2007 Stirling Council election

2007 Scottish local government election parliamentary no 2003 Stirling Council election 2003 2007 05 03 y 2012 Stirling Council election 2012 All 22 seats to Stirling Council 12 Scottish Labour Party 8 Scottish National Party 7 Scottish Conservatives 4 Scottish Liberal Democrats 3 4 7 6 3 12 seats, 36.2% 0 seats, 21.3% 10 seats, 27.7% 0 seats, 12.9% 11,112 28.2% 29.2% 11,529 25.3% 9,992 11.5% 4,542 8.0% 7.9% 2.4% 1.4% April 2022 The 2007 Stirling Council election was 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 seven new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Results 2007 Stirling Council election result Scottish Labour Party 8 - - 4 36.4 28.2 11,112 Scottish National Party 7 - - 7 31.8 29.2 11,529 Scottish Conservative Party 4 - - 6 18.2 25.3 9,992 Scottish Liberal Democrats 3 - - 3 13.6 11.5 4,542 Independent politician 0 - - 0.0 3.7 1,442 Scottish Green Party 0 - - 0.0 1.7 675 Scottish Socialist Party 0 - - 0.0 0.2 69 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 - - 0.0 0.1 58 Ward results Stirling council election, 2007: Trossachs and Teith Scottish National Party Fergus Wood 1,789 33.0 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Tony Ffinch 1,065 19.7 2 4 Scottish Labour Party Paul Owens 839 15.5 3 4 Scottish Conservative Party Mark Kenyon 782 14.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Galen Milne 568 10.5 Independent (politician) Charles Grant 373 6.9 Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick Scottish Labour Party Colin O'Brien 1,705 26.0 1 1 Scottish National Party Graham Lambie 1,500 22.9 2 4 Scottish Conservative Party Alistair Berrill 1,281 19.6 3 5 Scottish Conservative Party David Lonsdale 1,180 18.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats Rona Sutherland 823 12.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Paul Henke 58 0.9 Stirling council election, 2007: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Scottish National Party Graham Houston 1,794 22.8 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Callum Campbell 1,455 18.5 2 4 Scottish Labour Party Colin Finlay 1,294 16.5 4 6 Scottish Liberal Democrats David Goss 1,067 13.6 3 6 Scottish Conservative Party Helen McCrea 801 10.2 Independent (politician) Bill Baird 707 9.0 Scottish Green Party Duncan Illingworth 675 8.6 Scottish Socialist Party Jennifer Haston 69 0.9 Stirling council election, 2007: Castle Scottish National Party Jim Thomson 1,482 36.1 1 1 Scottish Labour Party John Hendry 1,083 26.4 2 1 Scottish Conservative Party Lesley Stein 596 14.5 Scottish Liberal Democrats Graham Reed 456 11.1 3 5 Scottish Labour Party Frances Junnier 340 8.3 Independent (politician) James McDonald 146 3.6 Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West Scottish National Party Scott Farmer 1,674 30.2 1 1 Scottish Labour Party Andrew Simpson 1,041 18.8 2 3 Scottish Conservative Party Neil Benny 1,005 18.2 3 6 Scottish Conservative Party Gerry Power 740 13.3 Scottish Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce 699 12.6 Scottish Labour Party Christine Simpson 376 6.8 Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling East Scottish National Party Steven Paterson 1,821 32.9 1 1 Scottish Labour Party Corrie McChord 1,396 25.2 2 1 Scottish Labour Party Charles McKean 779 14.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats Ian Brown 765 13.8 3 4 Scottish Conservative Party Helen Scott 764 13.8 Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn Scottish National Party Alasdair MacPherson 1,469 31.9 1 1 Scottish Labour Party Margaret Brisley 1,376 29.8 2 1 Scottish Labour Party Gerard O'Brien 883 19.1 3 3 Scottish Conservative Party Alistair McCulloch 323 7.0 Independent (politician) Stephen Evans 216 4.7 Scottish Liberal Democrats David Smith 164 3.6 By-elections since 2007 Labour's Bannockburn councillor Gerard O'Brien resigned, having been found guilty of breaches of the Councillors Code of Conduct. Violet Weir held the seat for the party on 30 April 2009. Bannockburn by-election (30 April 2009) - 1 seatBannockburn (Stirling) 30 th April 2009 http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/bannockburn2009.html alba.org.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20090428072637/http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/bannockburn2009.html 2009-04-28 usurped 7 Scottish Labour Party Violet Weir 1,131 39.89 1,134 1,141 1,162 1,175 1,196 1,288 Scottish National Party Bill McDonald 1,067 37.64 1,072 1,078 1,095 1,110 1,162 1,228 Independent (politician) Tommy Brookes 229 8.08 232 235 240 272 303   Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Catherine Berrill 173 6.10 176 178 194 201     Independent (politician) Breda O'Brien 89 3.14 94 96 99       Scottish Liberal Democrats Ethne Brown 82 2.89 83 91         Scottish Green Party Duncan Illingsworth 36 1.27 36           Independent (politician) Paul Campbell 28 0.99             Scottish Labour Party 7 8,170 2,835 1,419 34.7% References 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections