2007 Argyll and Bute Council election
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Elections to first past the post) system of election.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent
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16 | N/A | N/A | 6 | 44.4 | 39.1 | 15,715 | 12.4 | |
SNP | 10 | N/A | N/A | 7 | 27.8 | 22.2 | 8,921 | 9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 7,702 | 4.9 | |
Conservative
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3 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 8.3 | 15.7 | 6,301 | 1.7 | |
Labour
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0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1,471 | 1.0 | |
Solidarity | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 76 | New |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors are marked with *
South Kintyre
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Conservative
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Donald Kelly* | 42.9% | 1,332 | ||||
SNP | John Donald Semple | 21.3% | 663 | 710 | 743 | 845 | |
Labour
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George McMillan | 14.3% | 444 | 495 | 508 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rory Colville* | 14.2% | 441 | 505 | 512 | 658 | |
Conservative
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James Martin | 4.9% | 152 | 503 | 514 | 575 | |
Solidarity | Deirdre Henderson | 2.4% | 76 | 83 | |||
Electorate: 5,503 Valid: 3,108 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 778 Turnout: 57.51% |
Kintyre and the Islands
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie* | 34.6% | 1,131 | |||||
Independent
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John McAlpine* | 18.6% | 608 | 637 | 685 | 726 | 825 | |
SNP | Anne Horn | 14.7% | 482 | 525 | 556 | 601 | 678 | |
Independent
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Ann Newman | 10.5% | 342 | 434 | 450 | 547 | 607 | |
Conservative
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Peter Minshall | 9.2% | 300 | 317 | 370 | 387 | ||
Labour
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Phil Hawkins | 6.7% | 219 | 284 | 295 | |||
Independent
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Maureen Scott | 5.8% | 190 | 195 | ||||
Electorate: 5,307 Valid: 3,272 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 819 Turnout: 62.50% |
Mid Argyll
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Hay* | 22.0% | 813 | 833 | 880 | 975 | |||
Independent
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Donnie MacMillan* | 18.9% | 699 | 712 | 733 | 794 | 806 | 964 | |
SNP | Colin Stevenson | 16.9% | 625 | 632 | 672 | 693 | 700 | 735 | |
Independent
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Douglas Trevor Philand | 15.7% | 582 | 608 | 650 | 674 | 681 | 796 | |
Independent
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Sandy Cameron | 9.3% | 344 | 359 | 375 | 414 | 420 | ||
Conservative
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Charlotte Hanbury | 8.2% | 305 | 312 | 318 | ||||
Labour
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Wendy Reynolds | 6.1% | 225 | 230 | |||||
Independent
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Cameron Lewis | 2.9% | 106 | ||||||
Electorate: 5,948 Valid: 3,699 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 925 Turnout: 63.01% |
Oban South and the Isles
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Roddy McCuish | 23.3% | 955 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | Mary-Jean Devon † | 16.4% | 672 | 674 | 684 | 820 | ||||
SNP | Donald Skye McIntosh* †††† | 12.4% | 506 | 579 | 593 | 613 | 614 | 653 | 761 | |
Independent
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Gordon Chalmers | 10.9% | 444 | 445 | 450 | 458 | 458 | 592 | 617 | |
Conservative
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Roy Rutherford | 10.1% | 413 | 417 | 440 | 473 | 473 | 496 | 550 | |
Independent
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Alastair MacDougall* | 8.5% | 347 | 348 | 376 | 389 | 390 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Welsh | 7.2% | 293 | 299 | 317 | |||||
Independent
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Neil MacKinnon MacIntyre | 7.1% | 290 | 315 | 354 | 391 | 391 | 427 | ||
Independent
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Roderick MacEachen | 3.5% | 143 | 145 | ||||||
Independent
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David Gallant | 0.7% | 27 | 27 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,401 Valid: 4,090 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 819 Turnout: 56.59% |
Oban North and Lorn
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent
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Elaine Robertson* | 22.0% | 1,005 | ||||||||
Independent
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Duncan MacIntyre | 17.1% | 779 | 801 | 821 | 872 | 934 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Neil MacKay ††† | 14.6% | 665 | 678 | 701 | 726 | 772 | 777 | 846 | 951 | |
SNP | Donald MacDonald | 13.6% | 618 | 620 | 632 | 654 | 672 | 673 | 694 | 724 | |
SNP | Mike MacKenzie | 8.8% | 401 | 407 | 411 | 419 | 434 | 435 | 466 | 486 | |
Conservative
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Eileen Mary Kirkpatrick | 8.5% | 387 | 394 | 404 | 419 | 427 | 429 | 457 | ||
Independent
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Ian Smyth | 4.4% | 200 | 211 | 222 | 240 | 267 | 271 | |||
Independent
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Sidney MacDougall* | 4.1% | 188 | 192 | 209 | 229 | |||||
Independent
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George Doyle | 3.9% | 176 | 179 | 198 | ||||||
Independent
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Gwen Cameron | 3.1% | 140 | 146 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,431 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 912 Turnout: 62.52% |
