Moray
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
Council composition as of 2025
26 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, 23 seats were up across 7 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 10,698 | 36.3% | 10 | 43.5% | 9 | 39.1% | +1 |
| Scottish National Party | 10,613 | 36.0% | 7 | 30.4% | 9 | 39.1% | -2 |
| Labour Party | 3,616 | 12.3% | 3 | 13.0% | 3 | 13.0% | 0 |
| Independent | 2,327 | 7.9% | 2 | 8.7% | 2 | 8.7% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,121 | 3.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Green Party | 1,001 | 3.4% | 1 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| Scottish Family Party | 99 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Sovereignty | 23 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 29,498 | 100.0% | 23 | 100.0% | 23 | 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.