This page shows the overall result of the 2017 Council Elections across Scotland, as well as in each council area. More detailed maps showing performance ward-by-ward can be found on this page.

Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (431)
  • Conservative (276)
  • Labour (262)
  • Independent (168)
  • Lib Dem (67)
  • Green (19)

Gender Balance;

  • 355 Women (28.9%)
  • 871 Men (71.0%)
  • 1 Non-Binary (0.1%)

Wards with most 1st preferences;

  • SNP (158)
  • Conservative (93)
  • Independent (53)
  • Labour (34)
  • Lib Dem (13)
  • Uncontested (3)

Council Control;

  • SNP Minority (8)
  • Labour Minority (6)
  • SNP-Labour Coalition (5)
  • Con-Lib Dem-Ind Coalition (4)
  • Independent Majority (3)
  • Con-Ind Coalition (2)
  • SNP-Ind Coalition (1)
  • Ind-Lib Dem-Labour Coalition (1)
  • Con-Lab-Ind Coalition (1)
  • SNP-Lab-Ind Coalition (1)

This map shows the administrations formed immediately after the 2017 election. There have been changes in control since then, and there will likely be more. Up to date control for each council can be found here.

Results spreadsheet


Aberdeen

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (19)
  • Conservative (11)
  • Labour (9)
  • Lib Dem (4)
  • Independent (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 13 Women (28.9%)
  • 32 Men (71.1%)

Aberdeenshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (23)
  • SNP (21)
  • Lib Dem (14)
  • Independent (10)
  • Labour (1)
  • Green (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 24 Women (34.3%)
  • 46 Men (65.7%)

Angus

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (9)
  • Independent (9)
  • Conservative (8)
  • Lib Dem (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 6 Women (21.4%)
  • 22 Men (78.6%)

Argyll and Bute

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (11)
  • Independent (10)
  • Conservative (9)
  • Lib Dem (6)

Gender Balance;

  • 11 Women (30.6%)
  • 25 Men (69.4%)

John Armour (SNP), Rory Colville (Lib Dem) and Donald Kelly (Con) were elected unopposed to the South Kintyre ward.


Clackmannanshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (8)
  • Labour (5)
  • Conservative (5)

Gender Balance;

  • 4 Women (22.2%)
  • 14 Men (77.8%)

Dumfries and Galloway

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (16)
  • SNP (11)
  • Labour (11)
  • Independent (4)
  • Lib Dem (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 8 Women (18.6%)
  • 35 Men (81.4%)

Dundee

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (14)
  • Labour (9)
  • Conservative (3)
  • Lib Dem (2)
  • Independent (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 7 Women (24.1%)
  • 21 Men (72.4%)
  • 1 Non-Binary (3.4%)

East Ayrshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (14)
  • Labour (9)
  • Conservative (6)
  • Independent (2)
  • The Rubbish Party (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 12 Women (37.5%)
  • 20 Men (62.5%)

East Dunbartonshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (7)
  • Conservative (6)
  • Lib Dem (6)
  • Labour (2)
  • Independent (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 6 Women (27.3%)
  • 16 Men (72.7%)

East Lothian

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Elected Councillors;

  • Labour (9)
  • Conservative (7)
  • SNP (6)

Gender Balance;

  • 6 Women (27.3%)
  • 16 Men (72.7%)

East Renfrewshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (7)
  • SNP (5)
  • Labour (4)
  • Independent (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 5 Women (27.8%)
  • 13 Men (72.2%)

All councillors in Newton Mearns North and Neilston were elected on first preferences; the chart only has two rounds shown on it so the winners are visible.


