2017 Argyll and Bute Council election

2017 Argyll and Bute Council election

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All 36 seats to Argyll and Bute Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sandy Taylor Dick Walsh Gary Mulvaney
Party SNP Independent Conservative
Leader's seat Mid Argyll Dunoon Helensburgh Central
Last election 13 15 4
Seats before 8 20 4
Seats won 11 10 9
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease5 Increase5
Popular vote 9,174 10,079 8,315
Percentage 27.9% 30.6% 25.3%
Swing Decrease2.0% Decrease8.0% Increase9.6%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Aileen Morton
Party Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Helensburgh Central
Last election 4
Seats before 4
Seats won 6
Seat change Increase2
Popular vote 3,332
Percentage 10.1%
Swing Decrease0.7%

The 11 multi-member wards

Council Leader before election

Dick Walsh
Independent

Council Leader after election

Aileen Morton
Scottish Liberal Democrats (as part of TALIG)

The 2017 Argyll and Bute Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 alongside local elections across Scotland. This was the third local election to take place using the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.