Councillor Neill Graham has said the Conservatives are "down but not out" as he was re-elected leader of the group in Renfrewshire in the new term.
The party returned just five elected members in the local authority on Friday – down three from their figure in the 2017 council election.
But Councillor Graham, who won 909 first preference votes and was elected at stage four in Paisley Northeast and Ralston, remained defiant about his party's prospects in the area.
