2007 Inverclyde Council election

2007 Scottish local government election February 2022 December 2012 parliamentary no 2003 Inverclyde Council election 2003 2007 5 3 y Inverclyde Council election, 2012 2012 All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council 11 Scottish Labour Party 6 seats, 31.3% 9 3 12,194 37.9% 6.6% Scottish National Party 0 seats, 14.8% 5 5 6,907 21.5% 6.7% Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 seats, 42.6% 4 9 6,525 20.3% 22.3% Independent (politician) 1 seats, 3.5% 1 3,451 10.7% 7.2% Scottish Conservative Party 0 seats, 6.1% 1 1 2,778 8.6% 2.5% Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six 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, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Results 2007 Inverclyde Council election result Scottish Labour Party 9 - - 3 45.0 37.9 12,194 6.6 Scottish National Party 5 - - 5 25.0 21.5 6,907 6.7 Scottish Liberal Democrats 4 - - 9 20.0 20.3 6,525 22.3 Independent politician 1 - - 5.0 10.7 3,451 7.2 Scottish Conservative Party 1 - - 1 5.0 8.6 2,778 2.5 Solidarity (Scotland) 0 - - 0.0 0.6 197 New Scottish Socialist Party 0 - - 0.0 0.3 96 1.4 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 - - 0.0 0.2 43 New Ward results Inverclyde East Scottish Labour Party Stephen McCabe 2,122 30.1 1 1 Scottish National Party Jim MacLeod 1,401 19.8 2 2 Scottish Conservative Party David Wilson 1,369 19.4 3 5 Scottish Liberal Democrats Tom Fyfe 805 11.4 4 7 Scottish Labour Party Tom Monteith 522 7.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Iain Tucker 404 5.7 Independent (politician) John Logan 259 3.7 Solidarity (Scotland) Denise McLaughlan 179 2.5 Inverclyde East Central Scottish Labour Party Michael McCormick 2,065 43.5 1 1 Scottish National Party Jim Grieve 1,132 23.8 2 2 Scottish Labour Party Robert Moran 551 11.6 3 2 Scottish Liberal Democrats Jean Stewart 425 9.0 Scottish Conservative Party Graeme Brooks 234 4.9 Independent (politician) Robert Kyle 188 4.0 Independent (politician) Tommy Murray 95 2.0 Solidarity (Scotland) Don Shearer 57 1.2 Inverclyde North Scottish Labour Party Jim Clocherty 1,812 27.0 1 1 Scottish National Party Chris Osborne 1,388 20.7 2 1 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alan Blair 1,150 17.1 3 6 Scottish Labour Party Charles McCallum† 571 8.5 4 8 Independent (politician) Frank McGlinn 468 7.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats Campbell Snoddy 439 6.5 Scottish Conservative Party Margaret Miller 431 6.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Robbie Henderson 342 5.1 Independent (politician) Kit Shields 114 1.7 Inverclyde South Scottish Labour Party Iain McKenzie 1,102 26.2 1 1 Scottish Labour Party Joseph McIlwee 1,000 23.8 2 3 Scottish National Party Keith Brooks 994 23.7 3 5 Scottish Liberal Democrats Eddie Gallacher 407 9.7 Independent (politician) Stuart Cameron 273 6.5 Scottish Conservative Party Jim Strachan 174 4.1 Scottish Liberal Democrats Robert Burns 155 3.7 Scottish Socialist Party Davy Landels 96 2.3 Inverclyde West Independent (politician) Ronald Ahlfeld 1,256 23.7 1 2 Scottish Labour Party Terry Loughran 1,212 22.9 3 4 Scottish National Party John Crowther 1,028 19.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats George White† 828 15.6 2 4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Kenny Wilson 577 10.9 Scottish Conservative Party Robert Hunter 391 7.4 Inverclyde South West Scottish National Party Ken Ferguson 964 23.2 2 5 Independent (politician) Innes Nelson 741 17.8 Scottish Labour Party Gerry Dorrian 723 17.4 1 5 Scottish Liberal Democrats Ciano Rebecchi 544 13.1 3 6 Scottish Labour Party Alex McGhee 514 12.4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Eric Forbes 449 10.8 Scottish Conservative Party Harry Osborn 179 4.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Peter Campbell 43 1.0 Aftermath On 27 November 2008 Inverclyde North Cllr Charles McCallum resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an independent for the remainder of the term. In February 2011, Argyll News reported that Inverclyde West Councillor George White was a former Liberal Democrat who had recently joined the Liberal Party.Argyll News http://forargyll.com/2011/02/argyll-and-bute-liberal-candidate-joins-inverclyde-administration/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130529034708/http://forargyll.com/2011/02/argyll-and-bute-liberal-candidate-joins-inverclyde-administration/ 29 May 2013 4 May 2012 A by-election was held following the death of Cllr Ken Ferguson of the Scottish National Party on 26 April 2009. The seat was held by the SNP's Innes Nelson on 18 June 2009. Inverclyde South West by-election (June 18, 2009) - 1 seatInverclyde South West, 2009 http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-inverclydesouthwest.html kristoferkeane.co.uk https://archive.today/20120804230748/http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-inverclydesouthwest.html 4 August 2012 dead 29 January 2012 6 Scottish National Party Innes Nelson 919 42.4 923 932 949 988 1,087 Scottish Labour Party Alex McGhee 490 22.6 492 494 507 519   Scottish Liberal Democrats Eric Forbes 454 21.0 455 466 478 522 620 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Iain MacLeod 171 7.9 171 178 182     Independent (politician) Paul Travers 67 3.1 72 77       United Kingdom Independence Party Laurel Bush 49 2.3 50         Free Scotland Party Iain Ramsay 17 0.8           Scottish National Party 6 8,296 2,167 29 1,084 2,196 (26.47%) References 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections