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2022 Scottish Borders Council election

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All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   CON SNP IND Leader Euan Jardine Elaine Thornton-Nicol David Parker Party Conservative SNP Independent Leader's seat Galashiels and District Selkirkshire Leaderdale and Melrose Last election 15 9 8 Seats before 15 9 8 Seats after 14 9 7 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 13,992 9,475 10,912 Percentage 31.0% 21.0% 24.2% Swing 10.6% 0.4% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   LD GRN Party Liberal Democrats Scottish Green Last election 2 0 Seats before 2 0 Seats after 3 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,416 3,627 Percentage 9.8% 8.0% Swing 1.6% 5.8%
Council Leader before election Mark Rowley Conservative Council Leader after election Euan Jardine Conservative

2022 Elections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the other Scottish local elections.

The Scottish Greens won their first ever seat on the council.

Following the election, an administration was formed with the Conservatives and Independent Councillors Caroline Cochrane, Stuart Marshall, and Watson McAteer.

Conservative Councillors Euan Jardine from Galashiels & District, and Scott Hamilton from Jedburgh & District, were elected as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council respectively. Independent Councillor Watson McAteer was elected as Convener.

Results

2022 Scottish Borders Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	0	1	1	41.2	31.0	13,992	10.6
	SNP	9	0	0	0	26.5	21.0	9,475	0.4
	Independent	7	0	1	1	20.6	24.2	10,912	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	1	8.82	9.8	4,416	1.6
	Scottish Green	1	1	0	1	2.9	8.0	3,627	5.8
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.2	2,345	3.4
	Scottish Family	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	179	New
	Alba	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	53	New
	Vanguard Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	74	New
	Scottish Eco Federalist Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.05	24	New

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 4 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Source:

Tweeddale West

• 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2022: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Tweeddale East

• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xInd
• 2022: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xInd
• 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Galashiels and District

• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 2xIndependent
• 2022: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem, 1XGrn
• 2017-2022 Change: Lib Dem and Green gain one seat each from Independents.

Selkirkshire

• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2022: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP;
• 2017-2022 Change: Independent (Cochrane) gains from Independent (Edgar).

Leaderdale and Melrose

• 2017: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2022: 1xIndependent; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Mid Berwickshire

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

East Berwickshire

• 2017: 2 x Conservative; 1 x SNP
• 2022: 1 x Conservative; 1x SNP; 1 x Independent
• 2017-2022 Change: 1 x Independent gain from Conservative

Kelso and District

• 2017: 2 x Conservative, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2022: 2 x Conservative, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2017-2022 Change: No Change

Jedburgh and District

• 2017: 2 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2022: 2 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2017-2022 Change: No change

Hawick and Denholm

• 2017: 1 x Independent; 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2022: 2 x Independent; 1 x Conservative
• 2017-2022 Change: 1 x Independent gain from SNP

• Clair Ramage was elected as an SNP Councillor in the 2017 election for Hawick & Denholm

Hawick and Hermitage

• 2017: 2 x Independent; 1 x Conservative
• 2022: 1 x Independent; 1 x Conservative; 1 x SNP
• 2017-2022 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Independent

References

1. "Scottish election results 2022: First Green for Scottish Borders Council". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
2. ^ "Agenda for Scottish Borders Council on Thursday, 19th May, 2022, 10.00 am". scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
3. "Agenda for Scottish Borders Council on Thursday, 26th May, 2022, 10.00 am". scottishborders.moderngov.co.uk. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. Council, Scottish Borders. "2022 Local Government Election information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.

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