2007 Scottish local government election
Elections to West Dunbartonshire 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 six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 ,[3] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation . The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
Election results [ edit ] West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 10 N/A N/A +1 45.45 37.7 13,596 SNP 9 N/A N/A +6 40.91 34.1 12,307 Independent 2 N/A N/A -7 9.09 8.7 3,142 Scottish Socialist 1 N/A N/A +1 4.55 6.7 2,413 Conservative 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 7.6 2,726 Scottish Green 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 2.7 973 A Strong Voice for Clydebank 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 2.6 926 New
Ward results [ edit ] West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Lomond Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Martin Rooney 1,386 27.1 1 1 SNP Craig McLaughlin 1,317 25.8 1 1 SNP Ronald McColl 1,060 20.7 Conservative David Jardine 613 12.0 Labour Ann Rushforth 278 5.4 Scottish Socialist Louise Robertson 251 4.9 Scottish Green Richard Giles McCarthy 206 4.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Douglas McAllister 1,356 29.8 Labour Margaret Bootland 1,188 26.1 SNP Jim Finn 1,092 24.0 SNP Frank McNiff 403 8.8 Conservative Douglas John Boyle 378 8.3 Scottish Socialist Cammy Fyfe 138 3.0
Changes Since 2007 Election [ edit ] †On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent. ††On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses. 2007-2011 by-elections [ edit ] Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011 Kilpatrick By-Election (3 March 2011)- 1 seat[4] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Labour Lawrence O'Neill 60.01 1,382 SNP Frank McNiff 32.94 758 Conservative Douglas Boyle 6.99 161 Electorate: 8,963 Valid: 2,301 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 2,327 (25.98%)
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