Edinburgh

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (19)
  • Conservative (18)
  • Labour (12)
  • Green (8)
  • Lib Dem (6)

Gender Balance;

  • 24 Women (38.1%)
  • 39 Men (61.9%)

Falkirk

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (12)
  • Labour (9)
  • Conservative (7)
  • Independent (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 8 Women (26.7%)
  • 22 Men (73.3%)

Fife

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (29)
  • Labour (24)
  • Conservative (15)
  • Lib Dem (7)

Gender Balance;

  • 25 Women (33.3%)
  • 50 Men (66.7%)

Glasgow

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (39)
  • Labour (31)
  • Conservative (8)
  • Green (7)

Gender Balance;

  • 32 Women (37.6%)
  • 53 Men (62.4%)

Highland

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Elected Councillors;

  • Independent (28)
  • SNP (22)
  • Conservative (10)
  • Lib Dem (10)
  • Labour (3)
  • Green (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 25 Women (33.8%)
  • 49 Men (66.2%)

Inverclyde

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Elected Councillors;

  • Labour (8)
  • SNP (7)
  • Independent (4)
  • Conservative (2)
  • Lib Dem (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 3 Women (13.6%)
  • 19 Men (86.4%)

Midlothian

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Elected Councillors;

  • Labour (7)
  • SNP (6)
  • Conservative (5)

Gender Balance;

  • 7 Women (38.9%)
  • 11 Men (61.1%)

Moray

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (9)
  • Conservative (8)
  • Independent (8)
  • Labour (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 8 Women (30.8%)
  • 18 Men (69.2%)

Na h-Eileanan an Siar

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Elected Councillors;

  • Independent (23)
  • SNP (7)
  • Conservative (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 0 Women (0%)
  • 31 Men (100%)

North Ayrshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (11)
  • Labour (11)
  • Conservative (7)
  • Independent (4)

Gender Balance;

  • 10 Women (30.3%)
  • 23 Men (69.7%)

North Lanarkshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (33)
  • Labour (32)
  • Conservative (10)
  • Independent (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 21 Women (27.3%)
  • 56 Men (72.7%)

Orkney

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Elected Councillors;

  • Independent (18)
  • Orkney Manifesto Group (2)
  • Green (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 3 Women (14.3%)
  • 18 Men (85.7%)

The Orkney Manifesto Group identifies as a centre-left local party, and was officially founded in 2013 by three successful candidates from the 2012 election. It seeks to promote the politicisation of the Orkney Islands Council.

Rob Crichton, James Stockan and Magnus Thomson (all independents) were elected unopposed to the Stromness and South Isles ward.


Perth and Kinross

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (17)
  • SNP (15)
  • Lib Dem (4)
  • Independent (3)
  • Labour (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 8 Women (20%)
  • 32 Men (80%)

Renfrewshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (19)
  • Labour (13)
  • Conservative (8)
  • Independent (2)
  • Lib Dem (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 16 Women (37.2%)
  • 27 Men (62.8%)

Scottish Borders

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (15)
  • SNP (9)
  • Independent (8)
  • Lib Dem (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 7 Women (20.6%)
  • 27 Men (79.4%)

Shetland

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Elected Councillors;

  • Independent (21)
  • SNP (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 5 Women (22.7%)
  • 17 Men (77.3%)

Allison Duncan, George Smith (both independents) and Robbie McGregor (SNP) were elected unopposed to the Shetland South ward.


South Ayrshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (12)
  • SNP (9)
  • Labour (5)
  • Independent (2)

Gender Balance;

  • 6 Women (21.4%)
  • 22 Men (78.6%)

South Lanarkshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (27)
  • Labour (22)
  • Conservative (14)
  • Lib Dem (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 24 Women (37.5%)
  • 40 Men (62.5%)

Stirling

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Elected Councillors;

  • Conservative (9)
  • SNP (9)
  • Labour (4)
  • Green (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 6 Women (26.1%)
  • 17 Men (73.9%)

West Dunbartonshire

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (10)
  • Labour (8)
  • Conservative (2)
  • West Dunbartonshire Community Party (1)
  • Independent (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 6 Women (27.3%)
  • 16 Men (72.7%)

The West Dunbartonshire Community Party (WDCP) is a left-localist party. It was formed in 2016 by Councillors Jim Bollan (Scottish Socialist Party, Leven) and George Black (Independent, Dumbarton).


West Lothian

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Elected Councillors;

  • SNP (13)
  • Labour (12)
  • Conservative (7)
  • Independent (1)

Gender Balance;

  • 9 Women (27.3%)
  • 24 Men (72.7%)