West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2017

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2017

May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)

All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Martin Rooney	Jonathan McColl	George Black
Party	Labour	SNP	Independent
Leader's seat	Lomond	Lomond	Dumbarton
Last election	12 seats, 46.6%	6 seats, 30.3%	3 seats, 13.1%
Current seats	12	7	2
Seats Needed	-	5	10

	Fourth party

Leader	Jim Bollan
Party	Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat	Leven
Last election	1 seat, 5.3%
Current seats	1
Seats Needed	11

Council Leader before election

Martin Rooney
Labour

Council Leader after election

TBD

The next Elections to West Dunbartonshire Council will be held on Thursday 5 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. The election will use the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Following the 2012 election a Labour majority administration was formed.

2012 Results

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	2	0	+2	54.55	46.62	12,497	+8.92
	SNP	6	0	3	-3	27.27	30.32	8,126	-3.78
	Independent	3	1	0	+1	13.64	13.07	3,503	+4.37
	Scottish Socialist	1	-	-	-	4.55	5.25	1,407	-1.45
	Conservative	0	-	-	-	-	4.25	1,139	-3.35
	Communist	0	-	-	-	-	0.35	94	0.35
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-	-	0.15	39	0.15

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.

Candidates

Council Ward	Candidate	Party
Leven	Jim Bollan^[1]		West Dunbartonshire Community Party
Dumbarton	George Black^[1]		West Dunbartonshire Community Party

References

1 2 "Breaking: Bollan and Black to stand again in 2017!". Dumbarton Reporter. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

External links

2012 Council Elections Results

Council elections in West Dunbartonshire

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