Fife Council election, 2007

Elections to Fife 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 23 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

[edit] Election results

2007 Council election: West Fife and Coastal Villages
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Bobby Clelland	1,826	22.95	1	1
	Independent	William Ferguson	1,244	15.64	1	6
	Conservative	Dennis Halligan	605	7.60
	Labour	Helen Law	896	11.26
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry McMullan	1,722	21.64	1	1
	Scottish National Party	Bill Walker	1,663	20.90	1	1

2007 Council election: Dunfermline North
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2007 Council election: Dunfermline Central
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2007 Council election: Dunfermline South
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2007 Council election: Rosyth
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2007 Council election: Inverkeithing and Dalgetty Bay
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2007 Council election: The Lochs
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2007 Council election: Cowdenbeath
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2007 Council election: Lochgelly and Cardenden
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2007 Council election: Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
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2007 Council election: Kirkcaldy North
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2007 Council election: Kirkcaldy Central
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2007 Council election: Kirkcaldy East
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2007 Council election: Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
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2007 Council election: Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
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2007 Council election: Glenrothes Central and Thornton
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2007 Council election: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
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2007 Council election: Tay Bridgehead
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2007 Council election: St Andrews
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2007 Council election: East Neuk and Landward
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2007 Council election: Cupar
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2007 Council election: Leven, Kennoway and Largo
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2007 Council election: Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
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