East Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007
Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 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 8 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004[1] each ward will elect three councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 24 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
East Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
SNP |
8 |
N\A |
N\A |
+8 |
33.3 |
18.2 |
9,146 |
|
|
Labour |
6 |
N\A |
N\A |
-1 |
25.0 |
25.9 |
13,025 |
|
|
Conservative |
5 |
N\A |
N\A |
+2 |
20.8 |
21.5 |
10,788 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
3 |
N\A |
N\A |
-9 |
12.5 |
17.9 |
9,001 |
|
|
East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance |
2 |
N\A |
N\A |
+2 |
8.3 |
11.4 |
5,703 |
|
|
Scottish Green |
0 |
N\A |
N\A |
0 |
0.0 |
2.4 |
1,191 |
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
0 |
N\A |
N\A |
0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
344 |
|
|
Unionist |
0 |
N\A |
N\A |
0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
114 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
N\A |
N\A |
-2 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
896 |
|
Ward results
Milngavie
Milngavie |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
|
SNP |
Jim Gibbons |
20.1 |
1,310 |
1,327
| 1,388
| 1,475
| 1,581
| 1,637
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Bill Binks |
18.8 |
1,230 |
1,234
| 1,277
| 1,305
| 1,372
| 1,436
| 1,436
| 1,742 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Eric Gotts |
18.8 |
1,226 |
1,229
| 1,257
| 1,304
| 1,951
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Peter Ritchie |
17.8 |
1,161 |
1,175
| 1,217
| 1,263
| 1,336
| 1,400
| 1,400
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Fiona Risk |
14.1 |
919 |
924
| 962
| 1,051
|
|
|
| |
|
EDIA |
Pat Ryan |
4.7 |
308 |
314
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Green |
Emma Sheppard |
4.7 |
307 |
319
| 364
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Bill Newman |
1.1 |
71 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 6,532 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,634 Turnout: 65.12% |
Bearsden North
Bearsden North |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Conservative |
Amanda Stewart |
33.3 |
2,383 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Ian MacKay |
18.9 |
1,354 |
1,428
| 1,444
| 1,472
| 1,546
| 1,637
| 1,868 |
|
Labour |
Ali Syed |
15.1 |
1,082 |
1,138
| 1,147
| 1,163
| 1,221
| 1,340
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Duncan Cumming† |
13.7 |
981 |
1,074
| 1,078
| 1,114
| 1,233
| 1,788
| 2,218 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ashay Ghai |
11.4 |
818 |
875
| 881
| 894
| 963
|
| |
|
Scottish Green |
Stuart Callison |
4.8 |
344 |
393
| 411
| 459
|
|
| |
|
Independent |
Dennis Brogan |
|
132 |
199
| 203
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Neil Scott |
1.0 |
70 |
73
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 7,164 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,792 Turnout: 67.49% |
Bearsden South
Bearsden South |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Conservative |
Simon Hutchison |
24.4 |
1,654 |
1,677
| 1,794
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Manjinder Shergill |
19.3 |
1,305 |
1,357
| 1,386
| 1,394
| 1,473
| 1,486
| |
|
SNP |
Graeme Douglas |
19.1 |
1,294 |
1,352
| 1,432
| 1,446
| 1,521
| 1,531
| 1,938 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Vaughan Moody |
16.1 |
1,094 |
1,172
| 1,218
| 1,239
| 1,741
|
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Morrison |
10.3 |
695 |
733
| 786
| 795
|
|
| |
|
Independent |
Garry McKendrick |
5.7 |
387 |
421
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Green |
Scott Ferguson |
5.1 |
349 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 6,778 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,695 Turnout: 66.15% |
Campsie and Kirkintilloch North
Campsie and Kirkintilloch North |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
EDIA |
Charles Kennedy |
48.6 |
2,609 |
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
John Dempsey |
17.7 |
950 |
1,179
| 1,383
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
David Ritchie |
13.1 |
704 |
890
| 911
| 917
| 990
| 1,337 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Cathy McInnes |
9.6 |
515 |
639
| 667
| 675
| 826
| |
|
Conservative |
Catherine Brown |
6.2 |
333 |
436
| 447
| 450
|
| |
|
Labour |
Alex Wingate |
4.8 |
255 |
350
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 5,366 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,342 Turnout: 62.68% |
Bishopbriggs North and Torrance
Bishopbriggs North and Torrance |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Conservative |
Billy Hendry |
33.7 |
2,370 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Una Walker |
27.0 |
1,899 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Anne McNair |
17.6 |
