2007 Argyll and Bute Council election

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3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)

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All 36 seats to Argyll and Bute Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	SNP	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	16	10	7
Seat change	6	7	1
Popular vote	15,715	8,921	7,702
Percentage	39.1%	22.2%	19.2%
Swing	12.4%	9.0%	4.9%

	Fourth party

Party	Conservative
Seats won	3
Seat change	0
Popular vote	6,301
Percentage	15.7
Swing	1.7%

Council Leader before election

Allan MacAskill
Independent

Council Leader

Dick Walsh
Independent

Elections to Argyll and Bute 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 11 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 form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election result

Argyll and Bute Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	16	N/A	N/A	6	44.4	39.1	15,715	12.4
SNP	10	N/A	N/A	7	27.8	22.2	8,921	9.0
Liberal Democrats	7	N/A	N/A	1	19.4	19.2	7,702	4.9
Conservative	3	N/A	N/A	0	8.3	15.7	6,301	1.7
Labour	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	3.7	1,471	1.0
Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.2	76	New

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are marked with *

South Kintyre

South Kintyre
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Donald Kelly*	42.9%	1,332
	SNP	John Donald Semple	21.3%	663	710	743	845
	Labour	George McMillan	14.3%	444	495	508
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Colville*	14.2%	441	505	512	658
	Conservative	James Martin	4.9%	152	503	514	575
	Solidarity	Deirdre Henderson	2.4%	76	83
Electorate: 5,503 Valid: 3,108 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 778 Turnout: 57.51%

Kintyre and the Islands

Kintyre and the Islands
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Currie*	34.6%	1,131
	Independent	John McAlpine*	18.6%	608	637	685	726	825
	SNP	Anne Horn	14.7%	482	525	556	601	678
	Independent	Ann Newman	10.5%	342	434	450	547	607
	Conservative	Peter Minshall	9.2%	300	317	370	387
	Labour	Phil Hawkins	6.7%	219	284	295
	Independent	Maureen Scott	5.8%	190	195
Electorate: 5,307 Valid: 3,272 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 819 Turnout: 62.50%

Mid Argyll

Mid Argyll
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hay*	22.0%	813	833	880	975
	Independent	Donnie MacMillan*	18.9%	699	712	733	794	806	964
	SNP	Colin Stevenson	16.9%	625	632	672	693	700	735
	Independent	Douglas Trevor Philand	15.7%	582	608	650	674	681	796
	Independent	Sandy Cameron	9.3%	344	359	375	414	420
	Conservative	Charlotte Hanbury	8.2%	305	312	318
	Labour	Wendy Reynolds	6.1%	225	230
	Independent	Cameron Lewis	2.9%	106
Electorate: 5,948 Valid: 3,699 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 925 Turnout: 63.01%

Oban South and the Isles

Oban South and the Isles
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Roddy McCuish	23.3%	955
	Liberal Democrats	Mary-Jean Devon †	16.4%	672	674	684	820
	SNP	Donald Skye McIntosh* ††††	12.4%	506	579	593	613	614	653	761
	Independent	Gordon Chalmers	10.9%	444	445	450	458	458	592	617
	Conservative	Roy Rutherford	10.1%	413	417	440	473	473	496	550
	Independent	Alastair MacDougall*	8.5%	347	348	376	389	390
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Welsh	7.2%	293	299	317
	Independent	Neil MacKinnon MacIntyre	7.1%	290	315	354	391	391	427
	Independent	Roderick MacEachen	3.5%	143	145
	Independent	David Gallant	0.7%	27	27
Electorate: 7,401 Valid: 4,090 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 819 Turnout: 56.59%

Oban North and Lorn

Oban North and Lorn
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Elaine Robertson*	22.0%	1,005
	Independent	Duncan MacIntyre	17.1%	779	801	821	872	934
	Liberal Democrats	Neil MacKay †††	14.6%	665	678	701	726	772	777	846	951
	SNP	Donald MacDonald	13.6%	618	620	632	654	672	673	694	724
	SNP	Mike MacKenzie	8.8%	401	407	411	419	434	435	466	486
	Conservative	Eileen Mary Kirkpatrick	8.5%	387	394	404	419	427	429	457
	Independent	Ian Smyth	4.4%	200	211	222	240	267	271
	Independent	Sidney MacDougall*	4.1%	188	192	209	229
	Independent	George Doyle	3.9%	176	179	198
	Independent	Gwen Cameron	3.1%	140	146
Electorate: 7,431 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 912 Turnout: 62.52%

Cowal

Cowal
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Ron Simon	29.8%	1,127
	Independent	Alex McNaughton	23.3%	880	909	996
	Independent	Bruce Marshall*	19.7%	745	768	813	829	956
	Conservative	Dave Petrie	13.0%	491	504	523	530	630
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Oxborrow	9.2%	346	376	391	397
	Independent	Iain Jarvis Gow	5.1%	192	203
Electorate: 5,878 Valid: 3,781 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 946 Turnout: 65.36%

