North Lanarkshire Council election, 2007
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Elections to North Lanarkshire 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 20 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004[1], each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 70 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Labour managed to retain control of the council, something which the party failed to do in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 14 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the individual seats won by the Conservative Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats are noteworthy in that these parties have never been represented on North Lanarkshire Council before.
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[edit] Election results
| North Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2007 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 40 | N/A | N/A | -14 | 57.1 | 49.6 | 60673 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 23 | N/A | N/A | +11 | 32.9 | 31.7 | 38809 | ||
| Independent | 5 | N/A | N/A | -1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8510 | ||
| Conservative | 1 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 9212 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2232 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1848 | ||
| Solidarity | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 759 | ||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 348 | ||
[edit] Ward results
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Kilsyth | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Conservative | Archie Giggie | 260 | 4.9% | |||
| Labour | Francis Griffin | 2037 | 38.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Jean Jones | 1386 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | David Key | 1480 | 27.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Willie O'Neill | 162 | 3.0 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cumbernauld North | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Bob Chadha | 1576 | 22.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Christina Giggie | 375 | 5.4 | |||
| Independent | Donald Masterton | 247 | 3.5 | |||
| Labour | Barry McCulloch | 1362 | 19.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Davina McNeill | 101 | 1.4 | |||
| Independent | Gordon Murray | 727 | 10.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Scottish National Party | Norman R Robinson | 641 | 9.2 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Alan O'Brien | 1645 | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Wilson | 321 | 4.6 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cumbernauld South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Allen | 359 | 4.5 | |||
| Independent | Rose Bowie | 318 | 4.0 | |||
| Labour | Danny Carrigan | 1806 | 22.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scottish National Party | William Goldie | 1871 | 23.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | William Homer | 791 | 9.9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Hooper | 276 | 3.4 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Neil McCallum | 701 | 8.7 | |||
| Labour | Gerry McElroy | 1280 | 16.0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Kenny McEwan | 252 | 3.1 | 0 | ||
| Independent | Alan Sneddon | 370 | 4.6 | 0 | ||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Abronhill, Kildrum & The Village | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Boyle | 292 | 4.7 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Grant | 1939 | 31.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Barbara Harvey | 165 | 2.7 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Elizabeth Irvive | 1753 | 28.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Tom Johnston | 1430 | 23.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Independent | Robert Kelso | 109 | 1.8 | |||
| Independent | Anne MacDonald | 331 | 5.4 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Paterson | 160 | 2.6 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Strathkelvin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Solidarity | Jack Doyle | 409 | 5.4 | |||
| Labour | William Hogg | 1795 | 23.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Frances McGlinchey | 2055 | 26.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Oak | 872 | 11.2 | |||
| Labour | Joe Shaw | 1208 | 15.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Labour | Brian Wallace | 1309 | 16.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge North & Glenboig | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Tony Clarke | 1982 | 29.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Independent | Martin McWilliams | 604 | 9.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | John Moffat | 219 | 3.3 | |||
| Labour | Bill Shields | 828 | 12.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Labour | Gerry Somers | 416 | 6.2 | |||
| Conservative | Alexander Thornton | 714 | 10.6 | |||
| Scottish National Party | John Wilson | 1983 | 29.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie North | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Tony Beekman | 506 | 7.6 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Campbell Cameron | 1110 | 16.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Sophia Coyle | 1745 | 26.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Alan Love | 89 | 1.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Particia Maguire | 229 | 3.5 | |||
| Labour | Jim McGuigan | 767 | 11.6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Labour | Tommy Morgan | 1176 | 17.7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Independent | Patrick Rolink | 442 | 6.7 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Ian Smith | 77 | 1.2 | |||
