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West Dunbartonshire 2022
Local elections held 5 May 2022.
Each race compares the marginal winner's share of valid ballots to the proportional quota — the share they'd need under any common proportional method. How the numbers are derived →
If votes were counted by party
Across the 6 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 22 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 12,703 | 42.5% | 9 | 40.9% | 10 | 45.5% | -1 |
| Labour Party | 12,453 | 41.7% | 12 | 54.5% | 9 | 40.9% | +3 |
| Conservative Party | 2,644 | 8.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 9.1% | -2 |
| West Dunbartonshire Community Party | 1,462 | 4.9% | 1 | 4.5% | 1 | 4.5% | 0 |
| Scottish Family Party | 221 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Green Party | 206 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 73 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Independent | 51 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Scottish Libertarian Party | 45 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Sovereignty | 30 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 29,888 | 100.0% | 22 | 100.0% | 22 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
The 2022 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2022 election (current) and on the eve of it (2021), so you can see what the result replaced.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Kilpatrick · 3 seats · won at 7.0% · −18.0 pts below quota
- Dumbarton · 4 seats · won at 8.1% · −11.9 pts below quota
- Clydebank Central · 4 seats · won at 11.4% · −8.6 pts below quota
- Clydebank Waterfront · 4 seats · won at 11.5% · −8.5 pts below quota
- Lomond · 3 seats · won at 16.6% · −8.4 pts below quota
- Leven · 4 seats · won at 16.4% · −3.6 pts below quota
Race results
Kilpatrick · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 7.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −18.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 3,876
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas McAllister | Labour Party | 1,903 | 49.1% | 49.1% | +24.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gordon Scanlan | Scottish National Party | 986 | 25.4% | 25.4% | +0.4 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Marina Scanlan | Scottish National Party | 486 | 12.5% | 12.5% | — | |
| 4 | Lawrence O'Neill | Labour Party | 272 | 7.0% | 7.0% | −18.0 pts | Elected |
| 5 | David Jardine | Conservative Party | 229 | 5.9% | 5.9% | — |
Dumbarton · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 8.1% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −11.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 6,524
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Conaghan | Scottish National Party | 2,171 | 33.3% | 33.3% | +13.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David McBride | Labour Party | 2,045 | 31.3% | 31.3% | +11.3 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Gurpreet Singh Johal | Labour Party | 930 | 14.3% | 14.3% | −5.7 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Brian Walker | Conservative Party | 601 | 9.2% | 9.2% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Pollock | Scottish National Party | 529 | 8.1% | 8.1% | −11.9 pts | Elected |
| 6 | Andrew Muir | Scottish Family Party | 100 | 1.5% | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Lynda McEwan | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 73 | 1.1% | 1.1% | — | |
| 8 | Jonathan Rainey | Scottish Libertarian Party | 45 | 0.7% | 0.7% | — | |
| 9 | Kelly Wilson | Sovereignty | 30 | 0.5% | 0.5% | — |
Clydebank Central · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 11.4% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 4,644
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diane Docherty | Scottish National Party | 1,903 | 41.0% | 41.0% | +21.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Craig Edward | Labour Party | 1,199 | 25.8% | 25.8% | +5.8 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Clare Steel | Labour Party | 645 | 13.9% | 13.9% | −6.1 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Sophie Traynor | Scottish National Party | 531 | 11.4% | 11.4% | −8.6 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Liam Wilson | Conservative Party | 366 | 7.9% | 7.9% | — |
Clydebank Waterfront · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 11.5% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −8.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 4,696
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James McElhill | Scottish National Party | 1,493 | 31.8% | 31.8% | +11.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Daniel Lennie | Labour Party | 1,217 | 25.9% | 25.9% | +5.9 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Lauren Oxley | Scottish National Party | 767 | 16.3% | 16.3% | −3.7 pts | Elected |
| 4 | June McKay | Labour Party | 540 | 11.5% | 11.5% | −8.5 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Holly Moscrop | Conservative Party | 362 | 7.7% | 7.7% | — | |
| 6 | Jacob Toland | Scottish National Party | 196 | 4.2% | 4.2% | — | |
| 7 | Brian Lally | Scottish Family Party | 121 | 2.6% | 2.6% | — |
Lomond · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 16.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −8.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 4,326
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan McColl | Scottish National Party | 1,494 | 34.5% | 34.5% | +9.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martin Rooney | Labour Party | 938 | 21.7% | 21.7% | −3.3 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Hazel Sorrell | Labour Party | 719 | 16.6% | 16.6% | −8.4 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Sally Page | Conservative Party | 666 | 15.4% | 15.4% | — | |
| 5 | Drew Maceoghainn | West Dunbartonshire Community Party | 509 | 11.8% | 11.8% | — |
Leven · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 16.4% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −3.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 5,822
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Dickson | Scottish National Party | 1,494 | 25.7% | 25.7% | +5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Kelly Millar | Labour Party | 1,089 | 18.7% | 18.7% | −1.3 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Michelle Marie McGinty | Labour Party | 956 | 16.4% | 16.4% | −3.6 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Jim Bollan | West Dunbartonshire Community Party | 953 | 16.4% | 16.4% | −3.6 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Ronnie McColl | Scottish National Party | 653 | 11.2% | 11.2% | — | |
| 6 | Matthew Dillon | Conservative Party | 420 | 7.2% | 7.2% | — | |
| 7 | Paula Baker | Green Party | 206 | 3.5% | 3.5% | — | |
| 8 | Sian Wilkie | Independent | 51 | 0.9% | 0.9% | — |