2022 Angus Council election
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Elections to Angus 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 11th consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 13 seats – two shy of an overall majority. The Conservatives lost much of the ground they had made up in the previous election as their vote share fell by 7.3%, losing one seat to return seven councillors. The number of independents fell by two to seven, and the remaining seat was won by Labour. The Liberal Democrats lost both their seats.
The outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent coalition was replaced by an SNP–independent administration with Cllr Beth Whiteside elected as council leader and Cllr Brian Boyd elected as Provost.
Background
[edit]Previous election
[edit]At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) remained the largest party – tied with the number of independents – despite losing 40 per cent of their seats. As a result, they lost control of the council to a coalition of independents, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives came third despite recording the largest share of first preference votes as they gained four seats to double their number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats also gained one seat to double their representation, while Labour – who received a larger vote share than the Liberal Democrats – lost their only seat.[1][2]
| Party | Seats | Vote share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 9 | 31.2% | |
| Independent | 9 | 25.0% | |
| Conservatives | 8 | 33.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 4.6% | |
Electoral system
[edit]The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 28 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[3]
Composition
[edit]No by-elections were held following the previous election in 2017. The only change in the political composition of the council came when Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim councillor Richard Moore resigned from the Liberal Democrats and sat as an independent after he was found to have inappropriately touched several women.[4]
| Party | 2017 result | Dissolution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 9 | 9 | |
| Independent | 9 | 10 | |
| Conservative | 8 | 8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 |
Retiring councillors
[edit]| Ward | Party | Retiring councillor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirriemuir and Dean | Conservative | Angus Macmillan-Douglas | |
| Brechin and Edzell | Independent | Bob Myles | |
| Forfar and District | Conservative | Braden Davy | |
| Monifeith and Sidlaw | SNP | Shelia Harris | |
| Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | SNP | Alex King | |
| Conservative | David Lumgair | ||
| Independent | Richard Moore | ||
| Montrose and District | Conservative | Ron Sturrock | |
Candidates
[edit]The total number of candidates increased from 53 in 2017 to 56. As with the previous election, the SNP fielded the most candidates at 14 – one fewer than in 2017. After their success in the 2017 election, the Conservatives fielded a total of 11 candidates – two more than the previous election – while the number of independent candidates fell from 14 to 11. The Liberal Democrats maintained a total of eight candidates and Labour a total of seven as they both had in 2017. For the first time, the Alba Party (three) fielded candidates in Angus.[2][5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 13 | 4 | 0 |  4 | 46.43 | 38.3 | 16,025 | 7.1 | |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 25.00 | 26.6 | 11,142 | 7.3 | |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25.00 | 19.0 | 7,932 | 6.0 | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.57 | 6.9 | 2,870 | 1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 5.1 | 2,133 | 0.5 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.00 | 3.4 | 1,436 | New | |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.7 | 276 | New | |
| Total | 28 | 41,814 | |||||||
Source:[5]
Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[6][7]
Ward summary
[edit]| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Con | Ind | Lab | Others | |||||||
| Kirriemuir and Dean | 42.0 | 2 | 38.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 12.9 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brechin and Edzell | 34.1 | 1 | 32.3 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Forfar and District | 38.4 | 2 | 21.4 | 1 | 28.9 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Monifieth and Sidlaw | 39.7 | 2 | 30.7 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 16.1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Carnoustie and District | 35.9 | 1 | 17.3 | 0 | 36.8 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | 36.2 | 2 | 31.4 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Arbroath East and Lunan | 41.5 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 31.0 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Montrose and District | 39.3 | 2 | 22.3 | 1 | 25.6 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 38.3 | 13 | 26.6 | 7 | 19.0 | 7 | 6.9 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 28 |
Source:[5]
Seats changing hands
[edit]Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.
| Seat | 2017 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Party | Member | |||
| Kirriemuir and Dean | Conservative | Angus Macmillan-Douglas | SNP | George Meechan | ||
| Forfar and District | Independent | Colin Brown | SNP | Linda Clark | ||
| Monifieth and Sidlaw | Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie | Labour | Heather Doran | ||
| Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | Liberal Democrats | Richard Moore | SNP | Martin Shephard | ||
| Montrose and District | Independent | Mark Salmond | SNP | Kenny Braes[Note 1] | ||
- Notes
- ^ Note 1: Cllr Braes was councillor for Brechin and Edzell from 2017 to 2022.
