East Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007

Elections to East Dunbartonshire 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 8 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004[1] each ward will elect three councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 24 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

East Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 8 N\A N\A +8 33.3 18.2 9,146
  Labour 6 N\A N\A -1 25.0 25.9 13,025
  Conservative 5 N\A N\A +2 20.8 21.5 10,788
  Liberal Democrats 3 N\A N\A -9 12.5 17.9 9,001
  East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance 2 N\A N\A +2 8.3 11.4 5,703
  Scottish Green 0 N\A N\A 0 0.0 2.4 1,191
  Scottish Socialist 0 N\A N\A 0 0.0 0.7 344
  Scottish Unionist 0 N\A N\A 0 0.0 0.2 114
  Independent 0 N\A N\A -2 0.0 1.8 896

Ward results

Milngavie

Milngavie
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
SNP Jim Gibbons 20.1 1,310 1,327 1,388 1,475 1,581 1,637    
Conservative Bill Binks 18.8 1,230 1,234 1,277 1,305 1,372 1,436 1,436 1,742
Liberal Democrats Eric Gotts 18.8 1,226 1,229 1,257 1,304 1,951      
Labour Peter Ritchie 17.8 1,161 1,175 1,217 1,263 1,336 1,400 1,400  
Liberal Democrats Fiona Risk 14.1 919 924 962 1,051        
EDIA Pat Ryan 4.7 308 314            
Scottish Green Emma Sheppard 4.7 307 319 364          
Scottish Socialist Bill Newman 1.1 71              
Electorate:     Valid: 6,532   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,634   Turnout: 65.12%

    Bearsden North

    Bearsden North
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Conservative Amanda Stewart 33.3 2,383            
    SNP Ian MacKay 18.9 1,354 1,428 1,444 1,472 1,546 1,637 1,868
    Labour Ali Syed 15.1 1,082 1,138 1,147 1,163 1,221 1,340  
    Liberal Democrats Duncan Cumming 13.7 981 1,074 1,078 1,114 1,233 1,788 2,218
    Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai 11.4 818 875 881 894 963    
    Scottish Green Stuart Callison 4.8 344 393 411 459      
    Independent Dennis Brogan 132 199 203        
    Scottish Socialist Neil Scott 1.0 70 73          
    Electorate:     Valid: 7,164   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 1,792   Turnout: 67.49%

      Bearsden South

      Bearsden South
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
      Conservative Simon Hutchison 24.4 1,654 1,677 1,794        
      Labour Manjinder Shergill 19.3 1,305 1,357 1,386 1,394 1,473 1,486  
      SNP Graeme Douglas 19.1 1,294 1,352 1,432 1,446 1,521 1,531 1,938
      Liberal Democrats Vaughan Moody 16.1 1,094 1,172 1,218 1,239 1,741    
      Liberal Democrats John Morrison 10.3 695 733 786 795      
      Independent Garry McKendrick 5.7 387 421          
      Scottish Green Scott Ferguson 5.1 349            
      Electorate:     Valid: 6,778   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,695   Turnout: 66.15%

        Campsie and Kirkintilloch North

        Campsie and Kirkintilloch North
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
        EDIA Charles Kennedy 48.6 2,609          
        Labour John Dempsey 17.7 950 1,179 1,383      
        SNP David Ritchie 13.1 704 890 911 917 990 1,337
        Liberal Democrats Cathy McInnes 9.6 515 639 667 675 826  
        Conservative Catherine Brown 6.2 333 436 447 450    
        Labour Alex Wingate 4.8 255 350        
        Electorate:     Valid: 5,366   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,342   Turnout: 62.68%

          Bishopbriggs North and Torrance

          Bishopbriggs North and Torrance
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
          Conservative Billy Hendry 33.7 2,370            
          Labour Una Walker 27.0 1,899            
          SNP Anne McNair 17.6 1,242 1,333 1,352 1,364 1,400 1,551 2,003
          Liberal Democrats Margaret McNaughton 13.2 927 1,017 1,047 1,059 1,095 1,231  
          EDIA Jim Gilmour 5.4 379 463 477 499 593    
          Independent Bernard Mills 2.5 176 218 228 245      
          Scottish Unionist Diane McDougall 0.6 44 100 103        
          Electorate:     Valid: 7,037   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,760   Turnout: 65.79%

            Bishopbriggs South

            Bishopbriggs South
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
            Labour Alex Hannah 27.7 1,505            
            SNP Gordon Low 20.1 1,095 1,105 1,114 1,264 1,430    
            Conservative Alan Brown 14.1 767 774 805 897 1,060 1,073  
            Labour Michael O'Donnell 14.0 761 845 848 942 1,117 1,135 1,399
            EDIA Donald MacDonald 12.1 656 666 673 771      
            Liberal Democrats Tom Dibble 10.8 586 595 600        
            Scottish Unionist Derek Doughty 1.3 70 71          
            Electorate:     Valid: 5,440   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,361   Turnout: 58.50%

              Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South

              Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
              Labour Rhondda Geekie 28.8 1,937                
              Conservative Anne Jarvis 26.3 1,772                
              SNP Gillian Renwick 16.8 1,128 1,163 1,174 1,201 1,233 1,282 1,325 1,477 1,838
              Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 10.1 681 717 731 741 764 800 1,032 1,139  
              EDIA Ken Selbie 6.5 435 454 464 473 538 575 592    
              Liberal Democrats Margaret Morris 4.1 277 290 299 305 318 359      
              Independent James Barker 3.0 201 221 229 239          
              Scottish Green Isabel Park 2.8 191 210 216 241 261        
              Scottish Socialist Moira Brown 1.5 103 118 120            
              Electorate:     Valid: 6,725   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,682   Turnout: 64.08%

                Kirkintilloch East and Twechar

                Kirkintilloch East and Twechar
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
                Labour Stewart MacDonald 28.7 1,487            
                EDIA Jack Young 25.4 1,316            
                SNP John Jamieson 19.7 1,019 1,029 1,033 1,064 1,114 1,241 1,464
                Labour Alan Moir 13.4 693 828 832 859 886 953  
                Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 5.4 282 288 289 298 373    
                Conservative Alison Lothian 5.4 279 281 283 285      
                Scottish Socialist Willie Telfer 1.9 100 103 104        
                Electorate:     Valid: 5,176   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,295   Turnout: 55.18%

                  Changes since 2007 Election

                  By-elections since 2007 Election

                  Bishopbriggs South By-election (4 June 2009)- 1 Seat[2]
                  Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
                  Labour Alan Moir 39.2 1,401 1,401 1,401 1,401
                  SNP Denis Johnson 23.4 837 837 837 837
                  Liberal Democrats Alastair McPhee 20.6 736 736 736 736
                  Conservative Matt Ford 14.0 500 500 500 500
                  Scottish Socialist Mark Callaghan 2.7 96 96    
                  Labour hold Swing
                  Electorate: 23,202   Valid: 5,196   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 2,599   Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%)
                    Bearsden South By-election (10 December 2009)- 1 Seat[3]
                    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3
                    Conservative Rachel Higgins 33.4 1,261 1,306 1,499
                    Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai 29.4 1,110 1,381 1,770
                    SNP Fiona McLeod 20.7 783 972  
                    Labour Manjinder Shergill 16.6 626    
                    Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
                    Electorate: 10,850   Valid: 3,780   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 1,891   Turnout: 3,930(36.22%)

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