- Clackmannanshire Council election, 2007
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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 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.
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Election results
The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.
Clackmannanshire Local Election Result 2007 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 North Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP Donald Balsillie 1,256 26.0 1 1 Labour Robert McGill 1,099 22.8 2 1 SNP Walter McAdam 950 19.7 3 2 Labour Jacqueline McKay 374 7.7 Conservative Kate Mason 333 6.9 Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam 322 6.7 4 9 SNP Helen McGregor 256 5.3 Scottish Senior Citizens Ralph Harness 166 3.4 Scottish Socialist Iain Campbell 75 1.6 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire Central Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Derek Stewart 1,089 35.1 1 1 Labour Samuel Bryce Ovens 688 22.2 2 2 SNP Gary Womersley 620 20.0 3 5 SNP Sandy Pollock 518 16.7 Conservative George Murray 190 6.1 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 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire East Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Conservative Alastair Campbell 1,040 29.8 1 1 Labour Henry McLaren 951 27.3 2 1 SNP Irene Hamilton 669 19.2 3 4 SNP Alison Lindsay 420 12.0 Liberal Democrats Charles Bell 409 11.7 References
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