2017 North Ayrshire Council election
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Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.
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The election used the ten wards created as a result of the Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected.
After the election, the Labour Party took control of the authority as a minority administration with outgoing council Leader Joe Cullinane being reappointed.[1][2]