2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

2007 Scottish local government election April 2023 May 2013 2007 Scottish local elections 2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election Scotland parliamentary no 2003 East Dunbartonshire Council election 2003 2007 05 03 y 2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election 2012 All 24 seats to East Dunbartonshire Council 13 Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This election was the first to use eight new multi-member wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward returned three councillors elected under the single transferable vote form of proportional representation, replacing the previous 24 single-member wards, which had used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Election results East Dunbartonshire local election result 2007 Scottish National Party 8 N/A N/A +8 33.3 18.2 9,146 Scottish Labour Party 6 N/A N/A -1 25.0 25.9 13,025 Scottish Conservative Party 5 N/A N/A +2 20.8 21.5 10,788 Scottish Liberal Democrats 3 N/A N/A -9 12.5 17.9 9,001 East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance 2 N/A N/A +2 8.3 11.4 5,703 Scottish Green Party 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 2.4 1,191 Scottish Socialist Party 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 0.7 344 Scottish Unionist Party (1986) 0 N/A N/A 0 0.0 0.2 114 Independent (politician) 0 N/A N/A -2 0.0 1.8 896 Ward results Milngavie main Milng Milngavie 8 Scottish National Party Jim Gibbons 1,310 20.1 1,327 1,388 1,475 1,581 1,637     Scottish Conservative Party Bill Binks 1,230 18.8 1,234 1,277 1,305 1,372 1,436 1,436 1,742 Scottish Liberal Democrats Eric Gotts 1,226 18.8 1,229 1,257 1,304 1,951       Scottish Labour Party Peter Ritchie 1,161 17.8 1,175 1,217 1,263 1,336 1,400 1,400   Scottish Liberal Democrats Fiona Risk 919 14.1 924 962 1,051         East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance Pat Ryan 308 4.7 314             Scottish Green Party Emma Sheppard 307 4.7 319 364           Scottish Socialist Party Bill Newman 71 1.1               8 10,124 6,532 61 1,634 65.12% Bearsden North main BdenN Bearsden North 7 Scottish Conservative Party Amanda Stewart 2,383 33.3             Scottish National Party Ian MacKay 1,354 18.9 1,428 1,444 1,472 1,546 1,637 1,868 Scottish Labour Party Ali Syed 1,082 15.1 1,138 1,147 1,163 1,221 1,340   Scottish Liberal Democrats Duncan Cumming† 981 13.7 1,074 1,078 1,114 1,233 1,788 2,218 Scottish Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai 818 11.4 875 881 894 963     Scottish Green Party Stuart Callison 344 4.8 393 411 459       Independent (politician) Dennis Brogan 132 1.8 199 203         Scottish Socialist Party Neil Scott 70 1.0 73           7 10,698 7,164 56 1,792 67.49% Bearsden South main BdenS Bearsden South 7 Scottish Conservative Party Simon Hutchison 1,654 24.4 1,677 1,794         Scottish Labour Party Manjinder Shergill 1,305 19.3 1,357 1,386 1,394 1,473 1,486   Scottish National Party Graeme Douglas 1,294 19.1 1,352 1,432 1,446 1,521 1,531 1,938 Scottish Liberal Democrats Vaughan Moody 1,094 16.1 1,172 1,218 1,239 1,741     Scottish Liberal Democrats John Morrison 695 10.3 733 786 795       Independent (politician) Garry McKendrick 387 5.7 421           Scottish Green Party Scott Ferguson 349 5.1             7   6,778 59 1,695 66.15% Campsie and Kirkintilloch North main KirkN Campsie and Kirkintilloch North 6 East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance Charles Kennedy 2,609 48.6           Scottish Labour Party John Dempsey 950 17.7 1,179 1,383       Scottish National Party David Ritchie 704 13.1 890 911 917 990 1,337 Scottish Liberal Democrats Cathy McInnes 515 9.6 639 667 675 826   Scottish Conservative Party Catherine Brown 333 6.2 436 447 450     Scottish Labour Party Alex Wingate 255 4.8 350         6   5,366 68 1,342 62.68% Bishopbriggs North and Torrance main BriggsN Bishopbriggs North and Torrance 7 Scottish Conservative Party Billy Hendry 2,370 33.7             Scottish Labour Party Una Walker 1,899 27.0             Scottish National Party Anne McNair 1,242 17.6 1,333 1,352 1,364 1,400 1,551 2,003 Scottish Liberal Democrats Margaret McNaughton 927 13.2 1,017 1,047 1,059 1,095 1,231   East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance Jim Gilmour 379 5.4 463 477 499 593     Independent (politician) Bernard Mills 176 2.5 218 228 245       Scottish Unionist Party (1986) Diane McDougall 44 0.6 100 103         7   7,037 51 1,760 65.79% Bishopbriggs South main BriggsS Bishopbriggs South 7 Scottish Labour Party Alex Hannah 1,505 27.7             Scottish National Party Gordon Low 1,095 20.1 1,105 1,114 1,264 1,430     Scottish