2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

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2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
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All 24 seats to East Dunbartonshire Council
13 seats needed for a majority

Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This election was the first to use eight new multi-member wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward returned three councillors elected under the single transferable vote form of proportional representation, replacing the previous 24 single-member wards, which had used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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Election results

East Dunbartonshire local election result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 8N/AN/A+833.318.29,146
  Labour 6N/AN/A-125.025.913,025
  Conservative 5N/AN/A+220.821.510,788
  Liberal Democrats 3N/AN/A-912.517.99,001
 East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance2N/AN/A+28.311.45,703
  Green 0N/AN/A00.02.41,191
  Scottish Socialist 0N/AN/A00.00.7344
  Scottish Unionist 0N/AN/A00.00.2114
  Independent 0N/AN/A-20.01.8896

Ward results

Milngavie

Milngavie
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Jim Gibbons20.11,3101,327 1,388 1,475 1,581 1,637  
Conservative Bill Binks18.81,2301,234 1,277 1,305 1,372 1,436 1,436 1,742
Liberal Democrats Eric Gotts18.81,2261,229 1,257 1,304 1,951   
Labour Peter Ritchie17.81,1611,175 1,217 1,263 1,336 1,400 1,400  
Liberal Democrats Fiona Risk14.1919924 962 1,051     
EDIA Pat Ryan4.7308314       
Green Emma Sheppard4.7307319 364      
Scottish Socialist Bill Newman1.171       
Electorate: 10,124  Valid: 6,532  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 1,634  Turnout: 65.12%  

    Bearsden North

    Bearsden North
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Conservative Amanda Stewart33.3 2,383      
    SNP Ian MacKay18.91,3541,428 1,444 1,472 1,546 1,637 1,868
    Labour Ali Syed15.11,0821,138 1,147 1,163 1,221 1,340  
    Liberal Democrats Duncan Cumming†13.79811,074 1,078 1,114 1,233 1,788 2,218
    Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai11.4818875 881 894 963   
    Green Stuart Callison4.8344393 411 459    
    Independent Dennis Brogan1.8132199 203     
    Scottish Socialist Neil Scott1.07073      
    Electorate: 10,698  Valid: 7,164  Spoilt: 56  Quota: 1,792  Turnout: 67.49%  

      Bearsden South

      Bearsden South
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Conservative Simon Hutchison24.41,6541,677 1,794    
      Labour Manjinder Shergill19.31,3051,357 1,386 1,394 1,473 1,486  
      SNP Graeme Douglas19.11,2941,352 1,432 1,446 1,521 1,531 1,938
      Liberal Democrats Vaughan Moody16.11,0941,172 1,218 1,239 1,741  
      Liberal Democrats John Morrison10.3695733 786 795    
      Independent Garry McKendrick5.7387421      
      Green Scott Ferguson5.1349      
      Electorate:  Valid: 6,778  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 1,695  Turnout: 66.15%  

        Campsie and Kirkintilloch North

        Campsie and Kirkintilloch North
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        EDIA Charles Kennedy48.6 2,609      
        Labour John Dempsey17.79501,179 1,383   
        SNP David Ritchie13.1704890 911 917 990 1,337
        Liberal Democrats Cathy McInnes9.6515639 667 675 826  
        Conservative Catherine Brown6.2333436 447 450   
        Labour Alex Wingate4.8255350     
        Electorate:  Valid: 5,366  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 1,342  Turnout: 62.68%  

          Bishopbriggs North and Torrance

          Bishopbriggs North and Torrance
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Conservative Billy Hendry33.7 2,370      
          Labour Una Walker27.01,899      
          SNP Anne McNair17.61,2421,333 1,352 1,364 1,400 1,551 2,003
          Liberal Democrats Margaret McNaughton13.29271,017 1,047 1,059 1,095 1,231  
          EDIA Jim Gilmour5.4379463 477 499 593   
          Independent Bernard Mills2.5176218 228 245    
          Scottish Unionist Diane McDougall0.644100 103     
          Electorate:  Valid: 7,037  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 1,760  Turnout: 65.79%  

            Bishopbriggs South

            Bishopbriggs South
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Labour Alex Hannah27.71,505      
            SNP Gordon Low20.11,0951,105 1,114 1,264 1,430  
            Conservative Alan Brown14.1767774 805 897 1,060 1,073  
            Labour Michael O'Donnell14.0761845 848 942 1,117 1,135 1,399
            EDIA Donald MacDonald12.1656666 673 771    
            Liberal Democrats Tom Dibble10.8586595 600     
            Scottish Unionist Derek Doughty1.37071      
            Electorate:  Valid: 5,440  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 1,361  Turnout: 58.50%  

              Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South

              Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789
              Labour Rhondda Geekie28.81,937        
              Conservative Anne Jarvis26.31,772        
              SNP Gillian Renwick16.81,1281,163 1,174 1,201 1,233 1,282 1,325 1,477 1,838
              Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald10.1681717 731 741 764 800 1,032 1,139  
              EDIA Ken Selbie6.5435454 464 473 538 575 592   
              Liberal Democrats Margaret Morris4.1277290 299 305 318 359    
              Independent James Barker3.0201221 229 239      
              Green Isabel Park2.8191210 216 241 261     
              Scottish Socialist Moira Brown1.5103118 120       
              Electorate:  Valid: 6,725  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,682  Turnout: 64.08%  

                Kirkintilloch East and Twechar

                Kirkintilloch East and Twechar
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234567
                Labour Stewart MacDonald 28.71,487      
                EDIA Jack Young25.41,316      
                SNP John Jamieson19.71,0191,029 1,033 1,064 1,114 1,241 1,464
                Labour Alan Moir13.4693828 832 859 886 953  
                Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland5.4282288 289 298 373   
                Conservative Alison Lothian5.4279281 283 285    
                Scottish Socialist Willie Telfer1.9100103 104     
                Electorate:  Valid: 5,176  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,295  Turnout: 55.18%  

                  Aftermath

                  Although the SNP were elected as the largest group (winning their first ever councillors on East Dunbartonshire Council), the administration was formed by a Labour/Conservative coalition. Labour councillors Rhondda Geekie and Alex Hannah became Leader and Provost respectively, with the positions of Depute Leader and Depute Provost being filled by Conservative councillors Billy Hendry and Anne Jarvis. However, following the death of Alex Hannah in April 2009, LibDem councillor Eric Gotts was appointed as Provost.

                  In December 2009, Lib Dem representation increased briefly to 4, following Ashay Ghai's win in the Bearsden South by-election caused by the resignation of the Conservatives' Simon Hutchison. However, their numbers reverted to 3 in June 2011, when Lib Dem councillor Duncan Cumming resigned from the party citing issues relating to the Liberal Democrats' role in the UK coalition government, sitting thereafter as an Independent.

                  Changes since 2007 Election

                  By-elections since 2007 Election

                  Bishopbriggs South

                  Bishopbriggs South By-election (4 June 2009)- 1 Seat [1]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  1234
                  Labour Alan Moir39.21,4011,479 1,784 1,787
                  SNP Denis Johnston23.4837949 1,223
                  Liberal Democrats Alastair McPhee20.6736928
                  Conservative Matt Ford14.0500
                  Scottish Socialist Mark Callaghan2.796
                  Labour hold Swing
                  Electorate: 23,202  Valid: 5,196  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 2,599  Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%)  

                    Bearsden South

                    Bearsden South By-election (10 December 2009)- 1 Seat [2]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    123
                    Conservative Rachel Higgins33.41,2611,306 1,499
                    Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai29.41,1101,381 1,770
                    SNP Fiona McLeod20.7783972  
                    Labour Manjinder Shergill16.6626  
                    Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
                    Electorate: 10,850  Valid: 3,780  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,891  Turnout: 3,930 (36.22%)  

                      References

                      1. ↑ "scottishelections.org.uk". scottishelections.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
                      2. ↑ "scottishelections.org.uk". scottishelections.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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