Ward results
[edit]Kirriemuir and Dean
[edit]The SNP retained the seat they had won at the previous election and gained one from the Conservatives while the Conservatives retained one of their two seats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Julie Bell (incumbent) | 29.3 | 1,321 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ronnie Proctor (incumbent) | 21.3 | 962 | 965 | 1,007 | 1,072 | 1,126 | 1,856 | |
| Conservative | Euan Walker-Monroe | 17.1 | 772 | 774 | 801 | 833 | 864 | ||
| SNP | George Meechan | 12.7 | 574 | 728 | 740 | 792 | 990 | 1,007 | |
| Green | Ian Whyte | 7.8 | 353 | 369 | 417 | 523 | |||
| Labour | Rachel Grieve | 6.7 | 303 | 310 | 384 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra O'Shea | 5.1 | 230 | 233 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,907 Valid: 4,515 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 51.6% | |||||||||
Brechin and Edzell
[edit]The SNP and Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Jill Scott gained a seat from retiring independent councillor Bob Myles.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Chris Beattie | 34.1 | 1,341 | |||
| Conservative | Gavin Nicol (incumbent) | 32.3 | 1,271 | |||
| Independent | Jill Scott | 20.4 | 804 | 914 | 1,020 | |
| Labour | Dawn Barrowman | 7.2 | 283 | 356 | 390 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Andrews | 6.0 | 234 | 293 | 363 | |
| Electorate: 8,877 Valid: 3,933 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 984 Turnout: 44.9% | ||||||
Forfar and District
[edit]The SNP and Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from independent candidate Colin Brown.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Linda Clark | 23.4 | 1,270 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Ross Greig | 21.4 | 1,158 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ian McLaren (incumbent) | 16.0 | 869 | 872 | 893 | 925 | 959 | 961 | 1,082 | 1,709 | |
| SNP | Lynne Devine (incumbent) | 14.9 | 810 | 973 | 976 | 984 | 1,098 | ||||
| Independent | Colin Brown (incumbent) | 12.9 | 698 | 702 | 716 | 727 | 754 | 756 | 833 | ||
| Labour | Ed McAdam | 5.5 | 298 | 300 | 309 | 334 | 366 | 368 | |||
| Green | Marley Hunter | 4.2 | 228 | 235 | 237 | 249 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Struth | 1.7 | 90 | 91 | 99 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,325 Valid: 5,421 Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,085 Turnout: 44.9% | |||||||||||
Monifieth and Sidlaw
[edit]The SNP (2) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Craig Fotheringham (incumbent) | 23.2 | 1,670 | ||||||||
| SNP | Lloyd Melville | 21.7 | 1,562 | ||||||||
| SNP | Beth Whiteside (incumbent) | 18.0 | 1,294 | 1,297 | 1,401 | 1,427 | 1,557 | ||||
| Labour | Heather Doran | 13.4 | 968 | 980 | 984 | 988 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,199 | 1,791 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie (incumbent) | 11.2 | 804 | 825 | 829 | 835 | 907 | 930 | 1,150 | ||
| Conservative | Calum Nicol | 7.5 | 542 | 724 | 724 | 730 | 743 | 745 | |||
| Green | James Whitehead | 4.0 | 287 | 288 | 292 | 300 | |||||
| Alba | Blake Sharp | 0.9 | 67 | 67 | 68 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,214 Valid: 7,194 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,439 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||||
Carnoustie and District
[edit]The SNP and independent candidates David Cheape and Brian Boyd retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Mark McDonald (incumbent) | 35.9 | 1,939 | ||||||
| Independent | David Cheape (incumbent) | 19.1 | 1,034 | 1,108 | 1,148 | 1,212 | 1,326 | 1,684 | |
| Independent | Brian Boyd (incumbent) | 17.7 | 956 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,097 | 1,187 | 1,449 | |
| Conservative | Robert Galloway | 17.3 | 933 | 944 | 949 | 997 | 1,028 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthias Glenday | 4.5 | 242 | 272 | 286 | ||||
| Green | Robbie Kelly | 3.2 | 174 | 359 | 429 | 504 | |||
| Alba | Laura Tierney | 2.3 | 123 | 202 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,206 Valid: 5,401 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,351 Turnout: 48.8% | |||||||||
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
[edit]The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate David Fairweather retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Conservative | Louise Nicol | 25.6 | 1,663 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Serena Cowdy | 22.1 | 1,440 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Martin Shephard | 14.0 | 913 | 915 | 1,027 | 1,058 | 1,136 | 1,161 | 1,236 | 1,337 | |||
| Independent | Ian Wren | 8.9 | 578 | 585 | 587 | 599 | 617 | 665 | 749 | ||||
