East Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007

Elections to East 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 8 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004^[1] each ward will elect three councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 24 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

East Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	8	N\A	N\A	+8	33.3	18.2	9,146
	Labour	6	N\A	N\A	-1	25.0	25.9	13,025
	Conservative	5	N\A	N\A	+2	20.8	21.5	10,788
	Liberal Democrats	3	N\A	N\A	-9	12.5	17.9	9,001
	East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance	2	N\A	N\A	+2	8.3	11.4	5,703
	Scottish Green	0	N\A	N\A	0	0.0	2.4	1,191
	Scottish Socialist	0	N\A	N\A	0	0.0	0.7	344
	Scottish Unionist	0	N\A	N\A	0	0.0	0.2	114
	Independent	0	N\A	N\A	-2	0.0	1.8	896

Ward results

Milngavie

Milngavie
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Jim Gibbons	20.1	1,310	1,327	1,388	1,475	1,581	1,637
	Conservative	Bill Binks	18.8	1,230	1,234	1,277	1,305	1,372	1,436	1,436	1,742
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Gotts	18.8	1,226	1,229	1,257	1,304	1,951
	Labour	Peter Ritchie	17.8	1,161	1,175	1,217	1,263	1,336	1,400	1,400
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Risk	14.1	919	924	962	1,051
	EDIA	Pat Ryan	4.7	308	314
	Scottish Green	Emma Sheppard	4.7	307	319	364
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Newman	1.1	71
Electorate: Valid: 6,532 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,634 Turnout: 65.12%

Bearsden North

Bearsden North
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Amanda Stewart	33.3	2,383
	SNP	Ian MacKay	18.9	1,354	1,428	1,444	1,472	1,546	1,637	1,868
	Labour	Ali Syed	15.1	1,082	1,138	1,147	1,163	1,221	1,340
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Cumming†	13.7	981	1,074	1,078	1,114	1,233	1,788	2,218
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai	11.4	818	875	881	894	963
	Scottish Green	Stuart Callison	4.8	344	393	411	459
	Independent	Dennis Brogan		132	199	203
	Scottish Socialist	Neil Scott	1.0	70	73
Electorate: Valid: 7,164 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,792 Turnout: 67.49%

Bearsden South

Bearsden South
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Simon Hutchison	24.4	1,654	1,677	1,794
	Labour	Manjinder Shergill	19.3	1,305	1,357	1,386	1,394	1,473	1,486
	SNP	Graeme Douglas	19.1	1,294	1,352	1,432	1,446	1,521	1,531	1,938
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Moody	16.1	1,094	1,172	1,218	1,239	1,741
	Liberal Democrats	John Morrison	10.3	695	733	786	795
	Independent	Garry McKendrick	5.7	387	421
	Scottish Green	Scott Ferguson	5.1	349
Electorate: Valid: 6,778 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,695 Turnout: 66.15%

Campsie and Kirkintilloch North

Campsie and Kirkintilloch North
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	EDIA	Charles Kennedy	48.6	2,609
	Labour	John Dempsey	17.7	950	1,179	1,383
	SNP	David Ritchie	13.1	704	890	911	917	990	1,337
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy McInnes	9.6	515	639	667	675	826
	Conservative	Catherine Brown	6.2	333	436	447	450
	Labour	Alex Wingate	4.8	255	350
Electorate: Valid: 5,366 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,342 Turnout: 62.68%

Bishopbriggs North and Torrance

Bishopbriggs North and Torrance
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Billy Hendry	33.7	2,370
	Labour	Una Walker	27.0	1,899
	SNP	Anne McNair	17.6	1,242	1,333	1,352	1,364	1,400	1,551	2,003
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McNaughton	13.2	927	1,017	1,047	1,059	1,095	1,231
	EDIA	Jim Gilmour	5.4	379	463	477	499	593
	Independent	Bernard Mills	2.5	176	218	228	245
	Scottish Unionist	Diane McDougall	0.6	44	100	103
Electorate: Valid: 7,037 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,760 Turnout: 65.79%

Bishopbriggs South

Bishopbriggs South
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Alex Hannah	27.7	1,505
	SNP	Gordon Low	20.1	1,095	1,105	1,114	1,264	1,430
	Conservative	Alan Brown	14.1	767	774	805	897	1,060	1,073
	Labour	Michael O'Donnell	14.0	761	845	848	942	1,117	1,135	1,399
	EDIA	Donald MacDonald	12.1	656	666	673	771
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Dibble	10.8	586	595	600
	Scottish Unionist	Derek Doughty	1.3	70	71
Electorate: Valid: 5,440 Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,361 Turnout: 58.50%

Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South

Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour	Rhondda Geekie	28.8	1,937
	Conservative	Anne Jarvis	26.3	1,772
	SNP	Gillian Renwick	16.8	1,128	1,163	1,174	1,201	1,233	1,282	1,325	1,477	1,838
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon MacDonald	10.1	681	717	731	741	764	800	1,032	1,139
	EDIA	Ken Selbie	6.5	435	454	464	473	538	575	592
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Morris	4.1	277	290	299	305	318	359
	Independent	James Barker	3.0	201	221	229	239
	Scottish Green	Isabel Park	2.8	191	210	216	241	261
	Scottish Socialist	Moira Brown	1.5	103	118	120
Electorate: Valid: 6,725 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,682 Turnout: 64.08%

Kirkintilloch East and Twechar

Kirkintilloch East and Twechar
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Stewart MacDonald	28.7	1,487
	EDIA	Jack Young	25.4	1,316
	SNP	John Jamieson	19.7	1,019	1,029	1,033	1,064	1,114	1,241	1,464
	Labour	Alan Moir	13.4	693	828	832	859	886	953
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	5.4	282	288	289	298	373
	Conservative	Alison Lothian	5.4	279	281	283	285
	Scottish Socialist	Willie Telfer	1.9	100	103	104
Electorate: Valid: 5,176 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 55.18%

Changes since 2007 Election

†On 10 July 2011, Bearsden North Cllr Duncan Cumming resigned from the Liberal Democrats and now sits as an Independent.

By-elections since 2007 Election

A by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of Labour Cllr Alex Hannah on 12 April 2009. The seat was held by Labour's Alex Moir on 4 June 2009

Bishopbriggs South By-election (4 June 2009)- 1 Seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour	Alex Moir	39.2	1,401	1,401	1,401	1,401
	SNP	David Turner	23.4	837	837	837	837
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	20.6	736	736	736	736
	Conservative	John Anderson	14.0	500	500	500	500
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	2.7	96	96
	Labour hold		Swing
Electorate: 23,202 Valid: 5,196 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 2,599 Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%)

A by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Simon Hutchison on 29 October 2009. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai on 10 December 2009.

Bearsden South By-election (10 December 2009)- 1 Seat^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Conservative	Rachel Higgins	33.4	1,261	1,306	1,499
	Liberal Democrats	Ashay Ghai	29.4	1,110	1,381	1,770
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	20.7	783	972
	Labour	Manjinder Shergill	16.6	626
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
Electorate: 10,850 Valid: 3,780 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,891 Turnout: 3,930(36.22%)

References

Council elections in East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017

Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Bearsden and Milngavie District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Strathkelvin District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

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