2017 Perth and Kinross Council election

Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election covered the twelve 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, with 40 Councillors being elected, a reduction of 1 member compared to 2012.

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections
2017 Perth and Kinross Council election
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 40 seats to Perth and Kinross Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative SNP Liberal Democrats
Seats before 10 18 5
Seats after 17 15 4
Seat change 7 3 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Last election 3 seats, 7.3% 0 seats, 0%
Seats before 4 3
Seats after 1 3
Seat change 3 -
The 12 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Ian Miller
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Ian Campbell
Conservative

Following the 2012 election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the Council with the support of the Scottish Conservatives. After this election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat groups formed a coalition with independents to run the administration.[1] The sole Labour councillor, Alasdair Bailey, was initially named as part of the coalition, but soon insisted that he was not.[2]

In September 2019, the coalition ended as the Conservative group voted to continue in a minority administration.[3]

Election results
Perth and Kinross Local Election Result 2017[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 17 7 40.89 24,761 15.71
  SNP 15 3 30.16 18,871 10.15
  Liberal Democrats 4 1 12.45 7,539 0.27
  Labour 1 3 5.19 3,142 6.66
  Independent 3 6.74 4,083 0.55
  Scottish Green 0 - - - - 3.44 2,083 2.48
  Other parties 0 - - - - 0.13 78 0.83

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

Carse of Gowrie
  • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
  • 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
  • 2012-2017 Change:1xLab Gain from SNP
Carse of Gowrie - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Conservative Angus Forbes 43.4 1,916          
SNP Beth Pover 18.3 810 829.9 884.01 910.09 910.6 1,579.08
SNP Douglas Pover (incumbent) 15.1 668 681.1 692.1 715.6 715.8  
Labour Alasdair Bailey 14.8 656 825.7 875.8 1,107.3    
Liberal Democrats Mary Matheson 4.6 203 423.9 482.4      
Scottish Green Hilary Charles 3.7 165 209        
Electorate: 7,830   Valid: 4,418   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 4,488 (57.3%)

    Strathmore
    • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
    • 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
    • 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
    Strathmore - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Conservative Dennis Melloy (incumbent) 26.7 1,833          
    Liberal Democrats Lewis Simpson (incumbent) 19.5 1,342 1,365.7 1,379.6      
    SNP Fiona Sarwar 18.2 1,251 1,266.9 1,267.8 1,267.9 1,355.9 1,417.8
    Conservative Colin Stewart 15.2 1,047 1,418.9        
    SNP Ian Stratton 12.6 866 868.7 869.1 869.5 899.2 940.8
    Independent Alan Livingstone * 3.9 270 277.2 282.2 283.4 358.08  
    Scottish Green Michael Gallagher 3.9 268 274.7 276.8 277.4    
    Electorate:     Valid: 6,877   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,376   Turnout: 7,042 (57.9%)
      • = Sitting Councillor from Almond and Earn Ward.

      Blairgowrie and Glens
      • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
      • 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
      • 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
      Blairgowrie and Glens - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Conservative Caroline Shiers (incumbent) 36.4 1,641        
      SNP Tom McEwan 23.4 1,055 1,067.8 1,074.1 1,099.2 1,154.3
      Conservative Bob Brawn 19.9 897 1,341.5      
      SNP Alison Mulholland 13.5 609 616.8 621.7 658.5 682.3
      Scottish Green Louise Ramsay 3.6 164 171.8 188.2    
      Liberal Democrats Gordon Clark 3.1 141 156.7 224.3 297.5  
      Electorate: 8,607   Valid: 4,507   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 4,645 (53.6%)

        Highland
        • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
        • 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIND
        • 2012-2017 Change: 1xIND gain from SNP
        Highland - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Conservative Ian Campbell (incumbent)†† 45.44 1,927        
        SNP Mike Williamson (incumbent) 19.22 815 843.76 877.11 911.6 1,578.94
        SNP Kirsty Gowans 17.31 734 757.82 791.27 822.21  
        Independent Xander McDade 10.59 449 716.39 770.28 953.5 1,024.24
        Scottish Green Mary McDougall 3.96 168 200.81      
        Liberal Democrats Kenneth Spittal 3.49 148 332.71 385.39    
        Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,241   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,061   Turnout: 4,306 (58.4%)

