2007 Inverclyde Council election

2007 Scottish local government election

2007 Inverclyde Council election | <- 2003 | 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) | 2012 ->

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All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council
11 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Labour | SNP | Liberal Democrats
Last election  | 6 seats, 31.3% | 0 seats, 14.8% | 13 seats, 42.6%
Seats won  | 9  | 5  | 4
Seat change  |  3  |  5  |  9
Popular vote  | 12,194  | 6,907  | 6,525
Percentage  | 37.9%  | 21.5%  | 20.3%
Swing  |  6.6%  |  6.7%  |  22.3%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Independent | Conservative
Last election  | 1 seats, 3.5% | 0 seats, 6.1%
Seats won  | 1  | 1
Seat change  |  |  1
Popular vote  | 3,451  | 2,778
Percentage  | 10.7%  | 8.6%
Swing  | 7.2%  |  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

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2007 Inverclyde Council election result  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Labour | 9  | \-  | \-  |  3  | 45.0  | 37.9  | 12,194  |  6.6
| SNP | 5  | \-  | \-  |  5  | 25.0  | 21.5  | 6,907  |  6.7
| Liberal Democrats | 4  | \-  | \-  |  9  | 20.0  | 20.3  | 6,525  |  22.3
| Independent | 1  | \-  | \-  |  | 5.0  | 10.7  | 3,451  |  7.2
| Conservative | 1  | \-  | \-  |  1  | 5.0  | 8.6  | 2,778  |  2.5
| Solidarity | 0  | \-  | \-  |  | 0.0  | 0.6  | 197  | New
| Scottish Socialist | 0  | \-  | \-  |  | 0.0  | 0.3  | 96  |  1.4
| UKIP | 0  | \-  | \-  |  | 0.0  | 0.2  | 43  | New

## Ward results

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Inverclyde East Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Labour | Stephen McCabe | 2,122  | 30.1  | 1  | 1
| SNP | Jim MacLeod | 1,401  | 19.8  | 2  | 2
| Conservative | David Wilson | 1,369  | 19.4  | 3  | 5
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Fyfe | 805  | 11.4  | 4  | 7
| Labour | Tom Monteith  | 522  | 7.4  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Tucker  | 404  | 5.7  |  |
| Independent | John Logan  | 259  | 3.7  |  |
| Solidarity | Denise McLaughlan  | 179  | 2.5  |  |
Inverclyde East Central Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Labour | Michael McCormick | 2,065  | 43.5  | 1  | 1
| SNP | Jim Grieve | 1,132  | 23.8  | 2  | 2
| Labour | Robert Moran | 551  | 11.6  | 3  | 2
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Stewart  | 425  | 9.0  |  |
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks  | 234  | 4.9  |  |
| Independent | Robert Kyle  | 188  | 4.0  |  |
| Independent | Tommy Murray  | 95  | 2.0  |  |
| Solidarity | Don Shearer  | 57  | 1.2  |  |
Inverclyde North Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Labour | Jim Clocherty | 1,812  | 27.0  | 1  | 1
| SNP | Chris Osborne | 1,388  | 20.7  | 2  | 1
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Blair | 1,150  | 17.1  | 3  | 6
| Labour | Charles McCallum†  | 571  | 8.5  | 4  | 8
| Independent | Frank McGlinn  | 468  | 7.0  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Campbell Snoddy  | 439  | 6.5  |  |
| Conservative | Margaret Miller  | 431  | 6.4  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Henderson  | 342  | 5.1  |  |
| Independent | Kit Shields  | 114  | 1.7  |  |
Inverclyde South Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Labour | Iain McKenzie | 1,102  | 26.2  | 1  | 1
| Labour | Joseph McIlwee | 1,000  | 23.8  | 2  | 3
| SNP | Keith Brooks | 994  | 23.7  | 3  | 5
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Gallacher  | 407  | 9.7  |  |
| Independent | Stuart Cameron  | 273  | 6.5  |  |
| Conservative | Jim Strachan  | 174  | 4.1  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns  | 155  | 3.7  |  |
| Scottish Socialist | Davy Landels  | 96  | 2.3  |  |
Inverclyde West Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Independent | Ronald Ahlfeld | 1,256  | 23.7  | 1  | 2
| Labour | Terry Loughran | 1,212  | 22.9  | 3  | 4
| SNP | John Crowther  | 1,028  | 19.4  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | George White†  | 828  | 15.6  | 2  | 4
| Liberal Democrats | Kenny Wilson  | 577  | 10.9  |  |
| Conservative | Robert Hunter  | 391  | 7.4  |  |
Inverclyde South West Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| SNP | Ken Ferguson | 964  | 23.2  | 2  | 5
| Independent | Innes Nelson  | 741  | 17.8  |  |
| Labour | Gerry Dorrian | 723  | 17.4  | 1  | 5
| Liberal Democrats | Ciano Rebecchi | 544  | 13.1  | 3  | 6
| Labour | Alex McGhee  | 514  | 12.4  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Forbes  | 449  | 10.8  |  |
| Conservative | Harry Osborn  | 179  | 4.3  |  |
| UKIP | Peter Campbell  | 43  | 1.0  |  |

## Aftermath

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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.[1]

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 seat[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| SNP | Innes Nelson | 42.4  | 919  | 923  | 932  | 949  | 988  | 1,087
| Labour | Alex McGhee  | 22.6  | 490  | 492  | 494  | 507  | 519  |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Forbes  | 21.0  | 454  | 455  | 466  | 478  | 522  | 620
| Conservative | Iain MacLeod  | 7.9  | 171  | 171  | 178  | 182  |  |
| Independent | Paul Travers  | 3.1  | 67  | 72  | 77  |  |  |
| UKIP | Laurel Bush  | 2.3  | 49  | 50  |  |  |  |
| Free Scotland Party  | Iain Ramsay  | 0.8  | 17  |  |  |  |  |
| SNP hold | Swing |  |
Electorate: 8,296  Valid: 2,167  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,084  Turnout: 2,196 (26.47%)

## References

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1. ^ "Argyll News". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
2. ^ "Inverclyde South West, 2009". kristoferkeane.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

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