2007 Scottish Borders Council election

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2007 Scottish Borders Council election
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All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party
Conservative
 Liberal Democrats SNP
Last election 10 seats, 30.4% 9 seats, 26.3% 1 seat, 11.5%
Seats before 10 9 1
Seats won 11 10 6
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Increase5
Popular vote 13,083 11,980 9,161
Percentage 26.8% 24.6% 18.8%
Swing Decrease1.8% Decrease1.7% Increase7.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party
Independent
 Borders
Last election 14 seats, 30.4% New Party
Seats before 14 N/A
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Decrease8 Increase2
Popular vote 10,272 2,597
Percentage 21.1% 5.3%
Swing Decrease9.3% New
Council Leader before election

David Parker

Independent

 Council Leader after election

David Parker

Independent

Elections to

first past the post
) system of election.

Election results

Scottish Borders Local Election Result 2007[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
 
Conservative
 11 N/A N/A ±0 32.4 26.8 13,083 Decrease1.8
  Liberal Democrats 10 N/A N/A +2 29.4 24.6 11,980 Decrease1.7
  SNP 6 N/A N/A +4 17.6 18.8 9,161 Increase7.3
 
Independent
 5 N/A N/A -8 14.7 21.1 10,272 Decrease9.3
  Borders 2 N/A N/A +2 5.9 5.3 2,597 New
 
Labour
 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.9 919 Increase0.5
 
Scottish Green
 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.9 456 New
  Solidarity 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.4 210 New
  Scottish Socialist 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.2 105 Decrease1.7

Ward results

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Catriona Bhatia 1,202 25.2 1 1
Conservative
 Neil Calvert 1,091 22.9 2 4
SNP Willie Archibald 784 16.4 3 5
Independent
 Nancy Norman 672 14.1
Independent
 Tom Davidson 667 14.0
Labour
 Eamonn O'Neil 356 7.5
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale East
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Bill Herd 1,167 24.3 1 3
Liberal Democrats Graham Garvie 1,159 24.1 2 3
Conservative
 Gavin Logan 1,086 22.6 3 4
Labour
 Robin Tatler 563 11.7
Liberal Democrats Bran McCrow 490 10.2
Borders Party Tom Douglas 231 4.8
Scottish Socialist Norman Lockhart 105 2.2
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Galashiels and District
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP John Mitchell 1,519 28.2 1 1
Liberal Democrats Jim Hume 1,466 27.2 2 1
Conservative
 Fiona Lackenby 735 13.6 4 6
Borders Party Sandy Aitchison 693 12.9 3 6
Independent
 Bill White 453 8.4
Solidarity Graeme McIver 210 3.9
Independent
 David Smail 173 3.2
Independent
 Alistair Lings 136 2.5
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Selkirkshire
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Vicky Davidson 1,313 29.5 1 1
Conservative
 Carolyn Riddell-Carre 1,121 25.2 2 1
SNP Kenneth Gunn 826 18.5 3 5
Independent
 Gordon Edgar 558 12.5
Borders Party Violet Baillie 360 8.1
Independent
 Alistair Pattullo 279 6.3
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent
 David Parker 1,362 29.9 1 1
Conservative
 John Greenwell 713 15.6
Liberal Democrats John Paton-Day 703 15.3 2 5
Borders Party Nicholas Watson 692 15.1 3 5
SNP Frank McCann 640 14.0
Independent
 Harry Cummings 394 8.6
Independent
 John Rae 78 1.7
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Mid Berwickshire
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Frances Renton 1,186 27.0 1 1
SNP Donald Moffat 1,173 26.7 2 1
Conservative
 Trevor Jones 1,051 23.9 3 4
Conservative
 Margaret McCrave 722 16.4
Borders Party Diana Miers 255 5.8
Independent
 Anne Roberts 105 2.4
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: East Berwickshire
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent
 Michael Cook 1,512 34.8 1 1
Conservative
 Jim Fullarton 1,333 30.6 2 1
Liberal Democrats David Raw 804 18.5 3 3
SNP Aileen Orr 701 16.1
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Alec Nicol 1,116 25.7 1 1
Conservative
 Alasdair Hutton 982 22.7 2 5
Independent
 Tom Weatherston† 814 18.8 3 5
Independent
 Trevor Black 431 9.9
Conservative
 Andrew Thomson 427 9.9
SNP Paul Cartledge 346 8.0
Scottish Green
 Michael Scott 218 5.0
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Jedburgh and District
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative
 Sandy Scott 1,011 26.0 1 1
Conservative
 Len Wyse 878 22.6 2 4
SNP Jim Brown 877 22.6 3 4
Liberal Democrats Alistair O'Neil 716 18.4
Borders Party Jim Smith 316 8.1
Independent
 Jim Millhouse 87 2.2
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Denholm
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative
 Zandra Elliott 980 26.0 1 1
Independent
 Stewart Marshall 904 24.0 2 5
Liberal Democrats Jock Houston 738 19.6 3 5
SNP Derek Philips 454 12.0
Independent
 Andrew Farquhar 301 8.0
Liberal Democrats Alex Martin 232 6.2
Scottish Green
 Kevin Ferguson 112 3.0
Borders Party Charles Humphries 50 1.3
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Hermitage
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent
 David Paterson 1,022 25.8 1 1
Conservative
 George Turnbull 953 24.1 2 4
SNP Jim Rowan 674 17.0
Liberal Democrats Ron Smith 475 12.0 3 6
Liberal Democrats Etta McKean 380 9.6
Independent
 Jake Irvine 324 8.2
Scottish Green
 Lesley Wood 126 3.2

Changes after the elections

  • †Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2007 - Scottish Borders". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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