2017 Perth and Kinross Council election
Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election covered the twelve wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 40 Councillors being elected, a reduction of 1 member compared to 2012.
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Following the 2012 election a Scottish National Party minority administration took over the running of the Council with the support of the Scottish Conservatives. After this election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat groups formed a coalition with independents to run the administration.[1] The sole Labour councillor, Alasdair Bailey, was initially named as part of the coalition, but soon insisted that he was not.[2]
In September 2019, the coalition ended as the Conservative group voted to continue in a minority administration.[3]
Election results
    
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 17 |  7 | 42.50 | 40.89 | 24,761 |  15.71 | |||
| SNP | 15 |  3 | 37.50 | 31.16 | 18,871 |  9.15 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 4 |  1 | 10 | 12.45 | 7,539 |  0.27 | |||
| Labour | 1 |  3 | 2.50 | 5.19 | 3,142 |  6.66 | |||
| Independent | 3 |  | 7.50 | 6.74 | 4,083 |  0.55 | |||
| Green | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 3.44 | 2,083 |  2.48 | |
| Other parties | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0.13 | 78 |  0.83 | |
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
    
    Carse of Gowrie
    
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
- 2012-2017 Change:1xLab Gain from SNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Angus Forbes | 43.4 | 1,916 | ||||||
| SNP | Beth Pover | 18.3 | 810 | 829.9 | 884.01 | 910.09 | 910.6 | 1,579.08 | |
| SNP | Douglas Pover (incumbent) | 15.1 | 668 | 681.1 | 692.1 | 715.6 | 715.8 | ||
| Labour | Alasdair Bailey | 14.8 | 656 | 825.7 | 875.8 | 1,107.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Matheson | 4.6 | 203 | 423.9 | 482.4 | ||||
| Green | Hilary Charles | 3.7 | 165 | 209 | |||||
| Electorate: 7,830 Valid: 4,418 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 4,488 (57.3%) | |||||||||
Strathmore
    
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Dennis Melloy (incumbent) | 26.7 | 1,833 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Simpson (incumbent) | 19.5 | 1,342 | 1,365.7 | 1,379.6 | ||||
| SNP | Fiona Sarwar | 18.2 | 1,251 | 1,266.9 | 1,267.8 | 1,267.9 | 1,355.9 | 1,417.8 | |
| Conservative | Colin Stewart | 15.2 | 1,047 | 1,418.9 | |||||
| SNP | Ian Stratton | 12.6 | 866 | 868.7 | 869.1 | 869.5 | 899.2 | 940.8 | |
| Independent | Alan Livingstone * | 3.9 | 270 | 277.2 | 282.2 | 283.4 | 358.08 | ||
| Green | Michael Gallagher | 3.9 | 268 | 274.7 | 276.8 | 277.4 | |||
| Electorate: Valid: 6,877 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,376 Turnout: 7,042 (57.9%) | |||||||||
- = Sitting Councillor from Almond and Earn Ward.
Blairgowrie and Glens
    
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Caroline Shiers (incumbent) | 36.4 | 1,641 | |||||
| SNP | Tom McEwan | 23.4 | 1,055 | 1,067.8 | 1,074.1 | 1,099.2 | 1,154.3 | |
| Conservative | Bob Brawn | 19.9 | 897 | 1,341.5 | ||||
| SNP | Alison Mulholland | 13.5 | 609 | 616.8 | 621.7 | 658.5 | 682.3 | |
| Green | Louise Ramsay | 3.6 | 164 | 171.8 | 188.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Clark | 3.1 | 141 | 156.7 | 224.3 | 297.5 | ||
| Electorate: 8,607 Valid: 4,507 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 4,645 (53.6%) | ||||||||
Highland
    
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIND
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xIND gain from SNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Campbell (incumbent)†† | 45.44 | 1,927 | |||||
| SNP | Mike Williamson (incumbent) | 19.22 | 815 | 843.76 | 877.11 | 911.6 | 1,578.94 | |
| SNP | Kirsty Gowans | 17.31 | 734 | 757.82 | 791.27 | 822.21 | ||
| Independent | Xander McDade | 10.59 | 449 | 716.39 | 770.28 | 953.5 | 1,024.24 | |
| Green | Mary McDougall | 3.96 | 168 | 200.81 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Spittal | 3.49 | 148 | 332.71 | 385.39 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,241 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 4,306 (58.4%) | ||||||||
Strathtay
    
