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Elections to Perth and Kinross 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 12 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 41 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The Council continued to be controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SNP | 18 | N/A | N/A | +3 | 43.9 | 37.2 | 23,254 | ||
Conservative | 12 | N/A | N/A | +2 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 17,556 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | N/A | N/A | -1 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 12,303 | ||
Labour | 3 | N/A | N/A | -2 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 5,311 | ||
Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,094 | ||
Independent | 0 | N/A | N/A | -2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3,020 | ||
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | Mac Roberts | 28.6 | 1,192 | |||||
SNP | John Hulbert | 25.8 | 1,075 | |||||
SNP | Peter Mulheron | 20.7 | 862 | 882 | 905 | 975 | 1,353 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Carruthers | 17.2 | 715 | 757 | 759 | 917 | ||
Independent | Richard Rattray | 7.8 | 323 | 355 | 356 | |||
Electorate: 6,775 Valid: 4,167 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,042 Turnout: 62.69% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Conservative | Dennis Melloy | 24.9 | 1,764 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | Lewis Simpson | 19.6 | 1,390 | 1,444 | |||||||
SNP | Alan Grant | 15.0 | 1,066 | 1,087 | 1,088 | 1,103 | 1,147 | 1,262 | 1,365 | 1,651 | |
SNP | Ian Miller | 14.1 | 1,003 | 1,030 | 1,031 | 1,039 | 1,091 | 1,117 | 1,164 | 1,378 | |
SNP | Stan McMillan | 8.7 | 620 | 628 | 634 | 654 | 676 | 697 | 744 | ||
Labour | Lorna Ferguson | 6.6 | 470 | 483 | 486 | 506 | 553 | 606 | |||
Independent | Michael Gallagher | 4.3 | 308 | 334 | 335 | 401 | 449 | ||||
Scottish Green | Louise Ramsay | 4.0 | 285 | 317 | 321 | 337 | |||||
Independent | Hugh Anderson | 2.7 | 190 | 224 | 227 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,504 Valid: 7,096 Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 62.77% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
SNP | Bob Ellis | 33.8 | 1,680 | ||
Conservative | Caroline Shiers | 28.9 | 1,435 | ||
SNP | Liz Grant | 20.9 | 1,038 | 1,379 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Taylor | 9.2 | 459 | 487 | |
Labour | Roy Cameron | 7.2 | 357 | 371 | |
Electorate: 8,319 Valid: 4,969 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,243 Turnout: 61.08% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
SNP | Eleanor Howie | 32.9 | 1,489 | |
Conservative | Ian Campbell | 25.6 | 1,158 | |
SNP | Ken Lyall | 25.4 | 1,150 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danus Skene | 13.5 | 609 | |
Independent | Ron Rose | 2.5 | 115 | |
Electorate: 7,312 Valid: 4,531 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,131 Turnout: 63.14% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Conservative | Barbara Vaughan | 32.7 | 1,400 | ||||
SNP | John Kellas | 32.6 | 1,398 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Livingstone | 17.4 | 747 | 892 | 930 | ||
SNP | Alisdair Wylie | 17.3 | 742 | 782 | 1,020 | 1,441 | |
Electorate: 6,998 Valid: 4,287 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,072 Turnout: 62.40% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Anne Younger | 25.18 | 1,210 | ||||||
Conservative | Ann Cowan | 23.80 | 1,144 | 1,145 | 1,200 | 1,329 | |||
Conservative | Helen McDonald | 18.39 | 884 | 885 | 935 | 998 | 1,094 | 1,500 | |
Independent | Rhona Brock | 13.28 | 638 | 640 | 723 | 985 | 996 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Russell Auld | 13.21 | 635 | 637 | 671 | ||||
Independent | Colin Crabbie | 6.14 | 295 | 296 | |||||
Electorate: 8,102 Valid: 4,806 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 60.58% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | John Law | 25.2 | 1,163 | ||||||||
Conservative | Murray Lyle | 15.6 | 842 | 845 | 847 | 870 | 897 | 1,379 | |||
Conservative | John Wilson | 14.8 | 666 | 667 | 673 | 683 | 696 | ||||
Independent | Colin Young | 13.5 | 609 | 611 | 636 | 658 | 697 | 773 | 882 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Gaunt | 12.0 | 541 | 548 | 556 | 654 | 830 | 883 | 941 | 1,229 | |
Labour | Anne Chatt | 8.9 | 402 | 405 | 405 | 439 | |||||
Scottish Green | Hilary Halley | 5.0 | 225 | 231 | 234 | ||||||
Independent | Jock Stewart | 1.2 | 53 | 55 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,586 Valid: 4,501 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: 60.06% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Sandy Miller | 25.0 | 1,445 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Willie Robertson | 22.7 | 1,314 | |||||
Conservative | Kathleen Baird | 21.0 | 1,217 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Barnacle | 16.3 | 942 | 1,010 | 1,094 | 1,115 | 1,242 | |
Labour | Kate Milliken | 11.2 | 650 | 692 | 713 | 717 | 774 | |
Scottish Green | Andrew Thompson | 3.7 | 216 | 278 | 295 | 302 | ||
Electorate: 9,664 Valid: 49 Spoilt: 5,784 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 60.36% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Wilma Lumsden | 36.6 | 1,790 | ||||
Conservative | Alan Jack | 30.2 | 1,477 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | George Hayton | 17.3 | 849 | 1,078 | 1,120 | 1,610 | |
Conservative | Pamella Roberts | 15.9 | 778 | 853 | 1,017 | ||
Electorate: 7,995 Valid: 4,894 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,224 Turnout: 62.20% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Willie Wilson | 29.8 | 1,789 | |||||||
Conservative | Alexander Stewart | 29.4 | 1,768 | |||||||
SNP | Robert Band | 17.2 | 1,033 | 1,063 | 1,087 | 1,122 | 1,564 | |||
Labour | Jock Munro | 13.3 | 796 | 836 | 881 | 916 | 938 | 968 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Caddell | 10.3 | 618 | 867 | 991 | 1,049 | 1,085 | 1,156 | 1,573 | |
SNP | Andrew Gadsden | 8.1 | 485 | 513 | 532 | 564 | ||||
Independent | Keith Mothersson | 3.2 | 191 | 201 | 222 | |||||
Electorate: 10,914 Valid: 6,680 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,337 Turnout: 61.94% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Elspeth Maclachlan | 23.5 | 1,217 | |||||||
SNP | Dave Scott | 19.3 | 1,001 | 1,127 | ||||||
Labour | John Flynn | 18.5 | 958 | 964 | 975 | 991 | 1,146 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Gratty | 13.4 | 694 | 698 | 703 | 725 | 842 | 847 | ||
Labour | Calum Gillies | 12.8 | 666 | 675 | 684 | 697 | 785 | 867 | 1,115 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Brown | 10.1 | 523 | 529 | 541 | 593 | ||||
Scottish Green | Adam Ramsay | 2.5 | 130 | 135 | 147 | |||||
Electorate: 11,189 Valid: 5,189 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,038 Turnout: 47.74% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Jack Coburn | 23.0 | 1,299 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Barrett | 20.8 | 1,172 | ||||||
Conservative | Heather Stewart | 20.1 | 1,137 | ||||||
Labour | Archie MacLellan | 17.9 | 1,012 | 1,024 | 1,032 | 1,034 | 1,104 | 1,201 | |
SNP | Gordon Hunter | 8.6 | 488 | 598 | 604 | 604 | 664 | 745 | |
Independent | Ian Thomson | 5.3 | 298 | 305 | 312 | 313 | 364 | ||
Scottish Green | Jack Cockin | 4.2 | 238 | 249 | 258 | 259 | |||
Electorate: 11,109 Valid: 5,644 Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 51.84% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | |||||
SNP | Katie Howie | 59.90 | 1,891 | ||
Conservative | Graham Rees | 29.78 | 940 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kenton | 7.25 | 229 | ||
Labour | Anne Chatt | 3.07 | 97 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ||||
Electorate: 7,282 Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 43.6% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | John Blackie | 33.42 | 1,713 | 1,724 | 1,785 | 2,208 | ||
SNP | Tom Gray | 30.34 | 1,555 | 1,569 | 1,769 | 2,299 | 3,302 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Gaunt | 20.33 | 1,042 | 1,057 | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Alistair Munro | 14.71 | 754 | 762 | ||||
Independent | Chris Rennie | 1.19 | 61 | |||||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Electorate: 7,642 Valid: 5,125 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 2,563.5 Turnout: 67.8% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | |||||
SNP | Mike Williamson | 54.43 | 1,449 | ||
Conservative | Graham Rees | 22.39 | 596 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Victor Clements | 12.06 | 321 | ||
Independent | William Leske | 10.11 | 269 | ||
Independent | Chris Rennie | 1.0 | 27 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ||||
Electorate: 7,183 Valid: 2,662 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,332 Turnout: 2,685 (37.38%) |
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