2007 Moray Council election

2007 Scottish local government election Scotland File:Coat of arms of Moray Area Council.svg parliamentary no yes 2003 Moray Council election 2003 2007 05 03 y 2012 Moray Council election 2012 All 26 seats to The Moray Council 14 Independent politician Scottish National Party Scottish Conservatives 12 9 3 36.9% 35.2% 15.8% 12,535 11,942 5,374 4 6 2 16 seats, 49.3% 3 seats, 25.2% 1 seat, 4.3% 12.4% 10.0% 11.5% Gordon McDonald Independent Independent Gordon McDonald Council Leader Council Leader after election Scottish Labour Party 2 3 4.0% 8.7% 2,945 5 seats, 12.7% File:MorayCouncilMay2007.svg April 2022 The 2007 Moray Council election was held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament election. The election was the first using the eight new wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 26 councillors were elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Previously there were single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system. The election resulted in a previously independent council becoming an independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four. The use of STV electoral system benefited the SNP and the Conservatives, with them gaining 6 and 2 seats respectively. It did not benefit Labour at all, which fell from second place in terms of seats to last. In addition, the Liberal Democrats lost their sole representative on the council Background Previous election 2003 Moray Council election The previous election in 2003 were the last to use the first-past-the-post voting system. At that election, independent won 16 seats - more than all the other groups combined. +2003 Moray Council election resultsPartySeatsVote shareIndependent1649.3%Labour512.7%SNP325.2%Liberal Democrats17.9%Conservative14.3% Source:Teale Andrew Local Election Results 2003 https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2003/452/ 10 July 2024 Local Elections Archive Project Composition There were 3 by-elections in the 2003-07 term. One by-election was held in the Buckie West ward and was an independent hold. The other two by-elections were held in the Speyside ward, one resulted in a SNP gain from independent, and the other resulted in an independent gain from SNP. As such the composition of the council did not change between 2003 and 2007. +Composition of Moray CouncilParty2003 electionDissolutionIndependent1616Labour55SNP33Liberal Democrats11Conservative11 Source: Results 2007 Moray Council election result Independent (politician) 12 - - 4 46.2 36.9 12,535 12.4 Scottish National Party 9 - - 6 34.6 35.2 11,942 10.0 Scottish Conservatives 3 - - 2 11.5 15.8 5,374 11.5 Scottish Labour Party 2 - - 3 7.7 8.7 2,945 4.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats 0 - - 1 0.0 1.7 587 6.2 Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party 0 - - 0.0 1.3 438 New United Kingdom Independence Party 0 - - 0.0 0.3 116 New 26 33,938 Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 1 May 2003. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils. Source:Scottish Council Elections 2007 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-2007.pdf 24 July 2024 Elections CentreTeale Andrew Local Election Results 2007 https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/452/ 24 July 2024 Local Elections Archive ProjectFaulds Allan Moray Council 2022 https://ballotbox.scot/le22/moray/ Ballot Box Scotland Previous STV ElectionsMoray Council Local Election Results 2007 http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_55949.html 28 July 2024 Moray Council Ward results Speyside Glenlivet Speyside Glenlivet - 3 Seats 6 Scottish National Party Pearl Paul 1,107 29.2           Scottish National Party Mike McConnachie 881 23.2 974         Scottish Conservatives Gordon Henderson 658 17.3 665 668 711 801   Independent politician Fiona Murdoch 571 15.1 583 589 617 862 1,259 Independent politician Adrina Taylor 462 12.2 477 480 493     United Kingdom Independence Party Matthew Desmond 116 3.1 118 120       8 3,795 90 949 55.7%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Speyside Glenlivet http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55940.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Keith and Cullen Keith and Cullen - 3 Seats 5 Scottish National Party Gary Coull 1,555 36.9         Independent politician Ron Shepherd 827 19.6 882 945 1,022 1,243 Independent politician Stewart Cree 698 16.6 809 847 955 1,293 Independent politician Percy Watt 582 13.8 657 701 786   Scottish Liberal Democrats Peter Matheson 300 7.1 366 411     Scottish Conservatives Olive Starsmore 256 6.1 269       5 4,218 55 1,055 53.8%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Keith and Cullen http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55941.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Buckie Buckie - 3 Seats 5 Scottish National Party Gordon McDonald 1,188 32.4         Independent politician Anne McKay 708 19.3 755 829 969   Independent politician Joe Mackay 698 19.0 755 790 902 927 Scottish Labour Party John Leslie 507 13.8 551 573 622 631 Scottish Conservatives Ian Moir 397 10.8 413 436     Independent politician Bruce Smith 169 4.6 187       5 3,667 66 917 50.4%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Buckie http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55942.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Fochabers Lhanbryde Fochabers Lhanbryde - 3 Seats 9 Scottish National Party Anita McDonald 1,159 28.9                 Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross 727 18.1 738 742 751 795 847 926 929 1,101 Independent politician George McIntyre 608 15.1 623 630 640 675 826 1,017     Scottish Labour Party Lans Bangura 440 11.0 459 460 470 539 586 638 640   Independent politician Eddie Coutts 374 9.3 381 388 396 428 476       Independent politician Paul McBain 333 8.3 347 352 364 416              319 314 310 287 7.2 Peter Horton Scottish Liberal Democrats    Independent politician Gordon Davidson 1.4 56 61 67            Independent politician Alan Bodman 0.8 32 34               9 4,016 45 1,005 53.1%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Fochabers Lhanbryde http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55943.