2017 Clackmannanshire Council election

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2017 Clackmannanshire Council election
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All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderLes SharpDave ClarkBill Mason
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Clackmannanshire West Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire East
Last election8 seats, 46.1%8 seats, 38.1%1 seat, 9.9%
Seats before881
Seats won855
Seat changeSteady2.svg0Decrease2.svg3Increase2.svg4
Map of Clackmannanshire Council after 2017 Scottish Local Election.png
The 5 multi-member ward. (Colour of ward represents the political party that received most votes in that ward)
Council Leader before election

Gary Womersley
SNP

Council Leader after election

Les Sharp
SNP

The Clackmannanshire Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive election to run under the STV electoral system and used the five wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 councillors being elected.

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Result

As Scottish Labour lost three seats and the Scottish National Party held all of theirs, the SNP became the largest party for the first time. The Scottish Conservatives unexpectedly won a seat in every ward, equalling their representation on the council with that of Labour. [1]

During the first meeting of the new council on 18 May, however, an agreement was not reached on how to form an administration. [2] In June 2017 a minority SNP administration was formed. [3]

2017 Clackmannanshire Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 800044.437.16,525-8.8
  Labour 503-327.827.84,887-10.3
  Conservative 540+427.824.94,382+15.1
  Scottish Green 00000.06.51,141New
  Liberal Democrats 00000.03.1553+2.3
  Independent 001-10.00.585-4.6

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.

Ward results

Clackmannanshire West

Clackmannanshire West – 4 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Conservative Darren Lee21.4808     
Labour George Matchett (incumbent)19.9753763    
SNP Tina Margaret Murphy (incumbent)18.6704705 705 717 722 766
SNP Les Sharp (incumbent)17.8675675 676 680 701 751
Labour Craig Miller12.6478482 488 505 541 590
Scottish Green Cara Quinn4.2159161 161 177 215  
Liberal Democrats Jim Hay2.9112122 122 142   
Independent Thomas Joshua Harrison2.28591 91    
Electorate: 8,726  Valid: 3,774  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 755  Turnout: 3,871 (44.36%)  

    Clackmannanshire North

    Clackmannanshire North – 4 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Conservative Martha Benny24.0969    
    SNP Archie Drummond (incumbent)†16.6672675 709 745 909
    SNP Donald Balsille (incumbent)16.3660666 690 711 841
    Labour Dave Clark (incumbent)15.9644678 698 764 773
    Labour Bobby McGill (incumbent)10.7432446 453 507 513
    SNP Helen Lewis7.2292293 313 323  
    Liberal Democrats Damian Sherwood-Johnson5.1206240 283   
    Scottish Green Jack Gervaise3.8157167    
    Electorate: 8,371  Valid: 4,032  Spoilt: 127  Quota: 807  Turnout: 4,159 (49.68%)  

      Clackmannanshire Central

      Clackmannanshire Central – 3 seats [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Derek Stewart (incumbent)32.8846    
      SNP Phil Fairlie†††27.7714    
      Conservative Mike Watson16.6428443 444 464 550
      SNP Jo Wilkinson10.5273281 337 393 438
      Labour Graham Watt (incumbent)7.1183321 324 356  
      Scottish Green John Short5.1133139 143   
      Electorate: 6,297  Valid: 2,577  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 645  Turnout: 2,656 (42.18%)  

        Clackmannanshire South

        Clackmannanshire South – 4 seats [4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        SNP Craig Holden (incumbent)22.4831    
        Conservative Chris Dixon††19.6725726 759  
        SNP Ellen Forson (incumbent)17.5649716 721 721 730
        Labour Kenneth Earle (incumbent)17.3640644 660 665 817
        Scottish Green Bryan Quinn15.1560569 583 587 601
        Labour Christine Sinclair5.5205207 212 214  
        Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam2.28484    
        Electorate: 8,976  Valid: 3,694  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 739  Turnout: 3,780 (42.11%)  

          Clackmannanshire East

          Clackmannanshire East – 3 seats [4]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Conservative Bill Mason††††41.01,452   
          Labour Kathleen Martin (incumbent)19.9706839 868 882
          SNP Graham Lindsay19.5692699 724 1,079
          Liberal Democrats Anne Anderson4.3151345 406 414
          SNP Jane McTaggart10.3363368 390  
          Scottish Green Marion Robertson3.7132160   
          Electorate: 6,607  Valid: 3496  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 875  Turnout: 3,536 (53.52%)  

            Changes since 2017

            By-elections since 2017

            Clackmannanshire North By-election (1 March 2018) [9] [10]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12
            SNP Helen Lewis36.8769980
            Conservative Alex Stewart31.5658784
            Labour Afifa Khanam23.6493 
            Liberal Democrats Damian Sherwood-Johnson4.084 
            Scottish Green Marion Robertson3.574 
            Electorate: 8,457  Valid: 2,078  Spoilt: 14  Quota: 1,040  Turnout: 2,092 (24.7%)  
              Clackmannanshire Central By-election (28 March 2019) [11]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12
              SNP Jane McTaggart40.9865933
              Labour Margaret Brookes31.9675814
              Conservative William Marlin19.8419 
              UKIP Dawson Michie3.369 
              Scottish Green Marion Robertson2.553 
              Liberal Democrats John Biggam1.736 
              Electorate: 6,184  Valid: 2,117  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,059  Turnout: (34.7%)
              Clackmannanshire East  By-election (19 November 2020) [12]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Conservative Denis Coyne51.21,226
              SNP Stephen Leitch32.0766
              Labour Carolynne Hunter8.1195
              Scottish Green Marion Robertson5.8139
              Liberal Democrats Jim Hay2.969
              Valid: 2,395  Quota: 1,197  

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