2017 Glasgow City Council election
The Glasgow City Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election was the first to use 23 new wards, created as a result of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation used since the 2007 election and according to the Local Governance Act 2004.
As predicted in the weeks leading up to the election, the Scottish Labour Party were replaced by the Scottish National Party as the largest party in the council, a first for the SNP and ending Labour's 37-year tenure of control, although the SNP were four seats short of an overall majority. The Scottish Conservatives gained seven seats, their best result since the 1984 election. This included some unexpected victories in wards such as Shettleston and Calton, some of Glasgow's most deprived areas in the east. The Scottish Green Party also made gains to give them their best ever result in Glasgow's local elections, taking seven seats, two more than in 2012, and topping the first-preference vote in Hillhead to the west. The Scottish Liberal Democrats lost their only remaining seat, making this council the first without any Liberal representation since 1974.
On 18 May, the SNP formally took control of the council as a minority administration with SNP members filling the positions of council leader, depute council leader, and Lord Provost.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.Retiring Councillors
Districts summary
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Cllrs
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Ward results
Ward 1: Linn
- 2012 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × Lib Dem
- 2017 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Con
- 2012–2017 Change SNP and Con gain each one seat from Lab and Lib Dem
Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn
2017: 1 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Con
2012-2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Lab
Ward 3: Greater Pollok
2012: 2 x Lab; 2 x SNP2017: 2 x SNP; 2 x Lab
2012-2017 Change: No change
Ward 4: Cardonald
- 2017: 2 x SNP; 2 x Lab
- 2012-2017 Change: New ward
Ward 5: Govan
2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Green
2012-2017 Change: SNP and Green gain each one seat from Lab and GlasgowFirst
Ward 6: Pollokshields
2012: 1 x Lab; 1 x SNP; 1 x Con2017: 1 x SNP; 1 x Con; 1 x Lab; 1 x Green
2007-2012 Change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012, won by Green
- = Sitting Councillor for Govan Ward.
Ward 7: Langside
2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Green
2012-2017 Change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012, won by SNP
Ward 8: Southside Central
2012: 2 x Lab; 2 x SNP2017: 2 x SNP; 2 x Lab
2012-2017 Change: No change
Ward 9: Calton
2012: 2 x Lab; 1 x SNP2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Con
2007-2012 Change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012, won by Con
Ward 10: Anderston/City/Yorkhill
2012: 2 x Lab; 1 x SNP; 1 x Green2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Green
2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab
Ward 11: Hillhead
2012: 1 x SNP; 1 x Green; 2 x Lab2017: 1 x Green; 1 x Lab; 1 x SNP
2012-2017 change: 1 less seat compared to 2012, lost by Lab
Ward 12: Victoria Park
2017: 1 x SNP; 1 x Con; 1 x Lab2012-2017 change: New ward
- = Sitting Councillor for Partick West ward.
Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill
2017: 2 x Lab; 2 x SNP
2012-2017 change: SNP gains one seat from Lab
- = Sitting Councillor for Greater Pollok ward.
Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland
2012: 2 x SNP; 2 x Lab
2007-2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lab
Ward 15: Maryhill
2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab2012-2017 change: New ward
- = Sitting Councillors for Maryhill/Kelvin ward.
Ward 16: Canal
2017: 2 x SNP; 2 x Lab
2012-2017 change: SNP gain one seat from Green
Ward 17: Springburn/Robroyston
2017: 2 x Lab; 2 x SNP2012-2017 Change: New ward
- = Sitting Councillor for Hillhead ward.
Ward 18: East Centre
2017: 2 x Lab; 2 x SNP
2012-2017 changes: SNP gain one seat from Lab
- = Sitting Councillor for the Baillieston ward.
Ward 19: Shettleston
2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Con
2012-2017 Change: Con and SNP gain each one seat from Lab
Ward 20: Baillieston
2012: 2 x Lab; 2 x SNP2017: 1 x SNP; 1 x Lab; 1 x Con
2012-2017 changes: 1 fewer seat than in 2012
Ward 21: North East
2012: 3 x Lab; 1 x SNP2017: 2 x SNP; 1 x Lab
2012-2017 changes: SNP gain one seat from Lab
Ward 22: Dennistoun
2017: 1 x Lab; 1 x SNP; 1 x Green2012-2017 changes: New ward
- = Sitting Councillor for East Centre ward.
Ward 23: Partick East/Kelvindale
2017: 1 x SNP; 1 x Con; 1 Lab; 1 x Green2012-2017 change: New ward
- = Sitting Councillors for Partick West ward.
Changes since 2017
- † Cardonald ward Labour Cllr Alistair Watson died suddenly on 29 June 2017. A by-election was held on 7 September 2017 and was won by Jim Kavanagh of the Scottish Labour Party.
- †† Linn ward SNP Cllr Glenn Elder resigned the party whip on 18 April 2019, claiming that the SNP group in Glasgow has "lost focus" and promotes a "hostile" environment.
- ††† East Centre ward SNP Cllr. Russell Robertson resigned from the party on 26 April 2019, citing concerns over the leadership of the SNP and council leader Susan Aitken.
- †††† Drumchapel/Anniesland ward Labour Cllr Anne McTaggart resigned from the party on 1 November 2019, and joined the SNP.
- ††††† Garscadden/Scotstounhill Cllr. Michael Cullen resigned from the SNP on 10 July 2020, after being charged with fraud after wasting police time in connection with a sexual assault allegation.
- †††††† Drumchapel/Anniesland Cllr. Elspeth Kerr resigned from the SNP on 10 July 2020, following Cllr. Michael Cullen Kerr resignation from the party, objecting to his resignation from the party. She stated that the party allows bullying and corruption and also claimed the party had been taken over by “middle-class career politicians”.
By-elections since 2017