Aberdeen UA, George Street / Harbour - SNP resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green
Aberdeen UA, Midstocket / Rosemount - Conservative sitting as Non Aligned resigned - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green
Cherwell DC, Banbury Grimsbury & Castle - Conservative died - 5 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, UKIP, Green
East Ayrshire UA, Irvine Valley - SNP resigned (now MP for Kilmarnock & Loudoun) - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, SNP, Green
Fife UA, Glenrothes West & Kinglassie - SNP resigned (now MP for Glenrothes) - 4 candidates: Con, Lab, SNP, Green
Moray UA, Heldon & Laich - Independent resigned - 4 candidates: Con, SNP, Green, Ind
Stirling UA, Stirling East - SNP resigned (now MP for Stirling) - 4 candidates: Con, Lab , SNP, Green
Westlothian UA, Linlithgow - SNP resigned (now MP for Linlith & Falkirk East) - 6 candidates: Con, Lab, LD, SNP, Green, No Description
There are 8 council by elections on the 1st October 7 of them in Scotland of which 4 were because the SNP counciller is now the MP for the area having defeated the Labour MP. So far the SNP has swept all before them continuing on from the great General Election result they had. Can Corbyn or his new Scottish Labour leader change this?
The first 25 local council by-election seats in Scotland since the 2015 General Election
| Election Date | Authority | Ward | Result | Labour to SNP swing since 2012 | Labour to SNP swing since 2007 |
| 9th July | North Lanarkshire | Thorniewood | SNP hold | 25.3% | 24.4% |
| 30th July | Aberdeen | Hilton / Woodside / Stockethill | SNP hold | 19.8% | 17.6% |
| 30th July | Aberdeen | Kincorth / Nigg / Cove | SNP hold | 22.8% | 21.2% |
| 6th August | Glasgow | Anderston / City | SNP hold | 20.1% | 15.8% |
| 6th August | Glasgow | Calton | SNP hold | 24.9% | 26.8% |
| 6th August | Glasgow | Craigton | SNP hold | 21.4% | 22.1% |
| 6th August | Glasgow | Langside | SNP gain from Green | 13.1% | 17.0% |
| 6th August | South Lanarkshire | Hamilton South | SNP hold | 15.6% | 18.4% |
| 13th August | Falkirk | Denny & Bankock | SNP hold | 23.0% | 24.4% |
| 13th August | North Lanarkshire | Wishaw | SNP hold | 20.8% | 23.3% |
| 18th August | Orkney | West Mainland | Orkney Manifesto win | n / a | n / a |
| 10th September | Edinburgh | Leith Walk - 1st seat | SNP hold | 7.6% | 7.7% |
| Leith Walk - 2nd seat | Labour gain from Green | ||||
| 10th September | Midlothian | Midlothian West | SNP hold | 6.2% | 4.3% |
| 17th September | South Ayrshire | Ayr East | |||
| 1st October | Aberdeen | George Street / Harbour | |||
| 1st October | Aberdeen | Midstocket / Rosemount | |||
| 1st October | East Ayrshire | Irvine Valley | |||
| 1st October | Fife | Glenrothes West & Kinglassie | |||
| 1st October | Moray | Heldon & Laich | |||
| 1st October | Stirling | Stirling East | |||
| 1st October | West Lothian | Linlithgow | |||
| 7th October | Western Isles | West Side & Ness | n / a | n / a | |
| 8th October | Highland | Aird & Loch Ness | |||
| Possible | Fife | Rosyth |