2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election
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  2003 May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03) 2012  

All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderMartin RooneyRonnie McColl
Party Labour SNP
Leader's seatLomondLomond
Last election17 seats, 77.3%3 seats, 13.6%
Seats before153
Seats won109
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg6

 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderGeorge Black Jim Bollan
Party Independent Scottish Socialist
Leader's seatDumbartonLeven
Last election1 seat, 4.6%1 seat, 4.6%
Seats before41
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0

Council Leader before election

Denis Agnew [1]
Independent

Council Leader after election

Iain Robertson [2]
SNP

Elections to West Dunbartonshire 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 six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, [3] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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Election results

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 10N/AN/A+145.4537.713,596
  SNP 9N/AN/A+640.9134.112,307
  Independent 2N/AN/A-79.098.73,142
  Scottish Socialist 1N/AN/A+14.556.72,413
  Conservative 0N/AN/A00.07.62,726
  Scottish Green 0N/AN/A00.02.7973
 A Strong Voice for Clydebank0N/AN/A00.02.6926New

Ward results

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Lomond
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
Labour Martin Rooney1,38627.111
SNP Craig McLaughlin1,31725.811
SNP Ronald McColl1,06020.7
Conservative David Jardine61312.0
Labour Ann Rushforth2785.4
Scottish Socialist Louise Robertson2514.9
Scottish Green Richard Giles McCarthy2064.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Leven
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
SNP Jonathan McColl1,68024.2
Labour John Millar1,54222.2
Scottish Socialist Jim Bollan1,46921.1
SNP May Smillie6629.5
Conservative Ian McDonald5187.4
Labour Martin Neill5057.3
Independent Alan Gadsby-Turner3324.8
Scottish Green Carola Boehm2483.6
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
Labour Geoff Calvert1,29217.7
SNP Iain Robertson1,20416.5
Labour David McBride1,10715.2
SNP Betty Mitchell97913.4
Conservative Martyn Anthony McIntyre7199.9
Independent George Black6969.6
Scottish Green Rose Harvie3875.3
Independent Linda McColl3514.8
Independent Alistair Tuach3044.2
Scottish Socialist Les Robertson2423.3
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
Labour Douglas McAllister1,35629.8
Labour Margaret Bootland1,18826.1
SNP Jim Finn1,09224.0
SNP Frank McNiff4038.8
Conservative Douglas John Boyle3788.3
Scottish Socialist Cammy Fyfe1383.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Central
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
Labour Patrick Gerard McGlinchey1,61026.0
SNP Jim Brown1,42323.0
Labour Willie McLaughlin††87314.1
Independent Denis Agnew6019.7
A Strong Voice for ClydebankAndy White5488.8
SNP Alex Scullion4677.6
Conservative David James Crichton2213.6
Independent Locky Cameron1552.5
Scottish Green Danielle Casey1322.1
Scottish Socialist Alex Cunningham1151.9
Independent Charles Murray300.5
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Waterfront
PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
Labour Gail Casey1,92232.0
SNP William Hendrie1,43523.9
SNP Jim McElhill5859.7
Labour Marie McNair5378.9
Independent Dennis Brogan4076.8
A Strong Voice for ClydebankJackie Maceira3786.3
Conservative Terry Stables2774.6
Independent Joe Brady2664.4
Scottish Socialist Dawn Fyfe1983.3

Changes Since 2007 Election

2007-2011 by-elections

Kilpatrick By-Election (3 March 2011)- 1 seat [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Labour Lawrence O'Neill60.011,382
SNP Frank McNiff32.94758
Conservative Douglas Boyle6.99161
Electorate: 8,963  Valid: 2,301  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,151  Turnout: 2,327 (25.98%)  

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