2017 East Renfrewshire Council election

The 2017 East Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of East Renfrewshire Council.

For broader coverage of this topic, see Scottish local elections, 2017.

Five wards were used to elect eighteen councillors, a reduction of two from 2012.

2017 East Renfrewshire Council election
May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 18 seats to East Renfrewshire Council
10 seats needed for a majority
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  First party Second party
 
Leader Jim Swift Tony Buchanan
Party Conservative SNP
Leader's seat Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham Newton Mearns North & Neilston
Last election 6 4
Seats won 7 5
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 15,588 9,886
Percentage 38.3% 24.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Paul O'Kane Danny Devlin
Party Labour Independent
Leader's seat Newton Mearns North & Neilston Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor
Last election 8 2
Seats won 4 2
Seat change 4
Popular vote 7,073 6,508
Percentage 17.4% 16.0%
The 5 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Jim Fletcher
Labour

 Council Leader after election

Tony Buchanan
SNP

2017 Results
East Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2017[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 7 1 38.9 38.3 15,588 8.6
  SNP 5 1 27.8 24.3 9,886 4.5
  Labour 4 4 22.2 17.4 7,073 13.7
  Independent 2 11.1 16.0 6,508 1.1
  Liberal Democrats 0 0.0 2.2 907 1.2
  Scottish Green 0 0.0 1.4 571 0.6
  UKIP 0 0.0 0.3 121
  Scottish Libertarian 0 0.0 0.1 32
  SDP 0 0.0 0.0 13

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 2007. 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
Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor - 4 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 26.02% 1,840              
Conservative Paul Aitken† 18.34% 1,297 1,356 1,372 1,390 1,412 1,427    
SNP Angela Convery 16.95% 1,199 1,242 1,242 1,330 1,347 1,357 1,358 2,371
SNP Tommy Reilly (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 14.97% 1,059 1,125 1,126 1,167 1,205 1,218 1,219  
Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 14.42% 1,020 1,111 1,113 1,160 1,506      
Labour Kenny Hay (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 5.71% 404 463 465 481        
Scottish Green David Allison 3.11% 220 244 249          
UKIP John Ferguson 0.48% 34 43            
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,073   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 52.5%
    1. Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

    Newton Mearns North & Neilston
    • 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
    • 2012-2017: New ward
    Newton Mearns North & Neilston - 3 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Conservative Charlie Gilbert (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 28.55% 1,729
    SNP Tony Buchanan (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 25.62% 1,551
    Labour Co-op Paul O'Kane (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 25.29% 1,531
    Conservative Andrew Morrison 10.17% 616
    Independent Kirsteen Allan 4.44% 269
    Independent David Jesner 2.94% 178
    Liberal Democrats Roy Provan 2.28% 138
    UKIP Stuart Sutherland 0.50% 30
    SDP Robert Malyn 0.21% 13
    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,055   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 52.8%
      1. Sitting councillor for the Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North ward which had been redrawn.

      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
      Giffnock and Thornliebank - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SNP Colm Merrick 24.40% 1,853 1,855 1,860 1,898 1,990        
      Conservative Gordon Wallace (incumbent) 23.06% 1,751 1,753 1,758 1,784 1,825 1,826 2,621    
      Labour Jim Fletcher (incumbent) 18.84% 1,431 1,435 1,438 1,506 1,615 1,650 1,715 1,838 2,224
      Conservative Paul Smith 11.84% 899 904 905 943 976 979      
      Independent Paul Drury 11.31% 859 862 876 913 1,085 1,108 1,149 1,309  
      Independent Savio D'Souza 6.00% 456 460 470 507          
      Liberal Democrats Christopher Park 3.50% 266 274 278            
      Independent Gordon McCaskill * 0.63% 48 50              
      Scottish Libertarian Alan Findlay 0.42% 32                
      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
        Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood - 4 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Conservative Stewart Miller 16.81% 1,715 1,719 1,734 1,738 1,762 1,772 1,777 1,915 1,936 3,328
        Conservative Andrea Gee 15.49% 1,580 1,585 1,598 1,604 1,624 1,628 1,634 1,767 1,783  
        SNP Annette Ireland 14.78% 1,508 1,509 1,521 1,634 1,671 2,400        
        Independent David Macdonald 13.25% 1,352 1,354 1,391 1,439 1,505 1,571 1,659 2,189    
        Independent Ralph Robertson (incumbent) 9.75% 995 995 1,012 1,044 1,110 1,126 1,175      
        Labour Co-op Alan Lafferty 9.66% 986 989 1,018 1,048 1,536 1,573 1,651 1,791 1,829 1,949
        SNP James Mills 7.93% 809 810 813 883 908          
        Labour Co-op Mary Montague (incumbent) 6.78% 692 692 717 761            
        Scottish Green Laura Stevens 3.44% 351 352 378              
        Liberal Democrats Alex Mackie 1.91% 195 195                
        UKIP Sarah Louise Hemy 0.20% 20                  
        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
          Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham - 4 seats[2]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Conservative Jim Swift (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 28.30% 2,766        
          SNP Caroline Bamforth 19.51% 1,907 1,920 1,923 1,926 1,982
          Conservative Barbara Grant (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 18.40% 1,798 2,216      
          Conservative Jim McLean 14.70% 1,437 1,706 1,924 1,936 1,987
          Labour Co-op Ian McAlpine (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 10.33% 1,009 1,208 1,307 1,043 1,139
          Independent Bev Brown 5.23% 511 545 552 562 620
          Liberal Democrats Alan Rennie 3.15% 308 325 332 333  
          UKIP Gerry McVeigh 0.38% 37 40 41    
          Electorate: TBC   Valid: 9,773   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 1,955   Turnout: 58.6%
            1. Sitting councillor for the Newton Mearns South ward which had been redrawn.

            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. [3]

            References
            1. ElectionsScotland: SLGE2017 Summary Results Data
            2. "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council.
            3. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15888595.barrheads-first-tory-in-25-years-quits-over-party-diktat/
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