2022 North Ayrshire Council election

Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on 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.

2022 North Ayrshire Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
All 33 seats to North Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered109,300
Turnout44.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Marie Burns Tom Marshall
Party SNP Conservative
Leader's seat Irvine East North Coast
Last election 11 seats, 35.2% 7 seats, 23.5%
Seats before 9 8
Seats won 12 10
Seat change 1 3
Popular vote 17,052 10,200
Percentage 36.3% 21.7%
Swing 1.1% 1.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Ind
Leader Joe Cullinane N/A
Party Labour Independent
Leader's seat Kilwinning N/A
Last election 11 seats, 26.1% 4 seats, 13.0%
Seats before 10 6
Seats won 9 2
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 11,947 5,473
Percentage 25.4% 11.6%
Swing 0.7% 1.4%
Leader before election

Joe Cullinane
(Labour)
No overall control

 Leader after election

Marie Burns
(SNP)
No overall control

For the third consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) received the highest vote share and returned the most seats at 12 – one more than the previous election. The Conservatives built on their success from five years previous and bucked the national trend as they recorded their best-ever performance in a North Ayrshire election, leapfrogging Labour into second place with 10 seats. Labour fell from their position as the joint-largest party to third, returning only nine councillors – their worst-ever performance in a North Ayrshire election. The number of independents elected fell from four to two.

The SNP subsequently took the leadership of the council, running a minority administration with Cllr Marie Burns elected as council leader.

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