2007 Renfrewshire Council election

2007 Scottish local government election October 2025 May 2023 June 2013 2007 Scottish local elections 2007 Renfrewshire Council election Scotland parliamentary no 2003 Renfrewshire Council election 2003 2007 05 03 y 2012 Renfrewshire Council election 2012 All 40 seats to Renfrewshire Council 21 thumb|Results by ward. Elections to Renfrewshire 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 11 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 40 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Election results Renfrewshire local election result 2007 Scottish Labour Party 17 N/A N/A -4 42.5 36.8 25,878 Scottish National Party 17 N/A N/A +2 42.5 35.4 24,875 Scottish Liberal Democrats 4 N/A N/A +1 10.0 9.7 6,831 Scottish Conservative Party 2 N/A N/A +1 5.0 11.5 8,115 Solidarity (Scotland) 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.6 1,096 Scottish Socialist Party 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.2 840 Scottish Green Party 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.2 130 Independent (politician) 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 3.6 2,508 Ward results main RenfN Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Renfrew North Scottish National Party Derek Mackay 1,549 30.9 1 1 Scottish Labour Party Alexander Murrin 1,236 24.7 2 2 Scottish National Party Bill Perrie 673 12.4 3 6 Scottish Labour Party Donnie Smith 527 10.5 Independent (politician) Charlie Newlands 516 10.3 Scottish Conservative Party Ron Kane 286 5.7 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alan Jelfs 218 4.4 main RenfS Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Renfrew South and Gallowhill Scottish Labour Party Mary Fee 1,452 26.5 1 1 Scottish National Party Cathy McEwan 1,339 24.4 2 4 Scottish Labour Party Eddie Grady 896 16.3 3 8 Scottish National Party David Mylet 748 13.6 Independent (politician) Tommy Dyer 294 5.4 Scottish Conservative Party Jim Foster 291 5.3 Scottish Liberal Democrats Angela McGarrigle 246 4.5 Solidarity (Scotland) Gillie MacDonald 127 2.3 Scottish Socialist Party Douglas Canning 90 1.6 main PaisE Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Paisley East and Ralston Scottish Liberal Democrats Susan McDonald 1,608 21.9 1 1 Scottish National Party Brian Lawson 1,583 21.6 2 1 Scottish Labour Party Rayleen Kelly 1,033 14.1 Scottish Labour Party Jim Sharkey 1,012 13.8 4 6 Scottish National Party Celia Lawson 934 12.7 3 6 Scottish Conservative Party Alistair Campbell 798 10.9 Solidarity (Scotland) Sean Hurl 199 2.7 Scottish Socialist Party Andy Bowden 170 2.3 main PaisNW Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Paisley North West Scottish Labour Party Terry Kelly 1,671 28.5 1 1 Scottish National Party Kenny McLaren 1,387 23.6 2 1 Scottish Labour Party Tommy Williams 873 14.9 3 2 Scottish Conservative Party Alison Cook 546 9.3 Scottish Liberal Democrats Mike Dillon†† 506 8.6 4 8 Scottish National Party Will Mylet 427 7.3 Scottish Socialist Party Iain Hogg 225 3.8 Solidarity (Scotland) Robert Muir 139 2.4 Independent (politician) Gordon Mackie 97 1.7 main PaisS Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Paisley South Scottish Labour Party Eddie Devine 1,508 20.4 1 1 Scottish National Party George Adam 1,128 15.3 2 9 Scottish National Party Jim Mitchell 976 13.2 4 9 Scottish Liberal Democrats Marie McGurk††† 928 12.6 3 9 Scottish Labour Party Roy Glen 822 11.1 Independent (politician) Caroline Martin 763 10.3 Scottish Conservative Party Ron Garrett 513 6.9 Independent (politician) Paul Mack 404 5.5 Scottish Green Party Kingsley Matthews 130 1.8 Solidarity (Scotland) Fiona MacDonald 104 1.4 Independent (politician) John Workman 63 0.9 Scottish Socialist Party John Miller 46 0.6 main PaisSW Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Paisley South West Scottish National Party Lorraine Cameron 1,879 28.8 1 1 Scottish Labour Party Jackie Green 1,363 20.9 2 1 Scottish Liberal Democrats Eileen McCartin 1,263 19.3 3 3 Scottish Labour Party Mark MacMillan 844 12.9 4 9 Scottish Conservative Party Shiela Fulton 388 5.9 Scottish National Party David McCartney 290 4.