2007 Renfrewshire Council election

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2007 Renfrewshire Council election
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All 40 seats to Renfrewshire Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Results by ward.

Elections to

first past the post
) system of election.

Election results

Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
 
Labour
 17 N/A N/A -4 42.5 36.8 25,878
  SNP 17 N/A N/A +2 42.5 35.4 24,875
  Liberal Democrats 4 N/A N/A +1 10.0 9.7 6,831
 
Conservative
 2 N/A N/A +1 5.0 11.5 8,115
  Solidarity 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.6 1,096
  Scottish Socialist 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.2 840
 
Scottish Green
 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.2 130
 
Independent
 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 3.6 2,508

Ward results

Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Renfrew North
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Derek Mackay 1,549 30.9 1 1
Labour
 Alexander Murrin 1,236 24.7 2 2
SNP Bill Perrie 673 12.4 3 6
Labour
 Donnie Smith 527 10.5
Independent
 Charlie Newlands 516 10.3
Conservative
 Ron Kane 286 5.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Jelfs 218 4.4


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Renfrew South and Gallowhill
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Mary Fee 1,452 26.5 1 1
SNP Cathy McEwan 1,339 24.4 2 4
Labour
 Eddie Grady 896 16.3 3 8
SNP David Mylet 748 13.6
Independent
 Tommy Dyer 294 5.4
Conservative
 Jim Foster 291 5.3
Liberal Democrats Angela McGarrigle 246 4.5
Solidarity Gillie MacDonald 127 2.3
Scottish Socialist Douglas Canning 90 1.6


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Paisley East and Ralston
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Susan McDonald 1,608 21.9 1 1
SNP Brian Lawson 1,583 21.6 2 1
Labour
 Rayleen Kelly 1,033 14.1
Labour
 Jim Sharkey 1,012 13.8 4 6
SNP Celia Lawson 934 12.7 3 6
Conservative
 Alistair Campbell 798 10.9
Solidarity Sean Hurl 199 2.7
Scottish Socialist Andy Bowden 170 2.3


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Paisley North West
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Terry Kelly 1,671 28.5 1 1
SNP Kenny McLaren 1,387 23.6 2 1
Labour
 Tommy Williams 873 14.9 3 2
Conservative
 Alison Cook 546 9.3
Liberal Democrats Mike Dillon†† 506 8.6 4 8
SNP Will Mylet 427 7.3
Scottish Socialist Iain Hogg 225 3.8
Solidarity Robert Muir 139 2.4
Independent
 Gordon Mackie 97 1.7


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Paisley South
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Eddie Devine 1,508 20.4 1 1
SNP George Adam 1,128 15.3 2 9
SNP Jim Mitchell 976 13.2 4 9
Liberal Democrats Marie McGurk††† 928 12.6 3 9
Labour
 Roy Glen 822 11.1
Independent
 Caroline Martin 763 10.3
Conservative
 Ron Garrett 513 6.9
Independent
 Paul Mack 404 5.5
Scottish Green
 Kingsley Matthews 130 1.8
Solidarity Fiona MacDonald 104 1.4
Independent
 John Workman 63 0.9
Scottish Socialist John Miller 46 0.6


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Paisley South West
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Lorraine Cameron 1,879 28.8 1 1
Labour
 Jackie Green 1,363 20.9 2 1
Liberal Democrats Eileen McCartin 1,263 19.3 3 3
Labour
 Mark MacMillan 844 12.9 4 9
Conservative
 Shiela Fulton 388 5.9
SNP David McCartney 290 4.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret McDonough 176 2.7
Independent
 Bob Sharkey 172 2.6
Solidarity Danny Williamson 108 1.7
Scottish Socialist Billy McNaughton 50 0.8


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Johnstone South, Elderslie and Howwood
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 John Caldwell 1,524 22.5 1 1
SNP Tracie McGee 1,470 21.7 2 1
Labour
 Iain McMillan 1,135 16.8 3 8
Labour
 John Hood 742 11.0 4 8
Conservative
 John McIntyre 571 8.4
SNP Andrew McNair 561 8.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Heron 376 5.6
Independent
 Paul Gibson 199 2.9
Solidarity Gerry Kavanagh 113 1.7
Scottish Socialist Gerry McCartney 83 1.2


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Johnstone North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP David Arthur 1,595 26.4 1 1
SNP Bruce McFee 1,313 21.8 2 5
Labour
 Neil Bibby 1,168 16.9 3 5
Labour
 John Kenny 1,023 19.4
Conservative
 Tom Begg 568 9.4
Liberal Democrats David Jelfs 282 4.7
Scottish Socialist Geoff Knowles 87 1.4


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Houston, Crosslee and Linwood
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Anne Hall 2,216 33.0 1 1
SNP Audrey Doig 1,205 18.0 2 4
Conservative
 David Clews† 1,174 17.5 3 4
SNP Allan Noon 1,120 16.7 4 4
Labour
 David Lavery 519 7.7
Liberal Democrats Sandra Jelfs 384 5.7
Scottish Socialist Stefan Kohlmorgen 89 1.3


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative
 Iain Langlands 2,077 36.3 1 1
SNP Carol Puthucheary 1,375 24.0 2 2
Labour
 Michael Holmes 1,113 19.5 3 5
SNP Bill Robertson 714 12.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Hanley 360 6.3
Solidarity Harry Pfaff 83 1.5


Renfrewshire council election, 2007:
Erskine and Inchinnan
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Jim Harte 1,963 26.5 1 1
SNP James McQuade 1,369 18.5 3 5
SNP Iain Nicolson 1,240 16.7 4 5
Labour
 Sam Mullin 1,238 16.7 2 2
Conservative
 Oonagh Harper 903 12.2
Liberal Democrats John Boyd 484 6.5
Solidarity Jim Halfpenny 223 3.0

Changes since 2007 Election

  • †On 30 March 2011,
    Houston, Croslee and Linwood
    Cllr David Clews quit the Conservative Party and joined the Labour Party.
  • ††In May 2011,
    Paisley North West
    Cllr Mike Dillon quit the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party. He re-joined the Liberal Democrats on 29 September 2011.
  • †††On 17 May 2011,
    Paisley South
    Cllr Marie McGurk quit the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party.

By-elections Since 2007

  • On 17 March 2011 Labour's Roy Glen won a by-election in
    Paisley South
    which was held to fill the vacancy that arose following the death of the SNP's Jim Mitchell.
Paisley South
By-Election (17 March 2011)- 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour
 Roy Glen 49.3 2,081 2,102 2,121
SNP David McCartney 32.4 1,366 1,382 1,404
Conservative
 Alison Cook 18.54 388 392 441
Independent
 Gary Pearson 3.9 164 179 198
Liberal Democrats Ross Stalker 3.2 134 139  
Scottish Socialist Jimmy Kerr 1.9 82    
Labour gain from SNP
 Swing
Electorate: 13,951   Valid: 4,215   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 2,108   Turnout: 4,246(30.4%)  

References

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