2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

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All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour SNP Last election 11 seats 14 seats 5 seats Seats won 18 14 10 Seat change 7 5 Popular vote 20,815 18,169 12,266 Percentage 32.2% 28.1% 19.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Last election 5 seats 12 seats Seats won 3 2 Seat change 2 10 Popular vote 5,340 7,240 Percentage 8.3% 11.2%

Elections to Dumfries and Galloway 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 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, ^[1] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10. ^[2] 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously. ^[2]

Following the elections a Conservative-Lib Dem minority administration was formed.

Results

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18	-	-	7	38.3	32.2	20,815
	Labour	14	-	-		29.8	28.1	18,169
	SNP	10	-	-	5	21.3	19.0	12,266
	Liberal Democrats	3	-	-	2	6.4	8.3	5,340
	Independent	2	-	-	10	4.3	11.2	7,240
	Scottish Green	0	-	-		0.0	1.0	619
	UKIP	0	-	-		0.0	0.3	175

Ward results

Stranraer and North Rhins (3 seats)

Stranraer and North Rhins

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Willie Scobie	25.8	1,006
	Conservative	John Dougan	23.9	932	933.46	1,018.91
	SNP	Iain William Dick	18.0	702	703.46	805.61	812.48	1,114.69
	Independent	Ian McIntyre	17.2	668	669.27	752.93	773.26
	Labour	Tommy Sloan	15.0	584	606.93
Electorate: 7,350  Valid: 3,892  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 974  Turnout: 54.1%

Wigtown West (3 seats)

Wigtown West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Robert James Higgins	33.0	1,291
	Labour	Grahame Forster	31.4	1,230
	Conservative	Roberta Tuckfield	22.1	866	904.06	942.47	1,019.30
	Independent	Ted Adamson	8.3	327	395.17	449.64	559.16
	Scottish Green	Bob Bauld	5.2	203	270.21	310.05
Electorate: 6,914  Valid: 3,917  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 974  Turnout: 57.3%

Mid Galloway (3 seats)

Mid Galloway

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Alistair Geddes	38.7	1,654
	Conservative	Graham Nicol	32.5	1,387
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra McDowall	15.2	650	867.51	1,008.06	1,460.25
	Labour	Maggie Birch	13.6	581	713.63	749.85
Electorate: 7,558  Valid: 4,272  Spoilt: 49  Quota: 1,069  Turnout: 57.2%

Dee (3 seats)

Dee

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Patsy Gilroy	21.0	994	1,027	1,054	1,059.04	1,143.39	1,736.70
	Independent	Jane Maitland	20.9	989	1,062	1,200
	SNP	Thomas Jacques	19.5	924	970	1,043	1,045.25	1,122.86	1,188.13
	Conservative	Chris Walker	14.8	701	713	766	767.85	906.59
	Independent	Ian McConchie	8.8	418	437	490	494.56
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Mitchell	8.1	384	437
	Labour	John Syndney Burt	6.7	319
Electorate: 7,463  Valid: 4,729  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 1,183  Turnout: 64.3%

Castle Douglas and Glenkens (3 seats)

Castle Douglas and Glenkens

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	32.3	1,560
	SNP	Brian Collins	23.9	1,152	1,165.84	1,251.30
	Independent	George Nicol Prentice	18.7	904	940.99	1,006.35	1,016.27	1,180.89	1,536.89
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Mary Barratt	9.8	471	487.57	606.47	620.16	719.30
	Labour	Mike McLurg	9.4	451	456.22
	Conservative	Alex Zimmerman	5.9	285	527.80	543.62	546.82
Electorate: 7,983  Valid: 4,823  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,206  Turnout: 61.5%

Abbey (4 seats)