          Strathtay
          • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
          • 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
          • 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
          Strathtay - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Conservative Anne Jarvis 25.28 1,307          
          Conservative Ian James 19.63 1,015 1,027.68 1,066.73 1,090.78 1,222.92 1,236.93
          SNP Grant Laing (incumbent) 19.52 1,009 1,009.15 1,033.15 1,094.15 1,164.17 2,133.22
          SNP John Kellas (incumbent) 18.28 945 945.13 955.13 1,018.13 1,112.13  
          Labour Frank Stevenson 8.96 463 463.28 510.32 593.34    
          Scottish Green Elspeth Coutts 4.24 219 219.12 277.16      
          Liberal Democrats Alex Linklater 4.1 212 212.18        
          Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,170   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,293   Turnout: 5,251 (57.6%)

            Strathearn
            • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
            • 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
            • 2012-2017 Change: No Change
            Strathearn - 3 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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            Conservative Roz McCall 26.54 1,204            
            Independent Rhona Brock (incumbent) 24.51 1,112 1,115.72 1,144.78        
            SNP Stewart Donaldson 13.34 605 605.11 608.11 609.08 681.3 715.67 1,204.12
            Conservative Alex Menzies-Runciman 13.01 590 651.37 670.43 672.64 686.92 764.31 769.32
            SNP John Fellows 10.6 481 481 485 485.55 513.66 537.82  
            Independent Craig Finlay 6.06 275 275.86 279.92 283.26 317.53    
            Scottish Green Lawrence Buckley 4.12 187 187.29 199.34 200.38      
            Liberal Democrats Tina Ng-A-Mann 1.81 82 82.29          
            Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,536   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 1,135   Turnout: 4,656 (54.4%)

              Strathallan
              • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
              • 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
              • 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lib Dem
              Strathallan - 3 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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              Conservative Murray Lyle (incumbent) 28.05 1,280            
              Conservative Crawford Reid 23.64 1,079 1,195.76          
              SNP Tom Gray (incumbent) 14.61 667 669.37 670.14 673.14 705.19 736.49 1,279.99
              SNP Mairi MacDonald 12.66 578 579.29 580.0 581 616.26 631.26  
              Liberal Democrats Ann Gaunt (incumbent) 11.79 538 546.52 563.61 565.76 628.41 752.12 788.79
              Labour Fhinan Beyts 5.15 235 235.97 239.95 243.33 266.7    
              Scottish Green Bruce Fummey 3.7 169 169.75 171.72 175.92      
              Independent Ron Rose 0.39 18 18.86 22.27        
              Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,564   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,142   Turnout: 4,642 (54.5%)

                Kinross-shire
                • 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
                • 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIND
                • 2012-2017 Change:1xCon gain from IND
                Kinross-shire - 4 seats
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234567
                Conservative Callum Purves 26.73 1,642            
                SNP Richard Watters 19.03 1,169 1,171.77 1,224.77 1,253.02      
                Liberal Democrats Willie Robertson (incumbent) 17.29 1,062 1,104.51 1,128.76 1,235.76      
                Independent Mike Barnacle (incumbent) 12.16 747 759.07 777.07 807.07 813.07 814.7 1,272.92
                Independent Dave Cuthbert (incumbent) 9.77 600 618.86 637.12 689.37 695.79 698.03  
                Conservative John Ross 7.96 489 803.91 807.15 831.18 832.08 833.3 907.43
                Labour David MacKenzie 4.77 293 299.04 311.04        
                Scottish Green Karen Grunwell 2.31 142 143          
                Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,144   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,229   Turnout: 6,203 (58.3%)

