2017 Glasgow City Council election

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Scottish local election local election municipal election

The 2017 Glasgow City Council election was a local government vote in which councillors were elected to represent wards in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Label Occurrences
2017 Glasgow City Council election canonical 2
SNP became largest party on Glasgow City Council for the first time 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish local election ⓘ
local election ⓘ
municipal election ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Glasgow City Council area ⓘ
ConservativeSeatChange +7 ⓘ
ConservativeSeatsAfterElection 8 ⓘ
ConservativeVoteShare 14.6% ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
electoralSystem single transferable vote ⓘ
elects Glasgow City councillors ⓘ
electsBody Glasgow City Council ⓘ
followedBy 2022 Glasgow City Council election ⓘ
follows 2012 Glasgow City Council election ⓘ
governingBodyElected Glasgow City Council ⓘ
GreenSeatChange +2 ⓘ
GreenSeatsAfterElection 7 ⓘ
GreenVoteShare 8.7% ⓘ
LabourSeatChange -12 ⓘ
LabourSeatsAfterElection 31 ⓘ
LabourVoteShare 30.2% ⓘ
largestPartyAfterElection Scottish National Party ⓘ
LiberalDemocratSeatChange -5 ⓘ
LiberalDemocratSeatsAfterElection 0 ⓘ
LiberalDemocratVoteShare 3.4% ⓘ
locatedIn Glasgow ⓘ
mainParty Unionist Party (Scotland) ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Green Party ⓘ
Scottish Labour Party ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Liberal Democrats

Scottish National Party ⓘ
notableOutcome 2017 Glasgow City Council election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SNP became largest party on Glasgow City Council for the first time

first time Labour lost control of Glasgow City Council since its creation in 1995 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 85 ⓘ
numberOfWards 23 ⓘ
partOf 2017 Scottish local elections ⓘ
previousControlOfCouncil Labour majority administration ⓘ
previousLargestParty Scottish Labour Party ⓘ
previousNumberOfSeats 79 ⓘ
resultingControlOfCouncil no overall control ⓘ
seatChangeComparedToPrevious +6 ⓘ
SNPSeatChange +9 ⓘ
SNPSeatsAfterElection 39 ⓘ
SNPVoteShare 41.0% ⓘ
turnoutChangeFromPrevious +4.9 percentage points ⓘ
usedWardBoundariesFrom 2017 ward boundary review for Glasgow ⓘ
voterTurnout 39.6% ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Glasgow City Council → previousElection → 2017 Glasgow City Council election ⓘ
2022 Glasgow City Council election → previousElection → 2017 Glasgow City Council election ⓘ
2017 Glasgow City Council election → notableOutcome → 2017 Glasgow City Council election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SNP became largest party on Glasgow City Council for the first time