South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on the May 3 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 20 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 [http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/EXTERNAL_WEBSITE_DEVELOPMENT/SLC_ONLINE_HOME/SLC_COUNCIL/ELECTIONS/COUNCIL_WARDS?type=candidates&script=electioncandidates] , each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 67 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Labour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 19 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the Conservative Party also managed to double their number of seats.

Election results

Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Labour Party
seats = 30
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = -19
seats % = 44.8
votes % = 39.6
votes = 48,677
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish National Party
seats = 24
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = +15
seats % = 35.8
votes % = 29.2
votes = 35,866
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Conservative Party
seats = 8
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = +4
seats % = 11.9
votes % = 12.9
votes = 15,924
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
seats = 2
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 3.0
votes % = 7.2
votes = 8,897
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Green Party
seats = 0
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 2.7
votes = 3,354
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = East Kilbride Alliance
seats = 0
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 1,511
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Socialist Party
seats = 0
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 966
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Unionist Party (1986)
seats = 0
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 912
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
seats = 0
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 261
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Christian Party
seats = 0
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 180
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 3
gain = N/A
loss = N/A
net = 0
seats % = 4.5
votes % = 5.2
votes = 6,422
plus/minus =

Ward results

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale WestIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Eileen Logan
votes = 2,549
percentage = 33.5
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Ian Gray
votes = 1,948
percentage = 25.6
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alex Allison
votes = 984
percentage = 12.9
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David Shearer
votes = 925
percentage = 12.2
seat = 4
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Peter Meehan
votes = 490
percentage = 6.4
seat =
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party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Betty Rush
votes = 359
percentage = 4.7
seat =
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party = Scottish Christian Party
candidate = Robin Mawhinney
votes = 180
percentage = 2.4
seat =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Ruth Thomas
votes = 174
percentage = 2.3
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale NorthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = George Sutherland
votes = 1,468
percentage = 24.8
seat = 1
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Mary McNeill
votes = 1,237
percentage = 20.9
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Patrick Ross-Taylor
votes = 1,090
percentage = 18.4
seat = 3
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Brian Reilly
votes = 1,019
percentage = 17.2
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Kenny Douglas
votes = 841
percentage = 14.2
seat =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Thomas Davidson
votes = 265
percentage = 4.5
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale EastIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Beith Forrest
votes = 1,204
percentage = 22.5
seat = 2
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Hamish Stewart
votes = 1,048
percentage = 19.6
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Bev Gauld
votes = 1,042
percentage = 19.5
seat = 1
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Ralph Barker
votes = 832
percentage = 15.5
seat =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Tom Mitchell
votes = 824
percentage = 15.4
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ron Waddell
votes = 305
percentage = 5.7
seat =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Dalbindle
votes = 101
percentage = 1.9
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Clydesdale SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Danny Meikle
votes = 1,709
percentage = 27.7
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alex McInnes
votes = 1,245
percentage = 20.2
seat = 3
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Archie Manson
votes = 1,156
percentage = 18.7
seat = 2
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David Smart
votes = 1,148
percentage = 18.6
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = John Baillie
votes = 734
percentage = 11.9
seat =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Billy McLean
votes = 183
percentage = 3.0
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Avondale and StonehouseIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = William Holman
votes = 1,989
percentage = 27.6
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Graeme Campbell
votes = 1,384
percentage = 19.2
seat = 2
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = James Malloy
votes = 1,071
percentage = 14.9
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lynn Filshie
votes = 797
percentage = 11.1
seat = 4
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Ian McInnes
votes = 788
percentage = 10.9
seat =
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party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nigel Benzies
votes = 414
percentage = 5.7
seat =
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party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = John Innes
votes = 333
percentage = 4.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stuart Brown
votes = 238
percentage = 3.3
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Frank Reilly
votes = 198
percentage = 2.7
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Archie Buchanan
votes = 2,431
percentage = 42.7
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim Docherty
votes = 1,900
percentage = 33.3
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = East Kilbride Alliance
candidate = Colin McKay
votes = 358
percentage = 6.3
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Gillian Alexander
votes = 356
percentage = 6.2
seat =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Douglas Edwards
votes = 294
percentage = 5.2
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Drew Campbell
votes = 167
percentage = 2.9
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Solidarity (Scotland)
candidate = John Park
votes = 129
percentage = 2.3
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Lynsey MacGregor
votes = 63
percentage = 1.1
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride Central SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John Anderson
votes = 1,970
percentage = 32.0
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gerry Convery
votes = 1,692
percentage = 27.5
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Pat Watters
votes = 1,089
percentage = 17.7
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Anne Stewart
votes = 383
percentage = 6.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Colin Linskey
votes = 316
percentage = 5.1
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = East Kilbride Alliance
candidate = Iain Cameron
votes = 309
percentage = 5.0
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Alison Campbell
votes = 254
percentage = 4.1
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mark Sands
votes = 150
percentage = 2.4
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride Central NorthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Anne Maggs
votes = 2,248
percentage = 28.3
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alice Marie Mitchell
votes = 1,899
percentage = 23.9
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Christopher Thompson
votes = 1,229
percentage = 15.5
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Isobel Perratt
votes = 545
percentage = 6.9
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Sheena Wardhaugh
votes = 538
percentage = 6.8
seat = 4
count = 10Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Raymond Burke
votes = 500
percentage = 6.3
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Gordon Smith
votes = 446
percentage = 5.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = East Kilbride Alliance
candidate = Clare Keane
votes = 227
percentage = 2.9
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = East Kilbride Alliance
candidate = Tim Gingell
votes = 169
percentage = 2.1
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Catherine Pedersen
votes = 130
percentage = 1.6
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride WestIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David Watson
votes = 1,861
percentage = 30.2
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Michael McCann
votes = 1,805
percentage = 29.4
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Graham Simpson
votes = 860
percentage = 14.0
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret McCulloch
votes = 688
percentage = 11.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Pauline Aaron
votes = 437
percentage = 7.1
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = East Kilbride Alliance
candidate = Brian Jones
votes = 259
percentage = 4.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Kitty MacKenzie
votes = 232
percentage = 3.8
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride EastIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Jim Wardhaugh
votes = 1,896
percentage = 36.2
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John Cairney
votes = 1,414
percentage = 27.0
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Graham Scott
votes = 639
percentage = 12.2
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Ian Harrow
votes = 493
percentage = 9.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Mark Watson
votes = 271
percentage = 5.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Andrew Williamson
votes = 210
percentage = 4.0
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = East Kilbride Alliance
candidate = Richard Naismith
votes = 189
percentage = 3.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Doyle
votes = 122
percentage = 2.3
seat =
count =

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title=South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Rutherglen SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Brian McKenna
votes = 1,534
percentage = 24.7
seat = 1
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Eileen Baxendale
votes = 1,077
percentage = 17.3
seat = 2
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Anne Higgins
votes = 1,045
percentage = 16.8
seat = 3
count = 10Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Patricia Osborne
votes = 846
percentage = 13.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Jean Miller
votes = 529
percentage = 8.5
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Danny Campbell
votes = 506
percentage = 8.1
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian McCutcheon
votes = 285
percentage = 4.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Michael Tobin
votes = 150
percentage = 2.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Unionist Party
candidate = Michael A Haigh
votes = 135
percentage = 2.2
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = John Patrick
votes = 106
percentage = 1.7
seat =
count =

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