2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election
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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Martin Rooney Ronnie McColl
Party
Labour
 SNP
Leader's seat Lomond Lomond
Last election 17 seats, 77.3% 3 seats, 13.6%
Seats before 15 3
Seats won 10 9
Seat change Decrease7 Increase6
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader George Black Jim Bollan
Party
Independent
 Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat Dumbarton Leven
Last election 1 seat, 4.6% 1 seat, 4.6%
Seats before 4 1
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady0
Council Leader before election

Denis Agnew[1]

Independent

 Council Leader after election

Iain Robertson[2]
SNP

Elections to

first past the post
) system of election.

Election results

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
 
Labour
 10 N/A N/A +1 45.45 37.7 13,596
  SNP 9 N/A N/A +6 40.91 34.1 12,307
 
Independent
 2 N/A N/A -7 9.09 8.7 3,142
  Scottish Socialist 1 N/A N/A +1 4.55 6.7 2,413
 
Conservative
 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 7.6 2,726
 
Scottish Green
 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 2.7 973
  A Strong Voice for Clydebank 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 2.6 926 New

Ward results

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Lomond
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Martin Rooney 1,386 27.1 1 1
SNP Craig McLaughlin 1,317 25.8 1 1
SNP Ronald McColl 1,060 20.7
Conservative
 David Jardine 613 12.0
Labour
 Ann Rushforth 278 5.4
Scottish Socialist Louise Robertson 251 4.9
Scottish Green
 Richard Giles McCarthy 206 4.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Leven
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Jonathan McColl 1,680 24.2
Labour
 John Millar 1,542 22.2
Scottish Socialist Jim Bollan 1,469 21.1
SNP May Smillie 662 9.5
Conservative
 Ian McDonald 518 7.4
Labour
 Martin Neill 505 7.3
Independent
 Alan Gadsby-Turner 332 4.8
Scottish Green
 Carola Boehm 248 3.6
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Geoff Calvert 1,292 17.7
SNP Iain Robertson 1,204 16.5
Labour
 David McBride 1,107 15.2
SNP Betty Mitchell 979 13.4
Conservative
 Martyn Anthony McIntyre 719 9.9
Independent
 George Black 696 9.6
Scottish Green
 Rose Harvie 387 5.3
Independent
 Linda McColl 351 4.8
Independent
 Alistair Tuach 304 4.2
Scottish Socialist Les Robertson 242 3.3
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Douglas McAllister 1,356 29.8
Labour
 Margaret Bootland 1,188 26.1
SNP Jim Finn 1,092 24.0
SNP Frank McNiff 403 8.8
Conservative
 Douglas John Boyle 378 8.3
Scottish Socialist Cammy Fyfe 138 3.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Patrick Gerard McGlinchey 1,610 26.0
SNP Jim Brown 1,423 23.0
Labour
 Willie McLaughlin†† 873 14.1
Independent
 Denis Agnew 601 9.7
A Strong Voice for Clydebank Andy White 548 8.8
SNP Alex Scullion 467 7.6
Conservative
 David James Crichton 221 3.6
Independent
 Locky Cameron 155 2.5
Scottish Green
 Danielle Casey 132 2.1
Scottish Socialist Alex Cunningham 115 1.9
Independent
 Charles Murray 30 0.5
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Waterfront
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour
 Gail Casey 1,922 32.0
SNP William Hendrie 1,435 23.9
SNP Jim McElhill 585 9.7
Labour
 Marie McNair† 537 8.9
Independent
 Dennis Brogan 407 6.8
A Strong Voice for Clydebank Jackie Maceira 378 6.3
Conservative
 Terry Stables 277 4.6
Independent
 Joe Brady 266 4.4
Scottish Socialist Dawn Fyfe 198 3.3

Changes Since 2007 Election

  • †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.

2007-2011 by-elections

  • 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
Kilpatrick By-Election (3 March 2011)- 1 seat[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour
 Lawrence O'Neill 60.01 1,382
SNP Frank McNiff 32.94 758
Conservative
 Douglas Boyle 6.99 161
Electorate: 8,963   Valid: 2,301   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 2,327 (25.98%)  

References

  1. ^ "West Dunbartonshire Council". wdccmis.west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 12 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "West Dunbartonshire Council". wdccmis.west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Elections". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 2009. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Labour Wins Kilpatrick By-Election". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.

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