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2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

Field	Value
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2003 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
previous_year	2003
election_date
next_election	2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
next_year	2012
seats_for_election	All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council
majority_seats	24
party1	Scottish Conservatives
party2	Scottish Labour
party3	Scottish National Party
party4	Scottish Liberal Democrats
party5	Independent politician
seats1	18
seats2	14
seats3	10
seats4	3
seats5	2
percentage1	32.2%
popular_vote1	20,815
popular_vote2	18,169
percentage2	28.1%
percentage3	19.0%
popular_vote3	12,266
popular_vote4	5,340
percentage4	8.3%
percentage5	11.2%
popular_vote5	7,240
seat_change1	7
seat_change2
seat_change3	5
seat_change4	2
seat_change5	10
last_election1	11 seats
last_election2	14 seats
last_election3	5 seats
last_election4	5 seats
last_election5	12 seats

Elections to Dumfries and Galloway 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 13 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 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10. 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously.

Following the elections a Conservative-Lib Dem minority administration was formed.

Results

Ward results

Stranraer and North Rhins (3 seats)

Wigtown West (3 seats)

Mid Galloway (3 seats)

Dee (3 seats)

Castle Douglas and Glenkens (3 seats)

Abbey (4 seats)

North West Dumfries (4 seats)

Mid and Upper Nithsdale (4 seats)

Lochar (4 seats)

Nith (4 seats)

Annandale South (4 seats)

Annandale North (4 seats)

Annandale East (4 seats)

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

On 1 May 2008, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Bruce Hodgson who had resigned. Michael John Thomson retained the seat for the Conservative Party.
On 16 June 2011, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Michael John Thomson who had resigned. Tom McAughtrie won the seat for the Labour Party.

References

(29 August 2007). "The case of the disappearing ward". BBC News.
(4 May 2007). "Convener loses place on council". BBC News.
(2 May 2008). "Tory wins stretch into Scotland". BBC News.
"Abbey (Dumfries & Galloway) 1 st May 2008". Alba.org.uk.
(17 June 2011). "Labour wins Dumfries and Galloway Council by-election". BBC News.
"Dumfries and Galloway Council : Abbey Ward By-Election". Dumgal.gov.uk.

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