| Election Name: | 2022 Renfrewshire Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Renfrewshire Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Renfrewshire Council election |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 43 seats to Renfrewshire Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Turnout: | 44.4% 3.6% |
| Image1: | SNP |
| Leader1: | Iain Nicolson |
| Party1: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Erskine and Inchinnan |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Eddie Devine |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour |
| Leaders Seat2: | Paisley Southeast |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Image3: | Con |
| Leader3: | Neill Graham |
| Party3: | Scottish Conservatives |
| Leaders Seat3: | Paisley Northeast and Ralston |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Image4: | LD |
| Leader4: | (retiring) |
| Party4: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Leaders Seat4: | Paisley Southwest |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Image5: | Ind |
| Leader5: | N/A |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Leaders Seat5: | N/A |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Map2 Image: | Scotland_Renfrewshire_Council_2022.svg |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | Iain Nicolson |
| Before Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Election: | Iain Nicolson |
| After Party: | Scottish National Party |
The 2022 Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 5 May 2022,[1] as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local authorities were up for election. The election used the 12 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 and last changed as part of the as a result of the 2015-16 Boundary Commission review, with 43 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[2]
At the last election in 2017, the SNP won the most seats and formed a minority administration taking over from the previous Labour majority administration. This election saw the SNP grow their number of seats to 21, one short of a majority, along with seats gains by Labour to bring them up to 15. The Conservatives lost seats, reducing their representation to 5. Liberal Democrats retained their single seat and Independents on the council were reduced to also a single seat.
| Ward | Party | Retiring councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew North and Braehead | Conservative | Jane Strang | ||
| Renfrew North and Braehead | Labour | Bill Brown | ||
| Paisley Northeast and Ralston | Labour | Jim Sharkey | ||
| Paisley Northwest | Labour | Karen Kennedy | ||
| Paisley Northwest | Conservative | John McIntyre | ||
| Paisley Southwest | Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin [3] | ||
| Johnstone South and Elderslie | Conservative | Alistair MacKay | ||
| Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch | Conservative | Bill Binks | ||
| Houston, Crosslee and Linwood | Labour | Jim Sheridan | ||
| Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank | SNP | Natalie Don | ||
| Erskine and Inchinnan | Labour | Jim Harte | ||
| Erskine and Inchinnan | Conservative | Tom Begg | ||
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"| style="background-color:#EAECF0; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;" colspan="2" |Total| style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" |43| style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" | Electorate: 141,764| style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" | Turnout: 62,973(44.4%)| style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" | Total valid: 61,418| style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" |100.00| style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" | | style="background-color:#EAECF0; text-align:left;" | -Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 5 May 2017. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of council.
November 2022