| Independent | David Fairweather (incumbent) | 8.1 | 524 | 538 | 541 | 556 | 589 | 635 | 752 | 1,013 | 1,021 | 1,320 | |
| Labour | Pamela Ruddy | 6.5 | 423 | 433 | 434 | 438 | 464 | 560 | |||||
| Conservative | Juliet Vivers | 5.8 | 376 | 671 | 671 | 674 | 683 | 729 | 807 | 895 | 896 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rod Falconer | 4.4 | 286 | 297 | 299 | 302 | 338 | ||||||
| Green | Anne Campbell | 3.3 | 214 | 216 | 227 | 241 | |||||||
| Alba | Lisa Keogh | 1.3 | 86 | 86 | 89 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 14,052 Valid: 6,503 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 47.0% | |||||||||||||
Arbroath East and Lunan
[edit]The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Lois Speed retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Lois Speed (incumbent) | 31.0 | 1,177 | ||||||
| SNP | Brenda Durno (incumbent) | 28.6 | 1,085 | ||||||
| Conservative | Derek Wann (incumbent) | 17.7 | 671 | 717 | 718 | 744 | 844 | 1,054 | |
| SNP | Graham Smith | 13.0 | 492 | 548 | 671 | 688 | 753 | ||
| Labour | Luke Andrew Stronach | 7.0 | 265 | 303 | 306 | 371 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Atkins | 2.8 | 108 | 139 | 142 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,486 Valid: 3,798 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 950 Turnout: 36.9% | |||||||||
Montrose and District
[edit]The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Tommy Stewart retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained a seat from independent candidate Mark Salmond.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | Iain Gall | 22.3 | 1,124 | |||||||||
| SNP | Kenny Braes[note 1] | 21.6 | 1,090 | |||||||||
| SNP | Bill Duff (incumbent) | 17.7 | 894 | 896 | 966 | 972 | 976 | 1,059 | ||||
| Independent | Tommy Stewart (incumbent) | 14.5 | 732 | 749 | 750 | 763 | 784 | 808 | 815 | 903 | 1,377 | |
| Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 9.9 | 499 | 532 | 534 | 554 | 587 | 612 | 620 | 729 | ||
| Labour | John Ruddy | 6.5 | 330 | 341 | 342 | 344 | 392 | 426 | 433 | |||
| Green | Jamie Adams | 3.6 | 180 | 183 | 185 | 192 | 209 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Noble | 2.7 | 139 | 154 | 155 | 163 | ||||||
| Independent | James Boag | 1.2 | 61 | 66 | 66 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,016 Valid: 5,049 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 42.7% | ||||||||||||
Aftermath
[edit]Following the election, the outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent administration was replaced after the SNP group formed a coalition with independent councillors Brian Boyd and David Cheape. At the first meeting of the new council on 24 May 2022, SNP councillor Beth Whiteside was elected as leader of the council – the first woman to hold the role – replacing independent councillor David Fairweather. Cllr Boyd was elected as Provost – the first openly gay man to hold the role – and Cllr Linda Clark was elected deputy Provost. Provost Boyd said the new council should seek to end the "petty politics that have blighted Angus Council in its entirety".[24][25]
In July 2024, Cllr Boyd resigned as Provost after behaviour which he described as falling "below personal standards". Cllr Boyd was called "an absolute disgrace" and "a bully" after interrupting Cllr Lois Speed and making her cry.[26]
Cllr Whiteside stood down as council leader and as leader of the SNP group in August 2024 for personal reasons.[27] Cllr George Meechan temporarily stood in as council leader before Cllr Bill Duff was elected as council leader the following month.[28]
Cllr Serena Cowdy resigned from the SNP to sit as an independent in September 2024 citing concerns with the party's environmental policies.[29]
In April 2025, Cllr Meechan – who had been elected as deputy leader of the council after the previous change in council leadership – quit the SNP before resigning as deputy leader of the council.[30] The SNP-led administration eventually collapsed and was replaced by a Conservative–Labour–independent coalition. As a result, Cllr Meechan was installed as council leader.[31]
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim by-election
[edit]In October 2023, former council leader and Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim councillor David Fairweather announced his intention to retire from the council.[32] He formally stood down in February 2024 and a by-election was held on 25 April 2024.[33] The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Jack Cruickshanks.[34]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Jack Cruickshanks | 41.9 | 1,682 | 1,691 | 1,759 | 1,997 | 2,450 | |
| SNP | Kathleen Wolf | 29.3 | 1,175 | 1,237 | 1,279 | 1,467 | ||
| Labour | Mark Hilton | 16.0 | 644 | 676 | 833 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra O'Shea | 8.3 | 333 | 375 | ||||
