West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2017

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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Jonathan McColl	Martin Rooney
Party	SNP	Labour
Leader's seat	Lomond	Lomond
Last election	6 seats, 30.3%	12 seats, 46.6%
Seats before	7	12
Seats won	10	8
Seat change	4	4

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader		Jim Bollan
Party	Conservative	West Dunbartonshire Community
Leader's seat		Leven
Last election	0 seats, 4.25%	New party
Seats before	0	0
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	2	1

Council Leader before election

Martin Rooney
Labour

Council Leader after election

Jonathan McColl
SNP

Martin Rooney
Labour

Jonathan McColl
SNP

The next Elections to West Dunbartonshire Council will be held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It will be the third successive Local Council election to run under the STV Electoral System. The election will use the six wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 22 Councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Following the 2012 election a Labour majority administration was formed. After this election, the SNP group and Councillor Denis Agnew formed a minority coalition administration, led by the SNP leader, Jonathan McColl. As part of the deal, the title of bailie was revived, and Councillor Agnew was appointed as West Dunbartonshire's first.

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 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

† Michelle McGinty was previously known as Michelle Stewart.

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