See main article: 2017 Scottish local elections.
| Election Name: | 2017 Stirling Council election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Stirling Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Stirling Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | All 23 seats to Stirling Council |
| Majority Seats: | 12 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader1: | Neil Benny |
| Party1: | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Stirling West |
| Seats Before1: | 4 |
| Seats Needed1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | Johanna Boyd |
| Before Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Election: | Scott Farmer |
| After Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Party2: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Stirling West |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats Needed2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Leader3: | Danny Gibson |
| Party3: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Leaders Seat3: | Stirling North |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats Needed3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Leader4: | Alasdair Tollemache |
| Party4: | Scottish Green Party |
| Leaders Seat4: | Dunblane and Bridge of Allan |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats Needed4: | 11 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
2017 elections to Stirling Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 23 councillors being elected, an increase of 1 from 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Following the Fifth Electoral Review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, minor changes were made to several of the ward boundaries and one additional Councillor was added moving the total number of Councillors from twenty-two to twenty-three.
The election saw the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party increased their representation on the council by five and significantly increase their vote share. The SNP retained their nine seats (though lost the council seat they had won in a 2015 by-election) and the Scottish Green Party retained their one seat. The Scottish Labour Party saw their representation on the Council drop by four seats and the Scottish Liberal Democrats and all independent candidates failed to win any seats. Following the 2012 election a coalition had been formed between the Labour Party and the Conservatives which replaced the previous SNP minority administration. In the aftermath of the 2017 election a new coalition was agreed between the SNP and Labour with Labour Councillor Christine Simpson becoming Provost of Stirling and the SNP's Graham Houston becoming depute convener of the council.[1]
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. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.