Glasgow City Council election, 2007

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Elections to Glasgow City 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 21 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[1]. The new wards replace 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Green Party and for Solidarity.

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[edit] Election result

Glasgow City Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 45 0 26 –26
  Scottish National Party 22 18 0 +18
  Liberal Democrats 5 2 0 +2
  Scottish Green 5 5 0 +5
  Conservative 1 0 0 ±0
  Solidarity 1 1 0 +1
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 1 -1

[edit] Ward results

2007 Council election:Linn (4 members)[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party David Ritchie 2,043 1 1
Labour Sadie Docherty 1,782 2 8
Labour John McKenzie 1,381 3 10
Liberal Democrats Margot Clark 1,284 4 10
Labour Allan Stewart 955
Conservative Esme H Clark 898
Scottish Socialist Gordon Thomson 395
Scottish Green Chloe Helen Stewart 296
Independent Chris Lang 219
Scottish Unionist Harry McArthur 165
Solidarity Frank Young 149
Linn within Glasgow
Linn within Glasgow
2007 Council election: Newlands/Auldburn (3 members)[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party Colin Deans 2,101 1 3
Labour Jim McInally 1,856 2 8
Labour Stephen Curran 1,475 3 8
Conservative Robert McElroy 1,342
Scottish Green Kay Allan 579
Liberal Democrats Robert W Stewart 561
Solidarity Gordon Morgan 357
British National Party Charlie Baillie 211
Scottish Socialist Eamonn Coyle 172
Newlands/Auldburn within Glasgow
Newlands/Auldburn within Glasgow
2007 Council election: Greater Pollok (4 members)[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party Patricia Duffy 2,173 1 1
Labour Alex Glass 1,637 2 4
Labour William O'Rouke 1,296 4 8
Labour Tommy Morrison 1,180 3 8
Solidarity Alice Sheridan 630
Scottish Socialist Keith Baldassara 591
Conservative Rory O'Brien 549
Liberal Democrats Fleming Carswell 393
Scottish Green Caroline Scott 233
2007 Council election: Craigton (4 members)[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party Iris Gibson 2,729
Labour Alistair Watson 2,065
Labour John Matthew Kerr 1,920
Labour Gordon McDiamid 1,328
Solidarity Ruth Black 1,220
Conservative Scott Alexander Petty 569
Liberal Democrats Scott R Goghill 457
Scottish Green Gordon Masterton 315
Scottish Unionist Mark Dingwall 225
Scottish Socialist Wullie McGartland 224
2007 Council election: Govan (3 members)[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party Allison Hunter 2,694
Labour John Flanagan 1,657
Labour Stephen Dornan 1,590
Labour Shaukat Butt 1,371
Conservative Patricia McIntyre 450
Solidarity Irene Lang 398
Liberal Democrats Michael Cobley 394
Scottish Green Will Jess 377
Independent George McNee 377
Scottish Unionist Alan Hughes 138
Scottish Socialist Carolina Perez 114
2007 Council election: Langside[2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party James Dornan 2,522
Labour Archie Graham 2,222
Liberal Democrats Paul Coleshill 1,207
Conservative Russell Munn 993
Scottish Green Neil Sloan McDonald 891
Labour Margaret McCarrerty 853
Solidarity Martin Frain 467
Scottish Socialist James Nesbitt 179
2007 Council election: Pollokshields (3 members) [2]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish Socialist Ali Ashraf 184 1 3
Labour Irfan Rabbani 2575 2 8
Independent Karin Currie 438 3 8
Scottish National Party Khalil-ur Rahman Malik 2057
Conservative David Meikle 1435
Liberal Democrats Isobel Nelson 863
Scottish Green Ian Ruffell 1043
Independent Muhammad Shoaib 592
Solidarity Fatima Uygun 380
2007 Council election: Southside Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party Jahangir Hanif 2,392
Labour Anne Marie Millar 1,869
Labour James Scanlon 1,372
Scottish Green Danny Alderslowe 812
Labour Hanif Raja 554
Liberal Democrats Katy McCloskey 533
Solidarity Jill McGowan 456
Conservative John B Marshall 423
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane 327
2007 Council election: Calton
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour George Redmond 1,982
Scottish National Party Alison E Thewliss 1,143
Labour Ruth Simpson 628
Solidarity Fiacra Fullerton 302
Conservative Scott Gillespie 245
Liberal Democrats Paul Graham 231
Scottish Green Alasdair Duke-Wardrop 219
Conservative Danny Houston 195
Scottish Socialist Kenny Murray 126
Independent Gary Barton 128
2007 Council election: Anderston/City
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish Green Nina Baker 880
Conservative Erin Boyle 486
Labour Philip Braat 1,291
Independent Dave Holladay 145
Solidarity Akhtar Khan 285
Liberal Democrats Ann Laird 806
Scottish National Party Craig MacKay 1,632
Labour Gordon Matheson 1,177
Scottish Socialist Peter Murray 198
2007 Council election: Hillhead
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Conservative John Anderson 912
Nine Per Cent Growth Neil Craig 51
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Elder 1,184
