# 2017 East Renfrewshire Council election

The 2017 East Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of East Renfrewshire Council.
Five wards were used to elect eighteen councillors, a reduction of two from 2012.
After the election, SNP and Labour formed a coalition with independent Danny Devlin.

## 2017 results

East Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2017 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 38.9 | 38.3 | 15,588 | 8.6 |
| SNP | 5 | 1 | 27.8 | 24.3 | 9,886 | 4.5 |
| Labour | 4 | 4 | 22.2 | 17.4 | 7,073 | 13.7 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 6,508 | 1.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 907 | 1.2 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 571 | 0.6 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 121 | New |
| Scottish Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 32 | New |
| SDP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | New |
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.

## Ward results
### Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor

* 2017: 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP
* 2012-2017: New ward
Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Danny Devlin (incumbent) | 26.02% | 1,840 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Aitken† | 18.34% | 1,297 | 1,356 | 1,372 | 1,390 | 1,412 | 1,427 | | |
| | SNP | Angela Convery | 16.95% | 1,199 | 1,242 | 1,242 | 1,330 | 1,347 | 1,357 | 1,358 | 2,371 |
| | SNP | Tommy Reilly (incumbent) | 14.97% | 1,059 | 1,125 | 1,126 | 1,167 | 1,205 | 1,218 | 1,219 | |
| | Labour | Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) | 14.42% | 1,020 | 1,111 | 1,113 | 1,160 | 1,506 | | | |
| | Labour | Kenny Hay (incumbent) | 5.71% | 404 | 463 | 465 | 481 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | David Allison | 3.11% | 220 | 244 | 249 | | | | | |
| | UKIP | John Ferguson | 0.48% | 34 | 43 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,073 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 52.5% ||||||||||||
* 1 2 3 4 Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

### Newton Mearns North & Neilston

* 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
* 2012-2017: New ward
Newton Mearns North & Neilston - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Charlie Gilbert (incumbent) | 28.55% | 1,729 |
| | SNP | Tony Buchanan (incumbent) | 25.62% | 1,551 |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul O'Kane (incumbent) | 25.29% | 1,531 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Morrison | 10.17% | 616 |
| | Independent | Kirsteen Allan | 4.44% | 269 |
| | Independent | David Jesner | 2.94% | 178 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Provan | 2.28% | 138 |
| | UKIP | Stuart Sutherland | 0.50% | 30 |
| | SDP | Robert Malyn | 0.21% | 13 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,055 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,514 Turnout: 52.8% |||||
* 1 2 3 Sitting councillor for the Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North ward which had been redrawn.

### Giffnock and Thornliebank

* 2012: 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
* 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
* 2012-2017: No Change
Giffnock and Thornliebank - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SNP | Colm Merrick | 24.40% | 1,853 | 1,855 | 1,860 | 1,898 | 1,990 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wallace (incumbent) | 23.06% | 1,751 | 1,753 | 1,758 | 1,784 | 1,825 | 1,826 | 2,621 | | |
| | Labour | Jim Fletcher (incumbent) | 18.84% | 1,431 | 1,435 | 1,438 | 1,506 | 1,615 | 1,650 | 1,715 | 1,838 | 2,224 |
| | Conservative | Paul Smith | 11.84% | 899 | 904 | 905 | 943 | 976 | 979 | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Drury | 11.31% | 859 | 862 | 876 | 913 | 1,085 | 1,108 | 1,149 | 1,309 | |
| | Independent | Savio D'Souza | 6.00% | 456 | 460 | 470 | 507 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Park | 3.50% | 266 | 274 | 278 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gordon McCaskill * | 0.63% | 48 | 50 | | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay | 0.42% | 32 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,595 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,899 Turnout: 60.2% |||||||||||||

### Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood

* 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour
* 2012-2017: New ward
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Conservative | Stewart Miller†† | 16.81% | 1,715 | 1,719 | 1,734 | 1,738 | 1,762 | 1,772 | 1,777 | 1,915 | 1,936 | 3,328 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Gee | 15.49% | 1,580 | 1,585 | 1,598 | 1,604 | 1,624 | 1,628 | 1,634 | 1,767 | 1,783 | |
| | SNP | Annette Ireland | 14.78% | 1,508 | 1,509 | 1,521 | 1,634 | 1,671 | 2,400 | | | | |
| | Independent | David Macdonald | 13.25% | 1,352 | 1,354 | 1,391 | 1,439 | 1,505 | 1,571 | 1,659 | 2,189 | | |
| | Independent | Ralph Robertson (incumbent) | 9.75% | 995 | 995 | 1,012 | 1,044 | 1,110 | 1,126 | 1,175 | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Alan Lafferty | 9.66% | 986 | 989 | 1,018 | 1,048 | 1,536 | 1,573 | 1,651 | 1,791 | 1,829 | 1,949 |
| | SNP | James Mills | 7.93% | 809 | 810 | 813 | 883 | 908 | | | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Mary Montague (incumbent) | 6.78% | 692 | 692 | 717 | 761 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Laura Stevens | 3.44% | 351 | 352 | 378 | | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Mackie | 1.91% | 195 | 195 | | | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Sarah Louise Hemy | 0.20% | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 10,204 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 2,041 Turnout: 63.1% ||||||||||||||

### Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham

* 2017: 3 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
* 2012-2017: New ward
Newton Mearns South & Eaglesham - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Jim Swift (incumbent) | 28.30% | 2,766 | | | | |
| | SNP | Caroline Bamforth | 19.51% | 1,907 | 1,920 | 1,923 | 1,926 | 1,982 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Grant (incumbent) | 18.40% | 1,798 | 2,216 | | | |
| | Conservative | Jim McLean | 14.70% | 1,437 | 1,706 | 1,924 | 1,936 | 1,987 |
| | Labour Co-op | Ian McAlpine (incumbent) | 10.33% | 1,009 | 1,028 | 1,037 | 1,043 | 1,139 |
| | Independent | Bev Brown | 5.23% | 511 | 545 | 552 | 562 | 620 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Rennie | 3.15% | 308 | 325 | 332 | 333 | |
| | UKIP | Gerry McVeigh | 0.38% | 37 | 40 | 41 | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 9,773 Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,955 Turnout: 58.6% |||||||||
* 1 2 3 Sitting councillor for the Newton Mearns South ward which had been redrawn.

## Changes since 2017

* † Barrhead, Liboside & Uplawmoor Conservative Cllr Paul Aitken resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 22 January 2018.
* †† Clarkston, Netherlee & Williamwood Conservative Cllr Stewart Miller resigned from the Scottish Conservative & Unionist party and became an Independent on 10 September 2020.