2017 Aberdeenshire Council election

The Aberdeenshire Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 19 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 70 councillors being elected, an increase of one member compared to 2012.

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 70 seats to Aberdeenshire Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jim Gifford Richard Thomson Peter Argyle
Party Conservative SNP Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Mid Formartine Ellon and District Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
Last election 14 seats, 21.2% 28 seats, 38.9% 12 seats, 15.4%
Seats won 23 21 14
Seat change 9 7 2
First preferences 37,301 26,180 12,606
First preferences (%) 40.4% 28.4% 13.7%
Swing (pp) 19.2% 10.5% 1.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Norman Smith Alison Evison Martin Ford
Party Independent Labour Scottish Green
Last election 11 seats, 14.7% 2 seats, 6.8% 1 seat, 2.4%
Seats after 10 1 1
Seat change 1 1 0
First preferences 10,168 4,094 1,781
First preferences (%) 11.0% 4.4% 1.9%
Swing (pp) 3.7% 2.4% 0.5%
2017 Aberdeenshire Council Election Results Map
Council Leader before election

Hamish Vernal
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Jim Gifford
Conservative

The Scottish Conservatives returned the most councillors, the first time it has been the largest party in the region since the 1982 election, when the area was under the Grampian Regional Council, although they were stopped short of an overall majority. The number of Scottish National Party councillors fell by a quarter but remained the second largest group. The Scottish Liberal Democrats picked up a couple of seats while the other parties gained roughly the same results as the previous election.

On 18 May, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Aligned Independents formed an administration, with Jim Gifford (Conservative) elected as council leader and Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrat) was made Provost.

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