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2007 Scottish Borders Council election
2007 Scottish local government election
2007 Scottish local government election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2007 Scottish Borders Council election |
| country | Scotland |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2003 Scottish Borders Council election |
| previous_year | 2003 |
| election_date | |
| next_election | Scottish Borders Council election, 2012 |
| next_year | 2012 |
| seats_for_election | All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council |
| majority_seats | 18 |
| 1blank | First preferences |
| 2blank | First preferences (%) |
| 3blank | Swing (pp) |
| party1 | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
| last_election1 | 10 seats, 30.4% |
| seats_before1 | 10 |
| seats1 | 11 |
| seat_change1 | 1 |
| popular_vote1 | 13,083 |
| percentage1 | 26.8% |
| swing1 | 1.8% |
| party2 | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| last_election2 | 9 seats, 26.3% |
| seats_before2 | 9 |
| seats2 | 10 |
| seat_change2 | 1 |
| popular_vote2 | 11,980 |
| percentage2 | 24.6% |
| swing2 | 1.7% |
| party3 | Scottish National Party |
| last_election3 | 1 seat, 11.5% |
| seats_before3 | 1 |
| seats3 | 6 |
| seat_change3 | 5 |
| popular_vote3 | 9,161 |
| percentage3 | 18.8% |
| swing3 | 7.3% |
| party4 | Independent (politician) |
| last_election4 | 14 seats, 30.4% |
| seats_before4 | 14 |
| seats4 | 5 |
| seat_change4 | 8 |
| popular_vote4 | 10,272 |
| percentage4 | 21.1% |
| swing4 | 9.3% |
| party5 | Borders Party |
| last_election5 | New Party |
| seats_before5 | N/A |
| seats5 | 2 |
| seat_change5 | 2 |
| popular_vote5 | 2,597 |
| percentage5 | 5.3% |
| swing5 | New |
| title | Council Leader |
| before_election | David Parker |
| before_party | Independent (politician) |
| posttitle | Council Leader after election |
| after_election | David Parker |
| after_party | Independent (politician) |
Main article: 2007 Scottish local elections
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Elections to Scottish Borders 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 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
|seats % = 32.4 |votes % = 26.8 |plus/minus = 1.8 |seats % = 29.4 |votes % = 24.6 |plus/minus = 1.7 |seats % = 17.6 |votes % = 18.8 |plus/minus = 7.3 |seats % = 14.7 |votes % = 21.1 |plus/minus = 9.3 |seats % = 5.9 |votes % = 5.3 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = 0.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = 1.7
Ward results
Changes after the elections
- †Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011
References
References
- "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics". The Elections Centre.
- "Local Election Results 2007 - Scottish Borders". Local Elections Archive Project.
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