Perth and Kinross Council election, 2007

Elections to Perth and Kinross 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 12 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 41 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The Council continued to be controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration.

Election results

Perth and Kinross Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	18	N/A	N/A	+3	43.9	37.2	23,254
	Conservative	12	N/A	N/A	+2	29.3	28.1	17,556
	Liberal Democrats	8	N/A	N/A	-1	19.5	19.7	12,303
	Labour	3	N/A	N/A	-2	7.3	8.5	5,311
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	1.7	1,094
	Independent	0	N/A	N/A	-2	0.0	4.8	3,020

Ward results

Carse of Gowrie (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Carse of Gowrie
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	Mac Roberts	28.6	1,192
	SNP	John Hulbert	25.8	1,075
	SNP	Peter Mulheron	20.7	862	882	905	975	1,353
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Carruthers	17.2	715	757	759	917
	Independent	Richard Rattray	7.8	323	355	356
Electorate: 6,775 Valid: 4,167 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,042 Turnout: 62.69%

Strathmore (4 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Strathmore
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Conservative	Dennis Melloy	24.9	1,764
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Simpson	19.6	1,390	1,444
	SNP	Alan Grant	15.0	1,066	1,087	1,088	1,103	1,147	1,262	1,365	1,651
	SNP	Ian Miller	14.1	1,003	1,030	1,031	1,039	1,091	1,117	1,164	1,378
	SNP	Stan McMillan	8.7	620	628	634	654	676	697	744
	Labour	Lorna Ferguson	6.6	470	483	486	506	553	606
	Independent	Michael Gallagher	4.3	308	334	335	401	449
	Scottish Green	Louise Ramsay	4.0	285	317	321	337
	Independent	Hugh Anderson	2.7	190	224	227
Electorate: 11,504 Valid: 7,096 Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 62.77%

Blairgowrie and Glens (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Blairgowrie and Glens
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	SNP	Bob Ellis	33.8	1,680
	Conservative	Caroline Shiers	28.9	1,435
	SNP	Liz Grant	20.9	1,038	1,379
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Taylor	9.2	459	487
	Labour	Roy Cameron	7.2	357	371
Electorate: 8,319 Valid: 4,969 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,243 Turnout: 61.08%

Highland (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Highland
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	SNP	Eleanor Howie	32.9	1,489
	Conservative	Ian Campbell	25.6	1,158
	SNP	Ken Lyall	25.4	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Danus Skene	13.5	609
	Independent	Ron Rose	2.5	115
Electorate: 7,312 Valid: 4,531 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,131 Turnout: 63.14%

Strathtay (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Strathtay
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Conservative	Barbara Vaughan	32.7	1,400
	SNP	John Kellas	32.6	1,398
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Livingstone	17.4	747	892	930
	SNP	Alisdair Wylie	17.3	742	782	1,020	1,441
Electorate: 6,998 Valid: 4,287 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,072 Turnout: 62.40%

Strathearn (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Strathearn
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Anne Younger	25.18	1,210
	Conservative	Ann Cowan	23.80	1,144	1,145	1,200	1,329
	Conservative	Helen McDonald	18.39	884	885	935	998	1,094	1,500
	Independent	Rhona Brock	13.28	638	640	723	985	996
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Auld	13.21	635	637	671
	Independent	Colin Crabbie	6.14	295	296
Electorate: 8,102 Valid: 4,806 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 60.58%

Strathallan (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Strathallan
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	John Law	25.2	1,163
	Conservative	Murray Lyle	15.6	842	845	847	870	897	1,379
	Conservative	John Wilson	14.8	666	667	673	683	696
	Independent	Colin Young	13.5	609	611	636	658	697	773	882
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Gaunt	12.0	541	548	556	654	830	883	941	1,229
	Labour	Anne Chatt	8.9	402	405	405	439
	Scottish Green	Hilary Halley	5.0	225	231	234
	Independent	Jock Stewart	1.2	53	55
Electorate: 7,586 Valid: 4,501 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: 60.06%

