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2007 Angus Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

2007 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
election_name2007 Angus Council election
countryScotland
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2003 Angus Council election
previous_year2003
election_date
next_election2012 Angus Council election
next_year2012
seats_for_electionAll 29 seats to Angus Council
majority_seats15

Main article: 2007 Scottish local elections

Elections to Angus 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 8 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 a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election result

|seats % = 44.8 |votes % = 38.3 |plus/minus = |seats % = 17.2 |votes % = 19.1 |plus/minus = |seats % = 10.3 |votes % = 9.7 |plus/minus = |seats % = 6.9 |votes % = 11.8 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = |seats % = 20.7 |votes % = 20.9 |plus/minus =

Ward results

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

  • A by-election was held in the Monifieth & Sidlaw Ward on 25 June 2009 following the death of the SNP's Frank Ellis. This was won by the SNP's Jean Lee

  • A by-election was held in the Carnoustie & District Ward on 3 February 2011 following the resignation of the SNP's Ralph Palmer. This was won by the Independent Brian Boyd

References

References

  1. "Archived copy".
  2. http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-carnoustiedistrict.html{{dead link. (October 2016)
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