Inverclyde
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
Council composition as of 2025
22 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council on 1 January 2025 including by-elections and defections. Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2022)
In 2022, 19 seats were up across 6 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 19 seats had been shared 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 | 8,694 | 37.7% | 7 | 36.8% | 8 | 42.1% | -1 |
| Labour Party | 7,491 | 32.4% | 8 | 42.1% | 6 | 31.6% | +2 |
| Independent | 3,380 | 14.6% | 3 | 15.8% | 3 | 15.8% | 0 |
| Conservative Party | 2,372 | 10.3% | 1 | 5.3% | 2 | 10.5% | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 734 | 3.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Alba Party | 342 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| The Pensioner's Party | 75 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 23,088 | 100.0% | 19 | 100.0% | 19 | 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
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2022 election (current) and immediately before it (2021). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2022 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.