Kinross-shire (4 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Kinross-shire
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Sandy Miller	25.0	1,445
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Robertson	22.7	1,314
	Conservative	Kathleen Baird	21.0	1,217
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Barnacle	16.3	942	1,010	1,094	1,115	1,242
	Labour	Kate Milliken	11.2	650	692	713	717	774
	Scottish Green	Andrew Thompson	3.7	216	278	295	302
Electorate: 9,664 Valid: 49 Spoilt: 5,784 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 60.36%

Almond and Earn (3 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Almond and Earn
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Wilma Lumsden	36.6	1,790
	Conservative	Alan Jack	30.2	1,477
	Liberal Democrats	George Hayton	17.3	849	1,078	1,120	1,610
	Conservative	Pamella Roberts	15.9	778	853	1,017
Electorate: 7,995 Valid: 4,894 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,224 Turnout: 62.20%

Perth City South (4 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Perth City South
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Wilson	29.8	1,789
	Conservative	Alexander Stewart	29.4	1,768
	SNP	Robert Band	17.2	1,033	1,063	1,087	1,122	1,564
	Labour	Jock Munro	13.3	796	836	881	916	938	968
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Caddell	10.3	618	867	991	1,049	1,085	1,156	1,573
	SNP	Andrew Gadsden	8.1	485	513	532	564
	Independent	Keith Mothersson	3.2	191	201	222
Electorate: 10,914 Valid: 6,680 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,337 Turnout: 61.94%

Perth City North (4 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Perth City North
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Elspeth Maclachlan	23.5	1,217
	SNP	Dave Scott	19.3	1,001	1,127
	Labour	John Flynn	18.5	958	964	975	991	1,146
	Conservative	Douglas Gratty	13.4	694	698	703	725	842	847
	Labour	Calum Gillies	12.8	666	675	684	697	785	867	1,115
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	10.1	523	529	541	593
	Scottish Green	Adam Ramsay	2.5	130	135	147
Electorate: 11,189 Valid: 5,189 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,038 Turnout: 47.74%

Perth City Centre (4 seats)

Perth and Kinross council election, 2007: Perth City Centre
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Jack Coburn	23.0	1,299
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barrett	20.8	1,172
	Conservative	Heather Stewart	20.1	1,137
	Labour	Archie MacLellan	17.9	1,012	1,024	1,032	1,034	1,104	1,201
	SNP	Gordon Hunter	8.6	488	598	604	604	664	745
	Independent	Ian Thomson	5.3	298	305	312	313	364
	Scottish Green	Jack Cockin	4.2	238	249	258	259
Electorate: 11,109 Valid: 5,644 Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 51.84%

By-elections (2007-12)

On 22 February 2008 Katie Howie of the SNP was elected the seat formerly held by her late sister, Eleanor who died in late 2010.

Highland by-election, 22 February 2008^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	SNP	Katie Howie	59.90	1,891
	Conservative	Graham Rees	29.78	940
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kenton	7.25	229
	Labour	Anne Chatt	3.07	97
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 7,282 Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 43.6%

On 6 May 2010, Tom May of the SNP held the seat of his party colleague John Law who had died.

Strathallan by-election, 6 May 2010^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	John Blackie	33.42	1,713	1,724	1,785	2,208
	SNP	Tom Gray	30.34	1,555	1,569	1,769	2,299	3,302
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Gaunt	20.33	1,042	1,057	1,321
	Labour	Alistair Munro	14.71	754	762
	Independent	Chris Rennie	1.19	61
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 7,642 Valid: 5,125 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 2,563.5 Turnout: 67.8%

On 19 September 2011 Mike Williamson of the SNP was elected the seat formerly held by Ken Lyall who had emigrated to Australia.

Highland by-election, 19 September 2011^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	SNP	Mike Williamson	54.43	1,449
	Conservative	Graham Rees	22.39	596
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kenton	12.06	321
	Independent	William Leske	10.11	269
	Independent	Chris Rennie	1.0	27
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 7,183 Valid: 2,662 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,332 Turnout: 2,685 (37.38%)

References

Overview of Local Government election results 2007- Perth and Kinross council (accessed 13.05.2011)

↑ By-election: electoral ward 4 - Highland (22 February 2008) (accessed 13.05.2011)
↑ By-election: electoral ward 7 - Strathallan (May 2010) accessed 13.05.2011
↑ By-election: electoral ward 4 - Highland (19 September 2011) (accessed 21.01.2012)

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