Stirling Council election, 2007
Elections to Stirling 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 seven 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 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
Stirling Local Election Result 2007[1][2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
8 |
N/A |
N/A |
-3 |
36.4 |
28.2 |
11,112 |
|
|
SNP |
7 |
N/A |
N/A |
+6 |
31.8 |
29.2 |
11,529 |
|
|
Conservative |
4 |
N/A |
N/A |
-6 |
18.2 |
25.3 |
9,992 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
+3 |
13.6 |
11.5 |
4,542 |
|
|
Scottish Green |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0.0 |
1.7 |
675 |
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
69 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
58 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0.0 |
3.7 |
1,442 |
|
Ward results
Stirling council election, 2007: Trossachs and Teith |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Fergus Wood |
1,789 |
33.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Tony Ffinch |
1,065 |
19.7 |
2 |
4 |
|
Labour |
Paul Owens |
839 |
15.5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Mark Kenyon |
782 |
14.4 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Galen Milne |
568 |
10.5 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Charles Grant |
373 |
6.9 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Colin O'Brien |
1,705 |
26.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Graham Lambie |
1,500 |
22.9 |
2 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Alistair Berrill |
1,281 |
19.6 |
3 |
5 |
|
Conservative |
David Lonsdale |
1,180 |
18.0 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Rona Sutherland |
823 |
12.6 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Henke |
58 |
0.9 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Jim Thomson |
1,482 |
36.1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
John Hendry |
1,083 |
26.4 |
2 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Lesley Stein |
596 |
14.5 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Graham Reed |
456 |
11.1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Labour |
Frances Junnier |
340 |
8.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
James McDonald |
146 |
3.6 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Scott Farmer |
1,674 |
30.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Andrew Simpson |
1,041 |
18.8 |
2 |
3 |
|
Conservative |
Neil Benny |
1,005 |
18.2 |
4 |
6 |
|
Conservative |
Gerry Power |
740 |
13.3 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gordon Bruce |
699 |
12.6 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Christine Simpson |
376 |
6.8 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling East |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Steven Paterson |
1,821 |
32.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Corrie McChord |
1,396 |
25.2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Charles McKean |
779 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ian Brown |
765 |
13.8 |
3 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Helen Scott |
764 |
13.8 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Alasdair MacPherson |
1,469 |
31.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Margaret Brisley |
1,376 |
29.8 |
2 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Gerard O'Brien |
883 |
19.1 |
3 |
3 |
|
Conservative |
Alistair McCulloch |
323 |
7.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Stephen Evans |
216 |
4.7 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
David Smith |
164 |
3.6 |
|
|
By-elections Since 2007
- Labour's Gerard O'Brien resigned having been found guilty of breaches of the Councillors Code of Conduct. Violet Weir held the seat for the party on 30 April 2009
Bannockburn By-Election (30 April 2009)- 1 seat[3] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Violet Weir |
39.89 |
1,131 |
1,134
| 1,141
| 1,162
| 1,175
| 1,196
| 1,288 |
|
SNP |
Bill McDonald |
37.64 |
1,067 |
1,072
| 1,078
| 1,095
| 1,110
| 1,162
| 1,228 |
|
Independent |
Tommy Brookes |
8.08 |
229 |
232
| 235
| 240
| 272
| 303
| |
|
Conservative |
Catherine Berrill |
6.10 |
173 |
176
| 178
| 194
| 201
|
| |
|
Independent |
Breda O'Brien |
2.89 |
89 |
94
| 96
| 99
|
|
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ethne Brown |
2.89 |
82 |
83
| 91
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Green |
Duncan Illingsworth |
1.27 |
36 |
36
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Independent |
Paul Campbell |
0.99 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 8,170 Valid: 2,835 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 34.7% |
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