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Elections to West Dunbartonshire 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 six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 ,[3] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation . The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
Election results [ edit ]
West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 2007
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
10
N/A
N/A
+1
45.45
37.7
13,596
SNP
9
N/A
N/A
+6
40.91
34.1
12,307
Independent
2
N/A
N/A
-7
9.09
8.7
3,142
Scottish Socialist
1
N/A
N/A
+1
4.55
6.7
2,413
Conservative
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
7.6
2,726
Scottish Green
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
2.7
973
A Strong Voice for Clydebank
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
2.6
926
New
Ward results [ edit ]
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Lomond
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Martin Rooney
1,386
27.1
1
1
SNP
Craig McLaughlin
1,317
25.8
1
1
SNP
Ronald McColl
1,060
20.7
Conservative
David Jardine
613
12.0
Labour
Ann Rushforth
278
5.4
Scottish Socialist
Louise Robertson
251
4.9
Scottish Green
Richard Giles McCarthy
206
4.0
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Douglas McAllister
1,356
29.8
Labour
Margaret Bootland
1,188
26.1
SNP
Jim Finn
1,092
24.0
SNP
Frank McNiff
403
8.8
Conservative
Douglas John Boyle
378
8.3
Scottish Socialist
Cammy Fyfe
138
3.0
Changes Since 2007 Election [ edit ]
†On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent.
††On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses.
2007-2011 by-elections [ edit ]
Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011
Kilpatrick By-Election (3 March 2011)- 1 seat[4]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
Labour
Lawrence O'Neill
60.01
1,382
SNP
Frank McNiff
32.94
758
Conservative
Douglas Boyle
6.99
161
Electorate: 8,963 Valid: 2,301 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 2,327 (25.98%)
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