2017 City of Edinburgh Council election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election

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All 63 seats to City of Edinburgh Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.5% (Increase7.9%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Adam McVey Cameron Rose Cammy Day
Party SNP Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Leith Southside
/Newington
Forth
Last election 18 seats, 26.87% 11 seats, 19.75% 20 seats, 28.13%
Seats before 17 11 21
Seats after 19 18 12
Seat change Increase1 Increase7 Decrease8
Popular vote 49,994 51,212 33,916
Percentage 27.1% 27.7% 18.4%
Swing Increase0.2% Increase8.8% Decrease9.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Steve Burgess
Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Southside
/Newington
Corstorphine
/Murrayfield
Last election 6 seats, 11.44% 3 seats, 9.34%
Seats before 5 2
Seats after 8 6
Seat change Increase2 Increase3
Popular vote 22,907 25,154
Percentage 12.4% 13.6%
Swing Increase1.0% Increase4.3%

Election result by council wards


Leader of the Council before election

Andrew Burns
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Adam McVey
SNP

The elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland.[1] It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system.

The election saw the SNP become the largest party on the council for the first time, whilst the Conservative party overcame Labour to become the second largest party. Following the election Leith councillor Adam McVey took over control of the SNP group from Frank Ross. Conservative group leader Cameron Rose was similarly replaced by Iain Whyte. The Labour group elected Cammy Day as their leader.[2]

The Labour-SNP administration formed in 2012 lost their majority however were able to continue in office in a minority administration, with Labour now being the junior partner to the SNP.

  1. ^ King, Hannah. "Upcoming elections". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Adam McVey to replace Frank Ross as SNP group leader". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.