The 2017 Midlothian Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Midlothian Council. The election used the six wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 18 Councillors being elected.

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2017 Midlothian Council election

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All 18 seats to Midlothian Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Derek Milligan Kelly Parry Peter Smaill Party Labour SNP Conservative Leader's seat Bonnyrigg Midlothian West Midlothian East Last election 8 seats, 39.49% 8 seats, 39.47% 0 seats, 8.51% Seats before 8 8 0 Seats won 7 6 5 Seat change 1 2 5 Popular vote 9,887 10,038 7,444   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ian Baxter Peter de Vink Party Scottish Green Independent Leader's seat Bonnyrigg Midlothian East Last election 1 seats, 4.49% 1 seats, 3.75% Seats before 1 1 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 2,250 2,453
Council Leader before election Cath Johnstone SNP Council Leader after election Derek Milligan Labour

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It was the first time that the Conservative party had won council seats in Midlothian since the 1995 election.

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2017 Midlothian Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	1	1	38.89	30.20	9,887	9.29
	SNP	6	0	2	2	33.34	30.67	10,038	8.80
	Conservative	5	5	0	5	27.78	22.74	7,444	14.23
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.00	7.49	2,453	3.74
	Scottish Green	0	0	1	1	0.00	6.87	2,250	2.38
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.01	661	1.72

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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.

† On 10 January 2018 Penicuik Labour Cllr Adam Montgomery died following a short illness.^[7] A by-election was held on 22 March 2018 and the seat was gained by the SNP's Joe Wallace.

†† Midlothian East SNP Cllr Kenneth Baird resigned his seat in February 2021.^[8] A by-election was held on 25 March 2021 and the seat was retained by the SNP's Stuart McKenzie.