- West Lothian Council election, 2007
Elections to
West Lothian Council were held on theMay 3 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and theScottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 ,each ward will elect three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system a form ofproportional representation . The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used theplurality (first past the post ) system of election.Election Results
Ward Results
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title=2007 Council election: LinlithgowIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Tom Conn
votes = 1328
percentage = 16.86
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate =Eddy Cornock
votes = 49
percentage = 0.01
seat = -
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Martyn Day
votes = 1792
percentage = 22.75
seat = 2
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Tom Kerr
votes = 2120
percentage = 26.91
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate =Geoff King
votes = 739
percentage = 9.38
seat = -
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate =Simon King-Spooner
votes = 316
percentage = 4.01
seat = -
count = 4 Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate =Sandy Pagan
votes = 194
percentage = 2.46
seat = -
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate =Tam Smith
votes = 1340
percentage = 17.00
seat = -
count = 7Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Broxburn, Uphall and WinchburghIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Livingston NorthIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Livingston SouthIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: East Livingston and East CalderIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Fauldhouse and the Breich ValleyIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Whitburn and BlackburnIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: BathgateIrish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Armadale and BlackridgeReferences
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/rh.stm BBC West Lothian results]
* [http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/content/council/council_electioninformation/ West Lothian council 2007 election information]
* [http://election.theherald.co.uk/results2007/wardbyward/display.var.1375711.0.0.php Ward results from The Herald newspaper]
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