1,242 |
1,333
| 1,352
| 1,364
| 1,400
| 1,551
| 2,003 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Margaret McNaughton |
13.2 |
927 |
1,017
| 1,047
| 1,059
| 1,095
| 1,231
| |
|
EDIA |
Jim Gilmour |
5.4 |
379 |
463
| 477
| 499
| 593
|
| |
|
Independent |
Bernard Mills |
2.5 |
176 |
218
| 228
| 245
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Unionist |
Diane McDougall |
0.6 |
44 |
100
| 103
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 7,037 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,760 Turnout: 65.79% |
Bishopbriggs South
Bishopbriggs South |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Alex Hannah |
27.7 |
1,505 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Gordon Low |
20.1 |
1,095 |
1,105
| 1,114
| 1,264
| 1,430
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Alan Brown |
14.1 |
767 |
774
| 805
| 897
| 1,060
| 1,073
| |
|
Labour |
Michael O'Donnell |
14.0 |
761 |
845
| 848
| 942
| 1,117
| 1,135
| 1,399 |
|
EDIA |
Donald MacDonald |
12.1 |
656 |
666
| 673
| 771
|
|
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Tom Dibble |
10.8 |
586 |
595
| 600
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Unionist |
Derek Doughty |
1.3 |
70 |
71
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 5,440 Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,361 Turnout: 58.50% |
Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
|
Labour |
Rhondda Geekie |
28.8 |
1,937 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Anne Jarvis |
26.3 |
1,772 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Gillian Renwick |
16.8 |
1,128 |
1,163
| 1,174
| 1,201
| 1,233
| 1,282
| 1,325
| 1,477
| 1,838 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gordon MacDonald |
10.1 |
681 |
717
| 731
| 741
| 764
| 800
| 1,032
| 1,139
| |
|
EDIA |
Ken Selbie |
6.5 |
435 |
454
| 464
| 473
| 538
| 575
| 592
|
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Margaret Morris |
4.1 |
277 |
290
| 299
| 305
| 318
| 359
|
|
| |
|
Independent |
James Barker |
3.0 |
201 |
221
| 229
| 239
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Green |
Isabel Park |
2.8 |
191 |
210
| 216
| 241
| 261
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Moira Brown |
1.5 |
103 |
118
| 120
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 6,725 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,682 Turnout: 64.08% |
Kirkintilloch East and Twechar
Kirkintilloch East and Twechar |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Stewart MacDonald |
28.7 |
1,487 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
EDIA |
Jack Young |
25.4 |
1,316 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
John Jamieson |
19.7 |
1,019 |
1,029
| 1,033
| 1,064
| 1,114
| 1,241
| 1,464 |
|
Labour |
Alan Moir |
13.4 |
693 |
828
| 832
| 859
| 886
| 953
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Rod Ackland |
5.4 |
282 |
288
| 289
| 298
| 373
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Alison Lothian |
5.4 |
279 |
281
| 283
| 285
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Willie Telfer |
1.9 |
100 |
103
| 104
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: Valid: 5,176 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 55.18% |
Changes since 2007 Election
- †On 10 July 2011, Bearsden North Cllr Duncan Cumming resigned from the Liberal Democrats and now sits as an Independent.
By-elections since 2007 Election
- A by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of Labour Cllr Alex Hannah on 12 April 2009. The seat was held by Labour's Alex Moir on 4 June 2009
Bishopbriggs South By-election (4 June 2009)- 1 Seat[2] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 |
|
Labour |
Alex Moir |
39.2 |
1,401 |
1,401
| 1,401
| 1,401 |
|
SNP |
David Turner |
23.4 |
837 |
837
| 837
| 837 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
David Jackson |
20.6 |
736 |
736
| 736
| 736 |
|
Conservative |
John Anderson |
14.0 |
500 |
500
| 500
| 500 |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Daniel O'Donnell |
2.7 |
96 |
96
|
| |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 23,202 Valid: 5,196 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 2,599 Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%) |
- A by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Simon Hutchison on 29 October 2009. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai on 10 December 2009.
Bearsden South By-election (10 December 2009)- 1 Seat[3] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 |
|
Conservative |
Rachel Higgins |
33.4 |
1,261 |
1,306
| 1,499 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ashay Ghai |
29.4 |
1,110 |
1,381
| 1,770 |
|
SNP |
Fiona McLeod |
20.7 |
783 |
972
| |
|
Labour |
Manjinder Shergill |
16.6 |
626 |
| |
|
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 10,850 Valid: 3,780 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,891 Turnout: 3,930(36.22%) |
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