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The 2007 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council, at the same time as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 43 single-member wards, which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The results saw the council remain under no overall control. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Liberal Democrats | 15 | N/A | N/A | 5 | 34.9 | 26.9 | 20,845 | 8.5 | |
SNP | 12 | N/A | N/A | 6 | 27.9 | 29.5 | 22,791 | 6.5 | |
Labour | 10 | N/A | N/A | 3 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 19,003 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | 5 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 10,889 | 1.2 | |
Independent | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2,090 | 2.2 | |
Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1,204 | New | ||
Solidarity | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 248 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 218 | 1.4 | |
BNP | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 81 | New | |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Conservative | Jill Wisely | 27.4 | 1,911 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Scott Cassie | 19.6 | 1,365 | 1,381 | 1,446 | 1,695 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Yuill | 18.0 | 1,257 | 1,310 | 1,385 | 1,565 | |
SNP | Rigg Robertson | 17.3 | 1,207 | 1,220 | 1,296 | 1,399 | |
Labour | Allan McIntosh | 12.8 | 894 | 901 | 940 | ||
Independent | Graham Bennett | 4.8 | 332 | 352 | |||
Electorate: Valid: 6,966 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,742 Turnout: 7,046 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Muriel Jaffrey | 36.3 | 2,805 | ||||||
Labour | Willie Young | 20.9 | 1,615 | 1,615 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | John Reynolds† | 18.3 | 1,411 | 1,573 | 1,573 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Leslie††††† | 9.5 | 731 | 921 | 929 | 938 | 977 | 1,316 | |
Conservative | Brian Davidson | 7.9 | 610 | 726 | 731 | 733 | 783 | 827 | |
Liberal Democrats | Millie McLeod | 5.2 | 404 | 509 | 523 | 535 | 587 | ||
Independent | Hamish Mackay | 1.9 | 146 | 267 | 272 | 273 | |||
Electorate: Valid: 7,722 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,545 Turnout: 7,814 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Mark McDonald | 36.2 | 2,620 | |||||||
Labour | Barney Crockett | 24.9 | 1,801 | 1,801 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Ron Clark | 21.2 | 1,534 | 1,534 | 1,534 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | George Penny | 5.0 | 360 | 593 | 667 | 713 | 727 | 769 | 885 | |
Conservative | Avril MacKenzie | 8.3 | 603 | 701 | 730 | 738 | 752 | 781 | 833 | |
Scottish Green | Rhonda Reekie | 2.0 | 147 | 298 | 330 | 335 | 348 | 409 | ||
Independent | Angela Dunn | 1.6 | 116 | 190 | 211 | 214 | 260 | |||
Independent | Dennis Grattan | 0.8 | 57 | 117 | 131 | 133 | ||||
Electorate: Valid: 7,238 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,448 Turnout: 7,349 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Andrew May | 32.4 | 1,272 | |||||
Labour | Jim Hunter†††††† | 24.5 | 960 | 994 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Stewart | 20.4 | 801 | 859 | 860 | 963 | 1,071 | |
Scottish Green | Clive Kempe | 7.8 | 306 | 364 | 365 | 414 | 492 | |
Labour | George Penny | 8.2 | 322 | 343 | 351 | 382 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Olsen | 6.7 | 261 | 282 | 282 | |||
Electorate: Valid: 3,922 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 981 Turnout: 4,013 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Greig | 24.0 | 1,901 | |||||||