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon Gain from SNP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Anne Jarvis | 25.28 | 1,307 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ian James | 19.63 | 1,015 | 1,027.68 | 1,066.73 | 1,090.78 | 1,222.92 | 1,236.93 | |
| SNP | Grant Laing (incumbent) | 19.52 | 1,009 | 1,009.15 | 1,033.15 | 1,094.15 | 1,164.17 | 2,133.22 | |
| SNP | John Kellas (incumbent) | 18.28 | 945 | 945.13 | 955.13 | 1,018.13 | 1,112.13 | ||
| Labour | Frank Stevenson | 8.96 | 463 | 463.28 | 510.32 | 593.34 | |||
| Green | Elspeth Coutts | 4.24 | 219 | 219.12 | 277.16 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Linklater | 4.1 | 212 | 212.18 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,170 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,293 Turnout: 5,251 (57.6%) | |||||||||
Strathearn
    
- 2012: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
- 2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xPICP
- 2012-2017 Change: No Change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Roz McCall | 26.54 | 1,204 | |||||||
| Independent | Rhona Brock (incumbent) | 24.51 | 1,112 | 1,115.72 | 1,144.78 | |||||
| SNP | Stewart Donaldson | 13.34 | 605 | 605.11 | 608.11 | 609.08 | 681.3 | 715.67 | 1,204.12 | |
| Conservative | Alex Menzies-Runciman | 13.01 | 590 | 651.37 | 670.43 | 672.64 | 686.92 | 764.31 | 769.32 | |
| SNP | John Fellows | 10.6 | 481 | 481 | 485 | 485.55 | 513.66 | 537.82 | ||
| Independent | Craig Finlay | 6.06 | 275 | 275.86 | 279.92 | 283.26 | 317.53 | |||
| Green | Lawrence Buckley | 4.12 | 187 | 187.29 | 199.34 | 200.38 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Tina Ng-A-Mann | 1.81 | 82 | 82.29 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,536 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 4,656 (54.4%) | ||||||||||
Strathallan
    
- 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lib Dem
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Murray Lyle (incumbent) | 28.05 | 1,280 | |||||||
| Conservative | Crawford Reid | 23.64 | 1,079 | 1,195.76 | ||||||
| SNP | Tom Gray (incumbent) | 14.61 | 667 | 669.37 | 670.14 | 673.14 | 705.19 | 736.49 | 1,279.99 | |
| SNP | Mairi MacDonald | 12.66 | 578 | 579.29 | 580.0 | 581 | 616.26 | 631.26 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Gaunt (incumbent) | 11.79 | 538 | 546.52 | 563.61 | 565.76 | 628.41 | 752.12 | 788.79 | |
| Labour | Fhinan Beyts | 5.15 | 235 | 235.97 | 239.95 | 243.33 | 266.7 | |||
| Green | Bruce Fummey | 3.7 | 169 | 169.75 | 171.72 | 175.92 | ||||
| Independent | Ron Rose | 0.39 | 18 | 18.86 | 22.27 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,564 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,142 Turnout: 4,642 (54.5%) | ||||||||||
Kinross-shire
    
- 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
- 2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIND
- 2012-2017 Change:1xCon gain from IND
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Callum Purves | 26.73 | 1,642 | |||||||
| SNP | Richard Watters | 19.03 | 1,169 | 1,171.77 | 1,224.77 | 1,253.02 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Willie Robertson (incumbent) | 17.29 | 1,062 | 1,104.51 | 1,128.76 | 1,235.76 | ||||
| Independent | Mike Barnacle (incumbent) †††††† | 12.16 | 747 | 759.07 | 777.07 | 807.07 | 813.07 | 814.7 | 1,272.92 | |
| Independent | Dave Cuthbert (incumbent) | 9.77 | 600 | 618.86 | 637.12 | 689.37 | 695.79 | 698.03 | ||
| Conservative | John Ross | 7.96 | 489 | 803.91 | 807.15 | 831.18 | 832.08 | 833.3 | 907.43 | |
| Labour | David MacKenzie | 4.77 | 293 | 299.04 | 311.04 | |||||
| Green | Karen Grunwell | 2.31 | 142 | 143 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,144 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,229 Turnout: 6,203 (58.3%) | ||||||||||
Almond and Earn
    
