West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007

May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03)

All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Martin Rooney	Ronnie McColl
Party	Labour	SNP
Leader's seat	Lomond	Lomond
Last election	17 seats, 77.3%	3 seats, 13.6%
Seats before	15	3
Seats won	10	9
Seat change	7	6

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	George Black	Jim Bollan
Party	Independent	Scottish Socialist
Leader's seat	Dumbarton	Leven
Last election	1 seat, 4.6%	1 seat, 4.6%
Seats before	4	1
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	-

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

Election results

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	N/A	N/A	+1	45.45	37.7	13,596
	SNP	9	N/A	N/A	+6	40.91	34.1	12,307
	Independent	2	N/A	N/A	-7	9.09	8.7	3,142
	Scottish Socialist	1	N/A	N/A	+1	4.55	6.7	2,413
	Conservative	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	7.6	2,726
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.7	973
	A Strong Voice for Clydebank	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.6	926

Ward results

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Lomond
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Martin Rooney	1,386	27.1	1	1
	SNP	Craig McLaughlin	1,317	25.8	1	1
	SNP	Ronald McColl	1,060	20.7
	Conservative	David Jardine	613	12.0
	Labour	Ann Rushforth	278	5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Louise Robertson	251	4.9
	Scottish Green	Richard Giles McCarthy	206	4.0

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Leven
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Jonathan McColl	1,680	24.2
	Labour	John Millar	1,542	22.2
	Scottish Socialist	Jim Bollan	1,469	21.1
	SNP	May Smillie	662	9.5
	Conservative	Ian McDonald	518	7.4
	Labour	Martin Neill	505	7.3
	Independent	Alan Gadsby-Turner	332	4.8
	Scottish Green	Carola Boehm	248	3.6

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Geoff Calvert	1,292	17.7
	SNP	Iain Robertson	1,204	16.5
	Labour	David McBride	1,107	15.2
	SNP	Betty Mitchell	979	13.4
	Conservative	Martyn Anthony McIntyre	719	9.9
	Independent	George Black	696	9.6
	Scottish Green	Rose Harvie	387	5.3
	Independent	Linda McColl	351	4.8
	Independent	Alistair Tuach	304	4.2
	Scottish Socialist	Les Robertson	242	3.3

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Douglas McAllister	1,356	29.8
	Labour	Margaret Bootland	1,188	26.1
	SNP	Jim Finn	1,092	24.0
	SNP	Frank McNiff	403	8.8
	Conservative	Douglas John Boyle	378	8.3
	Scottish Socialist	Cammy Fyfe	138	3.0

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Central
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Patrick Gerard McGlinchey	1,610	26.0
	SNP	Jim Brown	1,423	23.0
	Labour	Willie McLaughlin††	873	14.1
	Independent	Denis Agnew	601	9.7
	A Strong Voice for Clydebank	Andy White	548	8.8
	SNP	Alex Scullion	467	7.6
	Conservative	David James Crichton	221	3.6
	Independent	Locky Cameron	155	2.5
	Scottish Green	Danielle Casey	132	2.1
	Scottish Socialist	Alex Cunningham	115	1.9
	Independent	Charles Murray	30	0.5

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Waterfront
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Gail Casey	1,922	32.0
	SNP	William Hendrie	1,435	23.9
	SNP	Jim McElhill	585	9.7
	Labour	Marie McNair†	537	8.9
	Independent	Dennis Brogan	407	6.8
	A Strong Voice for Clydebank	Jackie Maceira	378	6.3
	Conservative	Terry Stables	277	4.6
	Independent	Joe Brady	266	4.4
	Scottish Socialist	Dawn Fyfe	198	3.3

Changes Since 2007 Election

†On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent.
††On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses.

2007-2011 by-elections

Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011

Kilpatrick By-Election (3 March 2011)- 1 seat^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Labour	Lawrence O'Neill	60.01	1,382
	SNP	Frank McNiff	32.94	758
	Conservative	Douglas Boyle	6.99	161
	Labour hold		Swing
Electorate: 8,963 Valid: 2,301 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 2,327 (25.98%)

References

External links

Council website

Council elections in West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017

Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Clydebank District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

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