Abbey

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Ian Blake	19.7	1,081	1,091	1,126
	SNP	Rob Davidson	17.8	976	996	1,010	1,010.90	1,056.97	1,097.97	1,153.02
	Conservative	Bruce Hodgson	14.2	778	825	834	851.27	883.96	924.15	990.59	995.94	1,052.65
	Labour	Tom McAughtrie	14.1	777	794	797	797.39	812.44	856.44	874.46	881.32
	Labour	Davie Stitt	14.0	770	777	806	807.08	843.22	881.22	943.36	953.57	1,479.11
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Robertson	4.9	267	280	290	290.37	316.42
	Independent	John White	4.3	239	266	304	304.90	372.27	418.34
	Independent	Stuart Martin Clement	3.8	211	226	269	270.85
	Independent	Ian Stewart McMickan	3.7	203	211
	Independent	Michael John Thomson	3.5	194
Electorate: 9,347  Valid: 5,496  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,100  Turnout: 59.7%

North West Dumfries (4 seats)

North West Dumfries

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Ronnie Nicholson	25.6	1,327
	Conservative	John Graham Bell	20.4	1,060
	Labour	David John McKie	19.2	996	1,132.95
	SNP	Doug Snell	15.6	809	819.85	824.49	827.34	864.91	950.22	1,179.06
	Labour	Stephen David Harman	12.5	650	722.49	789.41	790.64	823.31	868.90
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Sweeney	3.6	188	192.12	194.25	197.99	240.41
	Independent	Arthur Tremble	3.1	163	169.73	173.46	177.52
Electorate: 9,794  Valid: 5,193  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 1,039  Turnout: 54.3%

Mid and Upper Nithsdale (4 seats)

Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Jim Dempster	22.0	1,261
	Conservative	Gill Dykes	19.2	1,102	1,106.10	1,117.38	1,138.47	1,195.83
	Labour	John Syme	15.3	876	942.11	961.57	989.39	1,010.03	1,011.46	1,074.06	1,136.04
	SNP	Andrew Stuart Wood	13.7	783	790.02	816.39	842.57	899.21	901.90	996.69	1,117.31
	Conservative	Neil McKay	13.1	753	757.74	766.02	794.56	836.65	870.23	985.48
	Liberal Democrats	Rog Wood	6.6	378	386.66	397.03	414.48	474.85	477.80
	Independent	Mike Steele	4.5	256	258.46	294.01	317.28
	UKIP	Douglas Watters	3.1	175	178.01	181.19
	Independent	Moses Kungu	2.5	145	149.19
Electorate: 9,354  Valid: 5,729  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,146  Turnout: 62.3%

Lochar (4 seats)

Lochar

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jeff Leaver	19.3	978	983	1,010	1,522
	Conservative	John Anthony Charteris	17.2	872	882	916	923	949.14	951.08	1,092.25
	SNP	Lorna Jean McGowan	16.5	836	843	901	930	1,029.85
	Conservative	Ivor Alexander Hyslop	15.6	791	799	832	840	860.44	861.94	1,001.14
	Labour	Alec Martin	11.8	597	603	636
	Independent	David Slater	10.9	550	593	672	686.	764.07	768.89
	Liberal Democrats	John Robertson	6.3	317	340
	Independent	Graham William Sutherland McLeod	2.3	118
Electorate: 8,900  Valid: 5,059  Spoilt: 73  Quota: 1,012  Turnout: 57.7%

Nith (4 seats)

Nith

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	John Allan Martin	23.0	1,268
	SNP	Alistair Witts	20.8	1,145
	Conservative	Jack Groom	14.4	794	795.56	798.13	843.68	1,304.35
	Labour	Colin Smyth	13.0	714	847.76	854.92	912.09	940.39	954.98	1,262.99
	Conservative	Frances Hassall	11.3	623	624.69	626.60	662.00
	Liberal Democrats	Kerr Little	10.9	598	605.55	614.02	740.42	794.05	857.23
	Independent	Robin Wishart	6.7	368	370.34	378.30
Electorate: 10,021  Valid: 5,510  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,103  Turnout: 55.8%