Conservative Party Alan Brown 767 14.1 774 805 897 1,060 1,073   Scottish Labour Party Michael O'Donnell 761 14.0 845 848 942 1,117 1,135 1,399 East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance Donald MacDonald 656 12.1 666 673 771       Scottish Liberal Democrats Tom Dibble 586 10.8 595 600         Scottish Unionist Party (1986) Derek Doughty 70 1.3 71           7   5,440 99 1,361 58.50% Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South main Lenzie Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South 9 Scottish Labour Party Rhondda Geekie 1,937 28.8                 Scottish Conservative Party Anne Jarvis 1,772 26.3                 Scottish National Party Gillian Renwick 1,128 16.8 1,163 1,174 1,201 1,233 1,282 1,325 1,477 1,838 Scottish Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 681 10.1 717 731 741 764 800 1,032 1,139   East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance Ken Selbie 435 6.5 454 464 473 538 575 592     Scottish Liberal Democrats Margaret Morris 277 4.1 290 299 305 318 359       Independent (politician) James Barker 201 3.0 221 229 239           Scottish Green Party Isabel Park 191 2.8 210 216 241 261         Scottish Socialist Party Moira Brown 103 1.5 118 120             9   6,725 87 1,682 64.08% Kirkintilloch East and Twechar main KirkE Kirkintilloch East and Twechar 7 Scottish Labour Party Stewart MacDonald 1,487 28.7             East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance Jack Young 1,316 25.4             Scottish National Party John Jamieson 1,019 19.7 1,029 1,033 1,064 1,114 1,241 1,464 Scottish Labour Party Alan Moir 693 13.4 828 832 859 886 953   Scottish Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 282 5.4 288 289 298 373     Scottish Conservative Party Alison Lothian 279 5.4 281 283 285       Scottish Socialist Party Willie Telfer 100 1.9 103 104         7   5,176 85 1,295 55.18% Aftermath Although the SNP were elected as the largest group (winning their first ever councillors on East Dunbartonshire Council), the administration was formed by a Labour/Conservative coalition. Labour councillors Rhondda Geekie and Alex Hannah became Leader and Provost respectively, with the positions of Depute Leader and Depute Provost being filled by Conservative councillors Billy Hendry and Anne Jarvis. However, following the death of Alex Hannah in April 2009, LibDem councillor Eric Gotts was appointed as Provost. In December 2009, Lib Dem representation increased briefly to 4, following Ashay Ghai's win in the Bearsden South by-election caused by the resignation of the Conservatives' Simon Hutchison. However, their numbers reverted to 3 in June 2011, when Lib Dem councillor Duncan Cumming resigned from the party citing issues relating to the Liberal Democrats' role in the UK coalition government, sitting thereafter as an Independent. Changes since 2007 Election A by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of Labour Cllr Alex Hannah on 12 April 2009. The seat was held by Labour's Alan Moir on 4 June 2009 A by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose following the resignation of Conservative Cllr Simon Hutchison on 29 October 2009. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai on 10 December 2009. †On 10 July 2011, Bearsden North Cllr Duncan Cumming resigned from the Liberal Democrats and thereafter sat as an Independent. By-elections since 2007 Election Bishopbriggs South main BbriggsS09 Bishopbriggs South By-election (4 June 2009) - 1 Seathttp://scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/bishopbriggssouth.php scottishelections.org.uk scottishelections.org.uk 2021-06-09 4 Scottish Labour Party Alan Moir 1,401 39.2 1,479 1,784 1,787 Scottish National Party Denis Johnston 837 23.4 949 1,223 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alastair McPhee 736 20.6 928 Scottish Conservative Party Matt Ford 500 14.0 Scottish Socialist Party Mark Callaghan 96 2.7 Scottish Labour Party 4 23,202 5,196 65 2,599 5,261 (22.7%) Bearsden South main BdenS09 Bearsden South By-election (10 December 2009) - 1 Seathttp://scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/bearsdensouth.php scottishelections.org.uk scottishelections.org.uk 2021-06-09 3 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Rachel Higgins 1,261 33.4 1,306 1,499 Scottish Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai 1,110 29.4 1,381 1,770 Scottish National Party Fiona McLeod 783 20.7 972   Scottish Labour Party Manjinder Shergill 626 16.6     Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 10,850 3,780 150 1,891 3,930 (36.22%) References 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections Category:21st century in East Dunbartonshire