Conservative | Jim Farquharson††† | 21.8 | 1,728 | 1,728 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stewart | 20.4 | 1,614 | 1,614 | 1,614 | |||||
SNP | John West | 14.2 | 1,126 | 1,168 | 1,172 | 1,175 | 1,195 | 1,273 | 1,352 | |
Labour | Timothy Harris | 10.8 | 855 | 904 | 906 | 910 | 917 | 972 | 1,041 | |
Conservative | Fraser Forsyth | 5.1 | 406 | 457 | 573 | 578 | 583 | 614 | ||
Scottish Green | Rachel Shanks | 2.8 | 220 | 264 | 266 | 270 | 285 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Howard Chandler | 0.8 | 65 | 69 | 69 | 70 | ||||
Electorate: Valid: 7,915 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,584 Turnout: 7,998 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Kirsty West | 33.9 | 1,761 | ||||
Labour | George Adam | 30.6 | 1,589 | 1,589 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Fletcher | 20.6 | 1,068 | 1,195 | 1,219 | 1,388 | |
Labour | Charlie Pirie | 8.6 | 444 | 532 | 745 | 792 | |
Conservative | Frank Webster | 6.3 | 329 | 371 | 375 | ||
Electorate: Valid: 5,191 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,298 Turnout: 5,321 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Callum McCaig | 32.0 | 1,883 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Katharine Dean | 20.2 | 1,190 | 1,262 | 1,270 | 1,309 | 1,462 | 1,610 | ||
Labour | Neil Cooney | 19.8 | 1,162 | 1,205 | 1,214 | 1,237 | 1,260 | 1,298 | 1,321 | |
Labour | Sue Rae | 12.7 | 748 | 782 | 792 | 826 | 843 | 889 | 992 | |
Conservative | Graeme Webster | 7.2 | 423 | 441 | 447 | 473 | 493 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angus Easton | 4.1 | 239 | 260 | 266 | 283 | ||||
Independent | Daniel Yeats | 3.0 | 179 | 206 | 224 | |||||
Solidarity | Paul Mitcheson | 1.0 | 58 | 84 | ||||||
Electorate: Valid: 5,882 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,471 Turnout: 6,024 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Wendy Stuart | 33.6 | 1,746 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Stephen | 24.3 | 1,260 | 1,312 | |||||
Labour | Len Ironside | 16.3 | 848 | 899 | 900 | 910 | 935 | 987 | |
Labour | Rose Clayton | 14.6 | 758 | 810 | 811 | 826 | 872 | 958 | |
Conservative | Bill Berry | 7.0 | 364 | 388 | 389 | 407 | 454 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Young | 2.6 | 135 | 180 | 187 | 210 | |||
BNP | Steven Thomson | 1.6 | 81 | 111 | 112 | ||||
Electorate: Valid: 5,192 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,299 Turnout: 5,290 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Malone | 23.9 | 1,536 | 1,660 | ||||
Conservative | Alan Milne†††† | 24.0 | 1,546 | 1,588 | 1,592 | 1,745 | ||
Independent | Marie Boulton | 17.1 | 1,097 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,353 | 1,399 | |
SNP | David Adams | 16.6 | 1,068 | 1,125 | 1,127 | 1,234 | 1,253 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Malone | 9.4 | 603 | 692 | 726 | |||
Labour | Marianne Stewart | 9.1 | 583 | |||||
Electorate: Valid: 6,435 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,609 Turnout: 6,504 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | John Porter | 27.7 | 1,503 | |||||
SNP | Bill Cormie | 26.3 | 1,431 | 1,431 | ||||
Labour | Jenny Laing | 21.1 | 1,144 | 1,164 | 1,176 | 1,223 | 1,281 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Delaney | 12.4 | 671 | 689 | 702 | 753 | 1,201 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Donaldson | 9.7 | 529 | 563 | 570 | 586 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Christine Chandler | 2.8 | 153 | 155 | 167 | |||
Electorate: Valid: 5,431 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,358 Turnout: 5,491 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Jackie Dunbar | 30.9 | 1,557 | ||||
Labour | Gordon Graham | 27.8 | 1,401 | 1,401 | |||
