The Conservatives solidified the gains they had made at the previous election and increased their number by one to return 10 councillors and become the second-largest group on the council.

Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system—a form of proportional representation—where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

[4] In the run-up to the election, Conservative councillors Donald Kelly and Jamie McGrigor were deselected by the party but continued on as independents.

The Act allowed single- or two-member wards to be created to provide better representation of island communities.

Two new two-member, island-only wards would have been created to represent Islay, Jura and Colonsay and Mull, Iona, Coll and Tiree.

The proposals would have made no changes to the boundaries or numbers of councillors in Cowal; Dunoon and Lomond North.

However, the proposals in Argyll and Bute were rejected by the Scottish Parliament and the 11 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 remained in place.

Following a by-election gain from the Lib Dems in 2021, the Conservatives held two of the three seats immediately prior to the election.

[7] Source:[35][36] Despite losing seats, the incumbent Conservative-Liberal Democrat-independent coalition—known as The Argyll, Lomond and Islands group (TALIG)—retained control of the council and Liberal Democrat councillor Robin Currie was re-elected as council leader while Conservative councillor Gary Mulvaney was elected as deputy leader.

However, Cllr Currie denied there had been a betrayal, adding it was "not how I see things on the ground" and that "naturally" TALIG would form the administration as the largest group.

[39] In December 2022, South Kintyre councillor Tommy MacPherson resigned from the ruling TALIG coalition citing concerns with the way the group operates.

[45] In February 2025, Cllr Alastair Redman was suspended by the Standards Commission for two months after making disrespectful and discriminatory comments about a child.

[47] A by-election took place on 29 September 2022 and was won by independent candidate Alastair Redman who had previously represented the ward between 2017 and 2022.

[16] Source:[48][49] Independent South Kintyre councillor Donald Kelly resigned his seat in August 2023 in protest at how the council operated.

[51] Source:[52][53] Liberal Democrat Kintyre and the Islands councillor and former council leader Robin Currie died suddenly in May 2024.