2007 Inverclyde Council election explained

Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2003 Inverclyde Council election
Previous Year:2003
Next Election:Inverclyde Council election, 2012
Next Year:2012
Seats For Election:All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council
Majority Seats:11
Party1:Scottish Labour Party
Seats1:9
Seat Change1: 3
Popular Vote1:12,194
Percentage1:37.9%
Swing1: 6.6%
Party2:Scottish National Party
Seats2:5
Seat Change2: 5
Popular Vote2:6,907
Percentage2:21.5%
Swing2: 6.7%
Party3:Scottish Liberal Democrats
Seats3:4
Seat Change3: 9
Popular Vote3:6,525
Percentage3:20.3%
Swing3: 22.3%
Party4:Independent (politician)
Seats4:1
Popular Vote4:3,451
Percentage4:10.7%
Swing4:7.2%
Party5:Scottish Conservative Party
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:2,778
Percentage5:8.6%
Swing5: 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.

Aftermath

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Argyll News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130529034708/http://forargyll.com/2011/02/argyll-and-bute-liberal-candidate-joins-inverclyde-administration/ . 29 May 2013 . 4 May 2012.