South Ayrshire Council election, 2017

South Ayrshire Council election, 2017

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All 28 seats to South Ayrshire Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Martin Dowey Allan Dorrans Party Conservative SNP Leader's seat Ayr West Ayr West (defeated) Last election 10 seats, 31.5% 9 seats, 29.3% Seats before 10 9 Seats after 12 9 Seat change 2 Popular vote 19,851 13,808 Percentage 43.4% 30.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Brian McGinley Brian Connolly Party Labour Independent Leader's seat Ayr East Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton Last election 9 seats, 25.0% 2 seat, 13.5% Seats before 9 2 Seats after 5 2 Seat change 4 Popular vote 6,954 4,879 Percentage 15.2% 10.7%
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Bill McIntosh Conservative Council Leader after election Douglas Campbell Scottish National Party

Bill McIntosh
Conservative

Douglas Campbell
Scottish National Party

The 2017 local council election to South Ayrshire Council was 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 in South Ayrshire to run under the STV Electoral System. Following the election, a coalition administration was formed between the SNP, Labour and Independent councillors, despite the fact that the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council, increasing their lead over the SNP by 2 seats.

The total number of seats on South Ayrshire Council was reduced as part of a Boundary Review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland from 30 to 28, with the total number of council wards remaining at 8.

The St. Leonard's area of Ayr was moved from the Ayr East ward to the Ayr West ward, with the number of council seats in Ayr East being reduced from 4 to 3.

Annbank and St. Quivox were moved from the Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ward to the Kyle ward, with Kirkoswald, Maidens and Turnberry moving from the Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ward to the Girvan and South Carrick ward. The number of council seats in Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton was reduced from 4 to 3.

The Conservatives were the net losers of the boundary changes, who would have otherwise had two additional councillors elected in Ayr East and Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton.

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.

* = Incumbent councillor for Ayr East.