2022 West Lothian Council election|
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Janet Campbell |
Lawrence Fitzpatrick |
Damian Timson |
| Party |
SNP |
Labour |
Conservative |
| Leader's seat |
Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh |
Livingston South |
East Calder and East Livingston |
| Last election |
13 seats, 37.3% |
12 seats, 29.0% |
7 seats, 23.2% |
| Seats before |
14 |
10 |
8 |
| Seats won |
15 |
12 |
4 |
| Seat change |
2 |
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3 |
| Popular vote |
22,424 |
16,921 |
9,427 |
| Percentage |
37.9% |
28.6% |
15.9% |
| Swing |
0.6% |
0.5% |
7.3% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| Party |
Independent |
Liberal Democrats |
| Last election |
1 seat, 4.9% |
0 seats, 2.6% |
| Seats before |
1 |
0 |
| Seats won |
1 |
1 |
| Seat change |
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1 |
| Popular vote |
3,775 |
2,831 |
| Percentage |
6.4% |
4.8% |
| Swing |
1.4% |
2.2% |
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Labour vote share by wards
Conservative vote share by wards |
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Council Leader before election
Lawrence Fitzpatrick
Labour |
Council Leader after election
Lawrence Fitzpatrick
Labour |
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The 2022 West Lothian Council election was held on 5 May 2022, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 33 Councillors elected. Each ward elects either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.
Following the election, it was announced Labour would run the council as a minority administration with loose coalition support from the four Conservative councillors, the Independent Stuart Borrowman and Liberal Democrat, Sally Pattle.
