2017 Fife Council election

2017 Fife Council election

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All 75 seats to Fife Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Alexander David Ross Dave Dempsey Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Leven, Kennoway and Largo Kirkcaldy North Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Last election 26 seats, 33.33% 35 seats, 44.87% 3 seats, 3.85% Seats before 26 34 3 Seats won 29 24 15 Seat change 3 11 12 Popular vote 42,674 30,078 26,577 Percentage 33.8% 23.9% 21.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Elizabeth Riches Andrew Rodger Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat Cowdenbeath Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages Last election 10 seats, 12.82% 4 seats, 5.13% Seats before 10 5 Seats after 7 0 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 16,556 5,507 Percentage 13.1% 4.4%
2017 Fife Council Election Results Map
Council Leader before election David Ross Labour Council Leader after election David Alexander & David Ross SNP and Scottish Labour

Elections to Fife Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 22 wards created as a result of the Local Government Commission for Scotland's 5th review which was published in September 2016,^[1] with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 75 councillors elected; a decrease of three seats from 2012 as one ward, The Lochs, was abolished.

The Scottish National Party replaced Scottish Labour as the largest party for the first time in the Fife region, although they did not gain enough seats to form a majority, and both the group leader and deputy leader lost their seats.^[2] The Scottish Conservatives made the most gains, replacing the Scottish Liberal Democrats as the third biggest party. The election also returned no Independent councillors, marking the first time the area will be without any Independent representation since the creation of Fife Regional Council in 1974.

On 18 May, the two largest parties of the new council, the SNP and Scottish Labour, signed a Power Sharing Agreement to co-run an administration. David Alexander (SNP) and David Ross (Labour) were made co-leaders, and Jim Leishman remained in his role as Provost.^[3]