Scottish local elections, 2017

Scottish local elections, 2017

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 1,223 seats to 32 Scottish councils
160x160px Leader Nicola Sturgeon Kezia Dugdale Party SNP Labour Leader since 14 November 2014 15 August 2015 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.

Once again the local elections will be counted electronically using the same system used in 2012. The tender was awarded to CGI (formerly Logica) and Idox Elections (formerly Opt2vote) both of which delivered the 2012 elections successfully.