North Ayrshire Council election, 2007
Elections to North Ayrshire 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 eight 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 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
North Ayrshire Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
12 |
N/A |
N/A |
-8 |
40.0% |
32.42 |
17,666 |
|
|
SNP |
8 |
N/A |
N/A |
+5 |
26.67% |
29.51 |
16,081 |
|
|
Independent |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
+3 |
16.67% |
16.87 |
9,193 |
|
|
Conservative |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
-2 |
10.0% |
13.45 |
7,330 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
+2 |
6.67% |
4.71 |
2,564 |
|
|
Solidarity |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
2.07 |
1,127 |
|
|
Socialist Labour |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0.49 |
265 |
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0.48 |
261 |
|
Ward results
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kilwinning |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
John Ferguson |
1,749 |
27.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Margaret McDougall |
1,033 |
16.0 |
2 |
4 |
|
Labour |
Ryan Oldfather |
872 |
13.5 |
4 |
7 |
|
Conservative |
Gail Niven Allison |
869 |
13.4 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Andrew Scott Chamberlain |
713 |
11.0 |
3 |
7 |
|
Labour |
Donald J Reid |
513 |
7.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Leanne Dorans |
468 |
7.2 |
|
|
|
Solidarity |
Sandy Clarke |
255 |
3.9 |
|
|
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Saltcoats and Stevenston |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
William Gibson |
1,629 |
22.4 |
1 |
1 |
|
Independent |
Ronnie McNicol |
1,362 |
18.8 |
2 |
3 |
|
Labour |
David Munn |
943 |
13.0 |
3 |
7 |
|
Labour |
Alan Munro |
902 |
12.4 |
4 |
7 |
|
SNP |
Nan Wallace |
691 |
9.5 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sam Taylor |
683 |
9.4 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Stewart Ferguson |
554 |
7.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Margaret Walsh |
496 |
6.8 |
|
|
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ardrossan and Arran |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
Margie Currie |
1,439 |
19.3 |
2 |
4 |
|
SNP |
Tony Gurney |
1,414 |
19.0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Labour |
Peter McNamara |
1,007 |
13.5 |
3 |
7 |
|
Independent |
John Hunter |
952 |
12.8 |
4 |
9 |
|
Conservative |
Gordon Allison |
857 |
11.5 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Margaret Munn |
829 |
11.1 |
|
|
|
SNP |
William McLaren |
573 |
7.7 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Kenneth MacDougall |
228 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Nigel Hunter |
144 |
1.9 |
|
|
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Dalry and West Kilbride |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
Elizabeth McLardy |
1,637 |
29.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
John Reid |
1,176 |
20.7 |
2 |
6 |
|
SNP |
Catherine McMillan |
1,084 |
19.1 |
3 |
6 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Barr† |
962 |
17.0 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ian Richardson |
242 |
4.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
David Park |
213 |
3.8 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Susan Clark |
174 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
Socialist Labour |
Louise McDaid |
162 |
2.9 |
|
|
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kilbirnie and Beith |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Craig Taylor |
1,329 |
23.4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Labour |
John Bell |
1,313 |
23.1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Independent |
Jean Highgate |
947 |
16.7 |
3 |
7 |
|
Labour |
Donald Reid |
849 |
15.0 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Smith |
562 |
9.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Johnstone |
265 |
4.7 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jenny Hutton |
188 |
3.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
William Fyfe |
116 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Iain Walker |
106 |
1.9 |
|
|
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: North Coast and Cumbraes |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Alan Hill |
2,357 |
30.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Alex Gallagher |
1,549 |
19.8 |
2 |
2 |
|
Conservative |
Elisabethe Marshall |
1,007 |
12.9 |
3 |
7 |
|
Conservative |
Tom Marshall |
719 |
9.2 |
|
|
|
SNP |
Bobby Rae |
715 |
9.2 |
4 |
7 |
|
Independent |
Ian Murdoch |
587 |
7.5 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Lewis Hutton |
493 |
6.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Gerard Langan |
377 |
4.8 |
|
|
Changes Since June 2007
- †Robert Barr quit the Conservative Party on 24 June 2010 and now sits as an Independent
By-Elections since 3 May 2007
A by-election arose in the Kilbirnie and Beith Ward following the death of the Scottish National Party's Craig Taylor and Anthea Dickson held the seat for the SNP on 14 October 2008.
Kilbirnie and Beith by-election, 14 October 2008 - 1 seat[1] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 |
|
SNP |
Anthea Dickson |
48.92 |
1,363 |
1,380
| 1,415 |
|
Labour |
Gordon McKay |
33.70 |
939 |
956
| 972 |
|
Conservative |
Ted Nevill |
11.56 |
322 |
324
| 342 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Lewis Hutton |
3.37 |
94 |
104
| |
|
Socialist Labour |
James McDaid |
2.44 |
68 |
| |
|
SNP hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 11,232 Valid: 2,786 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 2,806 (24.98%) |
|}
A by-election arose in the Saltcoats and Stevenston Ward following the resignation of the Labour Party's David Munn and Jim Montgomorie held the seat for Labour on 25 August 2011.
Saltcoats and Stevenston by-election, 25 August 2011 - 1 seat[2] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|
Labour |
Jim Montgomerie |
48.73 |
1,914 |
1,927
| 1,936
| 1,963
| 2,039 |
|
SNP |
Nan Wallace |
33.25 |
1,306 |
1,311
| 1,326
| 1,363
| 1,425 |
|
Conservative |
Chris Barr |
7.23 |
284 |
286
| 297
| 308
| 331 |
|
Scottish Senior Citizens |
Jimmy Miller |
5.37 |
211 |
217
| 222
| 240
| |
|
Independent |
Gerard Pollock |
2.90 |
114 |
117
| 123
|
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gordon Bain |
1.43 |
56 |
57
|
|
| |
|
Socialist Labour |
Louise McDaid |
1.09 |
43 |
|
|
| |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 11,039 Valid: 2,764 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,965 Turnout: 2,806 (25.42%) |
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