2017 East Renfrewshire Council election
{{Short description|Local election within Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Broader|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.
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2017 East Renfrewshire Council election
| country = Scotland
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 2012 East Renfrewshire Council election
| previous_year = 2012
| previous_mps =
| election_date = {{Start date|2017|05|04|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 2022 East Renfrewshire Council election
| next_year = 2022
| next_mps =
| seats_for_election = All 18 seats to East Renfrewshire Council
| majority_seats = 10
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
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| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 = Jim Swift
| party1 = Scottish Conservatives
| leaders_seat1 = Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham
| last_election1 = 6
| seats1 = 7
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote1 = 15,588
| percentage1 = 38.3%
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 = Tony Buchanan
| party2 = Scottish National Party
| leaders_seat2 = Newton Mearns North & Neilston
| last_election2 =4
| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote2 = 9,886
| percentage2 = 24.3%
| image4 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader4 = Paul O'Kane
| party4 = Scottish Labour
| leaders_seat4 = Newton Mearns North & Neilston
| last_election4 = 8
| seats4 = 4
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}4
| popular_vote4 = 7,073
| percentage4 = 17.4%
| image5 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader5 = N/A
| party5 = Independent (politician)
| leaders_seat5 = N/A
| last_election5 = 2
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{nochange}}0
| popular_vote5 = 6,508
| percentage5 = 16.0%
| map_image = East Renfrewshire Council election, 2017.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = The 5 multi-member wards
| title = Council Leader
| before_election = Jim Fletcher
| before_party = Scottish Labour Party
| posttitle = Council Leader after election
| after_election = Tony Buchanan
| after_party = Scottish National Party
}}
2017 results
{{Election summary begin|title = East Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.electionsscotland.info/downloads/file/351/slge2017_summary_results_data|title=ElectionsScotland: SLGE2017 Summary Results Data|access-date=2017-05-09|archive-date=2019-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705035934/http://www.electionsscotland.info/downloads/file/351/slge2017_summary_results_data|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|seats = 7
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 38.9
|votes % = 38.3
|votes = 15,588
|plus/minus = {{increase}}8.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish National Party
|seats = 5
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{increase}}1
|seats % = 27.8
|votes % = 24.3
|votes = 9,886
|plus/minus = {{increase}}4.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Labour
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{decrease}}4
|seats % = 22.2
|votes % = 17.4
|votes = 7,073
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}13.7
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 2
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 11.1
|votes % = 16.0
|votes = 6,508
|plus/minus = {{increase}}1.1
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.2
|votes = 907
|plus/minus = {{decrease}}1.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Greens
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.4
|votes = 571
|plus/minus = {{increase}}0.6
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.3
|votes = 121
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Libertarian Party
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.1
|votes = 32
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{steady}}0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.0
|votes = 13
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election box end}}
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
{{STV Election box begin2
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|numcounts = 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Danny Devlin (incumbent){{efn|name=bhead|Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.}}
|count1 = 1,840
|percentage = 26.02%
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Paul Aitken†
|count1 = 1,297
|percentage = 18.34%
|count2 = 1,356
|count3 = 1,372
|count4 = 1,390
|count5 = 1,412