                  Almond and Earn
                  • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
                  • 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
                  • 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from IND
                  Almond and Earn - 3 seats
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345
                  Conservative Kathleen Baird (incumbent) 42.08 1,724        
                  SNP Henry Anderson (incumbent) 21.53 882 899.84 905.35 972.91 1,312.13
                  Conservative David Illingworth 17.5 717 1,324.36      
                  SNP Peter Glennie 8.05 330 332.43 335.48 379.6  
                  Liberal Democrats Chris Rennie 5.61 230 253.52 344.1 435.66 445.7
                  Scottish Green Linda Buchan 5.22 214 232.25 254.07    
                  Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,097   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,025   Turnout: 4,210 (55.2%)

                    Perth City South
                    • 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
                    • 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 2xSNP;
                    • 2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
                    Perth City South - 4 seats
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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                    Liberal Democrats William Wilson (incumbent) 34.66 2,417            
                    Conservative Michael Jamieson† 25.2 1,757            
                    SNP Bob Band (incumbent) †††† 14.9 1,039 1,151.05 1,158.26 1,169.32 1,226.72 1,267.05 1,381.62
                    SNP Sheila McCole 10.81 754 828.42 831.92 837.24 904.96 944.39 1,083.36
                    Labour Alistair Munro (incumbent) 6.37 444 615.25 678.5 702.63 780.71 902.22  
                    Independent Susan Bathgate 3.63 253 417.9 471.68 560.41 600.75    
                    Scottish Green Paul Vallot 3.05 213 306.45 322.72 337.21      
                    Independent Damian Houston 1.38 96 176.34 211.16        
                    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,973   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,395   Turnout: 7,086 (55%)

                      Perth City North
                      • 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                      • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon
                      • 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lab
                      Perth City North - 3 seats
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      12345678
                      SNP Dave Doogan (incumbent) ††† 35.37 1,290              
                      Conservative Harry Coates 25.58 933              
                      Labour Calum Gillies (incumbent) 15.82 577 596.34 601.15 606.47 619.92 674.5 722.49  
                      SNP John Rebbeck 13.16 480 797.63 798.15 799.44 817.98 836.76 870.49 1,047.4
                      Liberal Democrats Philip Brown 3.45 126 131.86 135.71 137.73 141.91      
                      Independent Elspeth MacLachlan (incumbent)* 3.1 113 118.57 120.01 124.05 188.88 213.64    
                      Independent Sam Finlayson 2.5 91 97.45 99.45 119.88        
                      Independent Arthur Frater 1.01 37 38.17 38.53          
                      Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,647   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 912   Turnout: 3,755 (41.1%)

                        *served as councillor for the SNP in previous term

                        Perth City Centre
                        • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon
                        • 2017: 1xCon; 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem
                        • 2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
                        Perth City Centre - 4 seats
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        12345678
                        Conservative Chris Ahern 32.75 1,763              
                        SNP Eric Drysdale 19.99 1,076 1,091.17            
                        Liberal Democrats Peter Barrett (incumbent) 19.28 1,038 1,313.87            
                        SNP Andrew Parrott (incumbent) 14.08 758 763.06 780.22 792.2 792.21 809.79 895.96 1,086.4
                        Labour Tricia Duncan 8.81 474 554.93 627.55 628.32 633.9 668.24 739.77  
                        Scottish Green Fraser Hunter 3.23 174 191.51 218.62 219.19 225.54 250.69    
                        Scotland Independent Network Ian Thomson 1.45 78 132.08 152.44 152.56 173.49      
                        Independent David West 0.41 22 44.57 54.84 54.87        
                        Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,383   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,077   Turnout: 5,512 (44.7%)

                          Changes since 2017
                          • † On 25 September 2017, Perth City South Conservative Cllr Michael Jamieson resigned his seat having been found to be in possession of indecent images.[5] A by-election took place on 23 November 2017. The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Audrey Coates.
                          • †† On 6 February 2018 Highland Conservative Cllr Ian Campbell died suddenly.[6] A by-election was held on 19 April 2018 and was won by the Conservative candidate John Duff.
                          • ††† On 19 February 2020 Perth City North SNP Cllr David Doogan resigned his seat having been elected as an MP for Angus at the 2019 UK Parliament Election.[7] A by-election will be held on 26 November 2020.
                          • †††† On 26 March 2020 Perth City South SNP Cllr Bob Band died after a long battle with cancer.[8] A by-election will be held on 26 November 2020.

