2017 Moray Council election

2017 Moray Council election

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All 26 seats to Moray Council 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Graham Leadbitter & Shona Morrison Tim Eagle Party SNP Conservative Leader's seat Elgin South & Fochabers Lhanbryde Buckie Last election 10 seats, 39.4% 3 seats, 17.5% Seats before 11 10 Seats won 9 8 Seat change 1 5 Popular vote 10,518 12,010 Percentage 31.6% 36.1% Swing 7.9% 18.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader George Alexander John Divers Party Independent Labour Leader's seat Forres Elgin City South Last election 10 seats, 28.8% 3 seats, 9.2% Seats before 3 2 Seats won 8 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 8,022 1,483 Percentage 24.1% 4.3% Swing 4.8% 4.9%
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Stewart Cree Independent Council Leader after election George Alexander Independent

The 2017 Moray Council election was held on Thursday 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 the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system - a form of proportional representation.

Following the election, a Conservative-Independent administration was formed. Independent councillor George Alexander was appointed Leader of the council, while Conservative councillor James Allan was appointed Convenor of the council.

In May 2018, all but one of the Conservative councillors left the administration, leaving the independents and Convenor James Allan in a minority administration. Following negotiations with other groups, the SNP formed a minority administration in June 2018, with Graham Leadbitter taking on the role of Council Leader and Shona Morrison being appointed Convenor, the first women to take on the role in Moray Council's history.