Fewer than one in four councillors elected on Thursday was a woman, with even the top Scottish local authority for female representation lagging way behind the average figure south of the Border.
Although the number of successful female candidates has increased from 263 in 2007 to 301 – 24.3% of the total number of councillors – academics analysing gender imbalance in Scottish politics over the past two decades said "the general trend remains one of stalled progress".
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