2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election explained

Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2003 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Previous Year:2003
Next Election:2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Next Year:2012
Seats For Election:All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council
Majority Seats:24
Party1:Scottish Conservatives
Party2:Scottish Labour
Party3:Scottish National Party
Party4:Scottish Liberal Democrats
Party5:Independent politician
Seats1:18
Seats2:14
Seats3:10
Seats4:3
Seats5:2
Percentage1:32.2%
Popular Vote1:20,815
Popular Vote2:18,169
Percentage2:28.1%
Percentage3:19.0%
Popular Vote3:12,266
Popular Vote4:5,340
Percentage4:8.3%
Percentage5:11.2%
Popular Vote5:7,240
Seat Change1: 7
Seat Change3: 5
Seat Change4: 2
Seat Change5: 10

Elections to Dumfries and Galloway 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 13 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 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10.[2] 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously.[2]

Ward results

Annandale East (4 seats)

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

Notes and References

  1. News: The case of the disappearing ward . BBC News . 29 August 2007.
  2. News: Convener loses place on council . BBC News . 4 May 2007.
  3. News: Tory wins stretch into Scotland . BBC News . 2 May 2008.
  4. News: Labour wins Dumfries and Galloway Council by-election . BBC News . 17 June 2011.