South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on the 3 May 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 67 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Labour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 19 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the Conservative Party also managed to double their number of seats.

1 Election results
2 Ward results
3 By-elections
4 References

Election results

South Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	30	N/A	N/A	-19	44.8	39.6	48,677
	SNP	24	N/A	N/A	+15	35.8	29.2	35,866
	Conservative	8	N/A	N/A	+4	11.9	12.9	15,924
	Liberal Democrats	2	N/A	N/A	0	3.0	7.2	8,897
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.7	3,354
	East Kilbride Alliance	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	1.2	1,511
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.8	966
	Scottish Unionist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.7	912
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.2	261
	Scottish Christian	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	180
	Independent	3	N/A	N/A	0	4.5	5.2	6,422

Ward results

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Eileen Logan	2,549	33.5	1	1
	SNP	Ian Gray	1,948	25.6	2	1
	Conservative	Alex Allison	984	12.9	3	7
	SNP	David Shearer	925	12.2	4	7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Meehan	490	6.4
	Labour	Betty Rush	359	4.7
	Scottish Christian	Robin Mawhinney	180	2.4
	Scottish Green	Ruth Thomas	174	2.3

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	George Sutherland	1,468	24.8	1	2
	Labour	Mary McNeill	1,237	20.9	2	4
	Conservative	Patrick Ross-Taylor	1,090	18.4	3	6
	Labour	Brian Reilly	1,019	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny Douglas	841	14.2
	Scottish Green	Thomas Davidson	265	4.5

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Beith Forrest	1,204	22.5	2	5
	Conservative	Hamish Stewart	1,048	19.6	3	7
	SNP	Bev Gauld	1,042	19.5	1	4
	Labour	Ralph Barker	832	15.5
	SNP	Tom Mitchell	824	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Waddell	305	5.7
	Independent	Tom Dalbindle	101	1.9

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Danny Meikle	1,709	27.7	1	1
	Labour	Alex McInnes	1,245	20.2	3	5
	SNP	Archie Manson	1,156	18.7	2	5
	SNP	David Smart	1,148	18.6
	Conservative	John Baillie	734	11.9
	Scottish Green	Billy McLean	183	3.0

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Avondale and Stonehouse
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	William Holman	1,989	27.6	1	1
	Conservative	Graeme Campbell	1,384	19.2	2	2
	Labour	James Malloy	1,071	14.9	3	8
	Independent	Lynn Filshie	797	11.1	4	8
	Labour	Ian McInnes	788	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Benzies	414	5.7
	Scottish Green	John Innes	333	4.6
	Independent	Stuart Brown	238	3.3
	Independent	Frank Reilly	198	2.7

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Archie Buchanan	2,431	42.7	1	1
	Labour	Jim Docherty	1,900	33.3	2	1
	East Kilbride Alliance	Colin McKay	358	6.3
	Conservative	Gillian Alexander	356	6.2
	SNP	Douglas Edwards	294	5.2	3	8
	Scottish Green	Drew Campbell	167	2.9
	Solidarity	John Park	129	2.3
	Scottish Socialist	Lynsey MacGregor	63	1.1

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride Central South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	John Anderson	1,970	32.0	1	1
	Labour	Gerry Convery	1,692	27.5	2	1
	Labour	Pat Watters	1,089	17.7	3	8
	Conservative	Anne Stewart	383	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Linskey	316	5.1
	East Kilbride Alliance	Iain Cameron	309	5.0
	Scottish Green	Alison Campbell	254	4.1
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Sands	150	2.4

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride Central North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Anne Maggs	2,248	28.3	1	1
	Labour	Alice Marie Mitchell	1,899	23.9	2	1
	Labour	Christopher Thompson	1,229	15.5	3	7
	Conservative	Isobel Perratt	545	6.9
	SNP	Sheena Wardhaugh	538	6.8	4	10
	Scottish Green	Raymond Burke	500	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	446	5.6
	East Kilbride Alliance	Clare Keane	227	2.9
	East Kilbride Alliance	Tim Gingell	169	2.1
	Scottish Socialist	Catherine Pedersen	130	1.6

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Watson	1,861	30.2	1	1
	Labour	Michael McCann	1,805	29.4	2	1
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	860	14.0	3	7
	Labour	Margaret McCulloch	688	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Aaron	437	7.1
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	259	4.2
	Scottish Green	Kitty MacKenzie	232	3.8

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Jim Wardhaugh	1,896	36.2	1	1
	Labour	John Cairney	1,414	27.0	2	1
	Labour	Graham Scott	639	12.2	3	8
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	493	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watson	271	5.2
	Scottish Green	Andrew Williamson	210	4.0
	East Kilbride Alliance	Richard Naismith	189	3.6
	Independent	John Doyle	122	2.3

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Rutherglen South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Brian McKenna	1,534	24.7	1	3
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Baxendale	1,077	17.3	2	7
	SNP	Anne Higgins	1,045	16.8	3	10
	Labour	Patricia Osborne	846	13.6
	Conservative	Jean Miller	529	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Campbell	506	8.1
	Independent	Brian McCutcheon	285	4.6
	Scottish Green	Michael Tobin	150	2.4
	Scottish Unionist	Michael A Haigh	135	2.2
	Scottish Socialist	John Patrick	106	1.7