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Heldon & Laich Heldon & Laich - 4 Seats 9 Scottish National Party David Stewart 1,646 21.0                 Independent politician Eric McGillivray 813 15.3 886 905 945 957 1,002 1,062     Independent politician John Hogg 744 14.0 781 787 797 810 844 941 952 1,099 Scottish Conservatives Allan Wright 606 11.4 634 640 645 653 671 726 730 799 Independent politician Chris Tuke 531 10.0 564 594 607 615 635 677 688   Independent politician Harry Halkett 354 6.7 399 401 418 502 621          366 326 315 311 254 4.8 Eric Paton Independent politician    Independent politician Des Donaldson 2.9 155 196 203 215          Independent politician Martyn Harris 2.2 114 126 141            Independent politician Neil Hutchinson 1.7 92 104               9 5,309 81 1,062 54.4%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Heldon and Laich http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55944.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Elgin City North Elgin City North - 3 Seats 4 Scottish National Party Mike Shand 1,500 41.3       Scottish Labour Party Barry Jarvis 866 23.9 1,005     Independent politician John Russell 671 18.5 837 876 1,349 Scottish Conservatives Frank Brown 592 16.3 648 666   4 3,629 46 908 45.8%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Elgin City North http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55945.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Elgin City South Elgin City South - 3 Seats 2 Scottish National Party Graham Leadbitter 1,304 33.2   Scottish Labour Party John Divers 1,132 28.8   Independent politician Alistair Bisset 904 23.0 1,019 Scottish Conservatives Dennis Thompson 592 15.1 656 2 3,932 50 984 50.7%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Elgin City South http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55946.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Forres Forres - 4 Seats 7 Scottish National Party Irene Ogilvie 1,602 29.8             Scottish Conservatives Iain Young 1,546 28.8             Independent politician Jeff Hamilton 716 13.3 789 880 992 1,122     Independent politician Lee Bell 482 9.0 540 610 672 831 849 1,160 Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party Thomas Anderson 438 8.2 549 615 653 719 726   Independent politician Pat Carroll 326 6.1 368 413 492      Independent politician Rick Walker 4.9 261 294 356         7 5,371 129 1,075 51.1%Source:Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Forres http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file55947.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Aftermath As no single political grouping on the council had enough seats to form a majority administration, the independent and Conservative groupings together formed a coalition. Elgin City South by-election On 14 February 2008, a by-election was held in the Elgin City South ward after the death of independent councillor Alistair Bisset. It was won by the SNP candidate John Sharp.main Elgin City South 2008 Elgin City South by-election (14 February 2008) - 1 seat 9 Scottish National Party John Alexander Sharp 670 32.10 670 672 672 679 685 706 763 884 Independent (politician) Hamish Simpson 513 24.3 513 518 523 527 540 612 722 845 Scottish Labour Party Mark Cascarino 358 17.0 358 361 363 370 380 403 459   Independent (politician) James Scott Allan 223 10.6 224 227 229 233 240 278     Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Frank Brown 206 9.8 206 206 208 216 223       Scottish Liberal Democrats Peter J Horton 48 2.3 48 49 50 53         Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party Andy Anderson 32 1.5 32 32 37           United Kingdom Independence Party Matthew Coughlan Desmond 20 1.0 20 20             Independent (politician) Martyn Harris 16 0.8 16               Independent (politician) Gordon Davidson 1 0.1                 9 7,886 2,087 25 1,044 2,112Source:Ward 7 - Elgin City South By-Election http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file54834.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council Forres by-election On 11 November 2010, a by-election was held in the Forres ward after the retirement of Conservative councillor Iain Young. It was won by independent candidate Lorna Creswell.main Forres 2010 Forres by-election (11 November 2010) - 1 seat 8 Scottish National Party Aaron John McLean 773 24.1 774 789 800 837 899 950 1,045 Independent (politician) Lorna Creswell 562 17.5 576 615 686 726 878 999 1,399 Independent (politician) Anne Audrey Skene 463 14.4 464 491 541 572 695 860   Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Paul McBain 463 14.4 464 476 486 491 511     Scottish Green Party Fabio Villani 401 12.5 405 419 433 459       Scottish Labour Party Mark Cascarino 195 6.1 195 201 205         Independent (politician) Janet Kennedy 192 6.0 194 201           Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party Andy Anderson 132 4.1 135             Independent (politician) Jane Elizabeth Cotton 30 0.9               8 11,224 3,210 23 1,606 28.8%Source:Declaration of Results from Local Government By-Election http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file68735.pdf 28 July 2024 Moray Council References External links Election Results, Moray Council Election Results, BBC 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections Category:21st century in Moray