2017 City of Edinburgh Council election
The most recent elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were 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 to run under the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system. The election saw the SNP become the largest party on the council for the first time, whilst the Conservative party overcame Labour to become the second largest party. Following the election Leith councillor Adam McVey took over control of the SNP group from Frank Ross. Conservative group  leader Cameron Rose was similarly replaced by Iain Whyte. The Labour group elected Cammy Day as their leader. The Labour-SNP administration formed in 2012 lost their majority however were able to continue in office in a minority administration, with Labour now being the junior partner to the SNP. Boundary Changes. Following the implementation of changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland the number of councillors to be elected was increased from 58 to 63. This was also the first election contested on new boundaries since the 2007 election. While the number of wards remained at 17 , five wards: elected four councillors instead of three. The fourth placed and losing candidate in four wards was SNP and one ward a Lib Dem. In a re-run of the 2017 election the boundary changes would have likely lead to an increase of +4 SNP Councillors and +1 Liberal Democrat. The Meadows/Morningside ward was also renamed as Morningside. Ward summary. !|Ward !Cllrs !Cllrs !Cllrs !Cllrs !Cllrs !Cllrs !|TotalCllrs ! | Labour ! | SNP !| Conservative ! | Green ! | Lib Dem !| Others Ward results. Morningside. <nowiki>*</nowiki> = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward. By-elections since 2017 . Retiring Councillors. † Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate. †† Originally elected as a Scottish National Party candidate.