2017 Dundee City Council election

Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight 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 (a form of proportional representation). A total of 29 Councillors were elected.

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections
2017 Dundee City Council election
May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 29 seats to Dundee City Council
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.6% ( 2.9%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Alexander Kevin Keenan Derek Scott
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Strathmartine Strathmartine The Ferry
Last election 16 seats, 43.6% 10 seats, 34.5% 1 seat, 11.3%
Seats won 14 9 3
Seat change 2 1 2
Popular vote 18,289 8,997 7,644
Percentage 41.3% 20.3% 17.3%
Swing 2.1% 9.8% 6.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Fraser Macpherson Ian Borthwick
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat West End Strathmartine
Last election 1 seat, 9.0% 1 seat, 4.4%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 1 0
Popular vote 3,589 2,364
Percentage 8.1% 5.3%
Swing 0.9% 0.9%
The eight multi-member wards; colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
Council Leader before election

Ken Guild
SNP

 Elected Council Leader

John Alexander
SNP

After the 2012 election a Scottish National Party (SNP) majority administration of 16 was formed. In 2017 the SNP lost 2 seats reducing their numbers to 14, being one seat short of an overall majority. They formed an administration with the support of the Independent Ian Borthwick.

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