| Election Name: | 2017 North Ayrshire Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 North Ayrshire Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2022 North Ayrshire Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | All 33 seats to North Ayrshire Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Image1: | SNP |
| Leader1: | Marie Burns |
| Party1: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Irvine East |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,664 |
| Percentage1: | 35.2% |
| Swing1: | 0.4% |
| Leader2: | Joe Cullinane |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Kilwinning |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,320 |
| Percentage2: | 26.1% |
| Swing2: | 5.3% |
| Image4: | Con |
| Leader4: | Tom Marshall |
| Party4: | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
| Leaders Seat4: | North Coast and Cumbraes |
| Seats4: | 7 |
| Seat Change4: | 6 |
| Popular Vote4: | 11,099 |
| Percentage4: | 23.5% |
| Swing4: | 13.6% |
| Image5: | Ind |
| Leader5: | Jean Highgate |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Leaders Seat5: | Kilbirnie and Beith |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 6,130 |
| Percentage5: | 13.0% |
| Swing5: | 6.0% |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | Joe Cullinane (Labour) |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Election: | Joe Cullinane (Labour) |
| After Party: | No overall control |
Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.
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]
Source: [3]
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 2007. There were three more seats in this election than the previous and, as a result, this may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Labour retained both their seats while the SNP retained one seat and lost one seat to the Conservatives.
Boundary changes resulted in Irvine East being reduced in size from a four-member ward to a three-member ward. As a result, both the SNP and Labour retained only one of the two seats they had won at the previous election and he Conservatives gained one seat.
Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives gained one seat from former independent councillor Robert Steel.
Stevenston was a new ward created from the former Saltcoats and Stevenston ward which was abolished. The new ward elected two Labour and one SNP councillors.
Following boundary changes, Ardrossan and Arran returned one less member than the previous election. The SNP retained both the seats they won at the previous election. The Conservatives gained one seat and both Labour and former independent councillor John Hunter lost their seats.
The SNP and independent councillor Robert Barr retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives gained one seat from independent candidate Elizabeth McLardy.
The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election and independent candidate Donald L. Reid gained a seat from retiring independent councillor Jean Highgate.
The Conservatives and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP held one seat and lost one seat to independent candidate Ian Murdoch.
Saltcoats was a new ward created from parts of Ardrossan and Arran ward – which was retained but reduced in size – and the former Saltcoats and Stevenston ward which was abolished. The new ward elected one Labour, one SNP and one independent councillor.
Irvine South was a new ward created from parts of Irvine East and Irvine West which were retained but reduced in size. The new ward elected one SNP, one Conservative and one Labour councillor.
Dalry and West Kilbride SNP councillor Joy Brahim resigned her seat on 14 May 2021 due to illness.[4] A by-election was held on 12 August to fill the vacancy and was gained by the Conservative's Ronnie Stalker.