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2007 Argyll and Bute Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2007 Argyll and Bute Council election
country	Scotland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2003 Argyll and Bute Council election
previous_year	2003
election_date
next_election	Argyll and Bute Council election, 2012
next_year	2012
seats_for_election	All 36 seats to Argyll and Bute Council
majority_seats	19
1blank	First preferences
2blank	First preferences (%)
3blank	Swing (pp)
party1	Independent (politician)
seats1	16
seat_change1	6
popular_vote1	15,715
percentage1	39.1%
swing1	12.4%
party2	Scottish National Party
seats2	10
seat_change2	7
popular_vote2	8,921
percentage2	22.2%
swing2	9.0%
party3	Scottish Liberal Democrats
seats3	7
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	7,702
percentage3	19.2%
swing3	4.9%
party4	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
seats4	3
seat_change4	0
popular_vote4	6,301
percentage4	15.7
swing4	1.7%
title	Council Leader
before_election	Allan MacAskill
before_party	Independent
posttitle	Council Leader
after_election	Dick Walsh
after_party	Independent

Main article: 2007 Scottish local elections

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 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 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election result

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are marked with *

South Kintyre

Kintyre and the Islands

Mid Argyll

Oban South and the Isles

Oban North and Lorn

Cowal

Dunoon

Isle of Bute

Lomond North

Helensburgh Central

Helensburgh and Lomond South

Changes since 2007 Election

†In September 2007, Oban South and the Isles Cllr Mary-Jean Devon quit the Liberal Democrats and became an Independent. She joined the Scottish National Party on 1 July 2011.
††Since the election, Helensburgh Central Cllr James Robb quit the Scottish National Party and became an Independent Nationalist.
†††Since the election, Oban North and Lorn Cllr Neil MacKay quit the Liberal Democrats and became an Alliance of Independent Councillor.
††††On 18 November 2011, Oban South and the Isles Cllr Donald Skye McIntosh died.
†††††On 25 February 2012 Hellensburgh Central Cllr Al Reay died.
††††††On 30 March 2012 Dunoon Cllr Alister MacAlister died.

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

On 4 October 2007 the Liberal Democrats Andrew Nisbit won a by-election which arose following the death of former Independent Councillor Ronald Kinloch on 23 July 2007
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

References

"Helensburgh and Lomond South (Argyll and Bute) 4th October 2007".
http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-obannorthlorn.html {{dead link. (September 2016)

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