2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
2007 Scottish local government election
2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
Elections to North Lanarkshire 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 20 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 ,[ 1] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation . The new wards replace 70 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
Labour managed to retain control of the council, something which the party failed to do in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 14 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party , although the individual seats won by the Conservative Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats were noteworthy in that these parties had never been represented on North Lanarkshire Council before.
Election results
Ward results
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Kilsyth
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Francis Griffin
2,037
38.3
1
1
SNP
David Key
1,480
27.8
1
1
Labour
Jean Jones
1,386
26.0
1
1
Conservative
Archie Giggie
260
4.9
Scottish Socialist
Willie O'Neill
162
3.0
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Strathkelvin
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Frances McGlinchey
2,055
26.4
1
1
Labour
William Hogg
1,795
23.5
1
1
Labour
Brian Wallace
1,309
16.9
1
6
Labour
Joe Shaw
1,208
15.6
1
4
Conservative
Jonathan Oak
872
11.2
Solidarity
Jack Doyle
409
5.4
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Fortissat
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Jim Robertson
1,596
28.3
1
1
Independent
Charles Cefferty
1,529
27.1
1
1
SNP
Malcolm McMillan
1,396
24.7
1
2
Labour
Clare Margaret Quigley
1,125
19.9
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Thorniewood
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Jim McCabe
1,714
29.7
1
1
SNP
Duncan McShannon
1,369
23.8
1
4
Labour
Bob Burrows
1,342
23.3
1
2
Labour
Dave Saunders
878
15.2
Conservative
David Imrie Paterson
455
7.9
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell West
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Annette Valentine
1,573
30.9
1
3
Labour
Michael Ross
1,270
24.9
1
2
Labour
Paul Kelly
1,237
24.3
1
3
Conservative
Robert Burgess
812
15.9
Independent
Gordon Weir
205
4.0
By-Elections since 3 May 2007
Labour's Francis Griffin died on 10 November 2007. Mark Griffin held the seat for the party in the resulting by-election on 31 January 2008
The SNP's John Wilson resigned following his election as an MSP. Peter Sullivan gained the seat for Labour in the resulting by-election.
Coatbridge North and Glenboig By-Election (4 June 2009) - 1 seat[ 3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Labour
Peter Sullivan
37.2
1,529
1,542
1,558
1,577
1,615
1,759
SNP
Allan Stubbs
30.5
1,254
1,276
1,307
1,357
1,446
1,696
Independent
Julie McAnulty
13.5
557
565
604
635
730
Conservative
Bob Burgess
8.8
361
365
372
387
Independent
Hugh Banford
5.3
217
218
218
Scottish Green
Kristofer Keane
2.8
115
126
Scottish Socialist
Fraser Coats
2.0
81
Labour gain from SNP
Swing
Electorate: 14,270 Valid: 4,114 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 2058 Turnout: 4,181 (29.3%)
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Labour Party's Tony Clarke died on 24 August 2011. Michael McPake held the seat in the resulting by-election.
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