Glasgow City Council election, 2017

The next Elections to the Glasgow City Council will be held on Thursday 4 May, 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It will be the third successive Local Council election to run under the STV Electoral System.

Following the 2012 election a Labour administration was formed.

2012 Results

Glasgow City Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	1	2	1	55.70	46.72	67,341	+3.40
	SNP	27	5	0	5	34.17	32.57	46,947	+7.99
	Scottish Green	5	1	1	0	6.33	5.55	7,999	-0.93
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	1.27	5.94	8,567	-1.73
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	4	4	1.27	2.93	4,221	-4.98
	Glasgow First	1	1	0	1	1.27	1.76	2,544	+1.76
	Independent	0	-	-	-	-	1.7	2,432	+0.59
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.7	979	-1.76
	TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.4	636	+0.4
	Solidarity	0	0	1	1	0	0.4	621	-4.31
	Scottish Unionist	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	586	-0.67
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.3	441	+0.3
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-	-	0.2	354	-0.13
	Socialist Labour	0	-	-	-	-	0.2	271	+0.2
	Pirate	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	97	0.1
	Britannica Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	73	0.1
Turnout			144,149	32.4%

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 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Retiring Councillors

Council Ward	Departing Councillor
Partick West	Aileen Colleran^[1]	Scottish Labour Party
Linn	Sadie Docherty^[2]	Scottish Labour Party
Drumchapel/Anniesland	Judith Fisher^[2]	Scottish Labour Party
Drumchapel/Anniesland	Jonathan Findlay^[2]	Scottish Labour Party
Garscadden/Scotstounhill	Paul Rooney^[2]	Scottish Labour Party
Hillhead	Pauline McKeever^[2]	Scottish Labour Party
Canal	Helen Stephen^[2]	Scottish Labour Party
Calton	Yvonne Kucuk^[2]	Scottish Labour Party (suspended)
North East	Maureen Burke^[2]	Scottish Labour Party

References

↑ Swindon, Peter (29 June 2015). "A third of Glasgow's Labour councillors could quit before 2017 elections". Evening Times.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Braiden, Gerry (16 June 2016). "Half of Labour's female councillors in Glasgow to quit 'macho' council". The Herald.

Elections in Glasgow

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