2007 Clackmannanshire Council election

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2007 Clackmannanshire election

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All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council 10 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Clackmannanshire 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 5 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.

Clackmannanshire local election result 2007 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	N/A	N/A	–2	44.4	37.8	7,625
	SNP	7	N/A	N/A	+1	38.9	38.1	7,680
	Conservative	1	N/A	N/A	±0	5.6	10.8	2,176
	Liberal Democrats	1	N/A	N/A	+1	5.6	5.2	1,040
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.8	166
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.4	75
	Independent	1	N/A	N/A	±0	5.6	6.9	1,395

Ward results

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	George Matchett	1,094	25.6	1	1
	SNP	Tina Murphy	1,027	24.0	2	1
	Labour	Eddie Carrick†	824	19.3	3	2
	SNP	Janis Paterson	652	15.3	4	5
	Conservative	Bill Mason	369	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Iftikhar Ahmed	309	7.2

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Donald Balsillie	1,256	26.0	1	1
	Labour	Robert McGill	1,099	22.8	2	1
	SNP	Walter McAdam	950	19.7	3	2
	Labour	Jacqueline McKay	374	7.7
	Conservative	Kate Mason	333	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Shier Biggam	322	6.7	4	9
	SNP	Helen McGregor	256	5.3
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Ralph Harness	166	3.4
	Scottish Socialist	Iain Campbell	75	1.6

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire Central

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Derek Stewart	1,089	35.1	1	1
	Labour	Samuel Bryce Ovens	688	22.2	2	2
	SNP	Gary Womersley	620	20.0	3	5
	SNP	Sandy Pollock	518	16.7
	Conservative	George Murray	190	6.1

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Craig Holden††	1,168	26.2	1	1
	Labour	Janet Kerr Cadenhead	936	21.0	2	1
	SNP	Mark English	797	17.9	3	5
	Labour	Kenneth Earle	570	12.8	4	7
	SNP	Mike Hutchison	515	11.6
	Conservative	Alan Jamieson	244	5.5
	Independent	James Alexander Mackie	227	5.1

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire East

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Alastair Campbell	1,040	29.8	1	1
	Labour	Henry McLaren	951	27.3	2	1
	SNP	Irene Hamilton	669	19.2	3	4
	SNP	Alison Lindsay	420	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Bell	409	11.7

Changes since 2007 Election

• †On 15 December 2011, Clackmannanshire West Cllr Eddie Carrick resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
• ††On 14 March 2012, Clackmannanshire South Cllr Craig Holden joined the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent.

References

1. "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
2. "Local Election Results 2007 - Clackmannanshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 19 February 2024.