Following a dramatic meeting at council headquarters yesterday afternoon, Aberdeen Labour have agreed to sign up to a coalition agreement with the Tories and Independents to seize shared control.
The decision led to all nine Labour members of the council being suspended by party bosses last night, throwing the leadership into uncertainty and leading some to call for a new election to be held.
For now, however, the authority will be run by the cross-party group, with members from Labour, the Tories and Independents all taking up key leadership roles.
Here are the positions we know so far:
Leader: Jenny Laing- Aberdeen Labour (very likely to soon be co-leader with Conservative Douglas Lumsden)
Infrastructure convener: Yvonne Allan (Lab), vice conveners: Philip Bell (Con), Brett Hunt (Con)
Finance convener: Douglas Lumsden (Con), vice convener: Gordon Graham (Lab)
Education convener: John Wheeler (Con), vice convener: Lesley Dunbar (Lab)
Petitions convener: Claire Imrie (Con)
Licensing convener: Marie Boulton (Ind)
Planning convener: Marie Boulton (Ind), vice convener: Jennifer Stewart (Ind)
Appeals convener: Ryan Houghton (Con)
Urgent business committee convener: Jenny Laing (Lab), vice convener: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Pensions convener: Alan Donnelly (Con), vice convener: John Reynolds (Ind)
Transport spokesman: Ross Grant (Lab)
