2022 Dundee City Council election
5 May 2022
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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council 15 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 112,454 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 40.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The eight multi-member wards by winning party. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Dundee City Council took place on 5 May 2022, 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.
For the fifth consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party, regaining the majority they had lost at the previous election. Labour were again returned as the second-largest party with nine seats. The Liberal Democrats gained two seats, bringing their total up to four and the Conservatives fell to fourth place, retaining just one seat.
The SNP retained control of the council and continued in administration now with an overall majority of seats. Incumbent council leader Cllr John Alexander was re-elected to the post and Cllrs Bill Campbell and Kevin Cordell were appointed Lord Provost and Deputy Lord Provost.