City of Edinburgh Council election, 2017

City of Edinburgh Council election, 2017

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All 63 seats to City of Edinburgh Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.5% (7.9%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Frank Ross Cameron Rose Andrew Burns (Retired) Party SNP Conservative Labour Leader's seat Corstorphine/Murrayfield Southside/Newington Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (Retired) Last election 18 seats, 26.87% 11 seats, 19.75% 20 seats, 28.13% Seats before 17 11 21 Seats after 19 18 12 Seat change 1 7 8 Popular vote 49,994 51,212 33,916 Percentage 27.1% 27.7% 18.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Steve Burgess Paul Edie Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Southside/Newington Corstorphine/Murrayfield Last election 6 seats, 11.44% 3 seats, 5.17% Seats before 5 2 Seats after 8 6 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 22,907 25,154 Percentage 12.4% 13.6%
Map of council wards (Party with highest number of 1st preference votes shaded in party colour.)
Leader of the Council before election Andrew Burns Labour Leader of the Council after election TBD

Andrew Burns
Labour

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The most recent elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on Thursday 4th May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. It was the third successive Local Council election to run under the STV electoral system.

The election saw the SNP become the largest party on the council for the first time, whilst the Conservative party overcame Labour to become the second largest party. Following the election Leith councillor Adam McVey took over control of the SNP group from Frank Ross. Conservative group leader Cameron Rose was similarly replaced by Iain Whyte. The Labour group elected Cammy Day as their leader.

Following the implementation of changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland the number of councillors to be elected was increased from 58 to 63. This was also the first election contested on new boundaries since the 2007 election. While the number of wards remained at 17, five wards:

elected 4 councillors instead of 3. The Meadows/Morningside ward was also renamed as Morningside.

* = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

† Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
†† Originally elected as a Scottish National Party candidate.