2017 East Renfrewshire Council election

For broader coverage of this topic, see 2017 Scottish local elections.

The 2017 East Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of East Renfrewshire Council.

Five wards were used to elect eighteen councillors, a reduction of two from 2012.

After the election, SNP and Labour formed a coalition with independent Danny Devlin.

2017 East Renfrewshire Council election

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All 18 seats to East Renfrewshire Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	-->
First party Second party   Leader Jim Swift Tony Buchanan Party Conservative SNP Leader's seat Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham Newton Mearns North & Neilston Last election 6 4 Seats won 7 5 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 15,588 9,886 Percentage 38.3% 24.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paul O'Kane N/A Party Labour Independent Leader's seat Newton Mearns North & Neilston N/A Last election 8 2 Seats won 4 2 Seat change 4 0 Popular vote 7,073 6,508 Percentage 17.4% 16.0%
The 5 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Jim Fletcher Labour Council Leader after election Tony Buchanan SNP

2017 results

East Renfrewshire local election result 2017 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7			1	38.9	38.3	15,588	8.6
	SNP	5			1	27.8	24.3	9,886	4.5
	Labour	4			4	22.2	17.4	7,073	13.7
	Independent	2			0	11.1	16.0	6,508	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0.0	2.2	907	1.2
	Green	0			0	0.0	1.4	571	0.6
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.3	121	New
	Scottish Libertarian	0			0	0.0	0.1	32	New
	SDP	0			0	0.0	0.0	13	New

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

Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor

• 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017: New ward

Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor - 4 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Danny Devlin (incumbent) [a]	26.02%	1,840
	Conservative	Paul Aitken†	18.34%	1,297	1,356	1,372	1,390	1,412	1,427
	SNP	Angela Convery	16.95%	1,199	1,242	1,242	1,330	1,347	1,357	1,358	2,371
	SNP	Tommy Reilly (incumbent) [a]	14.97%	1,059	1,125	1,126	1,167	1,205	1,218	1,219
	Labour	Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) [a]	14.42%	1,020	1,111	1,113	1,160	1,506
	Labour	Kenny Hay (incumbent) [a]	5.71%	404	463	465	481
	Green	David Allison	3.11%	220	244	249
	UKIP	John Ferguson	0.48%	34	43
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 7,073  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 1,415  Turnout: 52.5%

1. Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

Newton Mearns North & Neilston

• 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017: New ward

Newton Mearns North & Neilston - 3 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Charlie Gilbert (incumbent) [a]	28.55%	1,729
	SNP	Tony Buchanan (incumbent) [a]	25.62%	1,551
	Labour Co-op	Paul O'Kane (incumbent) [a]	25.29%	1,531
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	10.17%	616
	Independent	Kirsteen Allan	4.44%	269
	Independent	David Jesner	2.94%	178
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Provan	2.28%	138
	UKIP	Stuart Sutherland	0.50%	30
	SDP	Robert Malyn	0.21%	13
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 6,055  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,514  Turnout: 52.8%

1. Sitting councillor for the Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North ward which had been redrawn.

Giffnock and Thornliebank

• 2012: 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017: No Change

Giffnock and Thornliebank - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Colm Merrick	24.40%	1,853	1,855	1,860	1,898	1,990
	Conservative	Gordon Wallace (incumbent)	23.06%	1,751	1,753	1,758	1,784	1,825	1,826	2,621
	Labour	Jim Fletcher (incumbent)	18.84%	1,431	1,435	1,438	1,506	1,615	1,650	1,715	1,838	2,224
	Conservative	Paul Smith	11.84%	899	904	905	943	976	979
	Independent	Paul Drury	11.31%	859	862	876	913	1,085	1,108	1,149	1,309
	Independent	Savio D'Souza	6.00%	456	460	470	507
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Park	3.50%	266	274	278
	Independent	Gordon McCaskill *	0.63%	48	50
	Scottish Libertarian	Alan Findlay	0.42%	32
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 7,595  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 1,899  Turnout: 60.2%

Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood

• 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017: New ward

Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood - 4 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Conservative	Stewart Miller††	16.81%	1,715	1,719	1,734	1,738	1,762	1,772	1,777	1,915	1,936	3,328
	Conservative	Andrea Gee	15.49%	1,580	1,585	1,598	1,604	1,624	1,628	1,634	1,767	1,783
	SNP	Annette Ireland	14.78%	1,508	1,509	1,521	1,634	1,671	2,400
	Independent	David Macdonald	13.25%	1,352	1,354	1,391	1,439	1,505	1,571	1,659	2,189
	Independent	Ralph Robertson (incumbent)	9.75%	995	995	1,012	1,044	1,110	1,126	1,175
	Labour Co-op	Alan Lafferty	9.66%	986	989	1,018	1,048	1,536	1,573	1,651	1,791	1,829	1,949
	SNP	James Mills	7.93%	809	810	813	883	908
	Labour Co-op	Mary Montague (incumbent)	6.78%	692	692	717	761
	Green	Laura Stevens	3.44%	351	352	378
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Mackie	1.91%	195	195
	UKIP	Sarah Louise Hemy	0.20%	20
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 10,204  Spoilt: 151  Quota: 2,041  Turnout: 63.1%

Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham

• 2017: 3 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017: New ward

Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham - 4 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Jim Swift (incumbent) [a]	28.30%	2,766
	SNP	Caroline Bamforth	19.51%	1,907	1,920	1,923	1,926	1,982
	Conservative	Barbara Grant (incumbent) [a]	18.40%	1,798	2,216
	Conservative	Jim McLean	14.70%	1,437	1,706	1,924	1,936	1,987
	Labour Co-op	Ian McAlpine (incumbent) [a]	10.33%	1,009	1,028	1,037	1,043	1,139
	Independent	Bev Brown	5.23%	511	545	552	562	620
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Rennie	3.15%	308	325	332	333
	UKIP	Gerry McVeigh	0.38%	37	40	41
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 9,773  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 1,955  Turnout: 58.6%

1. Sitting councillor for the Newton Mearns South ward which had been redrawn.

Changes since 2017

• † Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor Conservative Cllr Paul Aitken resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 22 January 2018. ^[3]
• †† Clarkston, Netherlee & Williamwood Conservative Cllr Stewart Miller resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 10 September 2020. ^[4]

References

1. "ElectionsScotland: SLGE2017 Summary Results Data". Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
2. "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
3. "Barrhead's first Tory in 25 years quits over "party diktat"". HeraldScotland.
4. "Stewart Miller : Tory leader in East Renfrewshire quits over lack of trust". GlasgowTimes. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2022.