Dundee City Council - Wards and Councillors

Scottish council · Scotland · 29 seats in 8 wards · All seats elected every five years · Next election 6 May 2027

The SNP have a majority on Dundee City Council. The council has 29 councillors in 8 wards. Seats by party: SNP 15, Labour 8, Lib Dem 4, Other 1, Conservative 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

SNP

29 seats - 15 for a majority

Labour 8Conservative 1Lib Dem 4SNP 15Other 1

Seat changes since the 5 May 2022 election Other +1 Labour −1

Vote share at the 5 May 2022 election (29 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

SNP41.4%15

Labour22.0%9

Lib Dem16.5%4

Conservative11.0%1

Green5.7%0

Other3.3%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 29 seats up, then every five years

Largest party

SNP 15

majority of 1; 15 needed

Latest by-election

Lochee

SNP gain from Labour, 9 October 2024 (2 since 2021)

Constituencies

1 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

40%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

Lib DemSNP

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 8 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Coldside Mark Flynn, Helen Wright, George McIrvine, Heather Anderson	5 May 2022 SNP 44.5% lead 13.4 pts
East End Will Dawson, Christina Roberts, Dorothy McHugh	5 May 2022 SNP 52.8% lead 26.8 pts
Lochee Siobhan Tolland, Wendy Scullin, Lee Mills, Roisin Smith	5 May 2022 SNP 43.2% lead 7.4 pts
Maryfield Ken Lynn, Georgia Cruickshank, Lynne Short	5 May 2022 SNP 47.4% lead 24.8 pts
North East Willie Sawers, Jax Finnegan, Steven Rome	5 May 2022 SNP 56.5% lead 29.9 pts
Strathmartine Daniel Coleman, Kevin Keenan, Jimmy Black, Stewart Hunter	5 May 2022 SNP 45.4% lead 22.6 pts
The Ferry Craig Duncan, Kevin Cordell, Derek Scott, Pete Shears	5 May 2022 Lib Dem 34.7% lead 7.1 pts
West End Nadia El-Nakla, Fraser Macpherson, Michael Crichton, Bill Campbell	5 May 2022 Lib Dem 40.3% lead 9.0 pts

Coldside

George McIrvine LabourHeather Anderson SNPHelen Wright LabourMark Flynn SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)

SNP44.5%

Labour31.1%

Scottish Green9.9%

Conservative7.9%

Lib Dem3.1%

Alba2.5%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Heather Anderson Elected	SNP	1,737	31.1%
George McIrvine Elected	Labour	960	17.2%
Helen Wright Elected	Labour	777	13.9%
Mark Flynn Elected	SNP	751	13.4%
Tanya Jones	Scottish Green	551	9.9%
Naveed Ali	Conservative	444	7.9%
Jenny Blain	Lib Dem	176	3.1%
Scott Agnew	Alba	141	2.5%
Wayne Scott	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	52	0.9%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

East End

Christina Roberts IndependentDorothy McHugh LabourWill Dawson SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP52.8%

Labour26.0%

Conservative10.7%

Scottish Green4.1%

Alba3.7%

Lib Dem2.8%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Will Dawson Elected	SNP	1,350	32.8%
Dorothy McHugh Elected	Labour	1,071	26.0%
Christina Roberts Elected	SNP	823	20.0%
Bill Crabb	Conservative	440	10.7%
Alison McIntosh	Scottish Green	167	4.1%
Allan Petrie	Alba	151	3.7%
Outi Bourke	Lib Dem	115	2.8%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Lochee

Lee Mills SNPRoisin Smith SNPSiobhan Tolland SNPWendy Scullin Labour

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)

SNP43.2%

Labour35.8%

Conservative8.4%

Scottish Green4.2%

Alba3.1%

Lib Dem3.1%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Roisin Smith Elected	SNP	2,174	37.2%
Charlie Malone Elected	Labour	1,678	28.7%
Gavin Mackenzie	Conservative	488	8.4%
Wendy Scullin Elected	Labour	412	7.1%
Siobhan Tolland Elected	SNP	351	6.0%
Kate Treharne	Scottish Green	244	4.2%
Alan Ross	Alba	184	3.1%
Jonathan Bremner	Lib Dem	184	3.1%
James Hosie	Scottish Family Party	128	2.2%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Last by-election, 3 October 2024

SNP37.3%

Labour35.6%

Conservative6.8%

Alba5.5%

Scottish Green5.5%

Lib Dem4.8%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Lee Mills Elected	SNP	1,203	37.3%
Marty Smith	Labour	1,148	35.6%
Calum Walker	Conservative	219	6.8%
Alan Ross	Alba	178	5.5%
Kate Treharne	Scottish Green	176	5.5%
Outi Bourke	Lib Dem	156	4.8%
John Reddy	Workers Party of Britain	143	4.4%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Maryfield

