2022 Angus Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) remained the largest party - tied with the number of independents - despite losing 40 per cent of their seats. As a result, they lost control of the council to a coalition of independents, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives had gained four seats to double their number of councillors while the Liberal Democrats also gained one seat to double their representation. Labour lost their only seat.[1]

Angus Local Election Result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	9	0	6	6	32.1	31.2	12,657	13.2
	Independent	9	1	0	1	32.1	25.0	10,144	0.2
	Conservative	8	4	0	4	28.6	33.9	13,741	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	1	1	7.1	4.6	1,873	1.2
	Labour	0	0	1	1	0	5.4	2,178	2.0
Total		28						40,593

Notes

• Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections in May 2012. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
• Following boundary changes, the number of seats in Angus fell from 29 in 2012 to 28 in 2017. Gains and losses are represented against national results which may differ from other published sources.

Source: [1]

After the 2017 election, a couple of changes in the composition of the council happened. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including the Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim who resigned from the Liberal Democrats and sat as an Independent after he was found to have inappropriately touched several women.[2]