2007 Scottish local government election
2007 Inverclyde Council election First party Second party Third party Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Last election 6 seats, 31.3% 0 seats, 14.8% 13 seats, 42.6% Seats won 9 5 4 Seat change 3 5 9 Popular vote 12,194 6,907 6,525 Percentage 37.9% 21.5% 20.3% Swing 6.6% 6.7% 22.3% Fourth party Fifth party Party Independent Conservative Last election 1 seats, 3.5% 0 seats, 6.1% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 3,451 2,778 Percentage 10.7% 8.6% Swing 7.2% 2.5%
Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election . The election was the first one using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 ; each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation . The new wards replace 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
Results [ edit ] Inverclyde local election results 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 9 N/A N/A +3 45.0 37.9 12,194 SNP 5 N/A N/A +5 25.0 21.5 6,907 Liberal Democrats 4 N/A N/A -9 20.0 20.3 6,525 Conservative 1 N/A N/A +1 5.0 8.6 2,778 Solidarity 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.6 197 Scottish Socialist 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.3 96 UKIP 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.2 43 Independent 1 N/A N/A +1 5.0 10.7 3,451
Ward results [ edit ] Changes since 2007 election [ edit ] † On 27 November 2008 Inverclyde North Cllr Charles McCallum resigned from the Labour Party and now sits as an Independent. † In February 2011, Argyll News reported that Inverclyde West Councillor George White was a former Liberal Democrat who had recently joined the Liberal Party.[1] By-elections since 2007 election [ edit ] A by-election was held following the death of Councillor Ken Ferguson MSP of the Scottish National Party on 26 April 2009. The seat was held by the SNP's Innes Nelson on 18 June 2009. Inverclyde South West by-election (June 18, 2009) - 1 seat[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 SNP Innes Nelson 42.4 919 923 932 949 988 1,087 Labour Alex McGhee 22.6 490 492 494 507 519 Liberal Democrats Eric Forbes 21.0 454 455 466 478 522 620 Conservative Iain MacLeod 7.9 171 171 178 182 Independent Paul Travers 3.1 67 72 77 UKIP Laurel Bush 2.3 49 50 Free Scotland Party Iain Ramsay 0.8 17 SNP hold Swing Electorate: 8,296 Valid: 2,167 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 2,196 (26.47%)
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