2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

2007 Scottish local government election parliamentary no 2003 Dumfries and Galloway Council election 2003 2007 05 03 y 2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election 2012 All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council 24 Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Scottish National Party Scottish Liberal Democrats Independent politician 18 14 10 3 2 32.2% 20,815 18,169 28.1% 19.0% 12,266 5,340 8.3% 11.2% 7,240 7 5 2 10 11 seats 14 seats 5 seats 5 seats 12 seats April 2022 Elections to Dumfries and Galloway 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 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6968966.stm The case of the disappearing ward BBC News 29 August 2007 each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. The Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6623013.stm Convener loses place on council BBC News 4 May 2007 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously. Following the elections a Conservative-Lib Dem minority administration was formed. Results 2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election result Scottish Conservative Party 18 - - 7 38.3 32.2 20,815 Scottish Labour Party 14 - - 29.8 28.1 18,169 Scottish National Party 10 - - 5 21.3 19.0 12,266 Scottish Liberal Democrats 3 - - 2 6.4 8.3 5,340 Independent politician 2 - - 10 4.3 11.2 7,240 Scottish Green Party 0 - - 0.0 1.0 619 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 - - 0.0 0.3 175 Ward results Stranraer and North Rhins (3 seats) Stranraer and North Rhins 5 Scottish Labour Party Willie Scobie 1,006 25.8         Scottish Conservative Party John Dougan 932 23.9 933.46 1,018.91     Scottish National Party Iain William Dick 702 18.0 703.46 805.61 812.48 1,114.69 Independent (politician) Ian McIntyre 668 17.2 669.27 752.93 773.26   Scottish Labour Party Tommy Sloan 584 15.0 606.93       5 7,350 3,892 84 974 54.1% Wigtown West (3 seats) Wigtown West 4 Scottish National Party Robert James Higgins 1,291 33.0       Scottish Labour Party Grahame Forster 1,230 31.4       Scottish Conservative Party Roberta Tuckfield 866 22.1 904.06 942.47 1,019.30 Independent (politician) Ted Adamson 327 8.3 395.17 449.64 559.16 Scottish Green Party Bob Bauld 203 5.2 270.21 310.05   4 6,914 3,917 47 974 57.3% Mid Galloway (3 seats) Mid Galloway 4 Scottish National Party Alistair Geddes 1,654 38.7       Scottish Conservative Party Graham Nicol 1,387 32.5       Scottish Liberal Democrats Sandra McDowall 650 15.2 867.51 1,008.06 1,460.25 Scottish Labour Party Maggie Birch 581 13.6 713.63 749.85   4 7,558 4,272 49 1,069 57.2% Dee (3 seats) Dee 6 Scottish Conservative Party Patsy Gilroy 994 21.0 1,027 1,054 1,059.04 1,143.39 1,736.70 Independent (politician) Jane Maitland 989 20.9 1,062 1,200       Scottish National Party Thomas Jacques 924 19.5 970 1,043 1,045.25 1,122.86 1,188.13 Scottish Conservative Party Chris Walker 701 14.8 713 766 767.85 906.59   Independent (politician) Ian McConchie 418 8.8 437 490 494.56     Scottish Liberal Democrats Joan Mitchell 384 8.1 437         Scottish Labour Party John Sydney Burt 319 6.7           6 7,463 4,729 68 1,183 64.3% Castle Douglas and Glenkens (3 seats) Castle Douglas and Glenkens 6 Scottish Conservative Party Peter Duncan 1,560 32.3           Scottish National Party Brian Collins 1,152 23.9 1,165.84 1,251.30       Independent (politician) George Nicol Prentice 904 18.7 940.99 1,006.35 1,016.27 1,180.89 1,536.89 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alison Mary Barratt 471 9.8 487.57 606.47 620.16 719.30   Scottish Labour Party Mike McLurg 451 9.4 456.22         Scottish Conservative Party Alex Zimmerman 285 5.9 527.80 543.62 546.82     6 7,983 4,823 84 1,206 61.5% Abbey (4 seats) Abbey 9 