2017 Dundee City Council election

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.

Composition
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.

Retiring councillors
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.

Overall
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.

Ward summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats !rowspan=2|Total !colspan=2 |SNP !colspan=2 |Lab !colspan=2 |Conservative !colspan=2 |Lib Dems !colspan=2 |Independent !colspan=2 |Others !align="left"| Total !21.0% !9 !17.9% !3 !8.4% !2 !5.5% !1 !4.6% !0 !29
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * 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"
 * 11.7%
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#0087DC"|38.9%
 * bgcolor="#0087DC"|2
 * 15.8%
 * 1
 * 3.6%
 * 0
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"
 * 4
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom"
 * bgcolor="#efe146"|42.7%
 * bgcolor="#efe146"|14
 * }

Strathmartine

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
 * 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
 * 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Lochee

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1x independent
 * 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
 * 2012-2017: Labour Gain from independent

West End

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
 * 2017: 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
 * 2012-2017: Conservative gain one seat from SNP

Coldside

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
 * 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
 * 2012-2017: No Change

Maryfield

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2012-2017: No change

North East

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2012-2017: No Change

East End

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab
 * 2012-2017: No Change

The Ferry

 * 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
 * 2017: 2xCon; 1xLib Dem; 1xSNP
 * 2012-2017: Conservative & Lib Dem each gain one seat from Labour & SNP.


 * = Outgoing Councillor from a different ward.

Changes since 2017

 * † 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.
 * On 15 May 2019, North East SNP Cllr. Gregor Murray resigned from the party, accusing the party of being institutionally transphobic. Cllr. Murray continues to serve the ward as an Independent.
 * On 11 May 2021, Lochee SNP Cllr Alan Ross resigned from the party and became an Independent. On 4 February 2022, he joined the Alba Party, becoming the first Alba councillor in Dundee.