| Green | Mark David Findlay | 4.4 | 176 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,810 Valid: 4,010 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 2,006 Turnout: 29.4% | ||||||||
Source:[35]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Sitting councillor for Brechin and Edzell.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Angus Council". BBC. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project – 2017 – Angus". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Notice of election" (PDF). Angus Council. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Brady, Jon (14 May 2021). "Disgraced councillor rejoins administration despite inappropriately touching four women". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Faulds, Allan. "Angus Council 2022". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Faulds, Allan. "The Local STV Voting System Explained". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Single Transferable Vote". Electoral Reform Society. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Kirriemuir and Dean" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 Kirriemuir and Dean" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Brechin and Edzell" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Brechin and Edzell" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Forfar and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 Forfar and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Monifieth and Sidlaw" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 4 Monifieth and Sidlaw" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Carnoustie and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 Carnoustie and District" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Abroath West, Letham and Friockheim" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Abroath East and Lunan" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Abroath East and Lunan" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Montrose and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Montrose and District" (PDF). Angus Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Duffy, Judith (11 May 2022). "SNP aim to bring 'ambition' to Angus Council after Tory 'chaos'". The National. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ Brown, Graham (26 May 2022). "'Let's end the petty politics that have blighted Angus': New Provost's plea as council meets for first time". The Courier. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ Fulton, Matthew (9 July 2024). "Provost resigns after 'bullying' councillor to tears at meeting". STV News. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Dowie, Mark (1 August 2024). "Angus Council leader resigns after considering her position with the local authority". Angus World. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Angus Council elects new leader". Scottish Housing News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Hunter, Ross (17 September 2024). "Serena Cowdy quits SNP in shock resignation over environmental policies". The National. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Brown, Graham (11 April 2025). "Angus Council deputy leader quits as SNP administration plunged into fresh turmoil". The Courier. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Rutherford, Liam (23 April 2025). "Angus Council SNP administration toppled in vote". BBC News. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Brown, Graham (24 October 2023). "Former Angus Council leader David Fairweather to retire from local government". The Courier. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Councillor David Fairweather resigns". Angus Council. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Adam (26 April 2024). "Angus election results: Scottish Tories pick up new seat". The National. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 - Arbroath West Letham and Friockheim" (PDF). Angus Council. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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Elections to Angus 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 11th consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 13 seats – two shy of an overall majority. The Conservatives lost much of the ground they had made up in the previous election as their vote share fell by 7.3%, losing one seat to return seven councillors. The number of independents fell by two to seven, and the remaining seat was won by Labour. The Liberal Democrats lost both their seats.
The outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent coalition was replaced by an SNP–independent administration with Cllr Beth Whiteside elected as council leader and Cllr Brian Boyd elected as Provost.
