2017 Clackmannanshire Council election

The Clackmannanshire Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive election to run under the STV electoral system and used the five wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 18 councillors being elected.

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections
2017 Clackmannanshire Council election
4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Les Sharp Dave Clark Bill Mason
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Clackmannanshire West Clackmannanshire North Clackmannanshire East
Last election 8 seats, 46.1% 8 seats, 38.1% 1 seat, 9.9%
Seats before 8 8 1
Seats won 8 5 5
Seat change - 3 4
The 5 multi-member ward. (Colour of ward represents the political party that received most votes in that ward)
Council Leader before election

Gary Womersley
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Les Sharp
SNP

Result

As Scottish Labour lost three seats and the Scottish National Party held all of theirs, the SNP became the largest party for the first time. The Scottish Conservatives unexpectedly won a seat in every ward, equalling their representation on the council with that of Labour.[1]

During the first meeting of the new council on 18 May, however, an agreement was not reached on how to form an administration.[2] In June 2017 a minority SNP administration was formed.

Clackmannanshire Local Election Result 2017
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 8 0 0 - 44.44 37.21 6,525 -8.84
  Labour 5 - 3 -3 27.78 27.87 4,887 -10.25
  Conservative 5 4 - +4 27.78 24.99 4,382 +15.11
  Scottish Green 0 0 0 - 0 6.51 1,141 +6.51
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 - 0 3.15 553 +2.26
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0 0.48 85 -4.57

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

Clackmannanshire West
  • 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
  • 2017: 1xLab; 2xSNP; 1xCon
  • 2012-2017 Change: 1 Lab loss and 1 Con gain
Clackmannanshire West - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Conservative Darren Lee 21.4 808            
Labour George Matchett (incumbent) 19.9 753 763.4          
SNP Tina Margaret Murphy (incumbent) 18.6 704 705.5 705.9 717.9 722.3 766.5  
SNP Les Sharp (incumbent) 17.8 675 675.9 676 680.1 701.2 751.5 761.4
Labour Craig Miller 12.6 478 482.2 488.7 505.2 541.7 590.6 591.2
Scottish Green Cara Quinn 4.2 159 161.4 161.6 177.4 215.9    
Liberal Democrats Jim Hay 2.9 112 122.6 122.8 142.9      
Independent Thomas Joshua Harrison 2.2 85 91.4 91.5        
Electorate: 8,726   Valid: 3,774   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 755   Turnout: 3,871 (44.36%)

    Clackmannanshire North
    • 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
    • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1XCon
    • 2012-2017 Change: 1 Independent loss and 1 Con gain
    Clackmannanshire North - 4 seats[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Conservative Martha Benny 24 969              
    SNP Archie Drummond (incumbent)† 16.6 672 675.5 709.8 745.3 909.8      
    SNP Donald Balsille (incumbent) 16.3 660 666.5 690.6 711.5 841.6      
    Labour Dave Clark (incumbent) 15.9 644 678.7 698.2 764.6 773.8 787.9 794.5 1,196.3
    Labour Bobby McGill (incumbent) 10.7 432 446.7 453.8 507.7 513.7 526.4 530.2  
    SNP Helen Lewis 7.2 292 293.6 313 323.1        
    Liberal Democrats Damian Sherwood-Johnson 5.1 206 240.7 283.9          
    Scottish Green Jack Gervaise 3.8 157 167.1            
    Electorate: 8,371   Valid: 4,032   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 807   Turnout: 4,159 (49.68%)

      Clackmannanshire Central
      • 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
      • 2017: 1xLab' 1xSNP; 1XCon
      • 2012-2017 Change: 1 Lab Loss; 1 Con Gain
      Clackmannanshire Central - 3 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Labour Derek Stewart (incumbent) 32.8 846          
      SNP Phil Fairlie††† 27.7 714          
      Conservative Mike Watson 16.6 428 443.4 444.6 464.5 550.6 687.3
      SNP Jo Wilkinson 10.5 273 281.7 337.8 393.3 438.2  
      Labour Graham Watt (incumbent) 7.1 183 321.9 324.6 356.4    
      Scottish Green John Short 5.1 133 139.1 143.7      
      Electorate: 6,297   Valid: 2,577   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 645   Turnout: 2,656 (42.18%)

