Dundee City Council elections

Dundee City Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year	SNP	Labour	Liberal [a]	Conservative	Residents Association	Independent
1974	0	22	0	18	0	3 [b]
1977	0	20	21	0	1	2 [b]
1980 [c]	0	25	0	17	1	1 [d]
1984	2	25	2	15	0	0
1988	4	30	0	10	0	0
1992	6	26	0	12	0	0

1. SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988.
2. Includes 1 Independent Labour.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
4. Independent Conservative.

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Independent
1995	3	28	0	4	1
1999 [a]	10	14	0	4	1 [b]
2003	11	10	5	2	1
2007 [c]	13	10	3	2	1
2012	16	10	1	1	1
2017	14	9	2	3	1
2022	15	9	4	1	0

1. New ward boundaries. ^[2]
2. Independent Labour.
3. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.

Results maps

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  1995 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2022 results map

By-elections

2007-2012

Lochee By-Election 22 November 2007 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Alan Ross	48.9	2,005	2,020	2,028	2,055
	Labour	George McIrvine	34.0	1,395	1,412	1,432	1,448
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	10.6	435	437	446	500
	Conservative	Martyn Geddes	3.8	154	156	161
	Solidarity	Neil Bell	1.4	57	65
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Albert Graham	1.3	55
	SNP hold
Valid: 4,071  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 2,051  Turnout: 4,101

Maryfield By-Election 12 March 2009 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Craig Melville	47.6	1,550	1,551	1,557	1,571	1,620	1,747
	Labour	George McIrvine	31.1	1,013	1,018	1,021	1,031	1,052	1,189
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hall	10.9	354	356	362	367	455
	Conservative	Colin Stewart	6.9	224	226	237	241
	Scottish Socialist	Angela Gorrie	1.6	52	52	55
	Independent	Grant Simmons	1.1	35	48
	Independent	Dave Young	0.9	28
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,607  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 1,629  Turnout: 3,290

2012-2017

Maryfield By-Election 31 March 2016 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Lynne Short	49.5	1,383	1,389	1,399
	Labour	Alan Cowan	22.7	634	637	648
	Conservative	James Clancy	10.5	294	304	317
	TUSC	Stuart Fairweather	5.1	142	147	161
	Scottish Green	Jacob Ellis	4.1	116	118	123
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher McIntyre	3.0	85	87	92
	Independent	Brian McLeod	2.6	73	81
	UKIP	Calum Walker	2.5	69
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,796  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,399  Turnout: 2,824

2017-2022

North East By-Election 2 May 2019 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Steven Rome	46.9	1,507	1,510	1,534	1,555	1,576	2,045
	Labour	Jim Malone	38.1	1,224	1,229	1,248	1,284	1,388
	Conservative	Robert Lindsay	8.4	271	274	280	290
	TUSC	Michael Taylor	2.8	91	109	122
	Scottish Green	Alison Orr	2.4	77	82
	Citizens First	Roger Keech	1.4	45
	SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 3,215  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 1,608  Turnout: 3,246

2022-2027

Lochee By-Election 3 October 2024 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Lee Mills	37.3	1,203	1,211	1,226	1,292	1,369	1,390	1,742
	Labour	Marty Smith	35.6	1,148	1,167	1,211	1,236	1,285	1,357
	Conservative	Calum Walker	6.8	219	230	258	268	284
	Scottish Green	Katie Treharne	5.5	176	190	217	238
	Alba	Alan Ross	5.5	178	204	212
	Liberal Democrats	Outi Bourke	4.8	156	171
	Workers Party	John Reddy	4.4	143
	SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 3,223  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 1,612  Turnout: 3,254

Strathmartine By-Election 3 October 2024 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jimmy Black	35.0	1,188	1,205	1,260	1,274	1,426	1,835
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Blain	26.9	912	932	963	1,016	1,394
	Labour	Richard McCready	26.9	911	929	947	972
	Conservative	Naveed Ali	4.2	143	145	150
	Scottish Green	Callum Baird	3.6	121	134
	TUSC	Donald Macleod	3.4	116
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,432  Spoilt: 41  Quota: 1,696  Turnout: 3,473

References

1. "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
2. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Dundee City Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
3. "Lochee By-Election" (PDF). Dundee City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
4. "Maryfield By-Election" (PDF). Dundee City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
5. "BY ELECTION 31-03-2016" (PDF). Dundee City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
6. "By-Election Results May 2019". Ballot Box Scotland. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
7. "Ward 2 - Lochee" (PDF). Dundee City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
8. "Ward 1 - Strathmartine" (PDF). Dundee City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2025.