2007 Scottish local government election
2007 Stirling Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png)
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All 22 seats to Stirling Council 12 seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Stirling 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 seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
Stirling local election results 2007[1] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 8 | N/A | N/A | -3 | 36.4 | 28.2 | 11,112 | |
| SNP | 7 | N/A | N/A | +6 | 31.8 | 29.2 | 11,529 | |
| Conservative | 4 | N/A | N/A | -6 | 18.2 | 25.3 | 9,992 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | N/A | N/A | +3 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 4,542 | |
| Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 675 | |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 69 | |
| UKIP | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 58 | |
| Independent | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1,442 | |
Ward results
Stirling council election, 2007: Trossachs and Teith Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Fergus Wood | 1,789 | 33.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Tony Ffinch | 1,065 | 19.7 | 2 | 4 |
| Labour | Paul Owens | 839 | 15.5 | 3 | 4 |
| Conservative | Mark Kenyon | 782 | 14.4 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Galen Milne | 568 | 10.5 | | |
| Independent | Charles Grant | 373 | 6.9 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Colin O'Brien | 1,705 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Graham Lambie | 1,500 | 22.9 | 2 | 4 |
| Conservative | Alistair Berrill | 1,281 | 19.6 | 3 | 5 |
| Conservative | David Lonsdale | 1,180 | 18.0 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rona Sutherland | 823 | 12.6 | | |
| UKIP | Paul Henke | 58 | 0.9 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Jim Thomson | 1,482 | 36.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | John Hendry | 1,083 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 |
| Conservative | Lesley Stein | 596 | 14.5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 456 | 11.1 | 3 | 5 |
| Labour | Frances Junnier | 340 | 8.3 | | |
| Independent | James McDonald | 146 | 3.6 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Scott Farmer | 1,674 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Andrew Simpson | 1,041 | 18.8 | 2 | 3 |
| Conservative | Neil Benny | 1,005 | 18.2 | 4 | 6 |
| Conservative | Gerry Power | 740 | 13.3 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bruce | 699 | 12.6 | | |
| Labour | Christine Simpson | 376 | 6.8 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Alasdair MacPherson | 1,469 | 31.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Margaret Brisley | 1,376 | 29.8 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Gerard O'Brien | 883 | 19.1 | 3 | 3 |
| Conservative | Alistair McCulloch | 323 | 7.0 | | |
| Independent | Stephen Evans | 216 | 4.7 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 164 | 3.6 | | |
By-elections since 2007
- Labour's Bannockburn councillor Gerard O'Brien resigned, having been found guilty of breaches of the Councillors Code of Conduct. Violet Weir held the seat for the party on 30 April 2009.
Bannockburn by-election (30 April 2009) - 1 seat[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Labour | Violet Weir | 39.89 | 1,131 | 1,134 | 1,141 | 1,162 | 1,175 | 1,196 | 1,288 |
| SNP | Bill McDonald | 37.64 | 1,067 | 1,072 | 1,078 | 1,095 | 1,110 | 1,162 | 1,228 |
| Independent | Tommy Brookes | 8.08 | 229 | 232 | 235 | 240 | 272 | 303 | |
| Conservative | Catherine Berrill | 6.10 | 173 | 176 | 178 | 194 | 201 | | |
| Independent | Breda O'Brien | 2.89 | 89 | 94 | 96 | 99 | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ethne Brown | 2.89 | 82 | 83 | 91 | | | | |
| Scottish Green | Duncan Illingsworth | 1.27 | 36 | 36 | | | | | |
| Independent | Paul Campbell | 0.99 | 28 | | | | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Electorate: 8,170 Valid: 2,835 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 34.7% |
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References
- ^ "Stirling". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Bannockburn (Stirling) 30 th April 2009". alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009.