Scottish Borders Council election, 2007
Elections to Scottish Borders 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 11 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 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
Scottish Borders Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
11 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
32.4 |
26.8 |
13,083 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
+2 |
29.4 |
24.6 |
11,980 |
|
|
Independent |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
-8 |
14.7 |
21.1 |
10,272 |
|
|
SNP |
6 |
N/A |
N/A |
+4 |
17.6 |
18.8 |
9,161 |
|
|
Borders Party |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
+2 |
5.9 |
5.3 |
2,597 |
|
|
Labour |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
919 |
|
|
Scottish Green |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
456 |
|
|
Solidarity |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
210 |
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
105 |
|
Ward results
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Catriona Bhatia |
1,202 |
25.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Neil Calvert |
1,091 |
22.9 |
2 |
4 |
|
SNP |
Willie Archibald |
784 |
16.4 |
3 |
5 |
|
Independent |
Nancy Norman |
672 |
14.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Tom Davidson |
667 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Eamonn O'Neil |
356 |
7.5 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale East |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Bill Herd |
1,167 |
24.3 |
1 |
3 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Graham Garvie |
1,159 |
24.1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Conservative |
Gavin Logan |
1,086 |
22.6 |
3 |
4 |
|
Labour |
Robin Tatler |
563 |
11.7 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Bran McCrow |
490 |
10.2 |
|
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Borders Party |
Tom Douglas |
231 |
4.8 |
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Norman Lockhart |
105 |
2.2 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Galashiels and District |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
John Mitchell |
1,519 |
28.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jim Hume |
1,466 |
27.2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Fiona Lackenby |
735 |
13.6 |
4 |
6 |
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Borders Party |
Sandy Aitchison |
693 |
12.9 |
3 |
6 |
|
Independent |
Bill White |
453 |
8.4 |
|
|
|
Solidarity |
Graeme McIver |
210 |
3.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
David Smail |
173 |
3.2 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Alistair Lings |
136 |
2.5 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Selkirkshire |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Vicky Davidson |
1,313 |
29.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Carolyn Riddell-Carre |
1,121 |
25.2 |
2 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Kenneth Gunn |
826 |
18.5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Independent |
Gordon Edgar |
558 |
12.5 |
|
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Borders Party |
Violet Baillie |
360 |
8.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Alistair Pattullo |
279 |
6.3 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
David Parker |
1,362 |
29.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
John Greenwell |
713 |
15.6 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Paton-Day |
703 |
15.3 |
2 |
5 |
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Borders Party |
Nicholas Watson |
692 |
15.1 |
3 |
5 |
|
SNP |
Frank McCann |
640 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Harry Cummings |
394 |
8.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Rae |
78 |
1.7 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Mid Berwickshire |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Frances Renton |
1,186 |
27.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Donald Moffat |
1,173 |
26.7 |
2 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Trevor Jones |
1,051 |
23.9 |
3 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret McCrave |
722 |
16.4 |
|
|
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Borders Party |
Diana Miers |
255 |
5.8 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Anne Roberts |
105 |
2.4 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: East Berwickshire |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
Michael Cook |
1,512 |
34.8 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Jim Fullarton |
1,333 |
30.6 |
2 |
1 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
David Raw |
804 |
18.5 |
3 |
3 |
|
SNP |
Aileen Orr |
701 |
16.1 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alec Nicol |
1,116 |
25.7 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Alasdair Hutton |
982 |
22.7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Independent |
Tom Weatherston† |
814 |
18.8 |
3 |
5 |
|
Independent |
Trevor Black |
431 |
9.9 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Andrew Thomson |
427 |
9.9 |
|
|
|
SNP |
Paul Cartledge |
346 |
8.0 |
|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Michael Scott |
218 |
5.0 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Jedburgh and District |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Conservative |
Sandy Scott |
1,011 |
26.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Len Wyse |
878 |
22.6 |
2 |
4 |
|
SNP |
Jim Brown |
877 |
22.6 |
3 |
4 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alistair O'Neil |
716 |
18.4 |
|
|
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Borders Party |
Jim Smith |
316 |
8.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jim Millhouse |
87 |
2.2 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Denholm |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Conservative |
Zandra Elliott |
980 |
26.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Independent |
Stewart Marshall |
904 |
24.0 |
2 |
5 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jock Houston |
738 |
19.6 |
3 |
5 |
|
SNP |
Derek Philips |
454 |
12.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Andrew Farquhar |
301 |
8.0 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alex Martin |
232 |
6.2 |
|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Kevin Ferguson |
112 |
3.0 |
|
|
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Borders Party |
Charles Humphries |
50 |
1.3 |
|
|
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Hermitage |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
David Paterson |
1,022 |
25.8 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
George Turnbull |
953 |
24.1 |
2 |
4 |
|
SNP |
Jim Rowan |
674 |
17.0 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ron Smith |
475 |
|
3 |
6 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Etta McKean |
380 |
12.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jake Irvine |
324 |
8.2 |
|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Lesley Wood |
126 |
3.2 |
|
|
Changes Since 2007 Elections
- †Tom Weatherston cased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011