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All 32 seats to West Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Elections to West Lothian 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 nine 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 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Councillors remained in post until 2012.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 14 | N/A | N/A | -4 | 43.75 | 36.6 | 23,833 | ||
SNP | 13 | N/A | N/A | +2 | 40.63 | 36.3 | 23,620 | ||
Action to Save St John's Hospital | 3 | N/A | N/A | +3 | 9.38 | 6.1 | 3,997 | ||
Conservative | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 3.13 | 9.4 | 6,142 | ||
Independent | 1 | N/A | N/A | -1 | 3.13 | 4.6 | 3,018 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3,337 | ||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 778 | ||
Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 316 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Conservative | Tom Kerr | 2,120 | 26.9 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Martyn Day | 1,792 | 22.7 | 2 | 6 | |
SNP | Tam Smith | 1,340 | 17.0 | |||
Labour | Tom Conn | 1,328 | 16.9 | 3 | 6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff King | 739 | 9.4 | |||
Green | Simon King-Spooner | 316 | 4.0 | |||
Conservative | Sandy Pagan | 194 | 2.4 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Eddy Cornock | 49 | 2.5 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Alexander Davidson | 1,668 | 22.6 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Janet Campbell | 1,562 | 21.1 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Graeme Morrice | 1,139 | 15.4 | 4 | 5 | |
Action to Save St John's Hospital | Ellen Glass | 1,047 | 14.2 | 3 | 5 | |
SNP | Eddie Malcolm | 987 | 13.3 | |||
Conservative | Jack Thompson | 559 | 7.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Chapman | 431 | 5.8 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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SNP | Robert de Bold | 1,856 | 23.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Bruce Ferrie | 1,630 | 20.7 | 2 | 1 | |
SNP | Andrew Miller | 1,316 | 16.7 | 3 | 5 | |
Labour | Irfan Arif | 976 | 12.4 | |||
Action to Save St John's Hospital | John Cochrane | 784 | 9.9 | 4 | 7 | |
Conservative | Alison Adamson-Ross | 704 | 8.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ross McLaren | 518 | 6.6 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Derek Murray | 96 | 1.2 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick | 2,584 | 30.4 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Peter Johnson | 2,543 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Danny Logue | 1,081 | 12.7 | 3 | 3 | |
SNP | John Muir | 879 | 10.4 | 4 | 5 | |
Conservative | Marion Kerr | 527 | 6.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Evan Bell | 420 | 4.9 | |||
Independent | Eddie Anderson | 341 | 4.0 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Mary Kerr | 115 | 1.4 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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SNP | Frank Anderson | 1,918 | 24.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Willie Dunn | 1,733 | 22.3 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Dave King | 1,569 | 20.2 | 3 | 1 | |
SNP | Carl John | 795 | 10.2 | 4 | 7 | |
Action to Save St John's Hospital | Lorraine Robertson | 625 | 8.0 | |||
Conservative | Andy Murray | 591 | 7.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Chapman | 421 | 5.4 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Helen Donnelly | 133 | 1.7 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Neil Findlay | 2,137 | 33.8 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Greg McCarra | 1,669 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Cathy Muldoon | 1,340 | 21.1 | 3 | 4 | |
Conservative | Shiela Grierson | 335 | 5.3 | |||
Action to Save St John's Hospital | Tom Orr | 319 | 5.0 | |||
Independent | James Ford | 203 | 3.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Wenham | 184 | 2.9 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Alun Birrell | 139 | 2.2 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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SNP | James Dickson | 1,981 | 27.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Jim Swan | 1,528 | 20.9 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | George Paul | 1,367 | 18.7 | 3 | 5 | |
Action to Save St John's Hospital | Gordon Beurskens | 851 | 11.7 | 4 | 8 | |
SNP | Mary Dickson | 507 | 6.9 | |||
Conservative | Alistair Lowrie | 435 | 6.0 | |||
Independent | Tony Fairley | 309 | 4.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Howden | 222 | 3.0 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Mark Eccles | 98 | 1.3 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | John McGinty | 1,521 | 22.2 | 2 | 5 | |
SNP | William Boyle | 1,494 | 21.8 | 1 | 5 | |
Labour | Harry Cartmill | 1,366 | 20.0 | |||
SNP | James Walker | 1,308 | 19.1 | 3 | 5 | |
Conservative | Donald MacDonald | 425 | 6.2 | |||
Action to Save St John's Hospital | Gary Montgomery | 371 | 5.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Corser | 265 | 3.9 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Ally Hendry | 93 | 1.4 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Independent | Stuart Borrowman | 1,385 | 24.7 | 1 | 3 | |
Labour | Jim Dixon | 1,330 | 23.7 | 2 | 5 | |
SNP | Isabel Hutton | 1,156 | 20.6 | 3 | 7 | |
Independent | Duncan MacLean | 780 | 13.9 | |||
SNP | Grant McLennan | 517 | 9.2 | |||
Conservative | Lindsay Butchart | 252 | 4.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Caron Howden | 137 | 2.4 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Steve Nimmo | 55 | 1.0 |
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