|count6 = 1,427
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Angela Convery
|count1 = 1,199
|percentage = 16.95%
|count2 = 1,242
|count3 = 1,242
|count4 = 1,330
|count5 = 1,347
|count6 = 1,357
|count7 = 1,358
|count8 = 2,371
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Tommy Reilly (incumbent){{efn|name=bhead}}
|count1 = 1,059
|percentage = 14.97%
|count2 = 1,125
|count3 = 1,126
|count4 = 1,167
|count5 = 1,205
|count6 = 1,218
|count7 = 1,219
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent){{efn|name=bhead}}
|count1 = 1,020
|percentage = 14.42%
|count2 = 1,111
|count3 = 1,113
|count4 = 1,160
|count5 = 1,506
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Kenny Hay (incumbent){{efn|name=bhead}}
|count1 = 404
|percentage = 5.71%
|count2 = 463
|count3 = 465
|count4 = 481
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Green Party
|candidate = David Allison
|count1 = 220
|percentage = 3.11%
|count2 = 244
|count3 = 249
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = John Ferguson
|count1 = 34
|percentage = 0.48%
|count2 = 43
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = TBC
|valid = 7,073
|quota = 1,415
|spoilt = 116
|turnout = 52.5%
}}
{{notelist}}
=Newton Mearns North & Neilston=
- 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
- 2012-2017: New ward
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = Newton Mearns North & Neilston - 3 seats
|numcounts = 1
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Charlie Gilbert (incumbent){{efn|name=nmnth|Sitting councillor for the Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North ward which had been redrawn.}}
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|count1 = 1,729
|percentage = 28.55%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Tony Buchanan (incumbent){{efn|name=nmnth}}
|count1 = 1,551
|percentage = 25.62%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Paul O'Kane (incumbent){{efn|name=nmnth}}
|count1 = 1,531
|percentage = 25.29%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Andrew Morrison
|count1 = 616
|percentage = 10.17%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kirsteen Allan
|count1 = 269
|percentage = 4.44%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate without party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = David Jesner
|count1 = 178
|percentage = 2.94%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Roy Provan
|count1 = 138
|percentage = 2.28%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Stuart Sutherland
|count1 = 30
|percentage = 0.50%
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|candidate = Robert Malyn
|count1 = 13
|percentage = 0.21%
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 1
|electorate = TBC
|valid = 6,055
|spoilt = 79
|quota = 1,514
|turnout = 52.8%
}}
{{notelist}}
=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
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = Giffnock and Thornliebank - 3 seats
|numcounts = 9
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Colm Merrick
|count1 = 1,853
|percentage = 24.40%
|count2 = 1,855
|count3 = 1,860
|count4 = 1,898
|count5 = 1,990
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Gordon Wallace (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,751
|percentage = 23.06%
|count2 = 1,753
|count3 = 1,758
|count4 = 1,784
|count5 = 1,825
|count6 = 1,826
|count7 = 2,621
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Jim Fletcher (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,431
|percentage = 18.84%
|count2 = 1,435
|count3 = 1,438
|count4 = 1,506
|count5 = 1,615
|count6 = 1,650
|count7 = 1,715
|count8 = 1,838
|count9 = 2,224
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Paul Smith
|count1 = 899
|percentage = 11.84%
|count2 = 904
|count3 = 905
|count4 = 943
|count5 = 976
|count6 = 979
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Paul Drury
|count1 = 859
|percentage = 11.31%
|count2 = 862
|count3 = 876
|count4 = 913
|count5 = 1,085
|count6 = 1,108
|count7 = 1,149
|count8 = 1,309
|count9 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Savio D'Souza
|count1 = 456
|percentage = 6.00%
|count2 = 460
|count3 = 470
|count4 = 507
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Christopher Park
|count1 = 266
|percentage = 3.50%
|count2 = 274
|count3 = 278
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gordon McCaskill *
|count1 = 48
|percentage = 0.63%
|count2 = 50
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Libertarian Party
|candidate = Alan Findlay
|count1 = 32
|percentage = 0.42%
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|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
