Fife Council election, 2007

Fife Council election, 2007

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)

All 78 seats to Fife Council 40 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Alex Rowley Peter Grant Elizabeth Riches Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat The Lochs Glenrothes West and Kinglassie Tay Bridgehead Last election 36 seats 11 seats, 23 seats, Seats before 36 11 23 Seats won 24 23 Seats after 21 Seat change 12 12 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andrew Rodger Dave Dempsey Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Last election {{{1}}} 2 seats, Seats before 7 2 Seats won 5 5 Seat change 2 3

Council Leader before election Anne McGovern Labour Council Leader after election Peter Grant SNP

Elections to Fife 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 23 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a collation to run the council for the next 5 years.

Election results

Fife Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	24	N\A	N\A	-11	30.8	28.7	39,982
	SNP	23	N\A	N\A	+11	29.5	27.8	38,764
	Liberal Democrats	21	N\A	N\A	-1	26.9	22.4	31,176
	Conservative	5	N\A	N\A	+3	6.4	10.6	14,783
	Scottish Green	0	N\A	N\A	±0	0.0	1.4	1,929
	UKIP	0	N\A	N\A	±0	0.0	0.5	702
	Health Concern	0	N\A	N\A	±0	0.0	0.5	690
	Solidarity	0	N\A	N\A	±0	0.0	0.3	393
	Scottish Socialist	0	N\A	N\A	±0	0.0	0.3	365
	Independent	5	N\A	N\A	-2	6.4	7.6	10,542

Ward results

West Fife and Coastal Villages
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Bobby Clelland	1,826	23.0	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry McMullan	1,722	21.6	2	1
	SNP	Bill Walker	1,663	20.9	3	1
	Independent	William Ferguson	1,244	15.6	4	6
	Labour	Helen Law	896	11.3
	Conservative	Dennis Halligan	605	7.6

Dunfermline North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Burke	1,451	27.5	1	1
	Labour	Bill McCulloch	1,254	23.8	2	4
	SNP	David Mogg	1,236	23.4	3	6
	Health Concern	Gill Cunningham	690	13.0
	Conservative	Paul Callaghan	313	5.9
	Labour	Robert McGregor	272	5.2
	Independent	Jason McGilvray	59	11.2

Dunfermline Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Willie Sullivan	1,881	23.9	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie McKenna	1,774	22.6	2	1
	SNP	Lizz Mogg	1,574	20.0	3	1
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Rosiejak	1,488	19.0	4	2
	Conservative	Lisa Marie Callaghan	832	10.6
	Scottish Green	Graeme Allan	313	4.0

Dunfermline South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Martin	1,816	26.1	1	1
	SNP	Brian John Goodall	1,583	22.8	2	1
	Labour	Mike Rumney	1,446	20.8	3	1
	Labour	Bob Young	738	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Walker	627	9.0	4	6
	Conservative	Richard Jules Watt	515	7.4
	Scottish Green	Angela Dixon	231	3.3

Rosyth
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Douglas Chapman	1,672	32.1	1	1
	Labour	Pat Callaghan	1,579	30.3	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Legg	1,081	20.8	3	3
	Labour	Malcolm Macaulay	456	8.8
	Conservative	Richard McKell	415	8.0

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Alice McGarry	2,172	29.5	1	1
	Labour	Bob Eadie	1,510	20.5	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Herbert	1,337	18.1	3	2
	Conservative	Dave Dempsey	1,291	17.5	4	4
	Labour	Jim Philp	512	6.9
	Scottish Green	Ian Sinclair	349	4.7
	UKIP	Chris Ashton	137	1.9
	Scottish Socialist	David Noble	60	0.8

The Lochs
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Willie Clarke	1,291	28.0	1	1
	Labour	Alex Rowley	961	20.9	3	6
	SNP	Ann Bain	957	20.8	2	6
	Labour	John Devine	818	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas McLellan	259	5.6
	Conservative	David Hicks	170	3.7
	Solidarity	Kate Stewart	81	1.8
	Independent	James Pate Ireland	72	1.6

Cowdenbeath
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	John Simpson	1,414	27.5	1	1
	Independent	Alex Maxwell	1,350	26.3	2	1
	SNP	Alistair John Bain	968	18.9	3	6
	Labour	Lesley McEwan	624	12.1
	Independent	Robert Arnott	384	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Hipwell	246	4.8
	Conservative	Keith Smith	148	2.9

Lochgelly and Cardenden
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Mark Hood	1,228	27.8	1	1
	Labour	Margot Doig	1,225	27.7	2	1
	SNP	Ian Chisholm	1,036	23.4	3	2
	Independent	Ernest McPherson	637	14.4
	Conservative	Graeme Whyte	137	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Anne Burke	153	3.5

Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	George Kay	2,204	37.8	1	1
	Labour	Ron Edwards	1,344	23.0	2	2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Leslie	910	15.6	3	5
	Labour	Collett Salvona	649	11.1
	Conservative	Jamie Potton	567	9.7
	UKIP	Peter Adams	164	2.8

Kirkcaldy North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Carol Lindsay	1,632	29.1	1	1
	Labour	Neil Crooks	1,617	28.8	2	1
	Labour	David Ross	977	17.4	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Les Soper	651	11.6
	Conservative	Peter Finnie	433	7.7
	Independent	Calum Addison Coulter	188	3.4
	Solidarity	Louise McLeary	109	1.9

