2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election
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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderMartin RooneyRonnie McColl
Party Labour SNP
Leader's seat Lomond Lomond
Last election17 seats, 46.8%3 seats, 33.6%
Seats before153
Seats won109
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 6
Popular vote13,59612,307
Percentage37.7%34.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 9.1%Increase2.svg 0.5%
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderGeorge Black Jim Bollan
Party Independent Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat Dumbarton Leven
Last election1 seat, 6.5%1 seat, 10.1%
Seats before41
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote3,1422,413
Percentage8.7%6.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.2%Decrease2.svg 3.4%
Council Leader before election

Denis Agnew [1]
Independent

Council Leader after election

Iain Robertson [2]
SNP

The 2007 West Dunbartonshire 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 six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, [3] each elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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Results

2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 10--Decrease2.svg 745.537.713,596Decrease2.svg 9.1
  SNP 9--Increase2.svg 640.934.112,307Increase2.svg 0.5
  Independent 2--Increase2.svg 19.18.73,142Increase2.svg 2.2
  Scottish Socialist 1--Steady2.svg4.66.72,413Decrease2.svg 3.4
  Conservative 0--Steady2.svg0.07.62,726Increase2.svg 4.6
  Green 0--Steady2.svg0.02.7973New
 A Strong Voice for Clydebank0--Steady2.svg0.02.6926New

Ward results

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Lomond
PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
Labour Martin Rooney1,38627.111
SNP Craig McLaughlin1,31725.821
SNP Ronald McColl1,06020.7
Conservative David Jardine61312.0
Labour Ann Rushforth2785.4
Scottish Socialist Louise Robertson2514.9
Green Richard Giles McCarthy2064.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Leven
PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
SNP Jonathan McColl1,68024.2
Labour John Millar1,54222.2
Scottish Socialist Jim Bollan1,46921.1
SNP May Smillie6629.5
Conservative Ian McDonald5187.4
Labour Martin Neill5057.3
Independent Alan Gadsby-Turner3324.8
Green Carola Boehm2483.6
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton
PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
Labour Geoff Calvert1,29217.7
SNP Iain Robertson1,20416.5
Labour David McBride1,10715.2
SNP Betty Mitchell97913.4
Conservative Martyn Anthony McIntyre7199.9
Independent George Black6969.6
Green Rose Harvie3875.3
Independent Linda McColl3514.8
Independent Alistair Tuach3044.2
Scottish Socialist Les Robertson2423.3
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick
PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
Labour Douglas McAllister 1,35629.8
Labour Margaret Bootland1,18826.1
SNP Jim Finn1,09224.0
SNP Frank McNiff4038.8
Conservative Douglas John Boyle3788.3
Scottish Socialist Cammy Fyfe1383.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Central
PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
Labour Patrick Gerard McGlinchey1,61026.0
SNP Jim Brown1,42323.0
Labour Willie McLaughlin††87314.1
Independent Denis Agnew6019.7
A Strong Voice for ClydebankAndy White5488.8
SNP Alex Scullion4677.6
Conservative David James Crichton2213.6
Independent Locky Cameron1552.5
Green Danielle Casey1322.1
Scottish Socialist Alex Cunningham1151.9
Independent Charles Murray300.5
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Waterfront
PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
Labour Gail Casey1,92232.0
SNP William Hendrie1,43523.9
SNP Jim McElhill5859.7
Labour Marie McNair †5378.9
Independent Dennis Brogan4076.8
A Strong Voice for ClydebankJackie Maceira3786.3
Conservative Terry Stables2774.6
Independent Joe Brady2664.4
Scottish Socialist Dawn Fyfe1983.3

Aftermath

On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent.

On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses.

Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011.

Kilpatrick By-Election (3 March 2011) - 1 seat [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Labour Lawrence O'Neill60.011,382
SNP Frank McNiff32.94758
Conservative Douglas Boyle6.99161
Electorate: 8,963  Valid: 2,301  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,151  Turnout: 2,327 (25.98%)  

    References

    1. ↑ "West Dunbartonshire Council". wdccmis.west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 12 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
    2. ↑ "West Dunbartonshire Council". wdccmis.west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
    3. ↑ "Elections". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 2009. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
    4. ↑ "Labour Wins Kilpatrick By-Election". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
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