Local elections results as they happened: SNP gains and Lib Dem resurgence as Tories take a bruising
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Nicola Sturgeon hailed the seismic result and tweeted: “National/city trends aside, this result is seismic. For years, Pollokshields was the only Tory seat in Glasgow and it seemed we would never take it.”
Elsewhere in the city, leader Susan Aiken was overtaken by the Scottish Greens on first preference votes in the Langside ward.
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Alex Salmond’s Alba party have failed to secure any councillors
Local elections results LIVE: 2022 Scottish council elections as they happened
RESULT: The SNP have won 19 out of the 45 seats on Aberdeen City Council and remain the biggest party.
Labour finished second with a +2 seats to finish with 11.
The Conservatives dropped two seats, and finished with nine seats.
The Lib Dems won four and there are two independents.
“I’m determined to build on this”
Douglas Ross has batted away suggestions that his leadership was to blame for the poor performance of the Scottish Conservatives and that he would remain as leader.
He outlined his position by highlighting the pattern of results seen across the UK.
He told the BBC “I’m determined to build on this.
“I’m deeply disappointed, I’m sorry for every one of our excellent candidates that didn’t get over the line, our outstanding councillors that weren’t re-elected. But we’ve got to look at the national picture and see this is not just a reflection here in Scotland but across the United Kingdom.”
Douglas Ross has refused to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging for stability in the UK government amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis.
Speaking to the BBC, the Scottish Conservative leader said the result across Scotland was “very disappointing”.
He said: “From people I’ve spoken to it’s very clear, Partygate was the dominating issue here,.
“Where we could get the focus on local issues like here in Moray, people have responded to that.
“But where there have been national issues that dominated, Partygate has struck through and we have suffered as a result of that.”
Glasgow remains exceptionally close, but it is clear from the rhetoric of Anas Sarwar that Labour have acheieved exactly what they set out to do.
RESULT: The SNP will remain the largest group on Renfrewshire Council, with a +2 to 21.
Labour also gained two to win 15 seats. The Scottish Conservatives lost three to end with five seats.
There is one independent councillor and one Lib Dem.