Kirkcaldy Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Torrance	1,795	31.8	1	1
	Labour	Judy Hamilton	1,227	21.8	3	4
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Soper	1,075	19.1	2	4
	Labour	John G Mackenzie	965	17.1
	Conservative	Susan McCulloch	462	8.2
	Solidarity	Steve West	114	2.0

Kirkcaldy East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	George Leslie††	1,680	35.4	1	1
	Labour	Lawrence Brown	1,221	25.7	2	1
	Labour	Kay Carrington	773	16.3	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Forrester	572	12.1
	Conservative	Brian Mills	361	7.6
	Scottish Socialist	Karen McGregor	138	2.9

Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Peter Grant	1,835	28.4	1	1
	Labour	Betty Campbell	1,627	25.2	2	1
	SNP	Alf Patey	1,278	19.8	3	2
	Labour	Raymond Duguid	585	9.1	4	6
	Conservative	David Paterson Croll	384	5.9
	Independent	Bob Taylor	376	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Riches	369	5.7

Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Fiona Grant	1,807	26.8	1	1
	SNP	John Beare	1,613	23.9	2	1
	Labour	William Kay	1,354	20.0	3	2
	Labour	Kay Morrison	787	11.7	4	8
	Conservative	David Mole	504	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wills	411	6.1
	Independent	Alex Lawson	164	2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Morag Balfour	114	1.7
	UKIP	Paul Smith	90	1.3

Glenrothes Central and Thornton
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Dave Cunningham	1,825	34.6	1	1
	Labour	Ian Crichton	1,325	25.1	2	1
	SNP	Ross Vettraino	707	13.4	3	6
	Labour	John Mowbray	564	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kerr	301	5.7
	Independent	Vina Bullimore	279	5.3
	Conservative	Jamie Drew	269	5.1

Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Arbuckle	2,091	31.8	1	1
	SNP	David MacDiarmid	1,259	19.2	3	6
	Conservative	Andy Heer	1,143	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Lothian	924	14.1	2	6
	Scottish Green	Bruce Bennett	511	9.6
	Labour	Iain Miles	477	7.8
	Solidarity	Colin Cameron	89	1.4
	Independent	James Jeffrey Fretwell	75	1.1

Tay Bridgehead
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Brett	1,489	25.8	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Taylor	1,243	21.5	2	4
	Conservative	Ron Caird	1,191	20.6	3	5
	SNP	Alastair Cruickshank	1,173	20.3
	Labour	Nikolai Zhelev	494	8.5
	UKIP	Duncan Pickard	190	3.3

St Andrews
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Dorothea Morrison	1,478	22.1	1	1
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Melville	1,454	21.8	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Sangster	809	12.1	3	9
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Waterston	788	11.8	4	9
	SNP	John Docherty	775	11.6
	Scottish Green	Tess Darwin	525	7.9
	Labour	Zoe Smith	411	6.2
	Independent	Joe Peterson	153	2.3
	Independent	Maries Cassells	131	2.0
	Independent	Karen Hutchence	81	1.2
	Independent	Keith Griffiths	77	1.2

East Neuk and Landward
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Riches	1,696	31.1	1	1
	Conservative	Mike Scott-Hayward†	1,515	27.8	2	1
	SNP	Margaret Wight	1,041	19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Donald MacGregor	816	15.0	3	4
	Labour	Reta Russell	387	7.1

Cupar
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Kennedy	1,511	24.8	1	2
	Independent	Bryan Poole	1,264	20.8	2	4
	Conservative	Roger Guy	1,154	18.9	3	4
	SNP	Noel Dolan	887	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Loretta Mordi	887	14.6
	Labour	Jon Dodds	388	6.4

Leven, Kennoway and Largo
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Alexander	2,164	29.6	1	1
	Labour	Charles Haffey	1,676	22.9	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Whitehead	1,118	15.3	4	5
	SNP	Alistair Hunter	880	12.0	3	5
	Conservative	Bill Brooks	799	10.9
	Labour	Vincent Heneghan	578	7.9
	UKIP	Rab Hutchison	89	12.2

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Andrew Rodger	2,114	33.7	1	1
	Labour	Tom Adams	1,456	23.2	2	1
	SNP	Arthur Robertson	712	11.3	3	11
	SNP	Stuart Macphail	647	10.3
	Labour	Jim Young	460	7.3	4	11
	Independent	John O'Brien	225	3.6
	Independent	Anne Marie Flack	195	3.1
	Independent	Ricky Jannetta	164	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lois Lothian	107	1.7
	Conservative	David Graham Stacey	97	1.5
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McLean	53	0.8
	UKIP	Kris Seunarine	32	0.5
	Independent	William Wallace	19	0.3

Changes Since 2007 Election

• †East Neuk and Landward, Cllr Mike Scott-Hayward joined the United Kingdom Independence Party after leaving the Conservative Party
• ††Kirkcaldy East, Cllr George Leslie quit the Scottish National Party and became an Independent

External links

• Election Results on FifeDirect

Preceded by Fife Council election 2003

Fife Council elections

Succeeded by Fife Council election, 2012

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