2007 South Ayrshire Council election

2007 South Ayrshire Council election

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All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con Lab Leader Bill McIntosh Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Troon Last election 15 seats, 41.5% 15 seats, 36.7% Seats before 15 15 Seats won 12 9 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 18,568 14,152 Percentage 37.2% 28.4% Swing 4.3% 8.3%   Third party Fourth party   SNP Ind Leader Brian Connolly Party SNP Independent Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton Last election 0 seats, 17.3% 0 seats, 2.9% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 8 1 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 12,624 4,160 Percentage 25.3% 8.3% Swing 8.0% 5.4%
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

The 2007 South Ayrshire Council election 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.

Results

2007 South Ayrshire Council election result

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

Source: ^[1]

Summary by ward

Results of the 2007 South Ayrshire Council election by ward

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Conservative		Labour		SNP		Independents		Others
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

Source: ^[1]

Ward results

Troon

Troon – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Peter Convery	27.5	2,029
	SNP	Nan McFarlane	23.9	1,765
	Labour	Philip Saxton	20.3	1,499
	Conservative	Bill McIntosh	14.3	1,061	1,489
	Independent	Pat Brown	13.9	1,029	1,084
Valid: 7,383  Quota: 1,477

Source: ^[1]

Prestwick

Prestwick – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Stan Fisher	28.1	2,062
	Conservative	Hugh Hunter	25.1	1,847
	Labour	Helen Moonie	16.7	1,227	1,350	1,364	???	???
	Conservative	Margaret Toner	16.7	1,224	1,350	1,663
	Labour	George Watson	13.4	987	1,071	1,084	???
Valid: 7,347  Quota: 1,470

Source: ^[1]

Ayr North

Ayr North – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Douglas Campbell	27.0	1,663
	SNP	Tom Slider	25.0	1,506
	Conservative	John Hampton	18.4	1,108	1,119	1,147	1,151	1,158	1,170	1,186	???	???
	Labour	Ian Cavana	11.8	712	1,004	1,040	1,041	1,046	1,056	1,074	???	???
	Independent	Rab Hill	7.4	445	457	476	484	511	524	559	???
	Labour	Ian Stewart	5.9	356	412	438	440	441	450	469
	Solidarity	Amanda McFarlane	1.9	117	122	146	150	158	186
	Scottish Socialist	Liz Swan	1.1	66	70	99	102	106
	Independent	Jim McEwan	0.8	50	52	60	74
	Independent	Tommy O'Lone	0.6	37	39	46
Valid: 6,060  Quota: 1,213

Source: ^[1]

Ayr East

Ayr East – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Ian Douglas	27.6	1,933
	Conservative	Winifred Sloan	21.7	1,516
	Labour	Eddie Bulik	18.4	1,286	1,354	1,356	???	???
	Conservative	Mary Kilpatrick	17.4	1,220	1,318	1,416
	Labour	Gerry Crawley	12.3	861	937	940	???	???
	Solidarity	James Stewart	2.6	183	269	270	???
Valid: 6,999  Quota: 1,400

Source: ^[1]

Ayr West

Ayr West – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Bill Grant	30.3	2,176
	SNP	Mike Peddie	20.9	1,499
	Labour	Elaine Little	16.9	1,213	1,238	1,249	1,384	???	???
	Conservative	Robin Reid	15.7	1,127	1,320	1,329	1,479
	Conservative	Alistair Kerr	8.8	634	1,084	1,088	1,168	???
	Independent	Ian McCabe	7.5	537	559	576
Valid: 7,186  Quota: 1,438

Source: ^[1]

Kyle

Kyle – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Andy Campbell	22.7	1,128	1,473
	SNP	John Allan	21.8	1,080	1,112	1,156	1,332
	Conservative	Hywel Davies	18.0	891	905	916	992	???
	Conservative	Arthur Spurling	16.2	801	813	822	859
	Independent	Sam Gardiner	11.1	550	565	603
	Labour	Danny Howley	10.1	499
Valid: 4,949  Quota: 1,238

Source: ^[1]

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Mairi Low	24.7	1,411
	Independent	Brian Connolly	24.7	1,410
	Conservative	Ann Galbreith	19.5	1,111	1,138	1,184
	Labour	Sandra Goldie	17.0	970	1,009	1,036	1,037	1,066	???	???
	Labour	Peter Mason	9.2	526	552	584	585	613	???
	Conservative	David Steele	4.9	281	297	304	321	349
	Independent	Helen Whitefield	1.8	102	148	213	214
Valid: 5,811  Quota: 1,163

Source: ^[1]

Girvan and South Carrick

Girvan and South Carrick – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Iain Fitzsimmons	37.3	1,542
	SNP	Alec Oattes	33.1	1,368
	Labour	John McDowall	17.4	721	832	921	???
	Labour	Calum Little	12.2	504	567	611
Valid: 4,135  Quota: 1,034

Source: ^[1]

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.

References

1. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire" . Retrieved 15 July 2024.