Clackmannanshire Council election, 2007
Elections to Clackmannanshire 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 5 new wards created as a results 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 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.
Ward results
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire West |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
George Matchett |
1,094 |
25.6 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Tina Murphy |
1,027 |
24.0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Eddie Carrick† |
824 |
19.3 |
3 |
2 |
|
SNP |
Janis Paterson |
652 |
15.3 |
4 |
5 |
|
Conservative |
Bill Mason |
369 |
8.6 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Iftikhar Ahmed |
309 |
7.2 |
|
|
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire Central |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Derek Stewart |
1,089 |
35.1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Samuel Bryce Ovens |
688 |
22.2 |
2 |
2 |
|
SNP |
Gary Womersley |
620 |
20.0 |
3 |
5 |
|
SNP |
Sandy Pollock |
518 |
16.7 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
George Murray |
190 |
6.1 |
|
|
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire South |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
Craig Holden†† |
1,168 |
26.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Janet Kerr Cadenhead |
936 |
21.0 |
2 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Mark English |
797 |
17.9 |
3 |
5 |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Earle |
570 |
12.8 |
4 |
7 |
|
SNP |
Mike Hutchison |
515 |
11.6 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Jamieson |
244 |
5.5 |
|
|
|
Independent |
James Alexander Mackie |
227 |
5.1 |
|
|
| 2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire East |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Conservative |
Alastair Campbell |
1,040 |
29.8 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Henry McLaren |
951 |
27.3 |
2 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Irene Hamilton |
669 |
19.2 |
3 |
4 |
|
SNP |
Alison Lindsay |
420 |
12.0 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Charles Bell |
409 |
11.7 |
|
|
Changes since 2007 Election
- †On 15 December 2011 Clackmannanshire West Cllr Eddie Carrick resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
- ††On 14 March 2012 Clackmannanshire South Cllr Craig Holden joined the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent.
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