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2017 Scottish local elections
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All 1,227 seats[1] to 32 Scottish councils
Turnout46.9% (Increase7.3%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Ruth Davidson
Party SNP Conservative
Leader since 14 November 2014 4 November 2011
Last election 425 seats, 32.33% 115 seats, 13.27%
Seats before 438[2] 112[2]
Seats won 431 276
Seat change Decrease7*[3] Increase164*[3]
First preferences 610,454 478,073
First preferences (%) 32.30% 25.30%
Swing (pp) Decrease 0.03% Increase12.03%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Kezia Dugdale Willie Rennie
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 15 August 2015 17 May 2011
Last election 394 seats, 31.39% 71 seats, 6.62%
Seats before 395[2] 70[2]
Seats won 262 67
Seat change Decrease133*[3] Decrease3*[3]
First preferences 380,957 128,821
First preferences (%) 20.16% 6.82%
Swing (pp) Decrease11.23% Increase0.20%
Most voted for party by council, largest party by council, and largest party by ward. Ward map utilises the new ward boundaries.
* Indicates boundary change - so this is a nominal figure

The 2017 Scottish local elections were held on Thursday 4 May, in all 32 local authorities. The SNP retained its position as the largest party in terms of votes and councillors, despite suffering minor losses. The Conservatives made gains and displaced Labour as the second largest party, while the Liberal Democrats suffered a net loss of councillors despite increasing their share of the vote.[4] Minor parties and independents polled well; and independent councillors retained majority control over the three island councils. For the first time since the local government reforms in 1995, all mainland councils fell under no overall control.

Background

The previous election was in 2012. Normally these elections take place every four years, but this election was postponed for a year in order to avoid conflicting with the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Once again the local elections were counted electronically, using the same system used in 2012. The tender was awarded to CGI (formerly Logica) and Idox Elections (formerly Opt2vote), both of which delivered the 2012 elections successfully.[citation needed]

Eligibility to vote

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 16 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.[5][6] A person who had two homes (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) could register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area and can vote for two different councils, albeit only in two different local elections; however, it is an offence to vote twice in the same type of election and doing so may incur a fine of up to £5,000.[7]

Individuals must have registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (17 April 2017).[8] Anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 25 April 2017 to register.[9]

Party performance

Following the election, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon played down the threat posed by the Conservatives to her party, asserting that the good performance by the Conservatives was on account of Labour support going to the Conservatives and not because of any shift in SNP voters.[10]

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson asserted a "Scottish fightback against the SNP" and said that the results represented a resurgence for the Scottish Conservatives despite the fact that the SNP's 1st preference vote percentage had not changed since the 2012 election.[11]

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale admitted the results were disappointing for her party, while the Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie said the council results showed his party could stand against the SNP tide in key northern constituencies.[12]

Aftermath

Aberdeenshire

The Scottish Conservatives returned the most councillors, the first time it has been the largest party in the region since the 1982 election, when the area was under the Grampian Regional Council, although they were stopped short of an overall majority. The number of Scottish National Party councillors fell by a quarter but remained the second largest group. The Scottish Liberal Democrats picked up a couple of seats while the other parties gained roughly the same results as the previous election.

On 18 May, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Aligned Independents formed an administration, with Jim Gifford (Conservative) elected as council leader and Bill Howatson (Liberal) was made Provost.[13]

Argyll and Bute

The SNP became the largest party on the council for the first time, as the Independent group lost a third of its seats compared to the previous election. The Conservatives gained five seats and the Liberal Democrats gained two, but both remained in their respective places as the two smaller parties.

Despite the SNP's position, a coalition was formed of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Independents, referred to as The Argyll Lomond and the Isles Group (TALIG). Aileen Morton, leader of the group, was elected as council leader.[14]

Fife

The Scottish National Party replaced Scottish Labour as the largest party for the first time in the Fife region, although they did not gain enough seats to form a majority. The Scottish Conservatives made the most gains, replacing the Scottish Liberal Democrats as the third biggest party. The election also returned no Independent councillors, marking the first time the area will be without any Independent representation since the creation of Fife Regional Council in 1974.

On 18 May, the two largest parties of the new council, the SNP and Scottish Labour, signed a Power Sharing Agreement to co-run an administration. David Alexander (SNP) and David Ross (Labour) were made co-leaders, and Jim Leishman remained in his role as Provost.[15]

Glasgow

The SNP replaced Labour as the biggest party; although without a majority it ended Labour's 37-year-long control of the council.[16] The Conservatives increased its number of councillors from 1 to 8, their highest since 1984, while the Scottish Green Party also made a couple of gains to reach their highest ever level in Glasgow. This council is the first without any Liberal representation since 1974.

The SNP took control of the council as a minority administration with SNP members filling the positions of council leader, depute council leader, and Lord Provost.[17]

Councils

Council 2012 Result: Largest party
(Parties in control) 		Control before election
(Change in control
since May 2012, if different) 		2017 Result: Largest party
(Parties in control)[3][18] 		Details
Aberdeen City

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + Con + Ind)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Con + Lab)[19] Details
Aberdeenshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Con + LD + Ind)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP + Lab + Ind)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (Con + LD + Ind)[20] Details
Angus

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority)

black

SNP / Independents tie (Ind + Con + LD) Details
Argyll and Bute

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent (Ind + SNP)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent (Ind + Con + LD)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Ind + Con + LD) Details
Clackmannanshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority) Details
Dumfries and Galloway

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Con + SNP)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab minority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (Lab + SNP)[21] Details
Dundee City

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP + Ind)[22] Details
East Ayrshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP + Con)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority) Details
East Dunbartonshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Lab + LD + Con)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + Con minority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Con + LD) Details
East Lothian

