.6 632.83 727.67  
            Independent Paul Travers 7.8 316 326.56 343.87 411.97    
            Liberal Democrats Alasdair Higgins 6.2 251 259.82 306.77      
            Electorate: 9,531   Valid: 4,061   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,016   Turnout: 4,120 (43.2%.)  

              Inverclyde South

              Inverclyde South - 3 seats [1]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234
              SNP John Crowther (incumbent) 30.8 972      
              Labour Natasha McGuire (incumbent, (elected in 2017 as Natasha Murphy)) 28.2 891      
              Independent Tommy McVey (incumbent) 23.1 730 743.12 777.91 915.99
              SNP Irene McLeod 11.4 359 506.55 521.51 528.05
              Conservative Georgina Halfnight 6.5 205 207.25 220.06  
              Electorate: 7,877   Valid: 3,157   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 790   Turnout: 3,219 (40.9%)  

                Aftermath

                On 17 May 2022, Labour announced that it had secured enough support from independent councillors to form a new minority administration. Council Leader Stephen McCabe said: "I am delighted that after a week of discussions and negotiations with the other groups on the council I have been able to secure sufficient cross-group support for Inverclyde Labour to lead the next administration."[3] Also, as part of the deal, Drew McKenzie became Inverclyde Council's first Independent Provost, with all previous Provosts being either Labour or Lib Dem councillors.[4]

                References

                1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Notice of Poll" (PDF). www.inverclyde.gov.uk. Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
                2. ↑ "Local Government elections 2022". Inverclyde Council. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
                3. ↑ "LABOUR To Form Minority Administration On Inverclyde Council". Inverclyde Now. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
                4. ↑ McCracken, Gordon (6 May 2022). "Inverclyde Council has revealed who will lead its key committees for the next five years". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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