Background
Previous election
At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) remained the largest party – tied with the number of independents – despite losing 40 per cent of their seats. As a result, they lost control of the council to a coalition of independents, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives came third despite recording the largest share of first preference votes as they gained four seats to double their number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats also gained one seat to double their representation, while Labour – who received a larger vote share than the Liberal Democrats – lost their only seat.[1][2]
| Party | Seats | Vote share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 9 | 31.2% | |
| Independent | 9 | 25.0% | |
| Conservatives | 8 | 33.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 4.6% | |
Source: [1][2]
Electoral system
The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 28 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[3]
Composition
No by-elections were held following the previous election in 2017. The only change in the political composition of the council came when Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim councillor Richard Moore resigned from the Liberal Democrats and sat as an independent after he was found to have inappropriately touched several women.[4]
| Party | 2017 result | Dissolution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 9 | 9 | |
| Independent | 9 | 10 | |
| Conservative | 8 | 8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 |
Retiring councillors
| Ward | Party | Retiring councillor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirriemuir and Dean | Conservative | Angus Macmillan-Douglas | |
| Brechin and Edzell | Independent | Bob Myles | |
| Forfar and District | Conservative | Braden Davy | |
| Monifeith and Sidlaw | SNP | Shelia Harris | |
| Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | SNP | Alex King | |
| Conservative | David Lumgair | ||
| Independent | Richard Moore | ||
| Montrose and District | Conservative | Ron Sturrock | |
Source:[2][5]
Candidates
The total number of candidates increased from 53 in 2017 to 56. As with the previous election, the SNP fielded the most candidates at 14 – one fewer than in 2017. After their success in the 2017 election, the Conservatives fielded a total of 11 candidates – two more than the previous election – while the number of independent candidates fell from 14 to 11. The Liberal Democrats maintained a total of eight candidates and Labour a total of seven as they both had in 2017. For the first time, the Alba Party (three) fielded candidates in Angus.[2][5]
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | 13 | 4 | 0 |  4 | 46.43 | 38.3 | 16,025 | 7.1 | |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 25.00 | 26.6 | 11,142 | 7.3 | |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25.00 | 19.0 | 7,932 | 6.0 | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.57 | 6.9 | 2,870 | 1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 5.1 | 2,133 | 0.5 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.00 | 3.4 | 1,436 | New | |
| Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.7 | 276 | New | |
| Total | 28 | 41,814 | |||||||
Source:[5]
Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[6][7]
Ward summary
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Con | Ind | Lab | Others | |||||||
| Kirriemuir and Dean | 42.0 | 2 | 38.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 12.9 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brechin and Edzell | 34.1 | 1 | 32.3 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Forfar and District | 38.4 | 2 | 21.4 | 1 | 28.9 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Monifieth and Sidlaw | 39.7 | 2 | 30.7 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 16.1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Carnoustie and District | 35.9 | 1 | 17.3 | 0 | 36.8 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | 36.2 | 2 | 31.4 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Arbroath East and Lunan | 41.5 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 31.0 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Montrose and District | 39.3 | 2 | 22.3 | 1 | 25.6 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 38.3 | 13 | 26.6 | 7 | 19.0 | 7 | 6.9 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 28 |
Source:[5]
Seats changing hands
Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.
| Seat | 2017 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Party | Member | |||
| Kirriemuir and Dean | Conservative | Angus Macmillan-Douglas | SNP | George Meechan | ||
| Forfar and District | Independent | Colin Brown | SNP | Linda Clark | ||
| Monifieth and Sidlaw | Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie | Labour | Heather Doran | ||
| Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim | Liberal Democrats | Richard Moore | SNP | Martin Shephard | ||
| Montrose and District | Independent | Mark Salmond | SNP | Kenny Braes[Note 1] | ||
Source:[2][5]
- Notes
- ^ Note 1: Cllr Braes was councillor for Brechin and Edzell from 2017 to 2022.