Scottish Conservative Party Ian Blake 1,081 19.7 1,091 1,126             Scottish National Party Rob Davidson 976 17.8 996 1,010 1,010.90 1,056.97 1,097.97 1,153.02     Scottish Conservative Party Bruce Hodgson 778 14.2 825 834 851.27 883.96 924.15 990.59 995.94 1,052.65 Scottish Labour Party Tom McAughtrie 777 14.1 794 797 797.39 812.44 856.44 874.46 881.32   Scottish Labour Party Davie Stitt 770 14.0 777 806 807.08 843.22 881.22 943.36 953.57 1,479.11 Scottish Liberal Democrats Josephine Robertson 267 4.9 280 290 290.37 316.42         Independent (politician) John White 239 4.3 266 304 304.90 372.27 418.34       Independent (politician) Stuart Martin Clement 211 3.8 226 269 270.85           Independent (politician) Ian Stewart McMickan 203 3.7 211               Independent (politician) Michael John Thomson 194 3.5                 9 9,347 5,496 85 1,100 59.7% North West Dumfries (4 seats) North West Dumfries 7 Scottish Labour Party Ronnie Nicholson 1,327 25.6             Scottish Conservative Party John Graham Bell 1,060 20.4             Scottish Labour Party David John McKie 996 19.2 1,132.95           Scottish National Party Doug Snell 809 15.6 819.85 824.49 827.34 864.91 950.22 1,179.06 Scottish Labour Party Stephen David Harman 650 12.5 722.49 789.41 790.64 823.31 868.90   Scottish Liberal Democrats Joe Sweeney 188 3.6 192.12 194.25 197.99 240.41     Independent (politician) Arthur Tremble 163 3.1 169.73 173.46 177.52       7 9,794 5,193 124 1,039 54.3% Mid and Upper Nithsdale (4 seats) Mid and Upper Nithsdale 8 Scottish Labour Party Jim Dempster 1,261 22.0               Scottish Conservative Party Gill Dykes 1,102 19.2 1,106.10 1,117.38 1,138.47 1,195.83       Scottish Labour Party John Syme 876 15.3 942.11 961.57 989.39 1,010.03 1,011.46 1,074.06 1,136.04 Scottish National Party Andrew Stuart Wood 783 13.7 790.02 816.39 842.57 899.21 901.90 996.69 1,117.31 Scottish Conservative Party Neil McKay 753 13.1 757.74 766.02 794.56 836.65 870.23 985.48   Scottish Liberal Democrats Rog Wood 378 6.6 386.66 397.03 414.48 474.85 477.80     Independent (politician) Mike Steele 256 4.5 258.46 294.01 317.28         United Kingdom Independence Party Douglas Watters 175 3.1 178.01 181.19           Independent (politician) Moses Kungu 145 2.5 149.19             8 9,354 5,729 102 1,146 62.3% Lochar (4 seats) Lochar 7 Scottish Labour Party Jeff Leaver 978 19.3 983 1,010 1,522       Scottish Conservative Party John Anthony Charteris 872 17.2 882 916 923 949.14 951.08 1,092.25 Scottish National Party Lorna Jean McGowan 836 16.5 843 901 930 1,029.85     Scottish Conservative Party Ivor Alexander Hyslop 791 15.6 799 832 840 860.44 861.94 1,001.14 Scottish Labour Party Alec Martin 597 11.8 603 636         Independent (politician) David Slater 550 10.9 593 672 686. 764.07 768.89   Scottish Liberal Democrats John Robertson 317 6.3 340           Independent (politician) Graham William Sutherland McLeod 118 2.3             7 8,900 5,059 73 1,012 57.7% Nith (4 seats) Nith 7 Scottish Labour Party John Allan Martin 1,268 23.0             Scottish National Party Alistair Witts 1,145 20.8             Scottish Conservative Party Jack Groom 794 14.4 795.56 798.13 843.68 1,304.35     Scottish Labour Party Colin Smyth 714 13.0 847.76 854.92 912.09 940.39 954.98 1,262.99 Scottish Conservative Party Frances Hassall 623 11.3 624.69 626.60 662.00       Scottish Liberal Democrats Kerr Little 598 10.9 605.55 614.02 740.42 794.05 857.23   Independent (politician) Robin Wishart 368 6.7 370.34 378.30         7 10,021 5,510 79 1,103 55.8% Annandale South (4 seats) Annandale South 7 Scottish Labour Party Sean William Marshall 1,324 23.1             Scottish Liberal Democrats Richard John Brodie 970 16.9 1,001.63 1,139.01 1,183.28       Scottish Conservative Party Ian Brian Carruthers 936 16.4 