Elections to East Renfrewshire Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.
East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975 it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire and Inverclyde. Although no longer a local authority area, Renfrewshire still remains the registration county and lieutenancy area of East Renfrewshire.
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.
The election was the first using six 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 of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.
The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies. Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate. Votes are totalled and a quota derived. If their candidate achieves quota, he/she is elected and in some STV systems any surplus vote is transferred to other candidates in proportion to the voters' stated preferences. If more candidates than seats remain, the bottom candidate is eliminated with his/her votes being transferred to other candidates as determined by the voters' stated preferences. These elections and eliminations, and vote transfers if applicable, continue until there are only as many candidates as there are unfilled seats. The specific method of transferring votes varies in different systems.
Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 7 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 35.0 | 34.3 | 14,567 | ||
Labour | 7 | N/A | N/A | -1 | 35.0 | 27.8 | 11,825 | ||
SNP | 3 | N/A | N/A | +3 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 6,794 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | N/A | N/A | -2 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 4,317 | ||
Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 247 | ||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 177 | ||
Independent | 2 | N/A | N/A | -1 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 4,589 | ||
Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North | |||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
Conservative | Charlie Gilbert | 22.7 | 1,778 | ||||||||
Labour | Elaine Green | 21.2 | 1,658 | ||||||||
SNP | Tony Buchanan | 18.3 | 1,434 | 1,449.78 | 1,457.58 | 1,465.87 | 1,616.20 | ||||
Conservative | Leslie Rosin | 12.1 | 944 | 1,069.20 | 1,071.50 | 1,084.92 | 1,187.05 | 1,192.66 | 1,349.21 | 1,542.26 | |
Labour | Nasim Kahn | 8.1 | 638 | 647.02 | 700.75 | 710.08 | 817.79 | 825.59 | 950.52 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Platt | 8.1 | 636 | 654.28 | 661.08 | 673.55 | |||||
Independent | George Butler | 7.9 | 622 | 630.90 | 633.53 | 683.04 | 806.60 | 817.26 | |||
Independent | Ella Rae | 1.6 | 123 | 128.70 | 130.29 | ||||||
Electorate: - Valid: 7,833 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: |
Barrhead | |||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
Independent | Danny Devlin | 25.3 | 1,891 | ||||||||||
Labour | Betty Cunningham | 20.4 | 1,526 | ||||||||||
SNP | Douglas Yates | 17.6 | 1,318 | 1,378.31 | 1,380.54 | 1,402.26 | 1,415.39 | 1,481.88 | 1,510.74 | ||||
Labour | Edward Philips | 13.4 | 999 | 1,031.25 | 1,044.09 | 1,054.34 | 1,065.13 | 1,089.96 | 1,267.66 | 1,269.90 | 1,329.24 | 1,523.36 | |
Conservative | Tariq Pavez | 7.5 | 558 | 580.41 | 580.93 | 582.93 | 593.13 | 624.45 | 624.74 | 626.33 | |||
Independent | Tommy Reilly | 7.0 | 520 | 584.92 | 587.37 | 594.85 | 662.98 | 696.73 | 706.19 | 706.37 | 838.43 | ||
Labour | Edwina Phillips | 3.3 | 247 | 259.56 | 262.61 | 263.69 | 269.55 | 286.51 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Platt | 3.2 | 236 | 250.87 | 251.84 | 259.90 | 264.69 | ||||||
Independent | Rena McGuire | 1.5 | 111 | 154.56 | 156.02 | 164.94 | |||||||
Scottish Socialist | Liam McGregor | 0.9 | 65 | 71.49 | 72.12 | ||||||||
Electorate: - Valid: 7,471 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,495 Turnout: |
Giffnock and Thornliebank | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
Labour | Jim Fletcher | 29.8 | 2,075 | ||||||
Conservative | Gordon Wallace | 27.2 | 1,899 | ||||||
SNP | Joyce Lythgoe | 18.2 | 1,266 | 1,330.16 | 1,336.00 | 1,390.31 | 1,473.32 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Mackie | 17.9 | 1,244 | 1,357.28 | 1.365.41 | 1,401.65 | 1,585.21 | 2,472.07 | |
Conservative | Gordon Wilson | 5.4 | 373 | 394.92 | 524.70 | 528.50 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Stuart Miller | 1.6 | 112 | 132.16 | 132.32 | ||||
Electorate: - Valid: 6,969 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,743 Turnout: |
Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
Labour | Mary Montague | 23.5 | 1,644 | 1,691 | 1,852 | |||||
Independent | Ralph Robertson | 18.9 | 1,322 | 1,365 | 1,468 | 1,489.09 | 1,567.60 | 1,648.68 | 2,144.92 | |
Conservative | Gordon McCaskill | 16.9 | 1,182 | 1,191 | 1,243 | 1,249.97 | 2,080.41 | |||
Conservative | Laurence Haniford | 14.7 | 1,028 | 1,035 | 1,092 | 1,097.33 | ||||
SNP | Oliver Adair | 13.7 | 954 | 1,006 | 1,139 | 1,163.15 | 1,215.49 | 1,262.81 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Clarkson | 8.7 | 609 | 660 | ||||||
Scottish Green | Duncan Toms | 3.5 | 247 | |||||||
Electorate: - Valid: 6,986 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,747 Turnout: |
Newton Mearns South | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |
Conservative | Barbara Grant | 36.6 | 2,283 | |||||
Conservative | Jim Swift | 26.4 | 1,649 | |||||
Labour | Ian McAlpine | 17.1 | 1,068 | 1,140.32 | 1,147.86 | 1,287.45 | 1,884.38 | |
SNP | Christopher McLaughlin | 10.3 | 645 | 720.16 | 730.40 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Rennie | 14.1 | 601 | 784.17 | 805.27 | 1,140.60 | ||
Electorate: - Valid: 6,246 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,562 Turnout: |
Busby, Clarkston and Eaglesham | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |
Labour | Alan Lafferty | 28.1 | 1,970 | |||||
Conservative | Stewart Miller | 22.4 | 1,571 | 1,592.37 | 1,773.62 | |||
Conservative | Alec White | 18.6 | 1,302 | 1,310.70 | 1,516.43 | 1,531.22 | ||
SNP | Alistair Carmichael | 16.8 | 1,177 | 1,220.51 | 1,537.11 | 1,539.04 | 2,014.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Napier | 14.1 | 991 | 1,061.28 | ||||
Electorate: - Valid: 7,011 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,753 Turnout: |
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