SNP | Kevin Stewart | 20.8 | 1,050 | 1,249 | 1,258 | 1,281 | |
Labour | Ramsey Milne | 11.6 | 587 | 603 | 698 | 722 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen Freel | 6.0 | 302 | 320 | 326 | 368 | |
Conservative | Pat Wokoma | 2.8 | 143 | 145 | 146 | ||
Electorate: Valid: 5,040 Spoilt: 203 Quota: 1,261 Turnout: 5,243 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Jim Noble | 31.9 | 1,365 | ||||||
Labour | Norman Collie†† | 25.1 | 1,074 | 1,074 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Robertson | 13.7 | 585 | 638 | 638 | 659 | 799 | 926 | |
Labour | Sandra Macdonald | 13.9 | 595 | 634 | 635 | 648 | 718 | 791 | |
Conservative | Hannah Dolan | 7.8 | 333 | 347 | 347 | 354 | 377 | ||
Scottish Green | Daniel Johnston | 5.7 | 244 | 289 | 289 | 329 | |||
Solidarity | Angela McLeman | 2.1 | 88 | 110 | 110 | ||||
Electorate: Valid: 4,284 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,072 Turnout: 4,393 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Jim Kiddie | 30.9 | 1,900 | ||||||||
Labour | Yvonne Allan | 20.7 | 1,275 | 1,275 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Cormack | 17.5 | 1,077 | 1,155 | 1,160 | 1,169 | 1,202 | 1,397 | |||
Conservative | Alan Donnelly | 11.9 | 729 | 757 | 758 | 762 | 796 | 818 | 846 | 889 | |
Scottish Green | John Reekie | 4.7 | 287 | 386 | 388 | 431 | 476 | 528 | 564 | 672 | |
Labour | Ted Harris | 5.7 | 348 | 415 | 440 | 458 | 478 | 511 | 538 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Petchey | 4.4 | 270 | 334 | 335 | 345 | 364 | ||||
Independent | Chris Cowie | 2.6 | 163 | 198 | 199 | 219 | |||||
Solidarity | Shug Falconer | 1.7 | 102 | 150 | 151 | ||||||
Electorate: Valid: 6,151 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,231 Turnout: 6,263 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | John Corall | 29.5 | 873 | 875 | 885 | 984 | 1,258 | |
Conservative | Fraser Forsyth | 27.8 | 821 | 825 | 826 | 873 | 1,122 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Delaney | 23.4 | 693 | 700 | 708 | 869 | ||
Labour | Allan McIntosh | 17.5 | 518 | 520 | 529 | |||
Solidarity | Stephen Haddan | 1.1 | 31 | 33 | ||||
Independent | Dennis Grattan | 0.7 | 20 | |||||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | |||||||
Electorate: 10,288 Valid: 2,956 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,479 Turnout: 2,977 (28.9%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | |||||
SNP | Neil MacGregor | 51.4 | 2,090 | ||
Labour | Graeme Lawrence | 23.1 | 941 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kristian Chapman | 11.0 | 446 | ||
Conservative | Ross Thomson | 8.7 | 352 | ||
Independent | Angela Joss | 3.7 | 150 | ||
Scottish Green | Rhonda Reekie | 2.2 | 88 | ||
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Electorate: Valid: 4,067 Spoilt: Quota: 2,034 Turnout: 29.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Gordon Scott Townson | 33.2 | 1,112 | 1,115 | 1,120 | 1,136 | 1,161 | 1,263 | 1,441 | 1,792 | |
Labour | Angela Taylor | 23.3 | 783 | 783 | 784 | 810 | 829 | 956 | 1,068 | ||
Conservative | Bill Berry | 19.4 | 649 | 652 | 654 | 656 | 676 | 801 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gregor McAbery | 16.5 | 554 | 558 | 562 | 584 | 599 | ||||
Independent | Graham Murray Bennett | 2.9 | 98 | 99 | 109 | 122 | |||||
Scottish Green | Richie Brian | 3.0 | 101 | 103 | 104 | ||||||
Independent | Hamish Hay Mackay | 1.0 | 32 | 34 | |||||||
National Front | Dave Macdonald | 0.7 | 25 | ||||||||
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 18.5% | |||||||||
Electorate: 11,623 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 3,386 (29.1%) |
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