939.92 983.60 1,406.95       Scottish Labour Party Ronnie Ogilvie 807 14.1 903.93 1,001.72 1,016.26 1,040.12 1,049.86 1,315.73 Scottish National Party John McNaught 665 11.6 674.33 743.73 766.00 804.06 812.86   Scottish Conservative Party Sharon Jane Ledger 527 9.2 530.24 582.65         Independent (politician) John Ramage 494 8.6 504.14           7 10,833 5,723 122 1,145 53.9% Annandale North (4 seats) Annandale North 7 Scottish Conservative Party Roger Brian Grant 1,011 18.5 1,019 1,146         Scottish Labour Party Ted Brown 818 15.0 843 848 848.95 889.04 1,002.09 1,095.45 Scottish Conservative Party Gail MacGregor 751 13.7 754 834 866.58 907.39 959.48 1,089.89 Scottish Liberal Democrats Michael Dickie 749 13.7 786 805 808.86 862.00 1,043.31 1,328.72 Scottish National Party Johanne Lydia Wood 710 13.0 733 739 739.82 775.95     Independent (politician) Billy Lockhart 547 10.0 559 578 583.85 796.26 934.26   Independent (politician) Jean Hamilton Purves 446 8.2 461 467 470.72       Scottish Conservative Party Neil MacInnes 277 5.1 278           Scottish Green Party Alis Ballance 159 2.9             7 9,951 5,468 84 1,094 55.8% Annandale East (4 seats) Annandale East 7 Scottish Conservative Party Denis Raymond Male 992 20.6             Scottish Conservative Party Ian Lindsay 981 20.4             Scottish Labour Party Archie Dryburgh 835 17.3 835.88 836.63 879.83 997.11     Scottish Conservative Party Allan Graham 761 15.8 777.19 788.38 816.71 873.51 877.49 1,069.86 Scottish National Party Murray Collins 619 12.9 622.39 623.64 667.93 776.26 784.66   Scottish Liberal Democrats Peter James Burn 368 7.6 369.46 370.49 448.63       Scottish Green Party Nicholas John Jennings 257 5.3 258.55 259.15         7 9,629 4,813 66 963 50.7% By-Elections since 3 May 2007 On 1 May 2008, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Bruce Hodgson who had resigned. Michael John Thomson retained the seat for the Conservative Party.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7379524.stm Tory wins stretch into Scotland BBC News 2 May 2008 Abbey by-election May 1, 2008 - 1 Seathttp://www.alba.org.uk/localby/abbey.html Abbey (Dumfries & Galloway) 1 st May 2008 Alba.org.uk 2012-01-21 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20080829192851/http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/abbey.html 2008-08-29 4 Michael John Thomson Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 40.08 1,713 1,749 1,804 2,006 Tom McAughtrie Scottish Labour Party 33.18 1,393 1,418 1,471 1,712 John Richard McNaught Scottish National Party 17.98 755 785 833   Graham William Sutherland McLeod Independent (politician) 4.12 173 216     Keith Joseph Mycock Scottish Liberal Democrats 3.91 164       Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 4 9,381 4,224 26 2,100 4,250 On 16 June 2011, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Michael John Thomson who had resigned. Tom McAughtrie won the seat for the Labour Party.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-13808884 Labour wins Dumfries and Galloway Council by-election BBC News 17 June 2011 Abbey by-election June 16, 2011 - 1 Seathttp://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=9990 Dumfries and Galloway Council : Abbey Ward By-Election Dumgal.gov.uk 2012-01-21 dead http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121124062324/http%3A//www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid%3D9990 2012-11-24 2 Kath Lord Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 1,236 39.46 1,391 Tom McAughtrie Scottish Labour Party 1,196 38.19 1,448 Yowann Byghan Scottish National Party 678 21.65   Scottish Labour Party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 2 9,249 3,132 22 1,566 3,154 References 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections