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2022 Midlothian Council election

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All 18 seats to Midlothian Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Registered	75,636
Turnout	42.4%
First party Second party   Leader Kelly Parry Derek Milligan Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Midlothian West Bonnyrigg Last election 6 seats, 37.3% 7 seats, 29.0% Seats before 7 6 Seats after 8 7 Seat change 2 0   Third party   Leader Peter Smaill Party Conservative Leader's seat Midlothian East Last election 5 seats, 23.2% Seats before 5 Seats after 3 Seat change 2
Council Leader before election Derek Milligan Labour Council Leader after election Kelly Parry SNP

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

Bonnyrigg

• 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2022: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2017-2022 Change: No change

Dalkeith

• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017-2022 Change: No change

Midlothian West

• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2017-2022 Change: No change

Midlothian East

• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2022: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2017-2022 Change: No change

Midlothian South

• 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2017-2022 Change: 1 SNP gain from Con

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.

Notes

References

1. Map showing the_Wards within the Midlothian Area
2. Sharp, Marie (7 May 2022). "SNP take most seats in Midlothian". Midlothian View. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
3. "Midlothian result - Scottish Council Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
4. Cochrane, Lynn. "Local Government Election 2022". www.midlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
5. "Declaration of Results - Ward 2 Bonnyrigg". midlothian.gov.uk.
6. "Candidate Votes per Stage Report - Ward 3 Dalkeith". midlothian.gov.uk.
7. "Declaration of Results - Ward 4 Midlothian" (PDF). midlothian.gov.uk.
8. "Declaration of Results - Ward 5 Midlothian East". midlothian.gov.uk.
9. "Declaration of Results - Ward 6 Midlothian South". midlothian.gov.uk.
10. Morrison, Hamish (24 May 2022). "Midlothian Council: SNP take control after 'Better Together' deal". The National. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
11. Bowen, Phil (24 May 2022). "Midlothian's new Provost and Council Leader elected". Midlothian View. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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