The Clackmannanshire Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive election to run under the
STV electoral system and used the five wards created under the
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.
The Commissi ...
, with 18 councillors being elected.
Result
As
Scottish Labour
Scottish Labour ( gd, Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Labour Pairty; officially the Scottish Labour Party) is a social democratic political party in Scotland. It is an autonomous section of the UK Labour Party. From their peak of ...
lost three seats and the
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...
held all of theirs, the SNP became the largest party for the first time. The
Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party ( gd, Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba, sco, Scots Tory an Unionist Pairty), often known simply as the Scottish Conservatives and colloquially as the Scottish Tories, is a centre-right political par ...
unexpectedly won a seat in every ward, equalling their representation on the council with that of Labour.
During the first meeting of the new council on 18 May, however, an agreement was not reached on how to form an administration. In June 2017 a minority SNP administration was formed.
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
Clackmannanshire West
*2012-2017 Change: 1 Lab loss and 1 Con gain
Clackmannanshire North
*2012-2017 Change: 1 Independent loss and 1 Con gain
Clackmannanshire Central
*2012-2017 Change: 1 Lab Loss; 1 Con Gain
Clackmannanshire South
*2012-2017 Change: 1 Con Gain from Lab
Clackmannanshire East
*2012-2017 Change: None
Changes since 2017
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Clackmannanshire North
Clackmannanshire North is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy ...
SNP Cllr Archie Drummond resigned his seat for personal reasons in late December 2017. A by-election was held on 1 March 2018 and the seat was retained by the party's Helen Lewis.
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Clackmannanshire South Cllr Chris Dixon on 7 March 2018 resigned from the Scottish Conservative Party on health reasons and now sits as an independent councillor.
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Clackmannanshire Central
Clackmannanshire Central is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
Election Results 2022 Election
2022 Clackmannanshire Council election
Elections to Clackmannan ...
SNP Cllr Phil Fairlie resigned his seat due to personal and professional reasons. A by-election was held on 18 March 2019. The seat was retained by Jane McTaggart of the SNP.
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Clackmannanshire East
Clackmannanshire East is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
Election Results 2022 Election
2022 Clackmannanshire Council election
Elections to Clackmannanshi ...
Conservative Cllr Bill Mason resigned his seat due to ill-health on 31 December 2019.
This by-election was scheduled for 19 March but was deferred due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
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until 19 November 2020, when it was retained by Denis Coyne of the Scottish Conservative Party.
By-elections since 2017
References
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