- 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2017: 2xCon; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from IND
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Kathleen Baird (incumbent) | 42.08 | 1,724 | |||||
| SNP | Henry Anderson (incumbent)††††† | 21.53 | 882 | 899.84 | 905.35 | 972.91 | 1,312.13 | |
| Conservative | David Illingworth | 17.5 | 717 | 1,324.36 | ||||
| SNP | Peter Glennie | 8.05 | 330 | 332.43 | 335.48 | 379.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Rennie | 5.61 | 230 | 253.52 | 344.1 | 435.66 | 445.7 | |
| Green | Linda Buchan | 5.22 | 214 | 232.25 | 254.07 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,097 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,025 Turnout: 4,210 (55.2%) | ||||||||
Perth City South
    
- 2012: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 2xSNP;
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | William Wilson (incumbent) | 34.66 | 2,417 | |||||||
| Conservative | Michael Jamieson† | 25.2 | 1,757 | |||||||
| SNP | Bob Band (incumbent) †††† | 14.9 | 1,039 | 1,151.05 | 1,158.26 | 1,169.32 | 1,226.72 | 1,267.05 | 1,381.62 | |
| SNP | Sheila McCole | 10.81 | 754 | 828.42 | 831.92 | 837.24 | 904.96 | 944.39 | 1,083.36 | |
| Labour | Alistair Munro (incumbent) | 6.37 | 444 | 615.25 | 678.5 | 702.63 | 780.71 | 902.22 | ||
| Independent | Susan Bathgate | 3.63 | 253 | 417.9 | 471.68 | 560.41 | 600.75 | |||
| Green | Paul Vallot | 3.05 | 213 | 306.45 | 322.72 | 337.21 | ||||
| Independent | Damian Houston | 1.38 | 96 | 176.34 | 211.16 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,973 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,395 Turnout: 7,086 (55%) | ||||||||||
Perth City North
    
- 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xCon gain from Lab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Dave Doogan (incumbent) ††† | 35.37 | 1,290 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Harry Coates | 25.58 | 933 | ||||||||
| Labour | Calum Gillies (incumbent) | 15.82 | 577 | 596.34 | 601.15 | 606.47 | 619.92 | 674.5 | 722.49 | ||
| SNP | John Rebbeck | 13.16 | 480 | 797.63 | 798.15 | 799.44 | 817.98 | 836.76 | 870.49 | 1,047.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Brown | 3.45 | 126 | 131.86 | 135.71 | 137.73 | 141.91 | ||||
| Independent | Elspeth MacLachlan (incumbent)* | 3.1 | 113 | 118.57 | 120.01 | 124.05 | 188.88 | 213.64 | |||
| Independent | Sam Finlayson | 2.5 | 91 | 97.45 | 99.45 | 119.88 | |||||
| Independent | Arthur Frater | 1.01 | 37 | 38.17 | 38.53 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,647 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 912 Turnout: 3,755 (41.1%) | |||||||||||
*served as councillor for the SNP in previous term
Perth City Centre
    
- 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xCon
- 2017: 1xCon; 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem
- 2012-2017 Change: 1xSNP gain from Lab
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Ahern | 32.75 | 1,763 | ||||||||
| SNP | Eric Drysdale | 19.99 | 1,076 | 1,091.17 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Barrett (incumbent) | 19.28 | 1,038 | 1,313.87 | |||||||
| SNP | Andrew Parrott (incumbent) | 14.08 | 758 | 763.06 | 780.22 | 792.2 | 792.21 | 809.79 | 895.96 | 1,086.4 | |
| Labour | Tricia Duncan | 8.81 | 474 | 554.93 | 627.55 | 628.32 | 633.9 | 668.24 | 739.77 | ||
| Green | Fraser Hunter | 3.23 | 174 | 191.51 | 218.62 | 219.19 | 225.54 | 250.69 | |||
| Scotland Independent Network | Ian Thomson | 1.45 | 78 | 132.08 | 152.44 | 152.56 | 173.49 | ||||
| Independent | David West | 0.41 | 22 | 44.57 | 54.84 | 54.87 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,383 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,077 Turnout: 5,512 (44.7%) | |||||||||||
Changes since 2017
    