                          By-elections since 2017
                          Perth City South By-election (23 November 2017) - 1 Seat[9]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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                          SNP Pauline Leitch 32.1 1,780 1,781 1,813 1,883 2,227  
                          Conservative Audrey Coates 31.2 1,734 1,738 1,744 1,762 2,381 2,863
                          Liberal Democrats Liz Barrett 28.8 1,597 1,601 1,627 1,733    
                          Labour Tricia Duncan 5.7 314 319 332      
                          Scottish Green Elspeth MacLachlan 1.8 102 105 332      
                          Independent Denise Baykal 0.5 25          
                          Electorate: 12,998   Valid: 5,552   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 2,777   Turnout: 43.1%
                            Highland By-election (19 April 2018) - 1 Seat[10]
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            123456
                            Conservative John Duff 46.7 1,907 1,908 1,923 1,930 1,977 2,084
                            SNP John Kellas 35.9 1,466 1,467 1,472 1,509 1,594 1,712
                            Independent Avril Taylor 6.9 280 286 299 325 391  
                            Labour Jayne Ramage 5.8 239 240 256 280    
                            Scottish Green Mary McDougall 2.5 104 106 118      
                            Liberal Democrats Chris Rennie 1.9 78 78        
                            Independent Denise Baykal 0.3 12          
                            Electorate: 7,333   Valid: 4,086   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 2,044   Turnout: 56.2%
                              Perth City South By-election (26 November 2020) - 1 Seat[11]
                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                              123456
                              SNP Iain MacPherson 32.9 1,898 1,900 1,960 2,017 2,110  
                              Liberal Democrats Liz Barrett 31.6 1,823 1,824 1,851 1,925 2,749 3,571
                              Conservative Andy Chan 29.4 1,698 1,705 1,713 1,729 0  
                              Labour Tricia Duncan 3.5 204 205 224 0    
                              Scottish Green Elspeth MacLachlan 2.3 135 136 0      
                              UKIP Lynda Davis 0.3 18 0        
                                Perth City North By-election (26 November 2020) - 1 Seat[12]
                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                1
                                SNP Ian Massie 61.0 1,406
                                Conservative Aziz Rehman 22.9 528
                                Labour Nicola Ferry 9.5 220
                                Liberal Democrats James Graham 3.9 91
                                Scottish Green Paul Vallot 2.6 60

                                  References
                                  1. Foote, Chris (15 May 2017). "Tory-led coalition takes over Perth and Kinross from SNP". STV News. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
                                  2. Buchan, Jamie (16 May 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: Split at Perth and Kinross coalition, just hours after launch". The Courier. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
                                  3. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/975266/tories-go-it-alone-as-perth-and-kinross-council-administration-partnership-fractures/
                                  4. ElectionsScotland: SLGE2017 Summary Results Data
                                  5. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/councillor-on-child-pics-rap-11237325
                                  6. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42959149
                                  7. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/dave-doogan-stands-down-councillor-21527619
                                  8. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/1221550/an-inspiration-to-us-all-tributes-paid-to-snp-councillor-bob-band-who-died-after-lengthy-illness/
                                  9. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/40991/Ward-10-Preference-summary-report/pdf/PreferenceSummary_Report_All_Contests_23112017_233156
                                  10. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/14939/By-Election-results
                                  11. https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/46536/Notice-of-Poll/pdf/Notice_of_Poll_web_version.pdf?m=637393287133170000
                                  12. https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/46536/Notice-of-Poll/pdf/Notice_of_Poll_web_version.pdf?m=637393287133170000
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