West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007
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Elections to West Dunbartonshire 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 6 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 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
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[edit] Election results
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| 2007 Council election: Lomond | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Conservative | David Jardine | 613 | 11.99 | |||
| Scottish Green | Richard Giles McCarthy | 206 | 4.03 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Ronald McColl | 1,060 | 20.74 | 1 | 6 | |
| Scottish National Party | Craig McLaughlin | 1,317 | 25.77 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Louise Robertson | 251 | 4.91 | |||
| Labour | Martin Rooney | 1,386 | 27.12 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Ann Rushforth | 278 | 5.44 | |||
| 2007 Council election: Leven | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Scottish Green | Carola Boehm | 248 | 3.57 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Jim Bollan | 1,469 | 21.12 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Alan Gadsby-Turner | 332 | 4.77 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Jonathan McColl | 1,680 | 24.15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Ian McDonald | 518 | 7.45 | |||
| Labour | John Millar | 1,542 | 22.17 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Martin Neill | 505 | 7.26 | |||
| Scottish National Party | May Smillie | 662 | 9.52 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2007 Council election: Dumbarton | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | George Black | 696 | 9.56 | 1 | 7 | |
| Labour | Geoff Calvert | 1,292 | 17.74 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scottish Green | Rose Harvie | 387 | 5.32 | |||
| Labour | David McBride | 1,107 | 15.20 | 1 | 7 | |
| Independent | Linda McColl | 351 | 4.82 | |||
| Conservative | Martyn Anthony McIntyre | 719 | 9.88 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Betty Mitchell | 979 | 13.45 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Iain Robertson | 1,204 | 16.54 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 242 | 3.32 | |||
| Independent | Alistair Tuach | 304 | 4.18 | |||
| 2007 Council election: Kilpatrick | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour | Margaret Bootland | 1,188 | 26.08 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Douglas John Boyle | 378 | 8.30 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Jim Finn | 1,092 | 23.97 | 1 | 4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Cammy Fyfe | 138 | 3.03 | |||
| Labour | Douglas McAllister | 1,356 | 29.77 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish National Party | Frank McNiff | 403 | 8.85 | |||
| 2007 Council election: Clydebank Central | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Denis Agnew | 601 | 9.73 | 1 | 11 | |
| Scottish National Party | Jim Brown | 1,423 | 23.04 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Locky Cameron | 155 | 2.51 | |||
| Scottish Green | Danielle Casey | 132 | 2.14 | |||
| Conservative | David James Crichton | 221 | 3.58 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Alex Cunningham | 115 | 1.86 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Gerard McGlinchey | 1,610 | 26.07 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Willie McLaughlin | 873 | 14.14 | 1 | 9 | |
| Independent | Charles Murray | 30 | 0.49 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Alex Scullion | 467 | 7.56 | |||
| A Strong Voice for Clydebank | Andy White | 548 | 8.87 | |||
| 2007 Council election: Clydebank Waterfront | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Joe Brady | 266 | 4.43 | |||
| Independent | Dennis Brogan | 407 | 6.78 | |||
| Labour | Gail Casey | 1,922 | 32.01 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Dawn Fyfe | 198 | 3.30 | |||
| Scottish National Party | William Hendrie | 1,435 | 23.90 | 1 | 1 | |
| A Strong Voice for Clydebank | Jackie Maceira | 378 | 6.29 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Jim McElhill | 585 | 9.74 | 1 | 8 | |
| Labour | Marie McNair | 537 | 8.94 | 1 | 8 | |
| Conservative | Terry Stables | 277 | 4.61 | |||
