East Dunbartonshire Council - Wards and Councillors

Scottish council · Scotland · 22 seats in 7 wards · All seats elected every five years · Next election 6 May 2027

The SNP run East Dunbartonshire Council as a minority administration. The council has 22 councillors in 7 wards. Seats by party: SNP 8, Lib Dem 5, Labour 5, Other 2, Conservative 2. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

SNP (Minority)

22 seats - 12 for a majority

Labour 5Conservative 2Lib Dem 5SNP 8Other 2

Seat changes since the 5 May 2022 election Labour +1 Other +1 Conservative −1 Lib Dem −1

Vote share at the 5 May 2022 election (22 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

SNP30.4%8

Labour19.3%4

Conservative18.3%3

Lib Dem16.4%6

Other9.7%1

Green5.9%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 22 seats up, then every five years

Largest party

SNP 8

4 short of the 12 needed for a majority

Latest by-election

Bearsden South

Lib Dem gain from Conservative, 29 January 2026 (2 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

29%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourLib DemSNPIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 7 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Bearsden North Calum Smith, Duncan Cumming, Alan Reid	5 May 2022 Independent 38.3% lead 19.2 pts
Bearsden South Ben Langmead, Ian Gallagher, Vaughan Moody	5 May 2022 SNP 23.4% lead 0.2 pts
Bishopbriggs North and Campsie Billy Hendry, Lynda Williamson, Colette McDiarmid, Paul Ferretti	5 May 2022 SNP 36.9% lead 16.2 pts
Bishopbriggs South Alan Moir, Ben Rose, Gordan Low	5 May 2022 SNP 36.9% lead 9.7 pts
Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar Aidan Marshall, Stewart MacDonald, Pamela Marshall	5 May 2022 SNP 38.9% lead 9.7 pts
Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South Callum McNally, Willie Paterson, Gillian Renwick	5 May 2022 SNP 33.2% lead 12.2 pts
Milngavie Aileen Polson, Jim Gibbons, Alix Mathieson	5 May 2022 SNP 25.1% lead 4.4 pts

Bearsden North

Alan Reid Lib DemCalum Smith SNPDuncan Cumming Independent

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

Independent38.3%

SNP19.1%

Conservative15.0%

Lib Dem12.4%

Labour9.5%

Scottish Green5.7%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Duncan Cumming Elected	Independent	2,645	38.3%
Calum Smith Elected	SNP	1,316	19.1%
Duncan Evans	Conservative	1,035	15.0%
Alan Reid Elected	Lib Dem	858	12.4%
Craig Muncie	Labour	655	9.5%
Neill John Simpson	Scottish Green	397	5.7%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Bearsden South

Ben Langmead Lib DemIan Gallagher SNPVaughan Moody Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP23.4%

Conservative23.2%

Lib Dem23.1%

Labour16.1%

Scottish Green7.2%

Independent4.7%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Ian Gallagher Elected	SNP	1,490	23.4%
Andrew Polson Elected	Conservative	1,478	23.2%
Vaughan Moody Elected	Lib Dem	1,473	23.1%
Lorna Dougall	Labour	1,023	16.1%
Scott Ferguson	Scottish Green	457	7.2%
Sheila Mechan	Independent	302	4.7%
Duncan Malcolm	Independent	147	2.3%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Last by-election, 29 January 2026

Lib Dem38.1%

SNP17.2%

Reform15.5%

Labour14.2%

Scottish Green8.1%

Conservative6.2%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Ben Langmead Elected	Lib Dem	1,744	38.1%
Lynne Gibbons	SNP	789	17.2%
John Fairlie	Reform	709	15.5%
Lorna Dougall	Labour	650	14.2%
Emma Sheppard	Scottish Green	371	8.1%
Duncan Evans	Conservative	283	6.2%
Liam Mckechnie	Scottish Family Party	35	0.8%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Bishopbriggs North and Campsie

Billy Hendry ConservativeColette McDiarmid LabourLynda Williamson SNPPaul Ferretti SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)

