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| SNP wins control of Dundee City | |
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| The SNP has gained control of Dundee City Council for the first time in the party's history. | |
| The Nationalists took over from the previous Labour/Liberal Democrat administration at a special meeting. | |
| Labour and the Lib Dems had been informally supported by the Conservatives in the previous ruling administration. | |
| But a recent by-election win and a decision by the lord provost to leave Labour allowed the SNP to gain power. | |
| The by-election victory for the SNP gave them 14 of the 29 seats on Dundee City Council. | The by-election victory for the SNP gave them 14 of the 29 seats on Dundee City Council. |
| The decision by Lord Provost John Letford to become an independent councillor left Labour with eight seats, the Conservatives three, the Liberal Democrats two and there are two independents. | |
| Mr Letford said he would support the SNP's bid to take control of the council. | |