2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on Thursday 4 May, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, a reduction of one from 2012, with 22 Councillors being elected, 2 fewer overall. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. The election saw the Scottish National Party elected as the largest group to replace Labour, which lost all but 2 seats to form the fourth largest group. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party  gained 4 seats to achieve their highest ever number of councillors, while the Scottish Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats. The Independent councillor Duncan Cumming retained his seat. Former leader of the council and Labour councillor Rhondda Geekie lost her seat as did the former leader of the SNP Group Ian Mackay. Following the election the SNP formed a minority Administration, although the position of Provost was filled by Conservative Councillor Alan Brown. The Minority Administration was however short lived as on 21 December 2017 Cllr Gordan Low resigned his position as Leader of the Council as did all SNP Councillors  from their Administration posts. In an unexpected turn, only weeks later SNP Councillor Jim Gibbons usurped his SNP colleague's position as Convenor of the Licensing Board after Councillor John Jamieson had resigned. On 20 March 2018 Conservative Leader Councillor Andrew Polson and Lib Dem Leader Vaughan Moody were elected as Co-Leaders of the new Joint Administration, a first in East Dunbartonshire <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>