Scottish local elections, 2017

Scottish local elections, 2017

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)

All 1,223 seats to 32 Scottish councils   Leader Nicola Sturgeon Jim Murphy Party SNP Labour Leader since 14 November 2014 13 December 2014 Last election 425 seats, 32.33% 394 seats, 31.39%   Leader Ruth Davidson Willie Rennie Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 4 November 2011 17 May 2011 Last election 115 seats, 13.27% 71 seats, 6.62%

The next Scottish local elections will take place in 2017, on Thursday 4 May. They will be for all 32 local authorities (see Local government in Scotland).

The last election was in 2012, normally these elections take place every four years, but this has been postponed for a year in order to avoid clashing with the next Scottish Parliament election, due to take place in 2016.

It is possible that the Scottish National Party and the Labour Party will be vying to be the largest party in Scotland, although they may both find themselves defending their relatively strong performance at the 2012 election against a challenge from some other parties. Although it may be difficult to say what the political context might be, given that a UK General Election and a Scottish General Election are scheduled to take place before then.

Elections and referendums in Scotland Parliamentary elections 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 Local elections 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1977 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 Referendums 1979 1997 2014 Local referendums Strathclyde (water), 1994 Edinburgh (congestion charge), 2005 Politics of Scotland

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