| Election Name: | 2017 Dundee City Council election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Flag Year: | 2017 |
| Flag Image: | City of Dundee Coat of Arms.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Dundee City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Dundee City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | All 29 seats to Dundee City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 15 |
| Turnout: | 39.6% |
| Leader1: | John Alexander |
| Party1: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Strathmartine |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 18,289 |
| Percentage1: | 41.3% |
| Swing1: | 2.1% |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Strathmartine |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,997 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Percentage2: | 20.3% |
| Swing2: | 9.8% |
| Party3: | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Leader3: | Derek Scott |
| Leaders Seat3: | The Ferry |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,644 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Percentage3: | 17.2% |
| Swing3: | 5.9% |
| Party4: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Leaders Seat4: | West End |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,011 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Percentage4: | 11.3% |
| Swing4: | 2.3% |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Leader5: | Ian Borthwick |
| Leaders Seat5: | Strathmartine |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,364 |
| Percentage5: | 5.3% |
| Swing5: | 0.9% |
| Map Size: | 360px |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | Ken Guild |
| Before Party: | Scottish National Party |
| After Election: | John Alexander |
| After Party: | Scottish National Party |
| Map2 Image: | Scotland dundee city council 2017.svg |
Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the eight wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system (a form of proportional representation). A total of 29 Councillors were elected.
After the 2012 election a Scottish National Party (SNP) majority administration of 16 was formed. In 2017 the SNP lost 2 seats reducing their numbers to 14, being one seat short of an overall majority. They formed an administration with the support of the Independent Ian Borthwick.[1]
See main article: 2012 Dundee City Council election. At the previous election in 2012 the SNP took 16 seats and was able to form a majority administration. Labour were second with 10 and the remaining groups had 1 seat each.
| SNP | 16 | 43.4% | |
| Labour | 10 | 30.1% | |
| Conservative | 1 | 11.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 9.0% | |
| Independent | 1 | 4.4% |
Throughout the term of the previous council, there was minimal change in the composition of members. In January 2016, Craig Melville, who was an SNP councillor for Maryfield was suspended from the party, thereby taking the number of councillors the SNP had to 15. Melville later resigned as a councillor and a by-election took place which was won back by the SNP thus resulting in the SNP returning back to 16 seats for the remainder of the term.
| Party | 2012 term | 2017 result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Dissolution | Seats | +/- | |||
| SNP | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Labour | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Conservative | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ahead of the election, seven councillors announced their retirement and would not stand for re-election, that included Bob Duncan who was Lord Provost and the council leader, Ken Guild.
| Ward | Party | Retiring councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldside | SNP | Jimmy Black[3] | ||
| Coldside | SNP | David Bowes[4] | ||
| East End | Labour | Lesley Brennan[5] | ||
| Lochee | SNP | Bob Duncan | ||
| Lochee | Labour | Norma McGovern | ||
| The Ferry | Labour | Laurie Bidwell | ||
| The Ferry | SNP | Ken Guild | ||
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.
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! % !Seats! %!Seats! %!Seats! %!Seats! %!Seats! %!Seats!rowspan=2|Total|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 |SNP!colspan=2 |Lab!colspan=2 |Conservative!colspan=2 |Lib Dems!colspan=2 |Independent!colspan=2 |Others|-|align="left"|Strathmartine|bgcolor="#efe146"|43.2%|bgcolor="#efe146"|2|18.9%|1|9.0%|0|13.6%|0|13.5%|1|1.7%|0|4|-|align="left"|Lochee|bgcolor="#efe146"|42.7%|bgcolor="#efe146"|2|29.3%|2|12.1%|0|2.1%|0|9.7%|0|4.1%|0|4|-|align="left"|West End|28.6%|1|11.6%|1|11.8%|1|bgcolor="#FAA61A"|38.5%|bgcolor="#FAA61A"|1|2.4%|0|9.6%|0|4|-|align="left"|Coldside|bgcolor="#efe146"|44.2%|bgcolor="#efe146"|2|27.9%|2|11.0%|0|2.8%|0|8.6%|0|5.6%|0|4|-|align="left"|Maryfield|bgcolor="#efe146"|49.4%|bgcolor="#efe146"|2|21.6%|1|17.6%|0|5.3%|0|||6.1%|0|3|-|align="left"|North East|bgcolor="#efe146"|53.7%|bgcolor="#efe146"|2|27.0%|1|9.1%|0|1.3%|0|5.8%|0|3.0%|0|3|-|align="left"|East End|bgcolor="#efe146"|53.3%|bgcolor="#efe146"|2|21.7%|1|12.9%|0|2.5%|0|4.6%|0|5.0%|0|3|-|align="left"|The Ferry|29.9%|1|11.7%|0|bgcolor="#0087DC"|38.9%|bgcolor="#0087DC"|2|15.8%|1|||3.6%|0|4|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"!align="left"| Total|bgcolor="#efe146"|41.3%|bgcolor="#efe146"|14!20.3%!9!17.3%!3!11.3%!2!5.3%!1!4.6%!0!29|}
In February 2019, North East Labour Cllr. Brian Gordon died after a short illness. A by-election took place on 2 May 2019 which was won by Steven Rome of the SNP.