Georgia Cruickshank LabourKen Lynn SNPLynne Short SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP47.4%

Labour22.6%

Scottish Green10.6%

Conservative8.8%

Alba5.1%

Lib Dem4.7%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Ken Lynn Elected	SNP	1,037	24.6%
Lynne Short Elected	SNP	960	22.8%
Georgia Cruickshank Elected	Labour	953	22.6%
Martha Smart	Scottish Green	446	10.6%
Danielle Marr	Conservative	371	8.8%
Sundas Kamran	Alba	214	5.1%
Rebecca Dewar	Lib Dem	198	4.7%
Ewan Gurr	Sovereignty	34	0.8%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

North East

Jax Finnegan LabourSteven Rome SNPWillie Sawers SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)

SNP56.5%

Labour26.6%

Conservative8.3%

Scottish Green3.3%

Alba2.7%

Lib Dem2.6%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Steven Rome Elected	SNP	1,150	30.4%
Jax Finnegan Elected	Labour	1,007	26.6%
Willie Sawers Elected	SNP	991	26.2%
Lisa Franchi	Conservative	313	8.3%
Stuart White	Scottish Green	126	3.3%
Heather McLean	Alba	102	2.7%
Mark Smith	Lib Dem	100	2.6%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Strathmartine

Daniel Coleman Lib DemJimmy Black SNPKevin Keenan LabourStewart Hunter SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)

SNP45.4%

Labour22.8%

Lib Dem18.7%

Conservative5.9%

Scottish Green3.3%

Alba1.8%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
John Alexander Elected	SNP	2,143	36.0%
Kevin Keenan Elected	Labour	1,359	22.8%
Daniel Coleman Elected	Lib Dem	1,116	18.7%
Stewart Hunter Elected	SNP	559	9.4%
Calum Walker	Conservative	351	5.9%
Callum Baird	Scottish Green	199	3.3%
Laura Whyte	Alba	105	1.8%
Susan Ettle	Scottish Family Party	81	1.4%
Maddie Jamieson	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	43	0.7%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Last by-election, 3 October 2024

SNP35.0%

Lib Dem26.9%

Labour26.9%

Conservative4.2%

Scottish Green3.6%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3.4%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Jimmy Black Elected	SNP	1,188	35.0%
Jenny Blain	Lib Dem	912	26.9%
Richard McCready	Labour	911	26.9%
Naveed Ali	Conservative	143	4.2%
Callum Baird	Scottish Green	121	3.6%
Donald MacLeod	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	116	3.4%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

The Ferry

Craig Duncan Lib DemDerek Scott ConservativeKevin Cordell SNPPete Shears Labour

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)

Lib Dem34.7%

SNP27.6%

Conservative23.0%

Labour10.0%

Scottish Green3.0%

Alba1.0%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Craig Duncan Elected	Lib Dem	3,112	34.7%
Kevin Malcolm Cordell Elected	SNP	1,806	20.1%
Derek Scott Elected	Conservative	1,661	18.5%
Pete Shears Elected	Labour	899	10.0%
Qaiser Habib	SNP	674	7.5%
Philip Scott	Conservative	407	4.5%
Mark Parsons	Scottish Green	269	3.0%
Thomas Byrne	Alba	92	1.0%
Carole Smith	Scottish Family Party	59	0.7%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

West End

Bill Campbell SNPFraser Macpherson Lib DemMichael Crichton Lib DemNadia El-Nakla SNP

Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)

Lib Dem40.3%

SNP31.3%

Labour10.9%

Scottish Green9.4%

Conservative6.7%

Alba1.1%

Candidate	Party	First prefs	Share
Fraser Macpherson Elected	Lib Dem	2,146	37.4%
Nadia El-Nakla Elected	SNP	924	16.1%
Bill Campbell Elected	SNP	872	15.2%
Richard McCready	Labour	624	10.9%
Ted Booth	Scottish Green	536	9.4%
Donald Hay	Conservative	386	6.7%
Michael Crichton Elected	Lib Dem	165	2.9%
Annie Jenkins	Alba	64	1.1%
Brooke Labagh	Independence for Scotland Party	15	0.3%

Party shares are of first-preference votes.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
East End	Christina Roberts	SNP 2022	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

2 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
9 October 2024	Lochee	SNP gain from Labour
9 October 2024	Strathmartine	SNP hold

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Dundee Central		SNP	SNP 42%

Scottish councils: seats are listed without shares. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Dundee City

105,549 residents in 50,347 households

Voted Leave in 2016

40% 12 below GB

Degree or higher

45% 11 above GB

No qualifications

17% 1 below GB

Own their home

46% 15 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

28% 11 above GB

Rent privately

25% 5 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

40% 9 above GB

Aged 65 and over

19% 3 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scottish councils use STV: party shares are of first-preference votes. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.