Moray Council election, 2017

Moray Council 2017 Election

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All 26 seats to Moray Council 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Graham Leadbitter & Shona Morrison James Allan George Alexander Party SNP Conservative Independent Leader's seat Elgin South & Fochabers Lhanbryde Heldon & Laich Forres Last election 10 seats, 34.62% 3 seats, 11.54% 10 seats, 46.2% Seats after 9 seats, 31.6% 8 seats, 36.1% 8 seats, 24.1% Seat change 1 5 2   Fourth party   Leader John Divers Party Labour Leader's seat Elgin South Last election 3 seats, 7.7% Seats after 1 seats, 4.3% Seat change 2
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Stewart Cree Independent Council Leader after election George Alexander Independent

Stewart Cree
Independent

George Alexander
Independent

The elections to Moray Council were held on Thursday 4 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 used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 Councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Following the 2017 election, a Conservative-Independent administration was formed. George Alexander (Independent) was appointed Leader of the Council while James Allan (Conservative) was appointed Convenor of the Council.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections in 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.