Report: Scottish local election results 2017

Summary

All 32 councils in Scotland declare their results in full
The SNP is the overall winning party but the Conservatives did well - gaining seats in areas where they had no previous track record
Every mainland council is now in "no overall control" meaning coalitions and minority rule will follow
Labour lose control of Glasgow City Council leaving the SNP as the biggest single party
A total of 1,227 seats were contested across 353 wards

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Tories take seats in Ferguslie Park and Shettlestonpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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SNP and Labour councillors re-elected in Glasgow...published at 11:58 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Postpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Conservative gainspublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Highlands sees first Conservatives to be elected councillors in years
Conservative councillors have been voted on to Highland Council for the first time in 22 years with three councillors so far being elected in wards in Inverness.
First ward declared in Dundee countpublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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No change in Dundee's Strathmartine ward as all four councillors are returned, including Ian Borthwick who has served as a councillor since 1963.
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SNP confident it will win most votes across the country says Salmondpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Former SNP First Minister Alex Salmond
Former SNP First Minister Alex Salmond says the SNP have high hopes of taking over Aberdeen City Council, but he says the Tory vote is strong in Aberdeenshire.
Mr Salmond says "The Conservative vote is on the rise, but at the end of the day Scotland will be the only place where the Conservatives have been beaten."
He says the SNP is confident that it will win more votes than any other party across Scotland.
Mr Salmond says Glasgow is one of his parties key targets, as is Aberdeen.
Clackmannanshire - Final resultpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Breaking
Clackmannanshire is the first mainland council to complete its count. The SNP has taken eight seats, the Conservatives five and Labour five.
The Conservatives have gained four seats on their 2012 result and Labour have lost three. The SNP have remained on eight and one independent did not retain their seat.
The latest from the count in Dumfries and Gallowaypublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Fife results so farpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Ward 1 - Bobby Clelland (Labour); Mino Manekshaw (Conservative); Kate Stewart (Scottish National Party)
Ward 2 Dunfermline North - Gavin Ellis (Conservative); Ian Ferguson (Scottish National Party) Helen Law (Labour)
Ward 3 Dunfermline Central - Alan Craig (Cons); Garry Haldane (Labour); Jean Hall Muir (SNP); Jim Leishman (Labour)
Ward 7 - Cowdenbeath results Alistair Bain, SNP, Alex Campbell, Labour, Gary Guichan, Labour, Dareen Watt, Conservative
Ward 13 - Glenrothes West and Kinglassie, Altany Craik, Labour, Julie Ford, SNP, Craig Walker, SNP
Ward 9 - Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy - Lesley Backhouse, SNP, Gordon Langlands, Labour, Kathleen Leslie, Cons i
Signs of a Conservative advancepublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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BBC Scotland Political Editor
And as the results come in, an early picture emerges of Conservative gains. First indications only, of course, but signs of an advance. The cause? Ask the elected Tory councillor in North Lanarkshire, Megan Gallacher, who displayed her Union Jack shoes with a certain degree of pride....
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Rubbish Party win seat in East Ayrshirepublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Sally Cogley of the Rubbish Party takes a seat in East Ayrshire's Irvine Valley ward. East Ayrshire results so far:
Ward 1 Annick – John MacFadzean (Cons); Ellen Freel (Ind); Gordon Jenkins (SNP); John McGhee (Scottish Labour)
Ward 2 – Kilmarnock North - Helen Coffey (SNP); Ian Grant (Scottish Conservative); Maureen McKay (Scottish Labour)
Ward 6 – Irvine Valley – Sally Cogley (Rubbish Party); George Mair (Labour); Elena Whitham (SNP)
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First result from Dumfries and Galloway Councilpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Aberdeenshire results so farpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
First results: Banff and District John Cox (Independent) Glen Reynolds (SNP) Mike Roy (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)
Those elected in Troup ward Mark Findlater (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Ross Cassie (SNP) Hamish Partridge (Independent)
Fraserburgh + District winners Charles Buchan (SNP) Doreen Mair (Independent) Andy Kille (Scottish Conservatives) Brian Topping (SNP)
Central Buchan Those elected are: Anne Buchan (Scottish Conservatives) Norman Smith (Ind) Jim Ingram (SNP) Anne Simpson (Lib Dems)
Renfrewshire results so farpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Ward 1 results: Bill Brown (LAB), Lisa-Marie Hughes (SNP), John Shaw (SNP) & Jane Strang (CON) have been elected in Renfrew North & Braehead
Ward 2 results: Edward Grady (LAB), Cathy McEwan (SNP) & Jim Paterson (SNP) have been elected in Renfrew South & Gallowhill
Ward 3 results: Jennifer Marion Adam-McGregor (SNP), Neill Graham (CON) & Jim Sharkey (LAB) have been elected in Paisley Northeast & Ralston
Ward 4 results: Karen Kennedy (LAB), Kenny MacLaren (SNP), Mags MacLaren (SNP) & John McIntyre (CON) have been elected in Paisley Northwest.
Aberdeen ward resultpublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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First ward declared in North Lanarkshire...published at 11:25 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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SNP leader in Fife Council loses seat to Conservativepublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the Tories are starting to make progress in Scotland in areas where they "went out with the Ark", like Midlothian and Fife.
Ms Kuenssberg says the SNP leader in Fife Council, councillor Neale Hanvey, has lost his seat to a Conservative.
Conservatives gain in Clackmannanshire Southpublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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The Conservatives have picked up another seat from Labour, this time in Clacks South. The SNP's Ellen Forson and Craig Holden retain their seats.
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North Lanarkshire Conservative councillor shows off her footwear...published at 11:20 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Labour lose seat in Clackmannanshire Centralpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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The Conservatives pick up a seat from Labour in Clacks Central. The SNP retain their seat in the ward.Only two wards left to declare.
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