2017 Angus Council election

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections

Elections to Angus Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight wards, created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, form of proportional representation. A total of 28 councillors were elected, one less than in 2012.

2017 Angus Council election

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All 28 seats to Angus Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lynne Devine Bob Myles Craig Fotheringham Party SNP Independent Conservative Leader's seat Forfar and District Brechin and Edzell Monifieth and Sidlaw Last election 13 seats, 44.8% 6 seats, 20.7% 5 seats, 17.2% Seats before 15 8 4 Seats won 9 9 8 Seat change 6 1 4 Popular vote 12,657 10,144 13,741 Percentage 31.2% 25.0% 33.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ben Lawrie Margaret Thomson Party Liberal Democrats Labour Leader's seat Monifieth and Sidlaw Monifieth and Sidlaw (retired) Last election 3 seat, 10.3% 2 seats, 6.9% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,873 2,178 Percentage 4.6% 5.4%
The multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Iain Gaul SNP Council Leader after election Bob Myles Independent

Following the 2012 election the Scottish National Party formed the administration on the Council. Cllr Ian Gaul (Kirriemuir and Dean) was appointed Leader of the Council at the subsequent statutory meeting; Cllr Paul Valentine (Montrose) became Depute Leader; and Cllr Helen Oswald (Carnoustie and District) was elected Provost.

Election result

Angus local election result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	9	0	6	-6	32.1	31.2	12,657	-13.2
	Independent	9	1	0	+1	32.1	25.0	10,144	+0.2
	Conservative	8	4	0	+4	28.6	33.9	13,741	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	1	+1	7.1	4.6	1,873	-1.2
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	5.4	2,178	-2.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.^[1]

Ward results

Kirriemuir and Dean

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2017: 2 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Kirriemuir and Dean - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Ronnie Proctor (incumbent)	30.52%	1,397
	SNP	Julie Bell	27.09%	1,240
	Conservative	Angus Macmillan-Douglas	24.43%	1,118	1,319
	SNP	Jeanette Gaul (incumbent)	9.02%	413	421
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Petrie	4.50%	206	219
	Labour	Gordon Watson	4.44%	203	211
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,577   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,145   Turnout: 52.9%

Brechin and Edzell

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Independent
• 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Brechin and Edzell - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Gavin Nicol	30.42%	1,281
	Independent	Bob Myles (incumbent)	18.81%	792	882	930	977	988	988	1,544
	SNP	Kenny Braes	18.10%	762	765	776	794	1,055
	Independent	Jill Scott	17.48%	736	777	812	882	906	907
	SNP	Paul Wright*	7.31%	308	310	311	332
	Labour	Marjory Smith	4.82%	203	216	241
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Andrews	3.06%	129	153
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,211   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,053   Turnout: 47.4%

*Disendorsed by the SNP prior to polling day, but appeared on ballot paper as SNP candidate.^[2]

Forfar and District

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 2 x Independent
• 2017: 2 x Independent, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Forfar and District - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Braden Davy	24.14%	1,333
	Independent	Colin Brown (incumbent)	19.66%	1,086	1,144
	SNP	Lynne Devine (incumbent)	17.64%	974	978	980	997	1,025	1,086	1,105
	Independent	Ian McLaren (incumbent)	14.63%	808	861	883	920	990	1,253
	SNP	Glennis Middleton (incumbent)	10.47%	578	581	582	589	597	644	656
	Independent	Ian Whyte	7.82%	432	452	459	476	516
	Labour	Ed McAdam	3.58%	198	213	214	250
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Barclay	2.06%	114	137	138
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,523   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 47.1%

Monifieth and Sidlaw

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Conservative 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Monifieth and Sidlaw - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Craig Fotheringham (incumbent)	43.40%	2,901
	SNP	Sheila Hands (incumbent)	25.83%	1,727
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Lawrie	11.88%	794	1,477
	Labour	Ray Strachan	9.62%	643	863	878	948
	SNP	Beth Whiteside	9.27%	620	660	1,005	1,021	1,254
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,685   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,338   Turnout: 50.8%

Carnoustie and District

• 2012: 2 x Independent, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x Independent, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Carnoustie and District - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Mark McDonald	26.78%	1,359
	Independent	Brian Boyd (incumbent)	18.09%	918	930	948	1,000	1,271
	Independent	David Cheape (incumbent)	17.91%	909	924	937	1,014	1,224	1,226	1,643
	Conservative	Terry O'Halloran	17.71%	899	901	919	978	1,038	1,038
	Independent	Bill Bowles (incumbent)	11.21%	569	581	587	647
	Labour	Joanne McFadden	6.92%	351	361	380
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Morrison	1.38%	70	77
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,075   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,269   Turnout: 47.6%

Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent
• 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 X Liberal Democrat gain from SNP

Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	David Lumgair (incumbent)	42.32%	2,585
	Independent	David Fairweather (incumbent)	23.98%	1,465
	SNP	Alex King (incumbent)	19.75%	1,206	1,251
	SNP	Donald Morrison (incumbent) *	8.61%	526	545	589	614
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Moore	5.34%	326	979	1,076	1,077	1,323
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,108   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,222   Turnout: 45.2%

* Sitting Councillor for Arbroath East and Lunan Ward.

Arbroath East and Lunan

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Conservative
• 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x SNP loss due to there being one less seat than 2012.

Arbroath East and Lunan - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Derek Wann	24.4%	852	860	866	901
	SNP	Brenda Durno (incumbent)	22.5%	786	791	793	822	823	841	879
	Independent	Lois Speed	21.9%	763	773	798	858	865	1,071
	SNP	Sheena Welsh (incumbent)	12.8%	446	447	449	466	467	480	502
	Labour	John Ruddy	7.4%	257	261	263
	Independent	Kevin Smith	7.3%	254	268	293	348	356
	Independent	Ian Watson	2.1%	72	74
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Smith	1.6%	56
Electorate: 10,054   Valid: 3,486   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 872   Turnout: 35.3%

Montrose and District

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Liberal Democrat
• 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative, 2 x Independent
• 2012-2017 Change:1 x Conservative gain from SNP, 1 x Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Montrose and District - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Ron Sturrock	27.9%	1,375
	SNP	Bill Duff (incumbent)	23.2%	1,142
	Independent	Mark Salmond (incumbent)	13.9%	687	797	809	867	983	1,175
	Independent	Tommy Stewart	13.2%	653	727	732	770	852	1,011
	SNP	Gill Stranock	11.6%	570	574	692	715	768
	Labour	Pamela Ruddy	6.6%	323	358	365	428
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Simpson	3.6%	178	240	242
Electorate: 12,058   Valid: 4,928   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 986   Turnout: 41.6%