| Conservative | Dave Stewart | 493 | 7.4 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie Central | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | George Devine | 630 | 11.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Labour | Jim Logue | 1256 | 23.4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Conservative | Cynthia MacKenzie | 318 | 5.9 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Audrey McMath | 95 | 1.8 | |||
| Independent | Ian McNeil | 351 | 6.5 | |||
| Scottish National Party | David Stocks | 1924 | 35.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Peter Sullivan | 829 | 15.3 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Tom Magginis | 1872 | 37.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 192 | 3.8 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Oak | 251 | 5.0 | |||
| Labour | Jim Smith | 1476 | 29.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Paul Welsh | 1218 | 24.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | James Brooks | 1682 | 35.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Craig Coats | 172 | 3.6 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Ian Ferrie | 1503 | 31.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 392 | 8.2 | |||
| Labour | John Higgins | 1057 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie South | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Scottish Socialist | Fraser Coats | 173 | 2.4 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Michael Coyle | 2845 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Tom Curley | 1706 | 23.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | David Fagan | 712 | 10.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Love | 566 | 7.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Labour | Morag Thomson | 570 | 7.2 | |||
| Conservative | Rhona Thornton | 625 | 8.0 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Fortissat | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Charles Cefferty | 1529 | 27.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Malcolm McMillan | 1396 | 24.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Labour | Clare Margaret Quigley | 1125 | 19.9 | |||
| Labour | Jim Robertson | 1596 | 28.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Thorniewood | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Bob Burrows | 1342 | 23.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Labour | Jim McCabe | 1714 | 29.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Duncan McShannon | 1369 | 23.8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Conservative | David Imrie Paterson | 455 | 7.9 | |||
| Labour | Dave Saunders | 878 | 15.2 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Bellshill | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Conservative | George Clark | 366 | 7.3 | |||
| Labour | Harry Curran | 1297 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | William Devlin | 147 | 2.9 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Helen Gallett | 447 | 8.9 | |||
| Solidarity | Ray Gunnion | 138 | 2.7 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Richard Lyle | 1523 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Harry McGuigan | 1128 | 22.4 | 1 | 6 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Mossend & Holytown | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | James Coyle | 1680 | 37.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Paul Delaney | 1365 | 30.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Kevin McKeown | 886 | 19.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth McLeod | 386 | 8.6 | |||
| Independent | Jim Reddin | 191 | 4.2 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Conservative | Robert Burgess | 812 | 15.9 | |||
| Labour | Paul Kelly | 1237 | 24.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Labour | Michael Ross | 1270 | 24.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Annette Valentine | 1573 | 30.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Independent | Gordon Weir | 205 | 4.0 | |||
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell North | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Douglas | 465 | 7.1 | |||
| Independent | Tom Kennedy | 379 | 5.8 | |||
| Labour | Annita McAuley | 1067 | 16.3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Labour | Helen McKenna | 1234 | 18.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Labour | Peter Nolan | 1532 | 23.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Neil Richardson | 383 | 5.9 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Gordon Stewart | 1480 | 22.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Scottish Socialist | Joyce Carmichael | 240 | 4.0 | |||
| Labour | Kaye Harmon | 1014 | 17.1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Labour | Tommy Luny' | 1153 | 19.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Linsey McKay | 699 | 11.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Labour | Gary O'Rorke | 782 | 13.2 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Alan Valentine | 2048 | 34.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Murdostoun | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Solidarity | William Kelly | 212 | 2.9 | |||
| Independent | John Lawrie | 756 | 10.4 | |||
| Labour | Jimmy Martin | 1449 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Robert McKendrick | 1085 | 15.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Labour | David Moon | 654 | 9.0 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Nolan | 614 | 8.5 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Tom Selfridge | 348 | 4.8 | |||
| Labour | Nicky Shelvin | 804 | 11.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scottish National Party | John Taggart | 1322 | 18.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Wishaw | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Scottish National Party | Clare Adamson | 2232 | 30.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Marjory Borthwick | 761 | 10.4 | |||
| Labour | Sam Love | 1594 | 21.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Frank McKay | 1099 | 15.1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Labour | John Pentland | 1605 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 | |
