North Lanarkshire Council election, 2017

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All 77 seats to North Lanarkshire Council
39 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Stocks	Jim Logue	Meghan Gallacher
Party	SNP	Labour	Conservative
Leader's seat	Airdrie Central	Airdrie Central	Motherwell West
Last election	26 seats, 37.1%	41 seats, 58.6%	0 seats, 0%
Seats before	30	44	0
Seats won	33	32	10
Seats after	33	32	10
Seat change	3	12	10

	Fourth party

Leader	Robert McKendrick
Party	Independent
Leader's seat	Murdostoun
Last election	2 seats, 3%
Seats before	2
Seats won	2
Seats after	2
Seat change	0

Council Leader before election

Jim Logue
Labour

Council Leader after election

Jim Logue
Labour

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election utilised the twenty-one wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 77 Councillors being elected. This represented an increase of 7 seats and 1 additional ward when compared to 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The election saw the Scottish National Party overtake Labour as the largest party on the council. Despite The SNP winning the most seats and most votes, North Lanarkshire is run by a minority Labour administration. Labour leader Jim Logue was appointed Leader of the Council with the support of Conservative councillors following a deal to appoint the Leader of the Conservative Group to the key position of Convener of Audit & Scrutiny.

Following a Conservative candidate refusing to take his seat a by-election was held which was won by Labour, leaving Labour and SNP with an equal number of seats.

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.

+ = Sitting Councillor for Cumbernauld South Ward.

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