Cowal
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Ron Simon | 29.8% | 1,127 | |||||
Independent
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Alex McNaughton | 23.3% | 880 | 909 | 996 | |||
Independent
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Bruce Marshall* | 19.7% | 745 | 768 | 813 | 829 | 956 | |
Conservative
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Dave Petrie | 13.0% | 491 | 504 | 523 | 530 | 630 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Oxborrow | 9.2% | 346 | 376 | 391 | 397 | ||
Independent
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Iain Jarvis Gow | 5.1% | 192 | 203 | ||||
Electorate: 5,878 Valid: 3,781 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 946 Turnout: 65.36% |
Dunoon
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent
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Dick Walsh* | 24.6% | 855 | 938 | |||
SNP | Alister MacAlister †††††† | 23.6% | 821 | 836 | 845 | 870 | |
Independent
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Jimmy McQueen* | 21.7% | 754 | 804 | 829 | 903 | |
Labour
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David Graham | 10.3% | 358 | 371 | 376 | 384 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Miles | 7.4% | 257 | 269 | 278 | 336 | |
Conservative
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Sandy MacPherson | 6.9% | 239 | 245 | 252 | ||
Independent
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Gordon McKinven* | 5.6% | 193 | ||||
Electorate: 5,862 Valid: 3,477 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 870 Turnout: 60.08% |
Isle of Bute
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent
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Len Scoullar* | 28.2% | 868 | |||||
SNP | Robert MacIntyre* | 27.2% | 839 | |||||
SNP | Isobel Strong* | 17.9% | 551 | 597 | 647 | 667 | 730 | |
Independent
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Fraser Gillies | 7.7% | 238 | 251 | 255 | 303 | 333 | |
Labour
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Harry Hattan | 7.3% | 225 | 228 | 230 | 236 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Anne Hilton | 7.1% | 218 | 226 | 229 | 258 | 308 | |
Conservative
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Peter Wallace | 4.6% | 143 | 152 | 154 | |||
Electorate: 5,354 Valid: 3,082 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 771 Turnout: 58.80% |
Lomond North
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent
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Billy Petrie* | 22.2% | 794 | 893 | 1,083 | ||
Independent
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Danny Kelly* | 20.5% | 734 | 786 | 855 | 905 | |
Independent
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George Freeman* | 17.2% | 616 | 658 | 738 | 784 | |
SNP | Elizabeth Buist | 15.6% | 557 | 604 | 649 | 669 | |
Conservative
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James Proctor | 13.5% | 484 | 548 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Nisbet | 11.0% | 395 | ||||
Electorate: 6,239 Valid: 3,580 Spoilt: 35 Quota: 896 Turnout: 57.94% |
Helensburgh Central
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Conservative
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Gary Mulvaney* | 27.7% | 1,220 | |||
SNP | James Alexander Robb †† | 18.6% | 822 | 844 | 865 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Morton | 16.6% | 734 | 782 | 811 | |
Liberal Democrats | Al Reay* ††††† | 16.5% | 728 | 808 | 849 | |
Independent
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Vivien Dance | 16.0% | 707 | 772 | 852 | |
Independent
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Richard William Humphrey | 4.5% | 198 | 228 | ||
Electorate: 7,617 Valid: 4,409 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 882 Turnout: 58.76% |
Helensburgh and Lomond South
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Conservative
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David Fairbairn Kinniburgh | 26.7% | 835 | ||||
Independent
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Ronald Kinloch* | 22.8% | 713 | 728 | 753 | 815 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ellen Morton* | 22.4% | 700 | 712 | 946 | ||
SNP | Richard MacDonald Trail | 18.3% | 572 | 575 | 597 | 631 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen York | 9.9% | 309 | 314 | |||
Electorate: 5,596 Valid: 3,129 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 783 Turnout: 56.52% |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Nisbit | 30.31 | 642 | 752 | 1,014 | 1,525 | |
Conservative
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Jim Proctor | 29.60 | 627 | 684 | 839 | ||
Independent
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Gordon Hanning | 23.28 | 493 | 606 | |||
SNP | Richard Trail | 16.81 | 356 | ||||
Independent
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Swing | ||||||
Electorate: 5,690 Valid: 2,118 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 2,128 (37.4%) |
- 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Louise Glen-Lee | 44.14 | 1,081 | 1,117 | 1,179 | 1,374 | |
Conservative
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Roy Rutherford | 20.62 | 505 | 523 | 591 | 758 | |
Independent
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Gwyneth Neal | 17.88 | 438 | 496 | 561 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Pollard | 10.62 | 260 | 273 | |||
Independent
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George Doyle | 6.73 | 165 | ||||
SNP hold | Swing | ||||||
Electorate: 7,606 Valid: 2,449 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,225 Turnout: 2,468 (32.4%) |
References
- ^ "Helensburgh and Lomond South (Argyll and Bute) 4th October 2007". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-obannorthlorn.html [dead link]