- Midlothian Council election, 2007
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Elections to Midlothian 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 6 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 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.[1]
Labour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. However, they regained control in 2008 when Cllr Katie Moffat defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour.[2] Overall, Labour lost 6 seats and the single independent lost their seat, with most going to the Scottish National Party as well as a single gain for the Liberal Democrats.
Election results
Midlothian Local Election Result 2007 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Labour 9 N/A N/A –6 50.0 36.8 12,559 SNP 6 N/A N/A +6 33.3 33.4 11,406 Liberal Democrats 3 N/A N/A +1 16.7 12.7 4,331 Conservative 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 10.1 3,443 Scottish Green 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.9 650 Scottish Socialist 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.5 511 Solidarity 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.4 494 Had Enough 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.3 105 Independent 0 N/A N/A –1 0.0 2.0 667 Ward results
Midlothian council election, 2007: Penicuik Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Margaret Wilson 2,307 34.7 1 1 Labour Adam Montgomery 1,554 23.3 2 4 Liberal Democrats Ken Brown 1,001 15.0 3 7 Liberal Democrats Shiela Thacker 974 14.6 Conservative Sandy Forrest 694 10.4 Solidarity Jackie Moyers 64 1.0 Scottish Socialist Norman Gilfillan 62 0.9 Midlothian council election, 2007: Bonnyrigg Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Bob Constable 1,905 30.3 1 1 Labour Jack Aitchison 1,530 24.4 2 2 Labour Derek Milligan 1,383 22.0 3 7 Scottish Green Ian Baxter 650 10.4 Conservative John Stoddart 600 9.6 Scottish Socialist Neil Bennet 138 2.2 Solidarity Chris Moyers 71 1.1 Midlothian council election, 2007: Dalkeith Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Craig Statham 1,333 29.9 1 1 Labour Alex Bennett 1,331 29.9 2 1 Labour Margot Russell 761 17.1 3 7 Liberal Democrats Ray Prior 657 14.8 Conservative Rosemary McDougall 217 4.9 Solidarity Alan Boyce 94 2.1 Scottish Socialist Bob Goupillot 60 1.3 Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian West Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Owen Thompson 1,981 33.2 1 1 Labour Russell Imrie 1,506 25.2 2 1 Liberal Democrats Les Thacker 868 14.5 3 10 Conservative Andrew Hardie 634 10.6 Independent Elizabeth Veitch 259 4.3 Independent George Purcell 220 3.7 Independent Pat Kenny 188 3.2 Scottish Socialist Lynn Leitch 108 1.8 Had Enough George McCleery 105 1.8 Solidarity Brian Cranston 99 1.7 Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian East Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Lisa Beattie 1,988 34.6 1 1 Labour Peter Boyes 1,357 23.6 2 4 Liberal Democrats Katie Moffat 831 14.5 3 7 Conservative Robin Traquair 812 14.1 Labour Bob Jenkins 617 10.7 Solidarity Derek Duncan 82 1.4 Scottish Socialist Murray Court 63 1.1 Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian South Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Colin Beattie 1,892 37.4 1 1 Labour Wilma Chalmers 1,336 26.4 2 1 Labour James Muirhead 1,184 23.4 3 2 Conservative Peter Smaill 486 9.6 Solidarity Willie Duncan 84 1.7 Scottish Socialist John Carroll 80 1.6 References
Categories:- Scottish local elections, 2007
- Politics of Midlothian
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