Inverclyde Council election, 2007

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six 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 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Results

Inverclyde Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	N/A	N/A	+2	45.0	37.9	12,194
	SNP	5	N/A	N/A	+5	25.0	21.5	6,097
	Liberal Democrats	4	N/A	N/A	-9	20.0	20.3	6,525
	Conservative	1	N/A	N/A	+1	5.0	8.6	2,778
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.6	197
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.3	96
	UKIP	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.2	43
	Independent	1	N/A	N/A	+1	5.0	10.7	3,451

Ward results

Inverclyde East
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Stephen McCabe	2,122	30.1	1	1
	SNP	Jim MacLeod	1,401	19.8	2	2
	Conservative	David Wilson	1,369	19.4	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Fyfe	805	11.4	4	7
	Labour	Tom Monteith	522	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Tucker	404	5.7
	Independent	John Logan	259	3.7
	Solidarity	Denise McLaughlan	179	2.5

Inverclyde East Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Michael McCormick	2,065	43.5	1	1
	SNP	Jim Grieve	1,132	23.8	2	2
	Labour	Robert Moran	551	11.6	3	2
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Stewart	425	9.0
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	234	4.9
	Independent	Robert Kyle	188	4.0
	Independent	Tommy Murray	95	2.0
	Solidarity	Don Shearer	57	1.2

Inverclyde North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Jim Clocherty	1,812	27.0	1	1
	SNP	Chris Osborne	1,388	20.7	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blair	1,150	17.1	3	6
	Labour	Charles McCallum†	571	8.5	4	8
	Independent	Frank McGlinn	468	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell Snoddy	439	6.5
	Conservative	Margaret Miller	431	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Henderson	342	5.1
	Independent	Kit Shields	114	1.7

Inverclyde South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Iain McKenzie	1,102	26.2	1	1
	Labour	Joseph McIlwee	1,000	23.8	2	3
	SNP	Keith Brooks	994	23.7	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Gallacher	407	9.7
	Independent	Stuart Cameron	273	6.5
	Conservative	Jim Strachan	174	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Burns	155	3.7
	Scottish Socialist	Davy Landels	96	2.3

Inverclyde West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld	1,256	23.7	1	2
	Labour	Terry Loughran	1,212	22.9	3	4
	SNP	John Crowther	1,028	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	George White†	828	15.6	2	4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny Wilson	577	10.9
	Conservative	Robert Hunter	391	7.4

Inverclyde South West
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Ken Ferguson	964	23.2	2	5
	Independent	Innes Nelson	741	17.8
	Labour	Gerry Dorrian	723	17.4	1	5
	Liberal Democrats	Ciano Rebecchi	544	13.1	3	6
	Labour	Alex McGhee	514	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Forbes	449	10.8
	Conservative	Harry Osborn	179	4.3
	UKIP	Peter Campbell	43	1.0

Changes since 2007 Election

† On 27 November 2008 Inverclyde North Cllr Charles McCallum resigned from the Labour Party and now sits as an Independent.
† In February 2011, Argyll News reported that Inverclyde West Councillor George White was a former Liberal Democrat who had recently joined the Liberal Party.^[1]

By-elections since 2007 Election

A by-election was held following the death of Councillor Ken Ferguson MSP of the Scottish National Party on 26 April 2009. The seat was held by the SNP's Innes Nelson on 18 June 2009.

Inverclyde South West By-Election (June 18, 2009)- 1 seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Innes Nelson	42.4	919	923	932	949	988	1,087
	Labour	Alex McGhee	22.6	490	492	494	507	519
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Forbes	21.0	454	455	466	478	522	620
	Conservative	Iain MacLeod	7.9	171	171	178	182
	Independent	Paul Travers	3.1	67	72	77
	UKIP	Laurel Bush	2.3	49	50
	Free Scotland	Iain Ramsay	0.8	17
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 8,296 Valid: 2,167 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 2,196 (26.47%)

References

Council elections in Inverclyde

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Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

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