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood - 4 seats
|numcounts = 10
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Stewart Miller††
|count1 = 1,715
|percentage = 16.81%
|count2 = 1,719
|count3 = 1,734
|count4 = 1,738
|count5 = 1,762
|count6 = 1,772
|count7 = 1,777
|count8 = 1,915
|count9 = 1,936
|count10 = 3,328
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Andrea Gee
|count1 = 1,580
|percentage = 15.49%
|count2 = 1,585
|count3 = 1,598
|count4 = 1,604
|count5 = 1,624
|count6 = 1,628
|count7 = 1,634
|count8 = 1,767
|count9 = 1,783
|count10 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Annette Ireland
|count1 = 1,508
|percentage = 14.78%
|count2 = 1,509
|count3 = 1,521
|count4 = 1,634
|count5 = 1,671
|count6 = 2,400
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Macdonald
|count1 = 1,352
|percentage = 13.25%
|count2 = 1,354
|count3 = 1,391
|count4 = 1,439
|count5 = 1,505
|count6 = 1,571
|count7 = 1,659
|count8 = 2,189
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ralph Robertson (incumbent)
|count1 = 995
|percentage = 9.75%
|count2 = 995
|count3 = 1,012
|count4 = 1,044
|count5 = 1,110
|count6 = 1,126
|count7 = 1,175
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Alan Lafferty
|count1 = 986
|percentage = 9.66%
|count2 = 989
|count3 = 1,018
|count4 = 1,048
|count5 = 1,536
|count6 = 1,573
|count7 = 1,651
|count8 = 1,791
|count9 = 1,829
|count10 = 1,949
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = James Mills
|count1 = 809
|percentage = 7.93%
|count2 = 810
|count3 = 813
|count4 = 883
|count5 = 908
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Mary Montague (incumbent)
|count1 = 692
|percentage = 6.78%
|count2 = 692
|count3 = 717
|count4 = 761
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Green Party
|candidate = Laura Stevens
|count1 = 351
|percentage = 3.44%
|count2 = 352
|count3 = 378
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Alex Mackie
|count1 = 195
|percentage = 1.91%
|count2 = 195
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Sarah Louise Hemy
|count1 = 20
|percentage = 0.20%
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 10
|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
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham - 4 seats
|numcounts = 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Jim Swift (incumbent){{efn|name=nmsth|Sitting councillor for the Newton Mearns South ward which had been redrawn.}}
|count1 = 2,766
|percentage = 28.30%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Caroline Bamforth
|count1 = 1,907
|percentage = 19.51%
|count2 = 1,920
|count3 = 1,923
|count4 = 1,926
|count5 = 1,982
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Barbara Grant (incumbent){{efn|name=nmsth}}
|count1 = 1,798
|percentage = 18.40%
|count2 = 2,216
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Jim McLean
|count1 = 1,437
|percentage = 14.70%
|count2 = 1,706
|count3 = 1,924
|count4 = 1,936
|count5 = 1,987
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Labour and Co-operative
|candidate = Ian McAlpine (incumbent){{efn|name=nmsth}}
|count1 = 1,009
|percentage = 10.33%
|count2 = 1,028
|count3 = 1,037
|count4 = 1,043
|count5 = 1,139
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bev Brown
|count1 = 511
|percentage = 5.23%
|count2 = 545
|count3 = 552
|count4 = 562
|count5 = 620
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Alan Rennie
|count1 = 308
|percentage = 3.15%
|count2 = 325
|count3 = 332
|count4 = 333
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Gerry McVeigh
|count1 = 37
|percentage = 0.38%
|count2 = 40
|count3 = 41
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = TBC
|valid = 9,773
|quota = 1,955
|spoilt = 115
|turnout = 58.6%
}}
{{notelist}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15888595.first-tory-councillor-elected-barrhead-25-years-resigns-complaining-party-diktat/|title=Barrhead's first Tory in 25 years quits over "party diktat"|website=HeraldScotland}}
- †† Clarkston, Netherlee & Williamwood Conservative Cllr Stewart Miller resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 10 September 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18722350.tory-leader-quits-party-trust|website=GlasgowTimes|title = Stewart Miller : Tory leader in East Renfrewshire quits over lack of trust |access-date=2022-01-07|archive-date=2013-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18722350.tory-leader-quits-party-trust|url-status=live}}
References
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{{East Renfrewshire elections}}
{{2017 United Kingdom local elections}}