Dunoon

Dunoon
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Dick Walsh*	24.6%	855	938
	SNP	Alister MacAlister ††††††	23.6%	821	836	845	870
	Independent	Jimmy McQueen*	21.7%	754	804	829	903
	Labour	David Graham	10.3%	358	371	376	384
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Miles	7.4%	257	269	278	336
	Conservative	Sandy MacPherson	6.9%	239	245	252
	Independent	Gordon McKinven*	5.6%	193
Electorate: 5,862 Valid: 3,477 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 870 Turnout: 60.08%

Isle of Bute

Isle of Bute
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Len Scoullar*	28.2%	868
	SNP	Robert MacIntyre*	27.2%	839
	SNP	Isobel Strong*	17.9%	551	597	647	667	730
	Independent	Fraser Gillies	7.7%	238	251	255	303	333
	Labour	Harry Hattan	7.3%	225	228	230	236
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Anne Hilton	7.1%	218	226	229	258	308
	Conservative	Peter Wallace	4.6%	143	152	154
Electorate: 5,354 Valid: 3,082 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 771 Turnout: 58.80%

Lomond North

Lomond North
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Billy Petrie*	22.2%	794	893	1,083
	Independent	Danny Kelly*	20.5%	734	786	855	905
	Independent	George Freeman*	17.2%	616	658	738	784
	SNP	Elizabeth Buist	15.6%	557	604	649	669
	Conservative	James Proctor	13.5%	484	548
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Nisbet	11.0%	395
Electorate: 6,239 Valid: 3,580 Spoilt: 35 Quota: 896 Turnout: 57.94%

Helensburgh Central

Helensburgh Central
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Conservative	Gary Mulvaney*	27.7%	1,220
	SNP	James Alexander Robb ††	18.6%	822	844	865
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Morton	16.6%	734	782	811
	Liberal Democrats	Al Reay* †††††	16.5%	728	808	849
	Independent	Vivien Dance	16.0%	707	772	852
	Independent	Richard William Humphrey	4.5%	198	228
Electorate: 7,617 Valid: 4,409 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 882 Turnout: 58.76%

Helensburgh and Lomond South

Helensburgh and Lomond South
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Conservative	David Fairbairn Kinniburgh	26.7%	835
	Independent	Ronald Kinloch*	22.8%	713	728	753	815
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Morton*	22.4%	700	712	946
	SNP	Richard MacDonald Trail	18.3%	572	575	597	631
	Liberal Democrats	Karen York	9.9%	309	314
Electorate: 5,596 Valid: 3,129 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 783 Turnout: 56.52%

Changes since 2007 Election

†In September 2007, Oban South and the Isles Cllr Mary-Jean Devon quit the Liberal Democrats and became an Independent. She joined the Scottish National Party on 1 July 2011.
††Since the election, Helensburgh Central Cllr James Robb quit the Scottish National Party and became an Independent Nationalist.
†††Since the election, Oban North and Lorn Cllr Neil MacKay quit the Liberal Democrats and became an Alliance of Independent Councillor.
††††On 18 November 2011, Oban South and the Isles Cllr Donald Skye McIntosh died.
†††††On 25 February 2012 Hellensburgh Central Cllr Al Reay died.
††††††On 30 March 2012 Dunoon Cllr Alister MacAlister died.

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

On 4 October 2007 the Liberal Democrats Andrew Nisbit won a by-election which arose following the death of former Independent Councillor Ronald Kinloch on 23 July 2007

Helensburgh and Lomond South by-election 4 October 2007 - 1 Seat^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Nisbit	30.31	642	752	1,014	1,525
	Conservative	Jim Proctor	29.60	627	684	839
	Independent	Gordon Hanning	23.28	493	606
	SNP	Richard Trail	16.81	356
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
Electorate: 5,690 Valid: 2,118 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 2,128 (37.4%)

On 3 November 2011 the SNP's Louise Glen-Lee won a by-election which arose following the death of former SNP Councillor Donald MacDonald on 4 August 2011

Oban North & Lorn by-election 3 November 2011 - 1 Seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	Louise Glen-Lee	44.14	1,081	1,117	1,179	1,374
	Conservative	Roy Rutherford	20.62	505	523	591	758
	Independent	Gwyneth Neal	17.88	438	496	561
	Liberal Democrats	David Pollard	10.62	260	273
	Independent	George Doyle	6.73	165
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 7,606 Valid: 2,449 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,225 Turnout: 2,468 (32.4%)

References

^ "Helensburgh and Lomond South (Argyll and Bute) 4th October 2007". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-obannorthlorn.html^{[dead link]}

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