West Lothian Council election, 2007

Elections to West Lothian 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 9 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 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

[edit] Election Results

2007 Council election: Linlithgow
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Tom Conn	1328	16.86	3	7
	Scottish Socialist	Eddy Cornock	49	0.01	-	2
	Scottish National Party	Martyn Day	1792	22.75	2	6
	Conservative	Tom Kerr	2120	26.91	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff King	739	9.38	-	5
	Scottish Green	Simon King-Spooner	316	4.01	-	4
	Conservative	Sandy Pagan	194	2.46	-	3
	Scottish National Party	Tam Smith	1340	17.00	-	7

2007 Council election: Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh
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2007 Council election: Livingston North
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2007 Council election: Livingston South
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2007 Council election: East Livingston and East Calder
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2007 Council election: Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley
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2007 Council election: Whitburn and Blackburn
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2007 Council election: Bathgate
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2007 Council election: Armadale and Blackridge
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count