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2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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All 22 seats toWest Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jonathan McColl Martin Rooney Sally Page Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Lomond Lomond Lomond Last election 6 seats, 30.3% 12 seats, 46.6% 0 seats, 4.3% Seats before 7 12 Seats won 10 8 2 Seat change 4 4 2 Popular vote 12,422 10,408 3,869 Percentage 40.1% 33.6% 12.5% Swing 9.8% 13.0% 8.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jim Bollan Denis Agnew Party West Dunbartonshire Community Independent Leader's seat Leven Clydebank Central Last election Did not exist 3 seats, 13.1% Seats before 0 3 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 2,413 1,648 Percentage 7.8% 5.3% Swing New 7.8%
Council Leader before election Martin Rooney Labour Council Leader after election Jonathan McColl[1] SNP

The2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the six wards created under theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using theSTV electoral system.

Following the 2012 election a Labour majority administration was formed. After this election, the SNP group and Councillor Denis Agnew formed a minority coalition administration, led by the SNP leader, Jonathan McColl.^[1] As part of the deal, the title ofBailie was revived, and Councillor Agnew was appointed as West Dunbartonshire's first. The 2017 election marked the first time that Conservatives were elected to the Council in its history.

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	10	4	0	4	45.45	40.1	12,422	9.8
	Labour	8	0	4	4	36.4	33.6	10,408	13.0
	Conservative	2	2	0	2	9.1	12.5	3,869	8.2
	West Dunbartonshire Community	1	1	0	1	4.5	7.8	2,413	New
	Independent	1	0	2	2	4.5	5.3	1,648	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	0.43	133	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.33	103	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.

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Lab

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xSSP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xWDCP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP and WDCP gain one each from Lab and SSP

† Michelle McGinty was previously known as Michelle Stewart.

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP and Con gain one each from Lab and Ind

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one from Lab

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one from Ind

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