Stirling Council election, 2017

Stirling Council election, 2017

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All 23 seats to Stirling Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Neil Benny Scott Farmer Danny Gibson Party Conservative SNP Labour Leader's seat Stirling West Stirling West Stirling North Last election 4 seats, 18.2% 9 seats, 40.1% 8 seats, 36.4% Seats before 4 9 8 Seats after 9 9 4 Seat change 5 - 4   Fourth party   Leader Alasdair Tollemache Party Scottish Green Leader's seat Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Last election 0 seat, 0% Seats before 1 Seats after 1 Seat change -
The 7 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Johanna Boyd Labour Council Leader after election Scott Farmer SNP

Johanna Boyd
Labour

Scott Farmer
SNP

Elections to Stirling Council will be held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election will use the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected, an increase of 1 from 2012. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Following the Fifth Electoral Review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, minor changes were made to several of the ward boundaries and one additional Councillor was added moving the total number of Councillors from twenty-two to twenty-three.

The election saw the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party increased their representation on the council by five and significantly increase their vote share. The SNP retained their nine seats (though lost the council seat they had won in a 2015 by-election) and the Scottish Green Party retained their one seat. The Scottish Labour Party saw their representation on the Council drop by four seats and the Scottish Liberal Democrats and all independent candidates failed to win any seats.

Following the 2012 election a coalition was formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration.

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.

†On the 17 May Robert Davies and Alastair Majury were suspended from the Scottish Conservative party for racist, bigoted and anti-catholic tweets they had made before being elected.