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Margaret McDonough 176 2.7 Independent (politician) Bob Sharkey 172 2.6 Solidarity (Scotland) Danny Williamson 108 1.7 Scottish Socialist Party Billy McNaughton 50 0.8 main JohnS Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Johnstone South, Elderslie and Howwood Scottish Labour Party John Caldwell 1,524 22.5 1 1 Scottish National Party Tracie McGee 1,470 21.7 2 1 Scottish Labour Party Iain McMillan 1,135 16.8 3 8 Scottish Labour Party John Hood 742 11.0 4 8 Scottish Conservative Party John McIntyre 571 8.4 Scottish National Party Andrew McNair 561 8.3 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alan Heron 376 5.6 Independent (politician) Paul Gibson 199 2.9 Solidarity (Scotland) Gerry Kavanagh 113 1.7 Scottish Socialist Party Gerry McCartney 83 1.2 main JohnN Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Johnstone North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch Scottish National Party David Arthur 1,595 26.4 1 1 Scottish National Party Bruce McFee 1,313 21.8 2 5 Scottish Labour Party Neil Bibby 1,168 16.9 3 5 Scottish Labour Party John Kenny 1,023 19.4 Scottish Conservative Party Tom Begg 568 9.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats David Jelfs 282 4.7 Scottish Socialist Party Geoff Knowles 87 1.4 main HousLin Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Houston, Crosslee and Linwood Scottish Labour Party Anne Hall 2,216 33.0 1 1 Scottish National Party Audrey Doig 1,205 18.0 2 4 Scottish Conservative Party David Clews† 1,174 17.5 3 4 Scottish National Party Allan Noon 1,120 16.7 4 4 Scottish Labour Party David Lavery 519 7.7 Scottish Liberal Democrats Sandra Jelfs 384 5.7 Scottish Socialist Party Stefan Kohlmorgen 89 1.3 main BishLang Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank Scottish Conservative Party Iain Langlands 2,077 36.3 1 1 Scottish National Party Carol Puthucheary 1,375 24.0 2 2 Scottish Labour Party Michael Holmes 1,113 19.5 3 5 Scottish National Party Bill Robertson 714 12.5 Scottish Liberal Democrats Michael Hanley 360 6.3 Solidarity (Scotland) Harry Pfaff 83 1.5 main Erskine Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Erskine and Inchinnan Scottish Labour Party Jim Harte 1,963 26.5 1 1 Scottish National Party James McQuade 1,369 18.5 3 5 Scottish National Party Iain Nicolson 1,240 16.7 4 5 Scottish Labour Party Sam Mullin 1,238 16.7 2 2 Scottish Conservative Party Oonagh Harper 903 12.2 Scottish Liberal Democrats John Boyd 484 6.5 Solidarity (Scotland) Jim Halfpenny 223 3.0 Changes since 2007 Election †On 30 March 2011, Houston, Croslee and Linwood Cllr David Clews quit the Conservative Party and joined the Labour Party. ††In May 2011, Paisley North West Cllr Mike Dillon quit the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party. He re-joined the Liberal Democrats on 29 September 2011. †††On 17 May 2011, Paisley South Cllr Marie McGurk quit the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party. By-elections Since 2007 main PaisS11 *On 17 March 2011 Labour's Roy Glen won a by-election in Paisley South which was held to fill the vacancy that arose following the death of the SNP's Jim Mitchell. Paisley South By-Election (17 March 2011) - 1 seat 3 Scottish Labour Party Roy Glen 2,081 49.3 2,102 2,121 Scottish National Party David McCartney 1,366 32.4 1,382 1,404 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Alison Cook 388 18.54 392 441 Independent (politician) Gary Pearson 164 3.9 179 198 Scottish Liberal Democrats Ross Stalker 134 3.2 139   Scottish Socialist Party Jimmy Kerr 82 1.9     Scottish Labour Party Scottish National Party 3 13,951 4,215 31 2,108 4,246 (30.4%) References 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections