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Publication - Statistics

Local Government Candidates Survey 2022

Published
14 November 2022
From
Director of Performance, Delivery and Resilience
Directorate
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate
ISBN
9781805252153

A voluntary demographic survey of candidates running in the Scottish Local Government elections of 2022

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16. Parental Responsibility

In addition to caring responsibilities, candidates were also asked if they had parental responsibilities to any children under the age of 16.

As per figure 31 below, only 22% of respondents stated that they had children under the age of 16 to whom they provided care. This may be in part reflective of the older age profile of respondents.

Figure 31: Parental responsibilities of respondents

Bar chart visualising proportion of respondents split by parental responsibilities. The chart shows that the majority of respondents did not have a parental responsibility.

In terms of electoral outcomes, we can see that as per figure 32 below, that there was no meaningful difference in the profile of candidates with children versus those without with regards to those were elected and those who were not.

Figure 32: Electoral outcome by parenting responsibilities

Bar chart visualising parental responsibility status of respondents split by electoral outcome (i.e. who was successfully elected). Chart shows that the majority of individuals who were successfully elected had no parental responsibilities.

Contact

Email: Arfan.Iqbal@Gov.Scot

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