Local election within Scotland
The 2017 East Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of East Renfrewshire Council .
Five wards were used to elect eighteen councillors, a reduction of two from 2012 .
After the election, SNP and Labour formed a coalition with independent Danny Devlin.
2017 East Renfrewshire Council election Turnout --> The 5 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Jim Fletcher Labour
Council Leader after election Tony Buchanan SNP
2017 results [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor [ edit ] 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP 2012-2017: New ward Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent )[a] 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 )[a] 14.97% 1,059 1,125 1,126 1,167 1,205 1,218 1,219 Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent )[a] 14.42% 1,020 1,111 1,113 1,160 1,506 Labour Kenny Hay (incumbent )[a] 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%
^ a b c d Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn. Newton Mearns North & Neilston [ edit ] 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour 2012-2017: New ward
^ a b c Sitting councillor for the Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North ward which had been redrawn. Giffnock and Thornliebank [ edit ] 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 Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 [ edit ] 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour 2012-2017: New ward Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 [ edit ] 2017 : 3 x Conservative, 1 x SNP 2012-2017: New ward Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Conservative Jim Swift (incumbent )[a] 28.30% 2,766 SNP Caroline Bamforth 19.51% 1,907 1,920 1,923 1,926 1,982 Conservative Barbara Grant (incumbent )[a] 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 )[a] 10.33% 1,009 1,028 1,037 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%
^ a b c Sitting councillor for the Newton Mearns South ward which had been redrawn. Changes since 2017 [ edit ] † Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor Conservative Cllr Paul Aitken resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 22 January 2018.[3] †† Clarkston, Netherlee & Williamwood Conservative Cllr Stewart Miller resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 10 September 2020.[4] References [ edit ]