Argyll and Bute Council election, 2007

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Argyll and Bute Council election, 2007

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All 36 seats to Argyll and Bute Council
19 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Argyll and Bute 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 11 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Argyll and Bute Council area of Scotland

Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary authority council areas and a lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead.

Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authorities designated as councils which consist of councillors elected every five years by registered voters in each of the council areas.

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Election result

Argyll and Bute Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 10 N/A N/A +7 27.8 22.2 8,921
  Liberal Democrats 7 N/A N/A –1 19.4 19.2 7,702
  Conservative 3 N/A N/A +1 8.3 15.7 6,301
  Labour 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 3.7 1,471
  Solidarity 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.2 76
  Independent 16 N/A N/A –7 44.4 39.1 15,715

Ward results

South Kintyre
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative Donald Kelly 1,332 42.9 1 1
SNP John Donald Semple 663 21.3 2 4
Labour George McMillan 444 14.3
Liberal Democrats Rory Colville 441 14.2 3 6
Conservative James Campbell Martin 152 4.9
Solidarity Deirdre Henderson 76 2.4
Kintyre and the Islands
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Robin Currie 1,131 34.6 1 1
Independent John McAlpine 608 18.6 2 5
SNP Anne Horn 482 14.7 3 7
Independent Ann Newman 342 10.5
Conservative Peter Minshall 300 9.2
Labour Phil Hawkins 219 6.7
Independent Maureen Scott 190 5.8
Mid Argyll
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Alison Hay 813 22.0 1 4
Independent Donnie MacMillan 699 18.9 2 6
SNP Colin Stevenson 625 16.9
Independent Douglas Trevor Philand 582 15.7 3 8
Independent Sandy Cameron 344 9.3
Conservative Charlotte Hanbury 305 8.2
Labour Wendy Reynolds 225 6.1
Independent Cameron Lewis 106 2.9
Oban South and the Isles
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Roddy McCuish 955 23.3 1 1
Liberal Democrats Mary-Jean Devon† 672 16.4 2 5
SNP Donald Skye McIntosh†††† 506 12.4 3 9
Independent Gordon Chalmers 444 10.9 4 9
Conservative Roy Rutherford 413 10.1
Independent Alastair MacDougall 347 8.5
Liberal Democrats Nicola Welsh 293 7.2
Independent Neil MacKinnon MacIntyre 290 7.1
Independent Roderick MacEachen 143 3.5
Independent David Gallant 27 0.7
Oban North and Lorn
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Elaine Robertson 1,005 22.0 1 1
Independent Duncan MacIntyre 779 17.1 2 5
Liberal Democrats Neil MacKay††† 665 14.6 3 8
SNP Donald MacDonald 618 13.6 4 10
SNP Mike MacKenzie 401 8.8
Conservative Eileen Mary Kirkpatrick 387 8.5
Independent Ian Smyth 200 4.4
Independent Sidney MacDougall 188 4.1
Independent George Doyle 176 3.9
Independent Gwen Cameron 140 3.1
Cowal
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Ron Simon 1,127 29.8 1 1
Independent Alex McNaughton 880 23.3 2 3
Independent Bruce Marshall 745 19.7 3 5
Conservative Dave Petrie 491 13.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Oxborrow 346 9.2
Independent Iain Jarvis Gow 192 5.1
Dunoon
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Dick Walsh 855 24.6 1 2
SNP Alister MacAlister†††††† 821 23.6 3 4
Independent Jimmy McQueen 754 21.7 2 4
Labour David Graham 358 10.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Miles 257 7.4
Conservative Sandy MacPherson 239 6.9
Independent Gordon McKinven 193 5.6
Isle of Bute
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Len Scoullar 868 28.2 1 1
SNP Robert MacIntyre 839 27.2 2 1
SNP Isobel Strong 551 17.9 3 6
Independent Fraser Gillies 238 7.7
Labour Harry Hattan 225 7.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Anne Hilton 218 7.1
Conservative Peter Wallace 143 4.6
Lomond North
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Billy Petrie 794 22.2 1 3
Independent Danny Kelly 734 20.5 2 4
Independent George Freeman 616 17.2 3 6
SNP Elizabeth Buist 557 15.6
Conservative James Proctor 484 13.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Nisbet 395 11.0
2007 Council election: Helensburgh Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative Gary Mulvaney 1,220 27.7 1 1
SNP James Alexander Robb†† 822 18.6 4 4
Liberal Democrats Aileen Morton 734 16.6
Liberal Democrats Al Reay††††† 728 16.5 2 4
Independent Vivien Dance 707 16.0 3 4
Independent Richard William Humphrey 198 4.5
2007 Council election: Helensburgh and Lomond South
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative David Fairbairn Kinniburgh 835 26.7 1 1
Independent Ronald Kinloch 713 22.8 3 4
Liberal Democrats Ellen Morton 700 22.4 2 3
SNP Richard MacDonald Trail 572 18.3
Liberal Democrats Karen York 309 9.9

Changes since 2007 Election

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

Helensburgh and Lomond South by-election 4 October 2007 - 1 Seat [1]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Nisbit 30.31 642752 1,0141,525
Conservative Jim Proctor 29.60 627684 839 
Independent Gordon Hanning 23.28 493606   
SNP Richard Trail 16.81 356   
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Electorate: 5,690  Valid: 2,118  Spoilt: 10  Quota: 1,060  Turnout: 2,128 (37.4%)

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    • On 3 November 2011 the SNP's Louise Glen-Lee won a by-election which arose following the death of former SNP Councillor Donald MacDonald on 4 August 2011
    Oban North & Lorn by-election 3 November 2011 - 1 Seat [2]
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
    SNP Louise Glen-Lee 44.14 1,0811,117 1,1791,374
    Conservative Roy Rutherford 20.62 505523 591758
    Independent Gwyneth Neal 17.88 438496 561 
    Liberal Democrats David Pollard 10.62 260273   
    Independent George Doyle 6.73 165   
    SNP hold Swing
    Electorate: 7,606  Valid: 2,449  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1,225  Turnout: 2,468 (32.4%)

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