2007 Scottish local government election
Elections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 11 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 form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results[edit]
Ward results[edit]
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Catriona Bhatia | 1,202 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Neil Calvert | 1,091 | 22.9 | 2 | 4 |
| SNP | Willie Archibald | 784 | 16.4 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | Nancy Norman | 672 | 14.1 | | |
| Independent | Tom Davidson | 667 | 14.0 | | |
| Labour | Eamonn O'Neil | 356 | 7.5 | | |
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Galashiels and District Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | John Mitchell | 1,519 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Hume | 1,466 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Conservative | Fiona Lackenby | 735 | 13.6 | 4 | 6 |
| Borders Party | Sandy Aitchison | 693 | 12.9 | 3 | 6 |
| Independent | Bill White | 453 | 8.4 | | |
| Solidarity | Graeme McIver | 210 | 3.9 | | |
| Independent | David Smail | 173 | 3.2 | | |
| Independent | Alistair Lings | 136 | 2.5 | | |
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Selkirkshire Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Vicky Davidson | 1,313 | 29.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Carolyn Riddell-Carre | 1,121 | 25.2 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Kenneth Gunn | 826 | 18.5 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | Gordon Edgar | 558 | 12.5 | | |
| Borders Party | Violet Baillie | 360 | 8.1 | | |
| Independent | Alistair Pattullo | 279 | 6.3 | | |
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | David Parker | 1,362 | 29.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | John Greenwell | 713 | 15.6 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 703 | 15.3 | 2 | 5 |
| Borders Party | Nicholas Watson | 692 | 15.1 | 3 | 5 |
| SNP | Frank McCann | 640 | 14.0 | | |
| Independent | Harry Cummings | 394 | 8.6 | | |
| Independent | John Rae | 78 | 1.7 | | |
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Mid Berwickshire Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Frances Renton | 1,186 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Donald Moffat | 1,173 | 26.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Conservative | Trevor Jones | 1,051 | 23.9 | 3 | 4 |
| Conservative | Margaret McCrave | 722 | 16.4 | | |
| Borders Party | Diana Miers | 255 | 5.8 | | |
| Independent | Anne Roberts | 105 | 2.4 | | |
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: East Berwickshire Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Michael Cook | 1,512 | 34.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Jim Fullarton | 1,333 | 30.6 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Raw | 804 | 18.5 | 3 | 3 |
| SNP | Aileen Orr | 701 | 16.1 | | |
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Jedburgh and District Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Conservative | Sandy Scott | 1,011 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Len Wyse | 878 | 22.6 | 2 | 4 |
| SNP | Jim Brown | 877 | 22.6 | 3 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair O'Neil | 716 | 18.4 | | |
| Borders Party | Jim Smith | 316 | 8.1 | | |
| Independent | Jim Millhouse | 87 | 2.2 | | |
Changes after the elections[edit]
- †Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011
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