2017 Renfrewshire Council election

The 2017 Renfrewshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Renfrewshire Council.[1] The election was first to use the twelve wards created as a result of the 2015-16 Boundary Commission review, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation, with 43 Councillors being elected, a net increase of 3 members compared to the 2012 Council.

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections

2017 Renfrewshire Council election

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 43 seats to Renfrewshire Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Brian Lawson Mark MacMillan James MacLaren Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Paisley East and Ralston Paisley South West Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Last election 15 seats, 37.5% 22 seats, 55% 1 seat, 2.5% Seats before 15 19 1 Seats after 19 13 8 Seat change +4 -9 +7   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Eileen McCartin Paul Mack Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat Paisley Southwest Paisley South Last election 1 seat, 2.5% 1 seat, 2.5% Seats before 1 3 Seats after 1 2 Seat change - +1
Council Leader before election Mark McMillan Labour Council Leader after election Iain Nicolson SNP

Election result

Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2017[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	19	+4		+4	44.19	37.63	23,467
	Labour	13	-	-9	-9	30.23	28.22	17,599
	Conservative	8	+7		+7	18.6	21.04	13,124
	Liberal Democrats	1	-		-	2.33	4.14	2,580
	Independent	2	+1		+1	4.65	5.32	3,319
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	3.26	2,030	-
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.20	125	-
	TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.14	89
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.05	32

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

Renfrew North and Braehead

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012. SNP gain one seat from Labour. Conservative gain extra seat.

Renfrew North and Braehead - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	John Shaw	24.63	1,335
	Labour	Bill Brown (incumbent)	20.37	1,104
	Conservative	Jane Strang	19.99	1,084	1,087.37
	SNP	Lisa-Marie Hughes	15.35	832	1,049.78	1,050.58	1,050.64	1,065.58	1,087.77
	Labour	Alexander Murrin (incumbent)	11.9	645	652.68	667.86	668.52	696.99	736.99
	Independent	Peter Morton	2.82	153	155.8	156.47	156.79	178.51
	Scottish Green	Nathalie Rosset	2.67	145	148.93	149.17	149.24	180.56	222.68
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Stalker	2.27	123	125.62	126.03	126.48
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,421   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,085   Turnout: 5,558 (45.9%)

Renfrew South and Gallowhill

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Labour

Renfrew South and Gallowhill - 3 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Cathy McEwan (incumbent)	26.98	1,079
	Conservative	Mark Dougan	17.88	715	715.51	717.51	735.58	774.73	825.09
	SNP	Jim Paterson (incumbent)	17.73	709	773.57	785.08	828.96	855.98	889.3	1,004.46
	Labour	Edward Grady	17.70	708	712.32	717.39	727.39	1,238.56
	Labour	Margaret Devine (incumbent)	15.65	626	628.49	634.49	656.86
	Scottish Green	Graham Batin	2.85	114	115.61	130.76
	TUSC	Richard Neville	1.2	48	48.95
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,999   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 4,105 (44.2%)

Paisley Northeast and Ralston

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
• New ward 1 less seat compared to 2012. Conservative gain one seat from Labour. SNP lose additional seat.

Paisley Northeast and Ralston - 3 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Conservative	Neill Graham	22.7	1,091	1,091	1,095	1,099	1,103	1,311
	SNP	Jennifer Adam-McGregor	18.2	874	881	888	932	941	1,009	1,020.72	1,024.12	1,882.34
	SNP	John Clark	17.9	862	863	865	899	905	946	958.89	964.13
	Labour	Jim Sharkey (incumbent)	17.4	835	839	845	871	1,167	1,311
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Campbell	11.7	562	566	577	606	618
	Labour	Maureen Sharkey (incumbent)	6.6	316	316	318	339
	Scottish Green	Duncan Macintosh	3.53	170	185	201
	Independent	Billy Carlin	1.05	50	58
	Scottish Socialist	Lindsay Brown	0.92	44
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,804   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,202   Turnout: 4,890 (54.6%)