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + Con)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab minority)[23] Details
East Renfrewshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + SNP + Ind)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (Lab + SNP) Details
City of Edinburgh

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + SNP)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Lab + SNP)[24] Details
Falkirk

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + Con + Ind)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP + Ind minority)[25] Details
Fife

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab minority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Lab + SNP)[15] Details
Glasgow City

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority) Details
Highland

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent (SNP + LD + Lab)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent (Ind minority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent (Ind + LD + Lab)[26] Details
Inverclyde

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab w/ Ind + Con support)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab minority) Details
Midlothian Council

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (SNP + Green + Ind)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab minority) Details
Moray

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Ind + Con)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Con + Ind) Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent Details
North Ayrshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab minority)

black

Labour / SNP tie (Lab minority) Details
North Lanarkshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Lab minority) Details
Orkney

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent Details
Perth and Kinross

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP w/ Con support)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (Con + LD + Ind)[27][28] Details
Renfrewshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority) Details
Scottish Borders

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (SNP + Ind + LD)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (Con + Ind)[29] Details
Shetland

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Independent Details
South Ayrshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (Con w/ Lab + Ind support)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" |

Conservative (SNP + Lab + Ind)[30] Details
South Lanarkshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab + LD + Con)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP minority)[31] Details
Stirling

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Lab + Con)

black

Conservative / SNP tie (Lab + SNP) Details
West Dunbartonshire

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab majority)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (SNP + Ind minority)[32] Details
West Lothian

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" |

Labour (Lab w/ Con + Ind support)

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |

SNP (Lab w/ Con support) Details

Opinion polling

Date(s)
conducted 		Polling organisation/client Sample size SNP Lab Con Lib Dem Green UKIP Others Lead
class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color; width:45px;"| class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width:45px;"| class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width:45px;"| class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width:45px;"| class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color; width:45px;"| class="unsortable" style="background:Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color; width:45px;"| class="unsortable" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width:45px;"|
24 Feb–6 Mar 2017 Ipsos MORI/STV 1,029 46% 17% 19% 6% 8% 3% <1% style="background:Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"|27%
7–13 Feb 2017 Panelbase/Wings Over Scotland 1,028 47% 14% 26% 5% 4% 3% <1% style="background:Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"|21%
3 May 2012 2012 Election Results 1,556,773 32.3% 31.4% 13.3% 6.6% 2.3% 0.3% 13.8% style="background:Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"|0.9%

Results

e • d Summary of the 4 May 2017 Scottish council election results[33][34]
Party First-preference votes Councils +/- 2012 seats 2017 seats Seat change
Seats won Notional Seats won Seat % vs Notional
style="background-color:Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party 610,454 32.3% Steady0.0 0 Decrease1 425 438 431 35.1% Decrease7
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color"| Conservative 478,073 25.3% Increase12.0% 0 Steady 115 112 276 22.5% Increase164
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"| Labour 380,957 20.2% Decrease11.4% 0 Decrease3 394 395 262 21.4% Decrease133
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"| Independents 196,438 10.4% Decrease1.4% 3 Steady 196 198 168 14.1% Decrease30
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Liberal Democrats 130,243 6.9% Increase0.3% 0 Steady 71 70 67 5.5% Decrease3
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color"| Green 77,682 4.1% Increase1.8% 0 Steady 14 14 19 1.6% Increase5
style="background-color:Template:Orkney Manifesto Group/meta/color"| Orkney Manifesto Group 894 0.0% 0 Steady 2 0.1% New
style="background-color:Template:West Dunbartonshire Community Party/meta/color"| West Dunbartonshire Community 2,413 0.1% 0 Steady 1 0.1% New
style="background-color:Template:The Rubbish Party/meta/color"| The Rubbish Party 784 0.0% 0 Steady 1 0.1% New
style="background-color:Template:UKIP/meta/color"| UKIP 2,920 0.2% Decrease0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire 2,823 0.2% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition/meta/color"| TUSC 1,403 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:A Better Britain – Unionist Party/meta/color"| A Better Britain – Unionist Party 1,196 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Socialist Party/meta/color"| Scottish Socialist 928 0.0% Decrease0.3% 0 Steady 1 0 0.0% Decrease1
style="background-color:Template:Solidarity (Scotland)/meta/color"| Solidarity 883 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Libertarian Party/meta/color"| Libertarian 776 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance/meta/color"| RISE 186 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
Scottish Independent Network 145 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Unionist Party (1986)/meta/color"| Scottish Unionist 129 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990)/meta/color"| Social Democratic 112 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Scottish Christian Party/meta/color"| Scottish Christian 104 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Socialist Labour 76 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:National Front (UK)/meta/color"| National Front 39 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0% Steady
style="background-color:Template:No Overall Control/meta/color"| No Overall Control — — — 29 Increase4 — — — — —
Total 1,889,658 100.0 ±0.0 32 Steady 1,223 1,227 1,227 100.00 Steady

The table has been arranged according to popular vote, not the number of seats won.

Boundary changes

Prior to the 2017 elections, changes were made to council ward boundaries in 25 council areas. This meant that comparisons with the actual results from 2012 were inaccurate due to a small increase in the total number of seats (from 1,223 to 1,227), different boundaries, and some wards having their number of councillors adjusted. These changes led BBC News, using work done by Professor David Denver of Lancaster University, to estimate what the results would have been in 2012 if the new boundaries and seat numbers had been in place for that election.[3][35]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d The "seats before" figure is a notional calculation by BBC News. These notional figures estimate what the results would have been in 2012, if the 2017 boundaries had been in place at that election, as boundary changes make direct comparison complicated.
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External links

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