2007 Scottish local government election
2007 Clackmannanshire election
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All 18 seats to Clackmannanshire Council 10 seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Clackmannanshire 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 5 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.
Clackmannanshire Local Election Result 2007[1][2] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 8 | N/A | N/A | –2 | 44.4 | 37.8 | 7,625 | |
| SNP | 7 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 38.9 | 38.1 | 7,680 | |
| Conservative | 1 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 5.6 | 10.8 | 2,176 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 1,040 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 166 | |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 75 | |
| Independent | 1 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 1,395 | |
Ward results
2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire West Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | George Matchett | 1,094 | 25.6 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Tina Murphy | 1,027 | 24.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Eddie Carrick† | 824 | 19.3 | 3 | 2 |
| SNP | Janis Paterson | 652 | 15.3 | 4 | 5 |
| Conservative | Bill Mason | 369 | 8.6 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iftikhar Ahmed | 309 | 7.2 | | |
2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire South Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Craig Holden†† | 1,168 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Janet Kerr Cadenhead | 936 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Mark English | 797 | 17.9 | 3 | 5 |
| Labour | Kenneth Earle | 570 | 12.8 | 4 | 7 |
| SNP | Mike Hutchison | 515 | 11.6 | | |
| Conservative | Alan Jamieson | 244 | 5.5 | | |
| Independent | James Alexander Mackie | 227 | 5.1 | | |
Changes since 2007 Election
- †On 15 December 2011, Clackmannanshire West Cllr Eddie Carrick resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
- ††On 14 March 2012, Clackmannanshire South Cllr Craig Holden joined the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent.
References
- ^ "Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2007 - Clackmannanshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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