Moray council election, 2007

Moray council election, 2007

Elections to The Moray Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament election. The election was the first using the eight new wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 26 councillors were elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Previously there were single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system. The election resulted in a previously Independent council becoming an Independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four. An SNP victory in a subsequent by-election held in February 2008 has reduced the Independent/Conservative majority to 2 seats.

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Election Summary

The Moray Council elections 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Independent 12 n/a n/a –4
  SNP 9 n/a n/a +6
  Conservative 3 n/a n/a +2
  Labour 2 n/a n/a -3
  Liberal Democrats 0 n/a n/a -1

Ward results

Speyside Glenlivet
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Pearl Paul 1,107 1 1
SNP Mike McConnachie 881 2 2
Conservative Gordon Henderson 658
Independent Fiona Murdoch 571 3 5
Independent Andrina Taylor 462
UKIP Matthew Desmond 116
Keith and Cullen
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Gary Coull 1,555 1 1
Independent Ron Shepherd 827 2 4
Independent Stewart Cree 698 3 4
Independent Percy Watt 582
Liberal Democrats Peter Matheson 300
Conservative Olive Starsmore 256
Buckie
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Gordon McDonald 1,188 1 1
Independent Anne McKay 708 2 4
Independent Joe Mackay 698 3 4
Labour John Leslie 507
Conservative Ian Moir 397
Independent Bruce Smith 169
Fochabers Lhanbryde
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Anita McDonald 1,159 1 1
Conservative Douglas Ross 727 3 7
Independent George McIntyre 608 2 7
Labour Lans Bangura 440
Independent Eddie Coutts 374
Independent Paul McBain 333
Liberal Democrats Peter Horton 287
Independent Gordon Davidson 56
Independent Alan Bodman 32
Heldon and Laich
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP David Stewart 1,646 1 1
Independent Eric McGillivray 813 2 7
Independent John Hogg 744 3 8
Conservative Allan Wright 606 4 8
Independent Chris Tuke 531
Independent Harry Halkett 354
Independent Eric Paton 254
Independent Des Donaldson 155
Independent Martyn Harris 114
Independent Neil Hutchinson 92
Elgin City North
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Mike Shand 1,500 1 1
Labour Barry Jarvis 866 2 2
Independent John Russell 671 3 2
Conservative Frank Brown 592
Elgin City South
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Graham Leadbitter 1,304 1 1
Labour John Divers 1,132 2 1
Independent Alistair Bisset 904 3 2
Conservative Dennis Thompson 592
Forres
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Irene Ogilvie 1,602 1 1
Conservative Iain Young 1,546 2 1
Independent Jeff Hamilton 716 3 5
Independent Lee Bell 482 4 5
Scottish Senior Citizens Thomas Anderson 438
Independent Pat Carroll 326
Independent Rick Walker 261

2008 by-election

On 14 February 2008, a by-election was held for the Elgin City South ward, after the death of Cllr A G K Bisset (Independent).

Elgin City South By-election
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP John Alexander Sharp 670 31.7 1
Independent Hamish Simpson 513 24.3
Labour Mark Cascarino 358 17.0
Independent James Scott Allan 223 10.6
Conservative Frank Brown 206 9.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Horton 48 2.3
Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 32 1.5
UKIP Matthew Coughlan Desmond 20 1.0
Independent Martyn Harris 16 0.8
Independent Gordon Davidson 1 0.0

2010 by-election

On 11 November 2010, a by-election was held for the Forres ward, after the retirement of Cllr Iain Young (Conservative). Aaron McLean (SNP) received the most 1st preference votes, however as other candidates were eliminated and votes were transferred to other candidates, the eventual winner was Lorna Creswell.

Forres By-election
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Independent Lorna Creswell 562 17.5 1 8
SNP Aaron McLean 773 24.1
Independent Anne Skene 463 14.4
Conservative Paul McBain 463 14.4
Scottish Green Fabio Villani 401 12.5
Labour Mark Cascarino 195 6.1
Independent Janet Kennedy 192 6.0
Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 132 4.1
Independent Jane Cotton 30 0.9


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