2007 Dundee City Council election

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2007 Dundee City Council election
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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Ken Guild Kevin KeenanDerek Scott
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seatThe FerryStrathmartineThe Ferry
Last election11 seats, 34.1%10 seats, 34.1%5 seats, 14.9%
Seats before11105
Seats won13103
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 2
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderFraser MacphersonIan Borthwick
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seatWest EndStrathmartine
Last election2 seats, 10.0%1 seat, 3.5%
Seats before21
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Dundee City Council 2007 results by ward.png
The 8 multi-member wards
DundeeCityCouncil2007Compossition.svg

Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

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The election was the first one to use the new 8 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 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives.[ citation needed ] This changed after a March 2009 by-election result tipped the balance in the SNPs favour.

Results

2007 Dundee City Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 13--Increase2.svg 244.840.020,804Increase2.svg 5.9
  Labour 10--Steady2.svg34.529.415,294Decrease2.svg 4.7
  Conservative 3--Decrease2.svg 210.312.56,516Decrease2.svg 2.4
  Liberal Democrats 2--Steady2.svg6.911.35,878Increase2.svg 1.3
  Independent 1--Steady2.svg3.53.01,582Decrease2.svg 0.5
  Solidarity 0--Steady2.svg0.01.91,002New
  Scottish Socialist 0--Steady2.svg0.01.3664Decrease2.svg 2.2
  Scottish Green 0--Steady2.svg0.00.6307New

Source: [2]

Ward results

Strathmartine

2007 Council election: Strathmartine (4 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP Stewart Hunter1,61223.411
Independent Ian Borthwick1,47221.321
Labour Kevin Keenan1,21917.737
Liberal Democrats Helen Dick95913.949
SNP Wendy Wrieden72510.5
Labour John McKiddie5347.7
Conservative Martyn Geddes1862.7
Solidarity Jim McFarlane1201.7
Scottish Socialist Alan Boylan751.1
Turnout 6,90250.41

Lochee

2007 Council election: Lochee (4 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP Nigel Don 2,21631.111
Labour John Letford †1,38519.433
SNP Bob Duncan1,14216.022
Labour Tom Ferguson94013.249
Liberal Democrats Chris Hall4796.7
Conservative Philip Varghese3695.2
Labour Chris Hind2974.2
Solidarity Neil Bell2183.1
Scottish Socialist Alan Albert Graham831.2
Turnout 5,74452.36

West End

2007 Council election: West End (4 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
Liberal Democrats Fraser MacPherson1,69328.011
Labour Richard McCready1,33122.021
SNP James Walker Barrie1,32621.931
Conservative Donald Hay73812.248
SNP Chic Brodie4958.2
Scottish Green George Alexander Burton3075.1
Solidarity Luke Ivory951.6
Scottish Socialist Angela Gorrie691.1
Turnout 6,05449.55

Coldside

2007 Council election: Coldside (4 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP James Black1,74024.211
Labour Helen Wright1,32018.327
SNP Dave Bowes1,03314.437
Labour Mohammed Asif84911.8410
Liberal Democrats Murray Dick77910.8
Labour David Cowan77410.8
Conservative Margaret Stewart3514.9
Solidarity Sinead Daly1412.0
Scottish Socialist Mary McGregor1281.8
Independent Stuart Winton801.1
Turnout 7,19550.30

Maryfield

2007 Council election: Maryfield (3 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP Elizabeth Fordyce1,24725.311
Labour Joe Morrow1,17223.825
SNP Ken Lynn94119.138
Liberal Democrats Claire Matthew64413.1
Conservative John McCraw4108.3
Labour Alex Perry3396.9
Scottish Socialist Grant Cromar961.9
Solidarity Mark Walker831.7
Turnout 4,93246.21

North East

2007 Council election: North East (3 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP Andy Dawson1,95641.411
Labour Brian Gordon1,39229.521
SNP Willie Sawers61213.035
Labour Shane Trevor Mochrie-Cox2084.4
Conservative Gladys Ross1843.9
Liberal Democrats Donald Ross MacDonald1623.4
Scottish Socialist Helen Mary Fortune921.9
Solidarity Leah Ganley831.8
Independent Raymond Anthony Mennie300.6
Turnout 45.33

East End

2007 Council election: East End (3 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP William Dawson1,98034.311
Labour George Regan95716.638
Labour George McIrvine91315.8
SNP Christina Roberts81014.026
Liberal Democrats Allan Petrie5299.2
Conservative Roberta Mackie3255.6
Solidarity Jim Malone2083.6
Scottish Socialist Heather Ferguson561.0
Turnout 49.39

The Ferry

2007 Council election: The Ferry (4 seats)
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP Ken Guild 2,40025.711
Labour Laurie Bidwell1,66417.825
Conservative Derek Scott1,60417.238
Conservative Rod Wallace1,21113.048
Conservative Charlie Webster1,13812.2
Liberal Democrats Raymond Lawrie6336.8
SNP Robert Piggot5696.1
Scottish Socialist Alasdair Brydie Robertson Stewart650.7
Solidarity Philip Stott540.6
Turnout 9,33861.82

Changes Since 2007 Election

By-Elections (since 3 May 2007)

A by-election was held in the Lochee ward on 22 November 2007, following the resignation of Nigel Don MSP, subsequent to his election to the Scottish Parliament. The seat was retained by the party's Alan Ross

Lochee By-Election (22 November 2007) - 1 seat [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
SNP Alan Ross48.92,0052,020 2,028 2,055
Labour George McIrvine34.01,3951,412 1,432 1,448
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hall10.6435437 446 500
Conservative Martyn R N Geddes3.8154156 161  
Solidarity Neil Bell1.45765   
Scottish Socialist Alan Albert Graham1.355   
Electorate: 13,991  Valid: 4,071  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 2,051  Turnout: 4,101 (29.24%)  

    A by-election was held in the Maryfield ward on 12 March 2009, following the resignation of Labour Cllr Joe Morrow, subsequent to his appointment by the Scottish Government as president of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. The seat was won by the SNP's Craig Melville

    Maryfield By-Election (12 March 2009) - 1 seat [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Craig Melville47.61,5501,551 1,557 1,571 1,620 1,747
    Labour George McIrvine31.11,0131,018 1,021 1,031 1,052 1,189
    Liberal Democrats Chris Hall10.9354356 362 367 455  
    Conservative Colin Stewart6.9224226 237 241   
    Scottish Socialist Angela Gorrie1.65252 55    
    Independent Grant Simmons1.13548     
    Independent Dave Young0.928     
    Electorate: 11,195  Valid: 2,607  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 1,629  Turnout: 3,290 (29.39%)  

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