Scottish Socialist Anthea Irwin 184
Liberal Democrats Abdul A Khan 463
Solidarity Akhter Khan 344
Labour Hanzala Malik 1,192
Labour Martin Rhodes 1,080
Scottish National Party George A Roberts 1,899
Scottish Green Martha Ferguson Wardrop 1,675
2007 Council election: Partick West
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish Unionist George Aytoun Atkinson 265
Scottish Green Stuart Clay 1,594
Labour Aileen Colleran 2,099
Labour Irene Graham 1,699
Scottish Socialist Andrew Gray 240
Liberal Democrats Christopher Mason 2,259
Scottish National Party Kenny McLean 2,811
Solidarity Jimmy Ross 373
Conservative Richard Alan Sullivan 1,404
2007 Council election: Garscadden/Scotstounhill
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Solidarity Charlotte Ahmed 318
Labour Liz Cameron 2,744
Scottish Green Sue England 402
Scottish Unionist Robert Findlay 191
Scottish National Party Graeme Hendry 2,333
Scottish Socialist Peter Lavelle 145
Labour Jean McFadden 1,115
Liberal Democrats James Paris 483
Labour Paul Rooney 1,895
Conservative Matthew T Smith 534
2007 Council election: Drumchapel/Anniesland
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Paul Carey 2,284
Scottish Green Eileen Margaret Cartner Duke 260
Scottish Socialist Mike Dyer 148
Labour Jonathan Findlay 1,102
Scottish Unionist Bobby Howie 177
Scottish National Party Bill Kidd 1,869
Liberal Democrats Alan Lee 349
Conservative Susan McCourt 412
Solidarity Esther Nixon 223
Labour Steven Purcell 1,856
2007 Council election: Maryhill/Kelvin
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party Alex Dingwall 2,561
Scottish Socialist John Lawson 255
Liberal Democrats Mary Paris 1,602
Conservative Brian Clifford Pope 943
Labour Mohammed Razaq 1,546
Scottish Green Daryl L Tayar 705
Solidarity Paul Wilcox 341
Labour Robert Winter 1,948
2007 Council election: Canal
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish Unionist Brian Brown 193
Independent James Cruickshank 94
Liberal Democrats Norman Fraser 587
Labour Ellen Hurcombe 1,961
Conservative David E Ledgerwood 338
Labour Jim MacKechnie 1,055
Labour Haleema Malik 579
Scottish National Party Billy McAllister 2,514
Solidarity Angela McCormick 425
Scottish Socialist Kirsteen Redpath 175
Scottish Green Kieran Wild 703
2007 Council election: Springburn
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish Socialist Margaret Bean 135
Solidarity Graham Campbell 339
Conservative Graeme Dickson 173
Scottish National Party Phil Greene 1,300
Scottish Green Patrick McAleer 134
Scottish Unionist Robert G. C. Sawers 85
British National Party Kenny Smith 135
Labour Allan Stewart 1,752
Liberal Democrats John H Stuart 168
Labour James Todd 1,189
2007 Council election: East Centre
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Solidarity Jim Adams 556
Labour Patricia Chalmers 1,792
Scottish Green Elaine Cooper 471
Scottish Unionist Drew Dickie 175
Labour Frank Docherty 1,277
Scottish National Party Jennifer Dunn 1,969
Liberal Democrats Stuart Grieve 460
Scottish Christian David Johnston 137
Christian Peoples John Kerr 270
Labour Elaine McDougall 1,039
British National Party William McLachlan 226
Scottish Socialist Daniel O'Donnell 323
Conservative Randle Wilson 383
2007 Council election: Shettleston
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish Socialist Mick Eyre 163
British National Party Walter Hamilton 268
Solidarity Wheatley Harris 458
Liberal Democrats David Jackson 420
Scottish Unionist Gordon Kirker 190
Scottish Green Catherine Maguire 227
Labour Tom McKeown 1,861
Scottish National Party John F. McLaughlin 1,896
Labour Euan McLeod 1,369
Labour George Ryan 1,386
Conservative Alex White 565
2007 Council election: Baillieston
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Scottish National Party John Mason 3,199
Labour Jim Coleman 2,689
Labour Douglas Hay 1,342
Labour Robert MacBean 739
Conservative George Clark 678
Solidarity Michael Kayes 466
Liberal Democrats Marjory Watt 392
Scottish National Party David McDonald 250
Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 224
Scottish Unionist Ian Dickie 216
Scottish Green Raymond Morrison 181
2007 Council election: North East
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Gilbert Davidson 2,272
Scottish National Party Grant R Thoms 2,098
Labour Gerald Leonard 1,475
Labour Catherine McMaster 1,040
Conservative John France 485
Solidarity Joanne Reilly 350
Liberal Democrats John C MacPherson 228
Scottish Green Stewart MacDonald 186
Scottish Socialist Andy McPake 129
Independent George Savage 100

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/AboutGlasgow/Factsheets/Wards/Multi+member+wards.htm
  2. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/electioncandidates2007wards1to7.htm
  3. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/councilcandidates2007wards8to14.htm
  4. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/councilcandidateswards15to21.htm

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