West Dunbartonshire
Scottish council · Scotland · 22 seats in 6 wards · All seats elected every five years · Next election 6 May 2027
Labour run West Dunbartonshire Council as a minority administration. The council has 22 councillors in 6 wards. Seats by party: Labour 8, SNP 7, Other 7. The next election is on 6 May 2027.
Seats by party
Who holds each ward
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.
Councillors and last results
Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.
| Ward and councillors | Last election |
|---|---|
| Clydebank Central Clare Steel, Diane Docherty, Sophie Traynor, Fiona Hennebry | 5 May 2022 SNP 52.4% lead 12.7 pts |
| Clydebank Waterfront Lauren Oxley, Kevin Crawford, June McKay, Daniel Lennie | 5 May 2022 SNP 52.3% lead 14.9 pts |
| Dumbarton Gurpreet Johal, Chris Pollock, Depute McBride, Provost Conaghan | 5 May 2022 Labour 45.6% lead 4.2 pts |
| Kilpatrick William Rooney, Lawrence O'Neill, Gordon Scanlan | 5 May 2022 Labour 56.1% lead 18.1 pts |
| Leven Michelle McGinty, James Bollan, John Millar, Ian Dickson | 5 May 2022 SNP 36.9% lead 1.8 pts |
| Lomond Jonathan McColl, Leader Rooney, Depute Sorrell | 5 May 2022 Labour 38.3% lead 3.8 pts |
Clydebank Central
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Docherty Elected | SNP | 1,903 | 41.0% |
| Craig Edward Elected | Labour | 1,199 | 25.8% |
| Clare Steel Elected | Labour | 645 | 13.9% |
| Sophie Traynor Elected | SNP | 531 | 11.4% |
| Liam Wilson | Conservative | 366 | 7.9% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Last by-election, 13 June 2024
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Hennebry Elected | Labour | 1,398 | 49.6% |
| Marina Scanlan | SNP | 1,095 | 38.9% |
| Ewan McGinnigle | Conservative | 125 | 4.4% |
| Andrew Joseph Muir | Independent | 87 | 3.1% |
| Kai Robert Murray Pyper | Lib Dem | 52 | 1.8% |
| Nathan Hennebry | Communist Party of Britain | 47 | 1.7% |
| Kelly Wilson | Sovereignty | 12 | 0.4% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Clydebank Waterfront
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| James McElhill Elected | SNP | 1,493 | 31.8% |
| Daniel Lennie Elected | Labour | 1,217 | 25.9% |
| Lauren Oxley Elected | SNP | 767 | 16.3% |
| June McKay Elected | Labour | 540 | 11.5% |
| Holly Moscrop | Conservative | 362 | 7.7% |
| Jacob Toland | SNP | 196 | 4.2% |
| Brian Lally | Scottish Family Party | 121 | 2.6% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Last by-election, 15 May 2025
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Crawford Elected | SNP | 1,039 | 35.6% |
| David Smith | Reform | 768 | 26.3% |
| Maureen McGlinchey | Labour | 739 | 25.3% |
| Cameron Eoin Stewart | Lib Dem | 138 | 4.7% |
| Brian Walker | Conservative | 84 | 2.9% |
| Eryn Browning | Scottish Green | 76 | 2.6% |
| Kristopher Duncan | Alba | 47 | 1.6% |
| Andrew Joseph Muir | Scottish Family Party | 25 | 0.9% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Dumbarton
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Conaghan Elected | SNP | 2,171 | 33.3% |
| David McBride Elected | Labour | 2,045 | 31.3% |
| Gurpreet Singh Johal Elected | Labour | 930 | 14.3% |
| Brian Walker | Conservative | 601 | 9.2% |
| Chris Pollock Elected | SNP | 529 | 8.1% |
| Andrew Joseph Muir | Scottish Family Party | 100 | 1.5% |
| Lynda Hannah McEwan | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 73 | 1.1% |
| Jonathan Rainey | Scottish Libertarian Party | 45 | 0.7% |
| Kelly Wilson | Sovereignty | 30 | 0.5% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Kilpatrick
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas McAllister Elected | Labour | 1,903 | 49.1% |
| Gordon Scanlan Elected | SNP | 986 | 25.4% |
| Marina Scanlan | SNP | 486 | 12.5% |
| Lawrence O'Neill Elected | Labour | 272 | 7.0% |
| David Jardine | Conservative | 229 | 5.9% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Last by-election, 28 November 2024
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Rooney Elected | Labour | 725 | 42.7% |
| Marina Scanlan | SNP | 514 | 30.3% |
| David Smith | Reform | 176 | 10.4% |
| Ewan McGinnigle | Conservative | 97 | 5.7% |
| Paula Baker | Scottish Green | 73 | 4.3% |
| Kai O'Connor | Lib Dem | 63 | 3.7% |
| Andrew Joseph Muir | Scottish Family Party | 25 | 1.5% |
| Dylan McAllister | Communist Party of Britain | 23 | 1.4% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Leven
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Dickson Elected | SNP | 1,494 | 25.7% |
| John Kelly Millar Elected | Labour | 1,089 | 18.7% |
| Michelle Marie McGinty Elected | Labour | 956 | 16.4% |
| Jim Bollan Elected | West Dunbartonshire Community Party | 953 | 16.4% |
| Ronnie McColl | SNP | 653 | 11.2% |
| Matthew Dillon | Conservative | 420 | 7.2% |
| Paula Baker | Scottish Green | 206 | 3.5% |
| Sian Wilkie | Independent | 51 | 0.9% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Lomond
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan McColl Elected | SNP | 1,494 | 34.5% |
| Martin Rooney Elected | Labour | 938 | 21.7% |
| Hazel Sorrell Elected | Labour | 719 | 16.6% |
| Sally Page | Conservative | 666 | 15.4% |
| Drew Maceoghainn | West Dunbartonshire Community Party | 509 | 11.8% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Changed party since the election
6 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.
| Ward | Councillor | Elected as | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clydebank Central | Clare Steel | Labour 2022 | Independent |
| Clydebank Central | Diane Docherty | SNP 2022 | Independent |
| Clydebank Central | Fiona Hennebry | Labour 2024 | Independent |
| Clydebank Waterfront | Daniel Lennie | Labour 2022 | Independent |
| Clydebank Waterfront | June McKay | Labour 2022 | Independent |
| Lomond | Jonathan McColl | SNP 2022 | Independent |
Every council by-election since 2021
3 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.
| Date | Ward | Result | Winner's share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2025 | Clydebank Waterfront | SNP hold | |
| 28 November 2024 | Kilpatrick | Labour hold | 42.7% |
| 13 June 2024 | Clydebank Central | Labour gain from Independent | 49.6% |
Parliamentary constituencies
| Constituency | Share of council | 2024 winner | Projected now |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Dunbartonshire | Labour | SNP 36% |
Scottish councils: seats are listed without shares. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.
Who lives in West Dunbartonshire
91,240 residents in 43,739 households
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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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.