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Rutherglen Central and North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Edward McAvoy	1,833	35.1	1	1
	SNP	Gordon Clark	1,198	22.9	2	5
	Labour	Denis McKenna	786	15.0	3	8
	Liberal Democrats	Janette Little	666	12.7
	Conservative	Ian Raeburn	283	5.4
	Scottish Green	Susan Martin	176	3.4
	Scottish Unionist	Jim Nixon	157	3.0
	Scottish Socialist	John Starrs	126	2.4

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cambuslang West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Russell Clearie	1,253	20.5	2	7
	Labour	John McGuinness	1,225	20.0
	SNP	Clare McColl	1,209	19.8	3	7
	Liberal Democrats	David Baillie	1,191	19.5	1	5
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaskill	772	12.6
	Scottish Green	Christian Schmidt	187	3.1
	Scottish Unionist	Jimi Moore	154	2.5
	Scottish Socialist	David McClemont	130	2.1

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cambuslang East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Walter Brogan	1,544	32.4	1	1
	SNP	John Higgins	1,120	23.5	2	4
	Labour	Pam Clearie	859	18.0	3	4
	Liberal Democrats	Tunweer Malik	684	14.3
	Conservative	Louise Ann Campbell	423	8.9
	Scottish Socialist	David Stevenson	137	2.9

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Blantyre
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Hugh Dunsmuir	1,586	24.6	1	1
	Independent	Bert Thomson	1,365	21.2	2	1
	SNP	John McNamee	1,253	19.4	4	6
	Labour	Jim Handibode	1,121	17.4	3	2
	Independent	Michael T McGlynn	748	11.6
	Conservative	Morag Redpath	327	5.1
	Independent	Gavin Wallace	52	0.8

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Bothwell and Uddingston
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Henry Mitchell	1,615	30.0	1	1
	Labour	Maureen Devlin	1,292	24.0	2	4
	SNP	James McGuigan	998	18.6	3	7
	Labour	Pat Morgan	696	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	477	8.9
	Scottish Green	Kenneth Robb	168	3.1
	Solidarity	Denis Reilly	132	2.5

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton North and East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Barry Douglas	1,769	31.3	1	1
	Labour	David McLachlan	1,335	23.6	2	4
	Labour	Mary Smith	1,221	21.6	3	6
	Conservative	Andrew Leitch	917	16.2
	Independent	James Ward	214	3.8
	Independent	Hugh Clements	190	3.4

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton West and Earnock
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Allan Falconer	1,670	26.4	1	1
	SNP	Graeme Horne	1,591	25.1	2	1
	Independent	Tommy Gilligan	1,433	22.6	3	1
	Labour	Jean McKeown	743	11.7	4	7
	Conservative	John Anderson	606	9.6
	Scottish Green	Scot Graham	167	2.6
	Scottish Socialist	Gordon McGovern	124	2.0

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Joe Lowe	2,626	34.9	1	1
	SNP	Bobby Lawson	1,791	23.8	2	1
	Labour	Brian McCaig	1,005	13.4	3	2
	Conservative	John Murray	808	10.7	4	8
	Independent	John Carracher	464	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Oswald	427	5.7
	Independent	David Holland	215	2.9
	Scottish Green	Denize McBride	188	2.5

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Larkhall
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Jackie Burns	2,699	38.0	1	1
	SNP	Peter Craig	1,264	17.8	2	4
	SNP	Lesley McDonald	890	12.5	4	7
	Conservative	Gregor Cameron	563	7.9
	Labour	Robin Cunningham	502	7.1
	Scottish Unionist	Mary Duckett	466	6.6
	Labour	Andy Carmichael	366	5.2	3	7
	Liberal Democrats	Callan Dick	349	4.9

By-elections

Cambuslang East, by-election 6th March 2008
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Richard Tullett	725	28.0	1	8
	SNP	Christine Deanie	609	23.5
	Liberal Democrat	Tunweer Malik	580	22.4
	Independent	John McGuinness	509	19.6
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaskill	80	3.1
	Scottish Unionist	Jimi Moore	38	1.5
	Scottish Socialist	David McClemont	32	1.2
	Scottish Green	Susan Martin	21	0.8

East Kilbride West, by-election 28th October 2010
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Alan Scott	847	41.4	1	6
	SNP	Pat McGuire	571	27.9
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	403	19.7
	Scottish Green	Raymond Burke	82	4.0
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	71	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	70	3.4

Hamilton West and Earnock, by-election 8th December 2011
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	John Menzies	822	50.03	1	1
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher	607	36.94
	Conservative	Connar McBain	214	13.02

References

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Preceded by South Lanarkshire Council election, 2003	South Lanarkshire Council elections	Succeeded by South Lanarkshire Council election, 2012

South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007

Contents

Election results

Ward results

By-elections

References