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2017 Renfrewshire Council election
All 43 seats to Renfrewshire Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.0% 5.5%
Council Leader before election; Mark McMillan; Labour	Council Leader after election ; Iain Nicolson; SNP

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.

Election result edit

Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2017^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SNP	19	6	2	+4	44.19	37.63	23,467	+2.33
Labour	13	1	10	-9	30.23	28.22	17,599	-19.38
Conservative	8	7	0	+7	18.6	21.04	13,124	+11.94
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	2.33	4.14	2,580	-0.26
Independent	2	1	0	+1	4.65	5.32	3,319	+3.72
Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	3.26	2,030	New
Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.20	125	-1.00
TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.14	89	-0.60
UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.05	32	New

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

Renfrew North and Braehead edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	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 edit

2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2017: 1xCon; 1xLab; 1xSNP
2012-2017 Change (vs Paisley East and Ralston): 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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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 edit

2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
New ward

Paisley East and Central - 3 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	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 (incumbent)^[3]	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	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 edit

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	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 edit

† 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.^[4] He was reinstated following an investigation in January 2019.^[5] In July 2021 he was suspended again.^[6] In March 2022 he resigned from the Labour party^[7]

†† Paisley Southeast Cllr Paul Mack was disqualified from office by the Standards Commission for Scotland, with effect from 1 October 2020.^[8] A by-election was due to be held on 14 December 2021, however Paul Mack appealed the decision to the Court of Session.^[9] On 11 March 2022, the Court of Session ruled to the effect that Cllr Mack's disqualification was reduced to ten months, backdated to May 2021.^[10]

††† On 22 October 2020 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch Cllr Andy Doig joined the Scotia Future party.^[11]

†††† Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank SNP Cllr Natalie Don was elected as a MSP for Renfrewshire North and West in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

††††† In December 2021 Councillors Dowling, Davidson, McCulloch and Montgomery were suspended from the Labour group, but this was overturned on 30 December.^[12]

†††††† In March 2022 Councillor Jim Harte was suspended from the Labour group.^[13]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Candidates declared for the Renfrewshire Council election". renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ "Renfrewshire LG Election results 2017". Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ Sitting councillor for the preceding Paisley East and Ralston ward.
^ "Labour Party suspends former MP Jim Sheridan". BBC News. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Anti-Semitism row former MP Jim Sheridan reinstated". BBC News. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ Hutcheon, Paul (19 July 2021). "Scottish Labour councillor suspended for a second time over anti-semitism row". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ Nicol, Jacob (25 March 2022). "Labour councillor Jim Sheridan quits party after 40 years". The Gazette. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ Dunion, Kevin (28 September 2020). "Decision of the Hearing Panel of the Standards Commission for Scotland following the Hearing held at Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, on Thursday, 10 September 2020" (PDF). Standards Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ team, Renfrewshire Communications. "By-election for Ward 6 - Paisley Southeast". www.renfrewshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ Lady Dorrian, Lord Doherty, Lord Matthews. "Opinion of the Court" (PDF). www.scotcourts.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Gordon, Tom (22 October 2020). "Former SNP politicians set up new party for 'real independence' outside EU". The Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Talbot, Carla (30 December 2021). "Renfrewshire Labour councillors have suspension over unpaid fees overturned". Daily Record/Paisley Daily Express. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ Brawn, Steph. "Councillor Jim Harte 'suspended' from Renfrewshire's Labour group". The Gazette. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[candidates-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "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". Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[3] Sitting councillor for the preceding Paisley East and Ralston ward.

[4] "Labour Party suspends former MP Jim Sheridan". BBC News. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[5] "Anti-Semitism row former MP Jim Sheridan reinstated". BBC News. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[6] Hutcheon, Paul (19 July 2021). "Scottish Labour councillor suspended for a second time over anti-semitism row". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

[7] Nicol, Jacob (25 March 2022). "Labour councillor Jim Sheridan quits party after 40 years". The Gazette. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[8] Dunion, Kevin (28 September 2020). "Decision of the Hearing Panel of the Standards Commission for Scotland following the Hearing held at Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, on Thursday, 10 September 2020" (PDF). Standards Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[9] team, Renfrewshire Communications. "By-election for Ward 6 - Paisley Southeast". www.renfrewshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[10] Lady Dorrian, Lord Doherty, Lord Matthews. "Opinion of the Court" (PDF). www.scotcourts.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[11] Gordon, Tom (22 October 2020). "Former SNP politicians set up new party for 'real independence' outside EU". The Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[12] Talbot, Carla (30 December 2021). "Renfrewshire Labour councillors have suspension over unpaid fees overturned". Daily Record/Paisley Daily Express. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[13] Brawn, Steph. "Councillor Jim Harte 'suspended' from Renfrewshire's Labour group". The Gazette. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

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