- † On 25 September 2017, Perth City South Conservative Cllr Michael Jamieson resigned his seat having been found to be in possession of indecent images.[5] A by-election took place on 23 November 2017. The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Audrey Coates.
- †† On 6 February 2018 Highland Conservative Cllr Ian Campbell died suddenly.[6] A by-election was held on 19 April 2018 and was won by the Conservative candidate John Duff.
- ††† On 19 February 2020 Perth City North SNP Cllr David Doogan resigned his seat having been elected as an MP for Angus at the 2019 UK Parliament Election.[7] A by-election was held on 26 November 2020 and won by the SNP candidate Ian Massie.
- †††† On 26 March 2020 Perth City South SNP Cllr Bob Band died after a long battle with cancer.[8] A by-election was held on 26 November 2020 and won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Liz Barrett.
- ††††† On 27 December 2020 Almond and Earn SNP Cllr Henry Anderson died having contacted Coronavirus. A by-election was held on 25 March 2021 and won by the Conservative candidate Frank Smith.[9]
- †††††† On 29 March 2021 Kinross-shire Cllr Mike Barnacle joined the Conservative group.[10]
By-elections since 2017
    
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Pauline Leitch | 32.1 | 1,780 | 1,781 | 1,813 | 1,883 | 2,227 | ||
| Conservative | Audrey Coates | 31.2 | 1,734 | 1,738 | 1,744 | 1,762 | 2,381 | 2,863 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Barrett | 28.8 | 1,597 | 1,601 | 1,627 | 1,733 | |||
| Labour | Tricia Duncan | 5.7 | 314 | 319 | 332 | ||||
| Green | Elspeth MacLachlan | 1.8 | 102 | 105 | 332 | ||||
| Independent | Denise Baykal | 0.5 | 25 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,998 Valid: 5,552 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 2,777 Turnout: 43.1% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | John Duff | 46.7 | 1,907 | 1,908 | 1,923 | 1,930 | 1,977 | 2,084 | |
| SNP | John Kellas | 35.9 | 1,466 | 1,467 | 1,472 | 1,509 | 1,594 | 1,712 | |
| Independent | Avril Taylor | 6.9 | 280 | 286 | 299 | 325 | 391 | ||
| Labour | Jayne Ramage | 5.8 | 239 | 240 | 256 | 280 | |||
| Green | Mary McDougall | 2.5 | 104 | 106 | 118 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Rennie | 1.9 | 78 | 78 | |||||
| Independent | Denise Baykal | 0.3 | 12 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,333 Valid: 4,086 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,044 Turnout: 56.2% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Iain MacPherson | 32.9 | 1,898 | 1,900 | 1,960 | 2,017 | 2,110 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Barrett | 31.6 | 1,823 | 1,824 | 1,851 | 1,925 | 2,749 | 3,571 | |
| Conservative | Andy Chan | 29.4 | 1,698 | 1,705 | 1,713 | 1,729 | 0 | ||
| Labour | Tricia Duncan | 3.5 | 204 | 205 | 224 | 0 | |||
| Green | Elspeth MacLachlan | 2.3 | 135 | 136 | 0 | ||||
| UKIP | Lynda Davis | 0.3 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Massie | 61.0 | 1,406 | |
| Conservative | Aziz Rehman | 22.9 | 528 | |
| Labour | Nicola Ferry | 9.5 | 220 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Graham | 3.9 | 91 | |
| Green | Paul Vallot | 2.6 | 60 | |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Frank Smith | 51.2 | 1,819 | |
| SNP | Michelle Frampton | 37.3 | 1,327 | |
| Labour | Craig Masson | 7.5 | 267 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire McLaren | 4.0 | 143 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,556 Spoilt: 17 Quota: Turnout: 3,573 | ||||
References
    
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- Bonn, Melanie (26 September 2017). "Councillor on child pics rap". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- "Perth and Kinross Council leader Ian Campbell dies suddenly". BBC News. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2021 – via www.bbc.com.
- Clark, Rachel (19 February 2020). "Dave Doogan stands down as councillor". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- Buchan, Jamie. "'An inspiration to us all' - Tributes paid to SNP councillor Bob Band who died after lengthy illness". Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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