Ward results
Kirriemuir and Dean
The SNP retained the seat they had won at the previous election and gained one from the Conservatives while the Conservatives retained one of their two seats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Julie Bell (incumbent) | 29.3 | 1,321 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ronnie Proctor (incumbent) | 21.3 | 962 | 965 | 1,007 | 1,072 | 1,126 | 1,856 | |
| Conservative | Euan Walker-Monroe | 17.1 | 772 | 774 | 801 | 833 | 864 | ||
| SNP | George Meechan | 12.7 | 574 | 728 | 740 | 792 | 990 | 1,007 | |
| Green | Ian Whyte | 7.8 | 353 | 369 | 417 | 523 | |||
| Labour | Rachel Grieve | 6.7 | 303 | 310 | 384 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra O'Shea | 5.1 | 230 | 233 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,907 Valid: 4,515 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 51.6% | |||||||||
Source: [8][9]
Brechin and Edzell
The SNP and Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Jill Scott gained a seat from retiring independent councillor Bob Myles.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Chris Beattie | 34.1 | 1,341 | |||
| Conservative | Gavin Nicol (incumbent) | 32.3 | 1,271 | |||
| Independent | Jill Scott | 20.4 | 804 | 914 | 1,020 | |
| Labour | Dawn Barrowman | 7.2 | 283 | 356 | 390 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Andrews | 6.0 | 234 | 293 | 363 | |
| Electorate: 8,877 Valid: 3,933 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 984 Turnout: 44.9% | ||||||
Source: [10][11]
Forfar and District
The SNP and Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from independent candidate Colin Brown.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Linda Clark | 23.4 | 1,270 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Ross Greig | 21.4 | 1,158 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ian McLaren (incumbent) | 16.0 | 869 | 872 | 893 | 925 | 959 | 961 | 1,082 | 1,709 | |
| SNP | Lynne Devine (incumbent) | 14.9 | 810 | 973 | 976 | 984 | 1,098 | ||||
| Independent | Colin Brown (incumbent) | 12.9 | 698 | 702 | 716 | 727 | 754 | 756 | 833 | ||
| Labour | Ed McAdam | 5.5 | 298 | 300 | 309 | 334 | 366 | 368 | |||
| Green | Marley Hunter | 4.2 | 228 | 235 | 237 | 249 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Struth | 1.7 | 90 | 91 | 99 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,325 Valid: 5,421 Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,085 Turnout: 44.9% | |||||||||||
Source: [12][13]
Monifieth and Sidlaw
The SNP (2) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Craig Fotheringham (incumbent) | 23.2 | 1,670 | ||||||||
| SNP | Lloyd Melville | 21.7 | 1,562 | ||||||||
| SNP | Beth Whiteside (incumbent) | 18.0 | 1,294 | 1,297 | 1,401 | 1,427 | 1,557 | ||||
| Labour | Heather Doran | 13.4 | 968 | 980 | 984 | 988 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,199 | 1,791 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie (incumbent) | 11.2 | 804 | 825 | 829 | 835 | 907 | 930 | 1,150 | ||
| Conservative | Calum Nicol | 7.5 | 542 | 724 | 724 | 730 | 743 | 745 | |||
| Green | James Whitehead | 4.0 | 287 | 288 | 292 | 300 | |||||
| Alba | Blake Sharp | 0.9 | 67 | 67 | 68 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,214 Valid: 7,194 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,439 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||||
Source: [14][15]
Carnoustie and District
The SNP and independent candidates David Cheape and Brian Boyd retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Mark McDonald (incumbent) | 35.9 | 1,939 | ||||||
| Independent | David Cheape (incumbent) | 19.1 | 1,034 | 1,108 | 1,148 | 1,212 | 1,326 | 1,684 | |
| Independent | Brian Boyd (incumbent) | 17.7 | 956 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,097 | 1,187 | 1,449 | |
| Conservative | Robert Galloway | 17.3 | 933 | 944 | 949 | 997 | 1,028 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthias Glenday | 4.5 | 242 | 272 | 286 | ||||
| Green | Robbie Kelly | 3.2 | 174 | 359 | 429 | 504 | |||
| Alba | Laura Tierney | 2.3 | 123 | 202 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,206 Valid: 5,401 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,351 Turnout: 48.8% | |||||||||
Source: [16][17]
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate David Fairweather retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Conservative | Louise Nicol | 25.6 | 1,663 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Serena Cowdy | 22.1 | 1,440 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Martin Shephard | 14.0 | 913 | 915 | 1,027 | 1,058 | 1,136 | 1,161 | 1,236 | 1,337 | |||
| Independent | Ian Wren | 8.9 | 578 | 585 | 587 | 599 | 617 | 665 | 749 | ||||
| Independent | David Fairweather (incumbent) | 8.1 | 524 | 538 | 541 | 556 | 589 | 635 | 752 | 1,013 | 1,021 | 1,320 | |
| Labour | Pamela Ruddy | 6.5 | 423 | 433 | 434 | 438 | 464 | 560 | |||||
