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2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
election_name2007 Glasgow City Council election
countryGlasgow
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2003 Glasgow City Council election
previous_year2003
election_date
next_election2012 Glasgow City Council election
next_year2012
seats_for_electionAll 79 seats to Glasgow City Council
majority_seats40
1blankFirst preferences
2blankFirst preferences (%)
3blankSwing (pp)
party1Scottish Labour
last_election171 seats, 47.7%
seats145
seat_change126
popular_vote181,393
percentage143.3%
swing14.4%
party2Scottish National Party
last_election23 seats, 20.5%
seats222
seat_change219
popular_vote246,185
percentage224.6%
swing24.1%
party3Scottish Liberal Democrats
last_election33 seats, 7.6%
seats35
seat_change32
popular_vote314,864
percentage37.9%
swing30.3%
party4Scottish Greens
last_election4New party
seats45
seat_change45
popular_vote412,183
percentage46.5%
swing4New
party5Scottish Conservatives
last_election51 seat, 7.5%
seats51
seat_change50
popular_vote514,412
percentage57.7%
swing50.2%
party6Solidarity (Scotland)
last_election6New party
seats61
seat_change61
popular_vote68,837
percentage64.7
swing6New
map_image2007 Glasgow City Council Election.svg
map_captionThe 21 multi-member wards
map2_imageGlasgow City Council 2007.svg
titleCouncil Leader
before_electionSteven Purcell
before_partyScottish Labour
after_electionSteven Purcell
after_partyScottish Labour

Elections to Glasgow City 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 21 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 form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Greens and for Solidarity.

Election result

|seats % = 56.95 |votes % = 43.31 |plus/minus = |seats % = 27.85 |votes % = 24.58 |plus/minus = |seats % = 6.33 |votes % = 7.91 |plus/minus = |seats % = 6.33 |votes % = 6.48 |plus/minus = |seats % = 1.27 |votes % = 7.67 |plus/minus = |seats % = 1.27 |votes % = 4.71 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 2.46 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 1.07 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.45 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.14 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.07 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.03 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 1.11 |plus/minus =

  • Total votes cast: 187,916

Ward results

Ward 1: Linn (4 seats)

Linn within Glasgow

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn (3 seats)

Newlands/Auldburn within Glasgow

Ward 3: Greater Pollok (4 seats)

Greater Pollok within Glasgow

Ward 4: Craigton (4 seats)

Craigton within Glasgow

Ward 5: Govan (4 seats)

Govan within Glasgow

Ward 6: Pollokshields (3 seats)

Pollokshields within Glasgow

Ward 7: Langside (3 seats)

Langside within Glasgow

Ward 8: Southside Central (4 seats)

Southside Central within Glasgow

Ward 9: Calton (3 seats)

Calton within Glasgow

Ward 10: Anderston/City (4 seats)

Anderston/City within Glasgow

Ward 11: Hillhead (4 seats)

Hillhead within Glasgow

Ward 12: Partick West (4 seats)

Partick West within Glasgow

Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill (4 seats)

Garscadden/Scotstounhill within Glasgow

Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland (4 seats)

Drumchapel/Anniesland within Glasgow

Ward 15: Maryhill/Kelvin (4 seats)

Maryhill/Kelvin within Glasgow

Ward 16: Canal (4 seats)

Canal within Glasgow

Ward 17: Springburn (3 seats)

Springburn within Glasgow

Ward 18: East Centre (4 seats)

East Centre within Glasgow

Ward 19: Shettleston (4 seats)

Shettleston within Glasgow

Ward 20: Baillieston (4 seats)

Baillieston within Glasgow

Ward 21: North East (4 seats)

North East within Glasgow

Changes since 2007

  • †On 20 December 2007, Craigton Cllr Ruth Black left Solidarity and joined the Labour Party. On 9 February 2012 she resigned from the party and became an Independent.
  • ††On 12 December 2008, Newlands/Auldburn Cllr Colin Deans left the Scottish National Party and joined the Labour Party. On 7 January 2009 he announced he would sit as an Independent and not join the Labour Party.
  • †††On 9 February 2010, Maryhill/Kelvin Cllr Alex Dingwall left the Scottish National Party and joined the Liberal Democrats.
  • ††††In March 2011, Greater Pollok Cllr William O'Rourke was suspended from the Labour Party. He was expelled on 6 February 2012 and is now an Independent.
  • †††††On 30 January 2012 Pollokshields Cllr Irfan Rabbani resigned from the Labour Party and joined the Scottish National Party.
  • ††††††On 2 February 2012 Govan Cllr Stephen Dornan resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
  • †††††††On 8 February 2012 Southside Central Cllr Anne Marie Millar resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
  • ††††††††On 8 February 2012 Ballieston Cllr Andy Muir resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
  • †††††††††On 9 February 2012 Greater Pollok Cllr Tommy Morrison resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
  • ††††††††††On 14 March 2012 Govan Cllr Shaukat Butt resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
  • †††††††††††On 27 March 2012 Canal Cllr Ellen Hurcombe resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.

By-elections since 3 May 2007

  • On 18 September 2008, a by-election was held following the election of John Mason as an MP for Glasgow East on 25 July 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's David Turner.

  • On 6 November 2008, a by-election was held following the death of Labour Cllr David Hay on 27 September 2008. The by-election was won by Labour's Andy Muir.††††††††

  • On 4 June 2009, a by-election was held following the resignation of SNP MSP Bill Kidd as a Councillor. The by-election was won by Labour's Anne McTaggart.

  • On 6 May 2010, a by-election was held following the resignation of Labour Councillor Stephen Purcell. The by-election was won by Labour's Christopher Hughes.

  • On 17 November 2011, a by-election was held following the death of SNP Councillor George Roberts. The seat was held by the SNP's Ken Andrew.

References

References

  1. [http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/pdf/2007-scotland.pdf Local Election Results 3rd May 2007], Andrew Teale (2008)
  2. "List of Council Candidates (Wards 15-21".
  3. "Baillieston (Glasgow) 18 th September 2008".
  4. "Archived copy".
  5. "www.kristoferkeane.co.uk - Scottish Elections :: Drumchapel/Anniesland By-Election 2009".
  6. "Ward - 14 Drumchapel & Anniesland - Local By Election 2010".
  7. (29 September 2011). "Labour MSP under fire for double job".
  8. "Date set for council by-election".
  9. "Ward - 11 Hillhead - Local By Election 2011".
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