Local Government Elections 2017 | Scottish Parliament

Local Government Elections 2017

Author: Andrew Aiton and Anouk Berthier

PDF Published: Friday 19 May 2017 (SB 17/35)

Image: Figure 1 Share of candidates, first preference votes and council seats by party, 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 2: Number of seats won by party, 2007, 2012 and 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 3: Share (%) of seats won by party, 2007, 2012 and 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 4: Share (%) of total Scottish first preference votes, 1999 to 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 5: Share of first preference vote by party and local authority, 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 5: Turnout in Scotland at elections and referendums between the 2012 and 2017 council elections

Image: Figure 6: Turnout by local authority, 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 7: Rejected ballots at local elections since 1999

Image: Figure 8: Share of council seats by gender and change in the share of women councillors from 2012, 2017 local elections

Image: Figure 9: Correlation coefficient between the share of "Remain" vote by local authority and change in vote between the 2012 and 2017 local elections

Each data points represents a local authority.

Image: Figure 10: Share (%) by local authority of "remain" vote in the EU Referendum and change (percentage point) in the share of first preference vote for the SNP in the 2012 and 2017 local elections by local authority

Each data points represents a local authority.

Image: Figure 11: Share (%) by local authority of "remain" vote in the EU Referendum and change (percentage point) in the share of first preference vote for Labour in the 2012 and 2017 local elections by local authority

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