Clackmannanshire Council election, 2007
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Elections to Clackmannanshire Council were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 5 new wards created as a results 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 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
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[edit] Election results
The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.
| Dundee Local Election Result 2007 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 8 | 44.44 | 37.83 | 7,625 | |||||
| Scottish National Party | 7 | 38.89 | 38.10 | 7,680 | |||||
| Conservative | 1 | 5.56 | 10.80 | 2,176 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 5.56 | 6.92 | 1,395 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 5.56 | 5.16 | 1,040 | |||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 166 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 75 | |||||
[edit] Ward results
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iftikhar Ahmed | 309 | 7.23 | |||
| Labour | Eddie Carrick | 824 | 19.27 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Bill Mason | 369 | 8.63 | |||
| Labour | George Matchett | 1,094 | 25.59 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Tina Murphy | 1,027 | 24.02 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Janis Paterson | 652 | 15.25 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire North | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Scottish National Party | Donald Balsillie | 1,256 | 26.00 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Shier Biggam | 322 | 6.67 | 1 | 9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Iain Campbell | 75 | 1.55 | |||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Ralph Harness | 166 | 3.44 | |||
| Conservative | Kate Mason | 333 | 6.89 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Walter McAdam | 950 | 19.66 | 1 | 2 | |
| Labour | Robert McGill | 1,099 | 22.75 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Helen McGregor | 256 | 5.30 | |||
| Labour | Jacqueline McKay | 374 | 7.74 | |||
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire Central | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Conservative | George Murray | 190 | 6.12 | |||
| Labour | Samuel Bryce Ovens | 688 | 22.16 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Sandy Pollock | 518 | 16.68 | |||
| Labour | Derek Stewart | 1,089 | 35.07 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Gary Womersley | 620 | 19.97 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Janet Kerr Cadenhead | 936 | 21.00 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Earle | 570 | 12.79 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scottish National Party | Mark English | 797 | 17.88 | 1 | 5 | |
| Independent | Craig Holden | 1,168 | 26.21 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Mike Hutchison | 515 | 11.55 | |||
| Conservative | Alan Jamieson | 244 | 5.47 | |||
| Independent | James Alexander Mackie | 227 | 5.09 | |||
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire East | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Bell | 409 | 11.72 | |||
| Conservative | Alastair Campbell | 1,040 | 29.80 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Irene Hamilton | 669 | 19.17 | 1 | 4 | |
| Scottish National Party | Alison Lindsay | 420 | 12.04 | |||
| Labour | Henry McLaren | 951 | 27.26 | 1 | 1 | |
