2017 Midlothian Council election
The 2017 Midlothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Midlothian Council. The election used the six wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 18 Councillors being elected.
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It was the first time that the Conservative party had won council seats in Midlothian since the 1995 election.
Summary of results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 7 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
38.89 | 30.20 | 9,887 | ![]() | |
SNP | 6 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
33.34 | 30.67 | 10,038 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 5 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
27.78 | 22.74 | 7,444 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | 7.49 | 2,453 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | 6.87 | 2,250 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 2.01 | 661 | ![]() |
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
Penicuik
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2012-2017: 1 Con gain from SNP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 26.2 | 1,517 | |||||
Labour | Adam Montgomery (incumbent)† | 25.6 | 1,482 | |||||
SNP | Debbi McCall | 21.0 | 1,212 | 1,214.5 | 1,217.9 | 1,336.4 | 1,472.8 | |
SNP | Joe Wallace (incumbent) | 14.3 | 828 | 829.7 | 832.8 | 886.1 | 940.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ken Brown | 7.3 | 425 | 455.7 | 466.9 | 571.6 | ||
Scottish Green | Jim Garry | 5.6 | 329 | 333.1 | 336.5 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,793 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,449 Turnout: 52.3% |
Bonnyrigg
- 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGreen
- 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con gain from Green
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Labour | Derek Milligan (incumbent) | 29.0 | 1,901 | ||||||
Conservative | Janet Lay-Douglas | 21.6 | 1,415 | 1,425.6 | 1,515.9 | 1,521.3 | 1,524.7 | 1,708.1 | |
SNP | Dianne Alexander | 18.4 | 1,203 | 1,210.0 | 1,222.4 | 1,778.9 | |||
Scottish Green | Ian Baxter (incumbent) | 10.7 | 701 | 713.7 | 763.8 | 799.9 | 870.2 | 1,037.0 | |
SNP | Colin Lawrie | 9.4 | 617 | 623.3 | 632.6 | ||||
Labour | Louie Lorraine Milliken | 7.1 | 466 | 665.6 | 715.8 | 728.1 | 741.4 | ||
Independent | George McIntyre | 3.8 | 250 | 257.4 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,553 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,639 Turnout: 48.5% |
Dalkeith
- 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
- 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Colin Cassidy | 27.2 | 1,142 | |||||||
Labour | Stephen Curran | 23.2 | 976 | 980.7 | 1,000.9 | 1,051.6 | ||||
Labour | Margot Russell (incumbent) | 19.1 | 800 | 804.2 | 840.4 | 884.7 | 885.9 | 993.5 | 1,317.5 | |
Conservative | Robin Traquair | 16.8 | 706 | 707.3 | 716.3 | 779.4 | 779.4 | 791.8 | ||
Independent | Jim Bryant (incumbent) | 5.9 | 248 | 249.9 | 275.1 | |||||
Scottish Green | Jill Simon | 4.0 | 168 | 171.9 | ||||||
SNP | Gary Young | 3.8 | 158 | 229.1 | 282.0 | 330.4 | 330.5 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,198 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 41.9% |
Midlothian West
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con gain from SNP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Pauline Winchester | 26.9 | 1,503 | |||||||
SNP | Kelly Parry (incumbent) | 19.5 | 1,091 | 1,092.0 | 1,106.3 | 1,159.7 | 1,679.7 | |||
Labour | Russell Imrie (incumbent) | 12.2 | 684 | 698.8 | 737.5 | 817.0 | 837.3 | 867.9 | 1,443.5 | |
Labour | Stephen Blain | 11.0 | 612 | 620.1 | 650.1 | 700.2 | 707.3 | 724.1 | ||
SNP | David Temple | 10.4 | 581 | 582.7 | 587.7 | 616.9 | ||||
Scottish Green | Helen Blackburn | 8.4 | 468 | 473.4 | 552.3 | 680.8 | 715.9 | 835.8 | 889.4 | |
Independent | Andrew Coventry (incumbent) | 7.4 | 413 | 435.8 | 484.2 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 4.2 | 236 | 256.6 | ||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,588 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,398 Turnout: 47.2% |
Midlothian East
- 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Conservative | Peter Smaill | 26.9 | 1,522 | ||||
Labour | John Hackett | 22.7 | 1,284 | 1,314.3 | 1,387.5 | 1,431.6 | |
Independent | Robert Hogg | 18.8 | 1,064 | 1,098.0 | 1,169.1 | 1,210.2 | |
SNP | Kenneth Baird | 15.4 | 872 | 873.1 | 928.1 | 1,485.8 | |
SNP | Louise D'Arcy-Greig | 10.8 | 609 | 610.4 | 677.4 | ||
Scottish Green | Helen Armstrong | 5.3 | 301 | 309.1 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,652 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,414 Turnout: 48.3% |
Midlothian South
- 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
- 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con gain from Lab
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Jim Muirhead (incumbent) | 24.6 | 1,218 | 1,257 | ||||||
SNP | Cath Johnstone (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,067 | 1,104 | 1,104.9 | 1,164.8 | 1,295.1 | |||
Conservative | Kieran Munro | 15.8 | 781 | 801 | 802.0 | 867.0 | 1,048.4 | 1,050.7 | 1,249.7 | |
SNP | Ellen Scott | 13.3 | 658 | 721 | 721.9 | 748.3 | 797.5 | 844.1 | ||
Independent | Jason Ferry | 9.7 | 478 | 541 | 541.9 | 625.5 | ||||
Labour | Bryan Pottinger (incumbent) | 9.4 | 464 | 497 | 510.8 | |||||
Scottish Green | Malcolm Spaven | 5.7 | 283 | |||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,949 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,238 Turnout: 45.2% |
Changes since the election
By-elections
†On 10 January 2018 Penicuik Labour Cllr Adam Montgomery died following a short illness.[7] A by-election was held on 22 March 2018 and the seat was gained by the SNP's Joe Wallace.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SNP | Joe Wallace | 35.0 | 1,663 | 1,803 | 2,307 | |
Conservative | Murdo MacDonald | 30.2 | 1,433 | 1,469 | 1,788 | |
Labour | Vivienne Wallace | 27.6 | 1,310 | 1,414 | ||
Scottish Green | Helen Armstrong | 7.2 | 344 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,781 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,376 Turnout: 4,812 (42.9%) |
References
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2140/extended_penicuik_results.pdf
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2141/extended_bonnyrigg_results.pdf
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2142/extended_ward_3_dalkeith_results.pdf
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2143/extended_ward_4_mid_west_results.pdf
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2145/extended_ward_5_mid_east_results.pdf
- https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2144/extended_ward_6_mid_south_results.pdf
- "Obituary: Adam Montgomery, Provost, councillor and shop steward". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- Cochrane, Lynn. "Penicuik by-election result". www.midlothian.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.