Paisley Northwest

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Labour

Paisley Northwest - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	SNP	Kenny MacLaren (incumbent)	26.8	1,303
	Labour	Karen Kennedy	17.48	850	859.12	870.43	877.63	901.29	924.09	971.21	1,065.92
	SNP	Mags MacLaren (incumbent)	16.68	811	1,100.22
	Conservative	John McIntyre	13.51	657	659.28	661.31	664.34	691.71	717.14	751.54	779.71	786.23	941.29
	Labour	Tommy Williams (incumbent)	10.14	493	498.32	505.61	512.38	526.86	555.85	593.33	639.63	703.45
	No label	Andy Doyle	4.34	211	214.79	222.79	227.22	232.70	284.63
	Scottish Green	Beth Douglas	3.87	188	196.36	237.56	251.96	283.14	296.06	359.55
	Independent	John Goudie McIntyre	3.8	185	187.79	195.10	197.70	200.76
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Clark	2.53	123	124.52	128.06	130.18
	Scottish Socialist	Sandra Webster	0.86	42	42.51	48.83
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,863   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 973   Turnout: 4,989 (39.4%)

Paisley East and Central

• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• New ward

Paisley East and Central - 3 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	John McNaughtan	26.51	1,007
	Labour	Carolann Davidson	21.62	821	822.53	849.64	884.87	1,242.15
	Conservative	John Cameron	16.8	638	638.28	666.34	677.34	691.34	746.62
	SNP	Will Mylet	16.01	608	658.09	669.32	792.11	805.51	842.67	937.67
	Labour	Stuart McAusland	10.82	411	411.85	417.91	438.97
	Scottish Green	Daniel Speirs	5.48	208	209.53	226.64
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Allan	2.77	105	105.62
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,798   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 950   Turnout: 3,885 (42.6%)

Paisley Southeast

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2012-2017 Change (vs Paisley South): 1 less seat compared to 2012. Labour lose seat.

Paisley Southeast - 3 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	Marie McGurk (incumbent)	22.78	1,047	1,053	1,059	1,101	1,112	1,117.77	1,748.69
	Labour	Eddie Devine (incumbent)	21.95	1,009	1,009	1,031	1,048	1,207
	Conservative	Sheila Fulton	15.12	695	695	717	728	751	758.69	765.69	792.15	1,047
	SNP	Janette Swanson	14.44	664	667	671	708	720	721.96
	Independent	Paul Mack (incumbent)	14.09	648	649	666	687	730	738.53	765.69	950.59	1,248.79
	Labour	Ben Smith	5.44	250	250	273	296
	Scottish Green	Emma McShane	3.39	156	157	171
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wilson	2.48	114	115
	Scottish Socialist	John Miller	0.30	14
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,597   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,150   Turnout: 4,689 (50.7%)

Paisley Southwest

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Labour

Paisley Southwest - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Kevin Montgomery	25.95	1,457
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin (incumbent)	17.69	993	1,091.11	1,149.57
	SNP	Lorraine Cameron (incumbent)	17.31	972	998.59	1,041.11	1,043.71	1,432.22
	Conservative	James Halpin	13.38	751	793.87	803.25	813.41	819.65	824.78
	SNP	Stephen Burns	12.9	724	740.05	757.34	759.13	917.9	1,182.18
	SNP	Brian McGuire	9.98	560	581.78	601.47	603.2
	Scottish Green	Sean Lafferty	2.8	157	184.05
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,614   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,123   Turnout: 5,717 (48.8%)

Johnstone South and Elderslie

• 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP & Conservative each gain one seat from Labour.

Johnstone South and Elderslie - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	John Hood (incumbent)	26.15	1,448
	SNP	Jacqueline Cameron	25.14	1,392
	Conservative	Alistair MacKay	17.37	962	978.67	982.34	995.75	1,151.48
	SNP	Andy Steel	11.63	644	659.73	907.41	973.39	1,052.27	1,054.46	1,235.16
	No label	John Caldwell (incumbent)	8.94	495	512.84	518.35	542.7
	Labour	Thomas Dempster Wallace	8.02	444	682.79	687.28	726.79	867.85	883.07
	Scottish Green	Megan Tait	2.76	153	161.92	171.91
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,538   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,108   Turnout: 5,705 (45.5%)

Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 extra seat compared to 2012. Labour lose one seat to Conservative. Independent gain extra seat.

Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour	Derek Bibby (incumbent)	19.75	1,204	1,207	1,209	1,228
	SNP	Emma Rodden	18.03	1,099	1,106	1,108	1,111	1,111.2	1,198.22	1,263.58
	Conservative	Bill Binks	17.42	1,062	1,062	1,082	1,099	1,099.5	1,107.5	1,204.19	1,204.6	1,232.8
	Independent	Andy Doig (incumbent)	14.63	892	892	898	912	912.99	966.02	1,101.02	1,102.47	1,430.32
	SNP	Graeme Ramsay Stockton	13.6	829	830	830	833	833.19	881.2	906.28	944.49
	Labour	Christopher Gilmour (incumbent)	10.06	613	616	616	621	626.13	657.2
	Scottish Green	Sarah Anderson	4.25	259	263	264	281	281.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Duff	1.35	82	83	83
	UKIP	Cheryl O'Brien	0.53	32	33
	Scottish Socialist	Geoff Knowles	0.41	25
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,095   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 1,220   Turnout: 6,238 (54.1%)

Houston, Crosslee and Linwood

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from SNP.

Houston, Crosslee and Linwood - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Scott Kerr	27.96	1,574
	SNP	Audrey Doig (incumbent)	21.39	1,204
	Labour	Jim Sheridan†	16.61	935	993.78	996.21	1,023.71	1,078.51	1,221.98
	Labour	Alison Dowling	13.96	786	853.30	857.65	884.82	974.53	1,210.50
	SNP	Robert Innes	13.75	774	787.63	848.89	928.70	954.76
	Scottish Green	Helen Speirs	3.46	195	221.41	224.99
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Heron	2.88	162	271.62	272.9	318.61
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,630   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 5,742 (48.1%)

Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank

• 2012: 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank - 3 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Conservative	James MacLaren (incumbent)	45.47	2,552
	SNP	Natalie Don	31.77	1,783
	Labour	Colin McCulloch	15.96	896	1,212.69	1,289	1,407.35
	Liberal Democrats	Elliot Harrison	3.78	212	537.68	578.49	733.70
	Scottish Green	Ellen Höfer-Franz	3.03	170	230.72	406.93
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,613   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,404   Turnout: 5,657 (55.1%)

Erskine and Inchinnan

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Labour

Erskine and Inchinnan - 4 seats[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Iain Nicolson (incumbent)	22.54	1,441
	Conservative	Tom Begg	20.85	1,333
	Labour	Jim Harte (incumbent)	14.45	924	928.05	936.11	947.19	973.08	994.73	1,173.1	1,910.16
	SNP	Michelle Campbell	14.3	914	1,043.40	1,044.82	1,049.93	1,059.46	1,125.24	1,277.61	1,323.5
	Labour	Sam Mullin (incumbent)	13.05	834	841.53	846.84	852.92	862.91	868.1	998.43
	Independent	Andy Cameron	10.75	687	693.86	706.34	711.65	743.08	771.94
	Scottish Green	Mairi Cranie	1.80	115	119.27	120.2	131.47	145.22
	Liberal Democrats	John Boyd	1.63	104	107.35	116.34	117.34
	TUSC	Jim Halfpenny	0.64	41	41.56	41.92
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,393   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,279   Turnout: 6,529 (49.4%)

Changes since Election

† In August 2018, Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Labour Cllr Jim Sheridan was suspended from the party following the discovery of anti-Semitic posts on Facebook.[3] He was reinstated following an investigation in January 2019.[4]

References

1. "Candidates declared for the Renfrewshire Council election". renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
2. Renfrewshire LG Election results 2017
3. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45232652
4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47008995