        Clackmannanshire South
        • 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
        • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
        • 2012-2017 Change: 1 Con Gain from Lab
        Clackmannanshire South - 4 seats[3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Craig Holden (incumbent) 22.4 831            
        Conservative Chris Dixon†† 19.6 725 726.3 759.4        
        SNP Ellen Forson (incumbent) 17.5 649 716.9 721 721.6 730 737 1,000.2
        Labour Kenneth Earle (incumbent) 17.3 640 644 665.2 817.8      
        Scottish Green Bryan Quinn 15.1 560 569.5 583.5 587 601.8 621.3  
        Labour Christine Sinclair 5.5 205 207.1 212.2 214.2      
        Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam 2.2 84 84.3          
        Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 3,694   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 739   Turnout: 3,780 (42.11%)

          Clackmannanshire East
          • 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
          • 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
          • 2012-2017 Change: None
          Clackmannanshire East - 3 seats[3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Conservative Bill Mason†††† 41 1,452      
          Labour Kathleen Martin (incumbent) 19.9 706 839.9 868.8 882.2
          SNP Graham Lindsay 19.5 692 699.5 724.7 1,079.9
          SNP Jane McTaggart 10.3 363 368.9 390.3  
          Liberal Democrats Anne Anderson 4.3 151 345.3 406.6 414.8
          Scottish Green Marion Robertson 3.7 132 160.2    
          Electorate: 6,607   Valid: 3496   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 875   Turnout: 3,536 (53.52%)

            Changes since 2017
            • † Clackmannanshire North SNP Cllr Archie Drummond resigned his seat for personal reasons in late December 2017.[4] A by-election was held on 1 March 2018 and the seat was retained by the party's Helen Lewis.
            • ††Clackmannanshire South Cllr Chris Dixon on 7 March 2018 resigned from the Scottish Conservative Party on health reasons and now sits as an independent councillor.[5]
            • ††† Clackmannanshire Central SNP Cllr Phil Fairlie resigned his seat due to personal and professional reasons.[6] A by-election was held on 18 March 2019. The seat was retained by Jane McTaggart of the SNP.
            • †††† Clackmannanshire East Conservative Cllr Bill Mason resigned his seat due to ill-health on 31 December 2019.[7] This by-election was scheduled for 19 March but was deferred due to Coronavirus to 19 November 2020. It was retained by Denis Coyne of the Scottish Conservative Party.

            By-elections since 2017
            Clackmannanshire North By-election (1 March 2018)[8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            SNP Helen Lewis 36.8 769 795 818 980 1,128
            Conservative Alex Stewart 31.5 658 661 693 784  
            Labour Afifa Khanam 23.6 493 513 538    
            Liberal Democrats Damian Sherwood-Johnson 4.0 84 101      
            Scottish Green Marion Robertson 3.5 74        
            Electorate: 8,457   Valid: 2,078   Spoilt: 14   Quota: 1,040   Turnout: 2,092 (24.7%)
              Clackmannanshire Central By-election (28 March 2019)[9]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              SNP Jane McTaggart 40.9 865 872 888 902 933 1,166
              Labour Margaret Brookes 31.9 675 684 696 702 814  
              Conservative William Marlin 19.8 419 423 433 447    
              UKIP Dawson Michie 3.3 69 70 74      
              Scottish Green Marion Robertson 2.5 53 60        
              Liberal Democrats John Biggam 1.7 36          
              Electorate: 6,184   Valid: 2,117   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: (34.7%)
              Clackmannanshire East By-election (19 November 2020)[10]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Conservative Denis Coyne 51.2 1,226
              SNP Stephen Leitch 32.0 766
              Labour Carolynne Hunter 8.1 195
              Scottish Green Marion Robertson 5.8 139
              Liberal Democrats Jim Hay 2.9 69
              Electorate: 2,395   Valid:   Quota:   Turnout: 2,395 (35.1%)

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