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Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections . The election covered the twelve wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation , with 40 Councillors being elected, a reduction of 1 member compared to 2012.
Following the 2012 election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the Council with the support of the Scottish Conservatives. After this election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat groups formed a coalition with independents to run the administration.[1] The sole Labour councillor, Alasdair Bailey, was initially named as part of the coalition, but soon insisted that he was not.[2]
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Ward results
Carse of Gowrie
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
2012-2017 Change: 1xLab Gain from SNP
Carse of Gowrie - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Conservative
Angus Forbes
43.4
1,916
SNP
Beth Pover
18.3
810
829.9
884.01
910.09
910.6
1,579.08
SNP
Douglas Pover (incumbent )
15.1
668
681.1
692.1
715.6
715.8
Labour
Alasdair Bailey
14.8
656
825.7
875.8
1,107.3
Liberal Democrats
Mary Matheson
4.6
203
423.9
482.4
Scottish Green
Hilary Charles
3.7
165
209
Electorate: 7,830 Valid: 4,418 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 4,488 (57.3%)
Strathmore
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
Strathmore - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Conservative
Dennis Melloy (incumbent )
26.7
1,833
Liberal Democrats
Lewis Simpson (incumbent )
19.5
1,342
1,365.7
1,379.6
SNP
Fiona Sarwar
18.2
1,251
1,266.9
1,267.8
1,267.9
1,355.9
1,417.8
Conservative
Colin Stewart
15.2
1,047
1,418.9
SNP
Ian Stratton
12.6
866
868.7
869.1
869.5
899.2
940.8
Independent
Alan Livingstone *
3.9
270
277.2
282.2
283.4
358.08
Scottish Green
Michael Gallagher
3.9
268
274.7
276.8
277.4
Electorate: Valid: 6,877 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,376 Turnout: 7,042 (57.9%)
= Sitting Councillor from Almond and Earn Ward.
Blairgowrie and Glens
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
Blairgowrie and Glens - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Conservative
Caroline Shiers (incumbent )
36.4
1,641
SNP
Tom McEwan
23.4
1,055
1,067.8
1,074.1
1,099.2
1,154.3
Conservative
Bob Brawn
19.9
897
1,341.5
SNP
Alison Mulholland
13.5
609
616.8
621.7
658.5
682.3
Scottish Green
Louise Ramsay
3.6
164
171.8
188.2
Liberal Democrats
Gordon Clark
3.1
141
156.7
224.3
297.5
Electorate: 8,607 Valid: 4,507 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 4,645 (53.6%)
Highland
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIND
2012-2017 Change: 1xIND gain from SNP
Highland - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Conservative
Ian Campbell (incumbent )††
45.44
1,927
SNP
Mike Williamson (incumbent )
19.22
815
843.76
877.11
911.6
1,578.94
SNP
Kirsty Gowans
17.31
734
757.82
791.27
822.21
Independent
Xander McDade
10.59
449
716.39
770.28
953.5
1,024.24
Scottish Green
Mary McDougall
3.96
168
200.81
Liberal Democrats
Kenneth Spittal
3.49
148
332.71
385.39
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,241 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 4,306 (58.4%)
Strathtay
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
Strathtay - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Conservative
Anne Jarvis
25.28
1,307
Conservative
Ian James
19.63
1,015
1,027.68
1,066.73
1,090.78
1,222.92
1,236.93
SNP
Grant Laing (incumbent )
19.52
1,009
1,009.15
1,033.15
1,094.15
1,164.17
2,133.22
SNP
John Kellas (incumbent )
18.28
945
945.13
955.13
1,018.13
1,112.13
Labour
Frank Stevenson
8.96
463
463.28
510.32
593.34
Scottish Green
Elspeth Coutts
4.24
219
219.12
277.16
Liberal Democrats
Alex Linklater
4.1
212
212.18
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,170 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,293 Turnout: 5,251 (57.6%)
Strathearn
2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
2012-2017 Change: No Change
Strathearn - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Conservative
Roz McCall
26.54
1,204
Independent
Rhona Brock (incumbent )
24.51
1,112
1,115.72
1,144.78
SNP
Stewart Donaldson
13.34
605
605.11
608.11
609.08
681.3
715.67
1,204.12
Conservative
Alex Menzies-Runciman
13.01
590
651.37
670.43
672.64
686.92
764.31
769.32
SNP
John Fellows
10.6
481
481
485
485.55
513.66
537.82
Independent
Craig Finlay
6.06
275
275.86
279.92
283.26
317.53
Scottish Green
Lawrence Buckley
4.12
187
187.29
199.34
200.38
Liberal Democrats
Tina Ng-A-Mann
1.81
82
82.29
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,536 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 4,656 (54.4%)
Strathallan
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lib Dem
Strathallan - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Conservative
Murray Lyle (incumbent )
28.05
1,280
Conservative
Crawford Reid
23.64
1,079
1,195.76
SNP
Tom Gray (incumbent )
14.61
667
669.37
670.14
673.14
705.19
736.49
1,279.99
SNP
Mairi MacDonald
12.66
578
579.29
580.0
581
616.26
631.26
Liberal Democrats
Ann Gaunt (incumbent )
11.79
538
546.52
563.61
565.76
628.41
752.12
788.79
Labour
Fhinan Beyts
5.15
235
235.97
239.95
243.33
266.7
Scottish Green
Bruce Fummey
3.7
169
169.75
171.72
175.92
Independent
Ron Rose
0.39
18
18.86
22.27
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,564 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,142 Turnout: 4,642 (54.5%)
Kinross-shire
2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIND
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from IND
Kinross-shire - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Conservative
Callum Purves
26.73
1,642
SNP
Richard Watters
19.03
1,169
1,171.77
1,224.77
1,253.02
Liberal Democrats
Willie Robertson (incumbent )
17.29
1,062
1,104.51
1,128.76
1,235.76
Independent
Mike Barnacle (incumbent )
12.16
747
759.07
777.07
807.07
813.07
814.7
1,272.92
Independent
Dave Cuthbert (incumbent )
9.77
600
618.86
637.12
689.37
695.79
698.03
Conservative
John Ross
7.96
489
803.91
807.15
831.18
832.08
833.3
907.43
Labour
David MacKenzie
4.77
293
299.04
311.04
Scottish Green
Karen Grunwell
2.31
142
143
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,144 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,229 Turnout: 6,203 (58.3%)
Almond and Earn
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from IND
Almond and Earn - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Conservative
Kathleen Baird (incumbent )
42.08
1,724
SNP
Henry Anderson (incumbent )
21.53
882
899.84
905.35
972.91
1,312.13
Conservative
David Illingworth
17.5
717
1,324.36
SNP
Peter Glennie
8.05
330
332.43
335.48
379.6
Liberal Democrats
Chris Rennie
5.61
230
253.52
344.1
435.66
445.7
Scottish Green
Linda Buchan
5.22
214
232.25
254.07
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,097 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,025 Turnout: 4,210 (55.2%)
Perth City South
2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 2xSNP;
2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
Perth City South - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Liberal Democrats
William Wilson (incumbent )
34.66
2,417
Conservative
Michael Jamieson †
25.2
1,757
SNP
Bob Band (incumbent )
14.9
1,039
1,151.05
1,158.26
1,169.32
1,226.72
1,267.05
1,381.62
SNP
Sheila McCole
10.81
754
828.42
831.92
837.24
904.96
944.39
1,083.36
Labour
Alistair Munro (incumbent )
6.37
444
615.25
678.5
702.63
780.71
902.22
Independent
Susan Bathgate
3.63
253
417.9
471.68
560.41
600.75
Scottish Green
Paul Vallot
3.05
213
306.45
322.72
337.21
Independent
Damian Houston
1.38
96
176.34
211.16
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,973 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,395 Turnout: 7,086 (55%)
Perth City North
2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lab
Perth City North - 3 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
SNP
Dave Doogan (incumbent )
35.37
1,290
Conservative
Harry Coates
25.58
933
Labour
Calum Gillies (incumbent )
15.82
577
596.34
601.15
606.47
619.92
674.5
722.49
SNP
John Rebbeck
13.16
480
797.63
798.15
799.44
817.98
836.76
870.49
1,047.4
Liberal Democrats
Philip Brown
3.45
126
131.86
135.71
137.73
141.91
Independent
Elspeth MacLachlan (incumbent )
3.1
113
118.57
120.01
124.05
188.88
213.64
Independent
Sam Finlayson
2.5
91
97.45
99.45
119.88
Independent
Arthur Frater
1.01
37
38.17
38.53
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,647 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 912 Turnout: 3,755 (41.1%)
Perth City Centre
2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon
2017: 1xCon; 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
Perth City Centre - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Conservative
Chris Ahern
32.75
1,763
SNP
Eric Drysdale
19.99
1,076
1,091.17
Liberal Democrats
Peter Barrett (incumbent )
19.28
1,038
1,313.87
SNP
Andrew Parrott (incumbent )
14.08
758
763.06
780.22
792.2
792.21
809.79
895.96
1,086.4
Labour
Tricia Duncan
8.81
474
554.93
627.55
628.32
633.9
668.24
739.77
Scottish Green
Fraser Hunter
3.23
174
191.51
218.62
219.19
225.54
250.69
Scotland Independent Network
Ian Thomson
1.45
78
132.08
152.44
152.56
173.49
Independent
David West
0.41
22
44.57
54.84
54.87
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,383 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,077 Turnout: 5,512 (44.7%)
Changes since 2017
† On 25 September 2017, Perth City South Conservative Cllr Michael Jamieson resigned his seat having been found to be in possession of indecent images.[4] A by-election took place on 23 November 2017. The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Audrey Coates.
†† On 6 February 2018 Highland Conservative Cllr Ian Campbell died suddenly.[5] A by-election was held on 19 April 2018 and was won by the Conservative candidate John Duff.
By-elections since 2017
Perth City South By-election (23 November 2017) - 1 Seat[6]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
SNP
Pauline Leitch
32.1
1,780
1,781
1,813
1,883
2,227
Conservative
Audrey Coates
31.2
1,734
1,738
1,744
1,762
2,381
2,863
Liberal Democrats
Liz Barrett
28.8
1,597
1,601
1,627
1,733
Labour
Tricia Duncan
5.7
314
319
332
Scottish Green
Elspeth MacLachlan
1.8
102
105
332
Independent
Denise Baykal
0.5
25
Electorate: 12,998 Valid: 5,552 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 2,777 Turnout: 43.1%
Highland By-election (19 April 2018) - 1 Seat[7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Conservative
John Duff
46.7
1,907
1,908
1,923
1,930
1,977
2,084
SNP
John Kellas
35.9
1,466
1,467
1,472
1,509
1,594
1,712
Independent
Avril Taylor
6.9
280
286
299
325
391
Labour
Jayne Ramage
5.8
239
240
256
280
Scottish Green
Mary McDougall
2.5
104
106
118
Liberal Democrats
Chris Rennie
1.9
78
78
Independent
Denise Baykal
0.3
12
Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 4,086 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,044 Turnout: 56.2%
References
candidates standing for election