SNP36.9%

Labour20.7%

Conservative18.5%

Lib Dem15.2%

Scottish Green5.1%

Scottish Family Party2.0%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Paul Ferretti Elected	SNP	2,130	26.4%
Colette McDiarmid Elected	Labour	1,674	20.7%
Billy Hendry Elected	Conservative	1,495	18.5%
Gary Pews	Lib Dem	1,229	15.2%
Lynda Williamson Elected	SNP	849	10.5%
Elizabeth Rowan	Scottish Green	410	5.1%
Paul Gallacher	Scottish Family Party	164	2.0%
Alan Harris	Alba	121	1.5%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Bishopbriggs South

Alan Moir LabourBen Rose Lib DemGordan Low SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP36.9%

Labour27.2%

Conservative17.3%

Lib Dem12.5%

Scottish Green4.7%

Alba1.4%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Gordan Low Elected	SNP	2,241	36.9%
Alan Moir Elected	Labour	1,654	27.2%
Catherine Brown	Conservative	1,048	17.3%
Ben Rose Elected	Lib Dem	756	12.5%
Jesper Bach	Scottish Green	284	4.7%
Eamonn Gallagher	Alba	87	1.4%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar

Aidan Marshall LabourPamela Marshall SNPStewart MacDonald Labour

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP38.9%

Labour29.2%

Lib Dem18.7%

Conservative12.0%

For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance1.3%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Pamela Marshall Elected	SNP	2,095	38.9%
Stewart MacDonald Elected	Labour	1,572	29.2%
Susan Murray Elected	Lib Dem	1,006	18.7%
Josephine MacLeod	Conservative	644	12.0%
Alan McManus	For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance	72	1.3%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Last by-election, 13 February 2025

Labour30.2%

SNP22.9%

Lib Dem21.3%

Reform15.0%

Conservative4.1%

Scottish Green4.0%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Aidan Marshall Elected	Labour	958	30.2%
Serina Marshall	SNP	726	22.9%
Marthos Christoforou	Lib Dem	677	21.3%
Bruce Hampton	Reform	476	15.0%
Satbir Gill	Conservative	131	4.1%
Elizabeth Rowan	Scottish Green	128	4.0%
Eamonn Gallagher	Alba	63	2.0%
Alan McManus	Sovereignty	18	0.6%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South

Callum McNally LabourGillian Renwick SNPWillie Paterson Independent

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP33.2%

Labour21.0%

Conservative20.3%

Lib Dem17.4%

Scottish Green7.2%

For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance0.9%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Gillian Renwick Elected	SNP	2,165	33.2%
Callum McNally Elected	Labour	1,367	21.0%
Sandra Thornton	Conservative	1,325	20.3%
Willie Paterson Elected	Lib Dem	1,131	17.4%
Carolynn Scrimgeour	Scottish Green	468	7.2%
James Raymond Watson	For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance	59	0.9%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Milngavie

Aileen Polson Lib DemAlix Mathieson ConservativeJim Gibbons SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP25.1%

Conservative20.7%

Lib Dem16.5%

Labour13.9%

Independent13.3%

Scottish Green10.6%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Jim Gibbons Elected	SNP	1,566	25.1%
Alix Mathieson Elected	Conservative	1,293	20.7%
Aileen Polson Elected	Lib Dem	1,031	16.5%
Thomas Shepherd	Labour	869	13.9%
Julie Duncan	Independent	830	13.3%
Emma Sheppard	Scottish Green	660	10.6%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South	Willie Paterson	Lib Dem 2022	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

2 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
29 January 2026	Bearsden South	Lib Dem gain from Conservative	38.1%
13 February 2025	Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar	Labour gain from Lib Dem	30.2%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch		Labour	SNP 40%
Mid Dunbartonshire		Lib Dem	Lib Dem 30%

Scottish councils: seats are listed without shares. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in East Dunbartonshire

185,761 residents in 80,393 households

Voted Leave in 2016

29% 23 below GB

Degree or higher

50% 16 above GB

No qualifications

14% 4 below GB

Own their home

77% 16 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

7% 13 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

24% 7 below GB

Aged 65 and over

27% 5 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scottish councils use STV: party shares are of first-preference votes. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.