Annandale South (4 seats)

Annandale South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Sean William Marshall	23.1	1,324
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Brodie	16.9	970	1,001.63	1,139.01	1,183.28
	Conservative	Ian Brian Carruthers	16.4	936	939.92	983.60	1,406.95
	Labour	Ronnie Ogilvie	14.1	807	903.93	1,001.72	1,016.26	1,040.12	1,049.86	1,315.73
	SNP	John McNaught	11.6	665	674.33	743.73	766.00	804.06	812.86
	Conservative	Sharon Jane Ledger	9.2	527	530.24	582.65
	Independent	John Ramage	8.6	494	504.14
Electorate: 10,833  Valid: 5,723  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 1,145  Turnout: 53.9%

Annandale North (4 seats)

Annandale North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Roger Brian Grant	18.5	1,011	1,019	1,146
	Labour	Ted Brown	15.0	818	843	848	848.95	889.04	1,002.09	1,095.45
	Conservative	Gail MacGregor	13.7	751	754	834	866.58	907.39	959.48	1,089.89
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dickie	13.7	749	786	805	808.86	862.00	1,043.31	1,328.72
	SNP	Johanne Lydia Wood	13.0	710	733	739	739.82	775.95
	Independent	Billy Lockhart	10.0	547	559	578	583.85	796.26	934.26
	Independent	Jean Hamilton Purves	8.2	446	461	467	470.72
	Conservative	Neil MacInnes	5.1	277	278
	Scottish Green	Alis Ballance	2.9	159
Electorate: 9,951  Valid: 5,468  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,094  Turnout: 55.8%

Annandale East (4 seats)

Annandale East

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Denis Raymond Male	20.6	992
	Conservative	Ian Lindsay	20.4	981
	Labour	Archie Dryburgh	17.3	835	835.88	836.63	879.83	997.11
	Conservative	Allan Graham	15.8	761	777.19	788.38	816.71	873.51	877.49	1,069.86
	SNP	Murray Collins	12.9	619	622.39	623.64	667.93	776.26	784.66
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Burn	7.6	368	369.46	370.49	448.63
	Scottish Green	Nicholas John Jennings	5.3	257	258.55	259.15
Electorate: 9,629  Valid: 4,813  Spoilt: 66  Quota: 963  Turnout: 50.7%

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

• On 1 May 2008, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Bruce Hodgson who had resigned. Michael John Thomson retained the seat for the Conservative Party. ^[3]

Abbey by-election May 1, 2008 - 1 Seat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Michael John Thomson	40.08	1,713	1,749	1,804	2,006
	Labour	Tom McAughtrie	33.18	1,393	1,418	1,471	1,712
	SNP	John Richard McNaught	17.98	755	785	833
	Independent	Graham William Sutherland McLeod	4.12	173	216
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Joseph Mycock	3.91	164
	Conservative hold		Swing
Electorate: 9,381  Valid: 4,224  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 2,100  Turnout: 4,250

• On 16 June 2011, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Michael John Thomson who had resigned. Tom McAughtrie won the seat for the Labour Party. ^[5]

Abbey by-election June 16, 2011 - 1 Seat ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Kath Lord	39.46	1,236	1,391
	Labour	Tom McAughtrie	38.19	1,196	1,448
	SNP	Yowann Byghan	21.65	678
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
Electorate: 9,249  Valid: 3,132  Spoilt: 22  Quota: 1,566  Turnout: 3,154

References

1. "The case of the disappearing ward". BBC News. 29 August 2007.
2. "Convener loses place on council". BBC News. 4 May 2007.
3. "Tory wins stretch into Scotland". BBC News. 2 May 2008.
4. "Abbey (Dumfries & Galloway) 1 st May 2008". Alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
5. "Labour wins Dumfries and Galloway Council by-election". BBC News. 17 June 2011.
6. "Dumfries and Galloway Council : Abbey Ward By-Election". Dumgal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.