| Conservative | Juliet Vivers | 5.8 | 376 | 671 | 671 | 674 | 683 | 729 | 807 | 895 | 896 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rod Falconer | 4.4 | 286 | 297 | 299 | 302 | 338 | ||||||
| Green | Anne Campbell | 3.3 | 214 | 216 | 227 | 241 | |||||||
| Alba | Lisa Keogh | 1.3 | 86 | 86 | 89 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 14,052 Valid: 6,503 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 47.0% | |||||||||||||
Source:[18][19]
Arbroath East and Lunan
The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Lois Speed retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Lois Speed (incumbent) | 31.0 | 1,177 | ||||||
| SNP | Brenda Durno (incumbent) | 28.6 | 1,085 | ||||||
| Conservative | Derek Wann (incumbent) | 17.7 | 671 | 717 | 718 | 744 | 844 | 1,054 | |
| SNP | Graham Smith | 13.0 | 492 | 548 | 671 | 688 | 753 | ||
| Labour | Luke Andrew Stronach | 7.0 | 265 | 303 | 306 | 371 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Atkins | 2.8 | 108 | 139 | 142 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,486 Valid: 3,798 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 950 Turnout: 36.9% | |||||||||
Source:[20][21]
Montrose and District
The SNP, Conservatives and independent candidate Tommy Stewart retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained a seat from independent candidate Mark Salmond.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | Iain Gall | 22.3 | 1,124 | |||||||||
| SNP | Kenny Braes[note 1] | 21.6 | 1,090 | |||||||||
| SNP | Bill Duff (incumbent) | 17.7 | 894 | 896 | 966 | 972 | 976 | 1,059 | ||||
| Independent | Tommy Stewart (incumbent) | 14.5 | 732 | 749 | 750 | 763 | 784 | 808 | 815 | 903 | 1,377 | |
| Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 9.9 | 499 | 532 | 534 | 554 | 587 | 612 | 620 | 729 | ||
| Labour | John Ruddy | 6.5 | 330 | 341 | 342 | 344 | 392 | 426 | 433 | |||
| Green | Jamie Adams | 3.6 | 180 | 183 | 185 | 192 | 209 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Noble | 2.7 | 139 | 154 | 155 | 163 | ||||||
| Independent | James Boag | 1.2 | 61 | 66 | 66 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,016 Valid: 5,049 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 42.7% | ||||||||||||
Source:[22][23]
Aftermath
Following the election, the outgoing Conservative–Liberal Democrat–independent administration was replaced after the SNP group formed a coalition with independent councillors Brian Boyd and David Cheape. At the first meeting of the new council on 24 May 2022, SNP councillor Beth Whiteside was elected as leader of the council – the first woman to hold the role – replacing independent councillor David Fairweather. Cllr Boyd was elected as Provost – the first openly gay man to hold the role – and Cllr Linda Clark was elected deputy Provost. Provost Boyd said the new council should seek to end the "petty politics that have blighted Angus Council in its entirety".[24][25]
In July 2024, Cllr Boyd resigned as Provost after behaviour which he described as falling "below personal standards". Cllr Boyd was called "an absolute disgrace" and "a bully" after interrupting Cllr Lois Speed and making her cry.[26]
Cllr Whiteside stood down as council leader and as leader of the SNP group in August 2024 for personal reasons.[27] Cllr George Meechan temporarily stood in as council leader before Cllr Bill Duff was elected as council leader the following month.[28]
Cllr Serena Cowdy resigned from the SNP to sit as an independent in September 2024 citing concerns with the party's environmental policies.[29]
In April 2025, Cllr Meechan – who had been elected as deputy leader of the council after the previous change in council leadership – quit the SNP before resigning as deputy leader of the council.[30] The SNP-led administration eventually collapsed and was replaced by a Conservative–Labour–independent coalition. As a result, Cllr Meechan was installed as council leader.[31]
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim by-election
In October 2023, former council leader and Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim councillor David Fairweather announced his intention to retire from the council.[32] He formally stood down in February 2024 and a by-election was held on 25 April 2024.[33] The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Jack Cruickshanks.[34]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Jack Cruickshanks | 41.9 | 1,682 | 1,691 | 1,759 | 1,997 | 2,450 | |
| SNP | Kathleen Wolf | 29.3 | 1,175 | 1,237 | 1,279 | 1,467 | ||
| Labour | Mark Hilton | 16.0 | 644 | 676 | 833 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra O'Shea | 8.3 | 333 | 375 | ||||
| Green | Mark David Findlay | 4.4 | 176 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,810 Valid: 4,010 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 2,006 Turnout: 29.4% | ||||||||
Source:[35]
Notes
- ^ Sitting councillor for Brechin and Edzell.
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