2007 Stirling Council election

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2007 Stirling Council election
  2003 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) 2012  

All 22 seats to Stirling Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour SNP
Last election12 seats, 36.2%0 seats, 21.3%
Seats won87
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 7
Popular vote11,11211,529
Percentage28.2%29.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 8.0%Increase2.svg 7.9%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election10 seats, 27.7%0 seats, 12.9%
Seats won43
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote9,9924,542
Percentage25.3%11.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.4%Decrease2.svg 1.4%

The 2007 Stirling Council election was 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 seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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Results

2007 Stirling Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 8--Decrease2.svg 436.428.211,112
  SNP 7--Increase2.svg 731.829.211,529
  Conservative 4--Decrease2.svg 618.225.39,992
  Liberal Democrats 3--Increase2.svg 313.611.54,542
  Independent 0--Steady2.svg0.03.71,442
  Scottish Green 0--Steady2.svg0.01.7675
  Scottish Socialist 0--Steady2.svg0.00.269
  UKIP 0--Steady2.svg0.00.158

Ward results

Stirling council election, 2007: Trossachs and Teith
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
SNP Fergus Wood1,78933.011
Conservative Tony Ffinch1,06519.724
Labour Paul Owens83915.534
Conservative Mark Kenyon78214.4
Liberal Democrats Galen Milne56810.5
Independent Charles Grant3736.9
Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
Labour Colin O'Brien1,70526.011
SNP Graham Lambie1,50022.924
Conservative Alistair Berrill1,28119.635
Conservative David Lonsdale1,18018.0
Liberal Democrats Rona Sutherland82312.6
UKIP Paul Henke580.9
Stirling council election, 2007: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
SNP Graham Houston1,79422.811
Conservative Callum Campbell1,45518.524
Labour Colin Finlay1,29416.546
Liberal Democrats David Goss1,06713.636
Conservative Helen McCrea80110.2
Independent Bill Baird7079.0
Scottish Green Duncan Illingworth6758.6
Scottish Socialist Jennifer Haston690.9
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
SNP Jim Thomson1,48236.111
Labour John Hendry1,08326.421
Conservative Lesley Stein59614.5
Liberal Democrats Graham Reed45611.135
Labour Frances Junnier3408.3
Independent James McDonald1463.6
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
SNP Scott Farmer1,67430.211
Labour Andrew Simpson1,04118.823
Conservative Neil Benny1,00518.236
Conservative Gerry Power74013.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce69912.6
Labour Christine Simpson3766.8
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling East
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
SNP Steven Paterson 1,82132.911
Labour Corrie McChord1,39625.221
Labour Charles McKean77914.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Brown76513.834
Conservative Helen Scott76413.8
Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn
PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
SNP Alasdair MacPherson1,46931.911
Labour Margaret Brisley1,37629.821
Labour Gerard O'Brien88319.133
Conservative Alistair McCulloch3237.0
Independent Stephen Evans2164.7
Liberal Democrats David Smith1643.6

By-elections since 2007

Bannockburn by-election (30 April 2009) - 1 seat [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Violet Weir39.891,1311,134 1,141 1,162 1,175 1,196 1,288
SNP Bill McDonald37.641,0671,072 1,078 1,095 1,110 1,162 1,228
Independent Tommy Brookes8.08229232 235 240 272 303  
Conservative Catherine Berrill6.10173176 178 194 201   
Independent Breda O'Brien2.898994 96 99    
Liberal Democrats Ethne Brown2.898283 91     
Scottish Green Duncan Illingsworth1.273636      
Independent Paul Campbell0.9928      
Labour hold Swing
Electorate: 8,170  Valid: 2,835  Quota: 1,419  Turnout: 34.7%  

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    References

    1. "Bannockburn (Stirling) 30 th April 2009". alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009.