2007 Scottish Borders Council election

2007 Scottish local government election February 2024 2007 Scottish local elections 2007 Scottish Borders Council election Scotland parliamentary no 2003 Scottish Borders Council election 2003 2007 5 3 y Scottish Borders Council election, 2012 2012 All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council 18 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 10 seats, 30.4% 10 11 1 13,083 26.8% 1.8% Scottish Liberal Democrats 9 seats, 26.3% 9 10 1 11,980 24.6% 1.7% Scottish National Party 1 seat, 11.5% 1 6 5 9,161 18.8% 7.3% Independent (politician) 14 seats, 30.4% 14 5 8 10,272 21.1% 9.3% Borders Party New Party N/A 2 2 2,597 5.3% New Council Leader David Parker Independent (politician) Council Leader after election David Parker Independent (politician) May 2023 June 2013 Elections to Scottish Borders 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 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Election results Scottish Borders local election result 2007Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-2007.pdf The Elections Centre 15 February 2024Local Election Results 2007 - Scottish Borders https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/433/ Local Elections Archive Project 15 February 2024 Scottish Conservative Party 11 N/A N/A ±0 32.4 26.8 13,083 1.8 Scottish Liberal Democrats 10 N/A N/A +2 29.4 24.6 11,980 1.7 Scottish National Party 6 N/A N/A +4 17.6 18.8 9,161 7.3 Independent (politician) 5 N/A N/A -8 14.7 21.1 10,272 9.3 Borders Party 2 N/A N/A +2 5.9 5.3 2,597 New Scottish Labour Party 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.9 919 0.5 Scottish Green Party 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.9 456 New Solidarity (Scotland) 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.4 210 New Scottish Socialist Party 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.2 105 1.7 Ward results Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West Scottish Liberal Democrats Catriona Bhatia 1,202 25.2 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Neil Calvert 1,091 22.9 2 4 Scottish National Party Willie Archibald 784 16.4 3 5 Independent (politician) Nancy Norman 672 14.1 Independent (politician) Tom Davidson 667 14.0 Scottish Labour Party Eamonn O'Neil 356 7.5 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale East Scottish National Party Bill Herd 1,167 24.3 1 3 Scottish Liberal Democrats Graham Garvie 1,159 24.1 2 3 Scottish Conservative Party Gavin Logan 1,086 22.6 3 4 Scottish Labour Party Robin Tatler 563 11.7 Scottish Liberal Democrats Bran McCrow 490 10.2 Borders Party Tom Douglas 231 4.8 Scottish Socialist Party Norman Lockhart 105 2.2 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Galashiels and District Scottish National Party John Mitchell 1,519 28.2 1 1 Scottish Liberal Democrats Jim Hume 1,466 27.2 2 1 Scottish Conservative Party Fiona Lackenby 735 13.6 4 6 Borders Party Sandy Aitchison 693 12.9 3 6 Independent (politician) Bill White 453 8.4 Solidarity (Scotland) Graeme McIver 210 3.9 Independent (politician) David Smail 173 3.2 Independent (politician) Alistair Lings 136 2.5 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Selkirkshire Scottish Liberal Democrats Vicky Davidson 1,313 29.5 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Carolyn Riddell-Carre 1,121 25.2 2 1 Scottish National Party Kenneth Gunn 826 18.5 3 5 Independent (politician) Gordon Edgar 558 12.5 Borders Party Violet Baillie 360 8.1 Independent (politician) Alistair Pattullo 279 6.3 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose Independent (politician) David Parker 1,362 29.9 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party John Greenwell 713 15.6 Scottish Liberal Democrats John Paton-Day 703 15.3 2 5 Borders Party Nicholas Watson 692 15.1 3 5 Scottish National Party Frank McCann 640 14.0 Independent (politician) Harry Cummings 394 8.6 Independent (politician) John Rae 78 1.7 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Mid Berwickshire Scottish Liberal Democrats Frances Renton 1,186 27.0 1 1 Scottish National Party Donald Moffat 1,173 26.7 2 1 Scottish Conservative Party Trevor Jones 1,051 23.9 3 4 Scottish Conservative Party Margaret McCrave 722 16.4 Borders Party Diana Miers 255 5.8 Independent (politician) Anne Roberts 105 2.4 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: East Berwickshire Independent (politician) Michael Cook 1,512 34.8 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Jim Fullarton 1,333 30.6 2 1 Scottish Liberal Democrats David Raw 804 18.5 3 3 Scottish National Party Aileen Orr 701 16.1 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District Scottish Liberal Democrats Alec Nicol 1,116 25.7 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Alasdair Hutton 982 22.7 2 5 Independent (politician) Tom Weatherston† 814 18.8 3 5 Independent (politician) Trevor Black 431 9.9 Scottish Conservative Party Andrew Thomson 427 9.9 Scottish National Party Paul Cartledge 346 8.0 Scottish Green Party Michael Scott 218 5.0 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Jedburgh and District Scottish Conservative Party Sandy Scott 1,011 26.0 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party Len Wyse 878 22.6 2 4 Scottish National Party Jim Brown 877 22.6 3 4 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alistair O'Neil 716 18.4 Borders Party Jim Smith 316 8.1 Independent (politician) Jim Millhouse 87 2.2 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Denholm Scottish Conservative Party Zandra Elliott 980 26.0 1 1 Independent (politician) Stewart Marshall 904 24.0 2 5 Scottish Liberal Democrats Jock Houston 738 19.6 3 5 Scottish National Party Derek Philips 454 12.0 Independent (politician) Andrew Farquhar 301 8.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats Alex Martin 232 6.2 Scottish Green Party Kevin Ferguson 112 3.0 Borders Party Charles Humphries 50 1.3 Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Hermitage Independent (politician) David Paterson 1,022 25.8 1 1 Scottish Conservative Party George Turnbull 953 24.1 2 4 Scottish National Party Jim Rowan 674 17.0 Scottish Liberal Democrats Ron Smith 475 12.0 3 6 Scottish Liberal Democrats Etta McKean 380 9.6 Independent (politician) Jake Irvine 324 8.2 Scottish Green Party Lesley Wood 126 3.2 Changes after the elections †Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011 References 2007 Category:2007 Scottish local elections