2007 South Ayrshire Council election

2007 South Ayrshire Council election
All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council ; 16 seats needed for a majority
	The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election; Bill McIntosh; (Conservative); No overall control	Council Leader after election; Bill McIntosh; (Conservative); No overall control

Last updated February 05, 2024

Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections and elections to the Scottish Parliament.

The election was the first to use the 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced the 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The election saw the Conservatives returned as the largest party on the council despite losing three seats. Labour, who had tied with the Conservatives as the largest party in 2003, lost six seats as they became the second-largest party. The Scottish National Party (SNP) picked up their first representation in the area for 30 years as they gained eight seats. The remaining seat was won by an independent candidate.

Election results

2007 South Ayrshire Council election result
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	N/A	N/A	3	40.0	37.2	18,568	4.3
	Labour	9	N/A	N/A	5	30.0	28.4	14,152	8.3
	SNP	8	N/A	N/A	8	26.7	25.3	12,624	8.0
	Independent	1	N/A	N/A	1	3.3	8.3	4,160	5.4
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.6	300	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	66	1.2
Total		30						49,870

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Summary by ward

Results of the 2007 South Ayrshire Council election by ward
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Conservative		Labour		SNP		Independents		Others		Total Cllrs
Troon	41.8	2	20.3	1	23.9	1	13.9	0			4
Prestwick	41.8	2	30.1	1	28.1	1					4
Ayr North	18.4	1	44.7	2	25.0	1	8.8	0	3.0	0	4
Ayr East	39.1	2	30.7	1	27.6	1			2.6	0	4
Ayr West	54.8	2	16.9	1	20.9	1	7.5	0			4
Kyle	34.2	1	32.8	1	21.8	1	11.1	0			3
Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton	24.4	1	26.2	1	24.7	1	24.7	1			4
Girvan and South Carrick	37.3	1	29.6	1	33.1	1					3
Total	37.2	12	28.4	9	25.3	8	8.3	1	0.7	0	30

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Ward results

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Troon
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
Conservative	Peter Convery	2,029	27.5	1	1
SNP	Nan McFarlane	1,765	23.9	1	1
Labour	Philip Saxton	1,499	20.3	1	1
Conservative	Bill McIntosh	1,061	14.3
Independent	Pat Brown	1,029	13.9

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South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Prestwick
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
SNP	Stan Fisher	2,062	28.1
Conservative	Hugh Hunter	1,847	25.1
Labour	Helen Moonie	1,227	16.7
Conservative	Margaret Toner	1,224	16.7
Labour	George Watson	987	13.4

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South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr North
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
Labour	Douglas Campbell††	1,663	27.0
SNP	Tom Slider	1,506	25.0
Conservative	John Hampton	1,108	18.4
Labour	Ian Cavana	712	11.8
Independent	Rab Hill	445	7.4
Labour	Ian Stewart	356	5.9
Solidarity	Amanda McFarlane	117	1.9
Scottish Socialist	Liz Swan	66	1.1
Independent	Jim McEwan	50	0.83
Independent	Tommy O'Lone	37	0.61

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South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr East
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
SNP	Ian Douglas	1,933	27.6
Conservative	Winifred Sloan	1,516	21.7
Labour	Eddie Bulik†††	1,286	18.4
Conservative	Mary Kilpatrick	1,220	17.4
Labour	Gerry Crawley	861	12.3
Solidarity	James Stewart	183	2.6

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr West
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
Conservative	Bill Grant	2,176	30.3
SNP	Mike Peddie	1,499	20.9
Labour	Elaine Little†	1,213	16.9
Conservative	Robin Reid	1,127	15.7
Conservative	Alistair Kerr	634	8.8
Independent	Ian McCabe	537	7.5

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South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kyle
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
Labour	Andy Campbell	1,128	22.7
SNP	John Allan	1,080	21.8
Conservative	Hywel Davies	891	18.0
Conservative	Arthur Spurling	801	16.2
Independent	Sam Gardiner	550	11.1
Labour	Danny Howley	499	10.1

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South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
SNP	Mairi Low	1,411	24.7
Independent	Brian Connolly	1,410	24.7
Conservative	Ann Galbreith	1,111	19.5
Labour	Sandra Goldie	970	17.0
Labour	Peter Mason	526	9.2
Conservative	David Steele	281	4.9
Independent	Helen Whitefield	102	1.8

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Girvan and South Carrick
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
Conservative	Iain Fitzsimmons	1,542	37.3
SNP	Alec Oattes	1,368	33.1
Labour	John McDowall	721	17.4
Labour	Calum Little	504	12.2

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Changes Since 2007 Election

†In May 2008, Ayr West Cllr Elaine Little resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. In February 2012 she joined the Scottish National Party.
††On 27 May 2008 Ayr North Cllr Douglas Campbell, resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. He joined the Scottish National Party on 19 May 2011
†††On 16 November 2009 Ayr East Cllr Eddie Bulik resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.

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2007 South Ayrshire Council election

Contents

Election results

Summary by ward

Ward results

Changes Since 2007 Election

Related Research Articles

References