Ward 9 - Upper Braes

There were three councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 43.8%. There were 5,499 valid papers and 74 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected was 1,375.

Name of Candidate	Party	Number of First Preference Votes
Claire Brown	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	1,202
Ian Kennedy	Independent	89
Rachel Kidd	Scottish Green Party	308
John McLuckie	Independent	459
Siobhan Paterson	Scottish Labour Party	1,272
Austin Reid	Scottish Liberal Democrats	139
Jim Robertson	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1,918
Colin Todd	Alba Party for independence	63
Mark Andrew Tunnicliff	Independent	49

After application of the election rules, the following are deemed to be elected as councillors for Upper Braes.

Name of Candidate	Party	Stage at which candidate has been elected
Claire Brown	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	8
Siobhan Paterson	Scottish Labour Party	4
Jim Robertson	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1

Returning Officer: Kenneth Lawrie
Date: 6 May 2022