Stirling Council election, 2007
Elections to Stirling Council were 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 seven new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
Ward results
Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Colin O'Brien |
1,705 |
26.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Graham Lambie |
1,500 |
22.9 |
2 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Alistair Berrill |
1,281 |
19.6 |
3 |
5 |
|
Conservative |
David Lonsdale |
1,180 |
18.0 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Rona Sutherland |
823 |
12.6 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Henke |
58 |
0.9 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Jim Thomson |
1,482 |
36.1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
John Hendry |
1,083 |
26.4 |
2 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Lesley Stein |
596 |
14.5 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Graham Reed |
456 |
11.1 |
3 |
5 |
|
Labour |
Frances Junnier |
340 |
8.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
James McDonald |
146 |
3.6 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Scott Farmer |
1,674 |
30.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Andrew Simpson |
1,041 |
18.8 |
2 |
3 |
|
Conservative |
Neil Benny |
1,005 |
18.2 |
4 |
6 |
|
Conservative |
Gerry Power |
740 |
13.3 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gordon Bruce |
699 |
12.6 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Christine Simpson |
376 |
6.8 |
|
|
Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Alasdair MacPherson |
1,469 |
31.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Margaret Brisley |
1,376 |
29.8 |
2 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Gerard O'Brien |
883 |
19.1 |
3 |
3 |
|
Conservative |
Alistair McCulloch |
323 |
7.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Stephen Evans |
216 |
4.7 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
David Smith |
164 |
3.6 |
|
|
By-elections Since 2007
- Labour's Gerard O'Brien resigned having been found guilty of breaches of the Councillors Code of Conduct. Violet Weir held the seat for the party on 30 April 2009
Bannockburn By-Election (30 April 2009)- 1 seat[3] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Violet Weir |
39.89 |
1,131 |
1,134 |
1,141 |
1,162 |
1,175 |
1,196 |
1,288 |
|
SNP |
Bill McDonald |
37.64 |
1,067 |
1,072 |
1,078 |
1,095 |
1,110 |
1,162 |
1,228 |
|
Independent |
Tommy Brookes |
8.08 |
229 |
232 |
235 |
240 |
272 |
303 |
|
|
Conservative |
Catherine Berrill |
6.10 |
173 |
176 |
178 |
194 |
201 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Breda O'Brien |
2.89 |
89 |
94 |
96 |
99 |
|
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ethne Brown |
2.89 |
82 |
83 |
91 |
|
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|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Duncan Illingsworth |
1.27 |
36 |
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Paul Campbell |
0.99 |
28 |
|
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Labour hold |
Swing |
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Electorate: 8,170 Valid: 2,835 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 34.7% |
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