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2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

2007 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2003 West Dunbartonshire Council election
previous_year2003
election_date3 May 2007
next_election2012 West Dunbartonshire Council election
next_year2012
seats_for_electionAll 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
majority_seats12
leader1Martin Rooney
party1Scottish Labour Party
last_election117 seats, 46.8%
leaders_seat1Lomond
seats_before115
seats110
seat_change17
leader2Ronnie McColl
party2Scottish National Party
leaders_seat2Lomond
last_election23 seats, 33.6%
seats_before23
seats29
seat_change26
leader4George Black
party4Independent (politician)
leaders_seat4Dumbarton
last_election41 seat, 6.5%
seats_before44
seats42
seat_change41
leader5Jim Bollan
party5Scottish Socialist Party
leaders_seat5Leven
last_election51 seat, 10.1%
seats_before51
seats51
seat_change5
titleCouncil Leader
before_electionDenis Agnew
before_partyIndependent (politician)
posttitleCouncil Leader after election
after_electionIain Robertson
after_partyScottish National Party
swing19.1%
popular_vote113,596
percentage137.7%
swing20.5%
percentage234.1%
popular_vote212,307
swing42.2%
percentage48.7%
popular_vote43,142
swing53.4%
percentage56.7%
popular_vote52,413

The 2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election was 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 six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Results

|seats % = 45.5 |votes % = 37.7 |plus/minus = 9.1 |seats % = 40.9 |votes % = 34.1 |plus/minus = 0.5 |seats % = 9.1 |votes % = 8.7 |plus/minus = 2.2 |seats % = 4.6 |votes % = 6.7 |plus/minus = 3.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 7.6 |plus/minus = 4.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.7 |plus/minus =New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.6 |plus/minus = New

Ward results

Aftermath

On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent.

On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses.

Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011.

References

References

  1. (2007-03-12). "West Dunbartonshire Council".
  2. (2007-05-16). "West Dunbartonshire Council".
  3. (2009). "Elections".
  4. (2011-03-03). "Labour Wins Kilpatrick By-Election".
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