2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jonathan McColl Martin Rooney Sally Page
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Lomond Lomond Lomond
Last election 6 seats, 30.3% 12 seats, 46.6% 0 seats, 4.3%
Seats before 7 12
Seats won 10 8 2
Seat change 4 4 2
Popular vote 12,422 10,408 3,869
Percentage 40.1% 33.6% 12.5%
Swing 9.8% 13.0% 8.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jim Bollan Denis Agnew
Party West Dunbartonshire Community Independent
Leader's seat Leven Clydebank Central
Last election Did not exist 3 seats, 13.1%
Seats before 0 3
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 2,413 1,648
Percentage 7.8% 5.3%
Swing New 7.8%
Council Leader before election

Martin Rooney
Labour

 Council Leader after election

Jonathan McColl
SNP

The 2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Following the 2012 election a Labour majority administration was formed. After this election, the SNP group and Councillor Denis Agnew formed a minority coalition administration, led by the SNP leader, Jonathan McColl. As part of the deal, the title of Bailie was revived, and Councillor Agnew was appointed as West Dunbartonshire's first. The 2017 election marked the first time that Conservatives were elected to the Council in its history.

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