2017 Inverclyde Council election

2017 Inverclyde Council election

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All 22 seats to Inverclyde Council 12 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stephen McCabe Chris McEleny Ronald Ahlfeld Party Labour SNP Independent Leader's seat Inverclyde East Inverclyde West Inverclyde West Last election 10 seats, 44.2% 6 seats, 25.4% 1 seat, 11.4% Seats before 9 6 2 Seats won 8 7 4 Seat change 2 1 3 Popular vote 7,702 9,368 4,766 Percentage 26.9% 32.8% 16.7% Swing 17.3% 7.4% 5.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader David Wilson Ciano Rebecchi Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Inverclyde East Inverclyde South West Last election 1 seat, 10.1% 2 seats, 7.9% Seats before 1 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 5,046 1,697 Percentage 17.6% 5.9% Swing 7.5% 2.0%
Council Leader before election Stephen McCabe Labour Council Leader after election Stephen McCabe Labour

The 2017 elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the STV Electoral System. The election used seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected, an increase of 2 from 2012 and an additional ward. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Following the 2017 election, the Labour Party won the most seats but not enough to form majority control. At the first full meeting of the council, Labour formed a minority administration with Conservative and Independent support with Martin Brennan elected Provost and Stephen McCabe retaining his position as leader of the council.