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South Ayrshire Council election
2007 South Ayrshire Council election
The 8 multi-member wards
Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections and elections to the Scottish Parliament .
The election was the first to use the 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation . The new wards replaced the 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
The election saw the Conservatives returned as the largest party on the council despite losing three seats. Labour , who had tied with the Conservatives as the largest party in 2003 , lost six seats as they became the second-largest party. The Scottish National Party (SNP) picked up their first representation in the area for 30 years as they gained eight seats. The remaining seat was won by an independent candidate.
Election results [ edit ]
2007 South Ayrshire Council election result
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Conservative
12
N/A
N/A
3
40.0
37.2
18,568
4.3
Labour
9
N/A
N/A
5
30.0
28.4
14,152
8.3
SNP
8
N/A
N/A
8
26.7
25.3
12,624
8.0
Independent
1
N/A
N/A
1
3.3
8.3
4,160
5.4
Solidarity
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
0.6
300
New
Scottish Socialist
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
0.1
66
1.2
Total
30
49,870
Source:[1]
Summary by ward [ edit ]
Results of the 2007 South Ayrshire Council election by ward
Ward
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total Cllrs
Conservative
Labour
SNP
Independents
Others
Troon
41.8
2
20.3
1
23.9
1
13.9
0
4
Prestwick
41.8
2
30.1
1
28.1
1
4
Ayr North
18.4
1
44.7
2
25.0
1
8.8
0
3.0
0
4
Ayr East
39.1
2
30.7
1
27.6
1
2.6
0
4
Ayr West
54.8
2
16.9
1
20.9
1
7.5
0
4
Kyle
34.2
1
32.8
1
21.8
1
11.1
0
3
Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
24.4
1
26.2
1
24.7
1
24.7
1
4
Girvan and South Carrick
37.3
1
29.6
1
33.1
1
3
Total
37.2
12
28.4
9
25.3
8
8.3
1
0.7
0
30
Source:[1]
Ward results [ edit ]
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Troon
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Conservative
Peter Convery
2,029
27.5
1
1
SNP
Nan McFarlane
1,765
23.9
1
1
Labour
Philip Saxton
1,499
20.3
1
1
Conservative
Bill McIntosh
1,061
14.3
Independent
Pat Brown
1,029
13.9
[1]
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Prestwick
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Stan Fisher
2,062
28.1
Conservative
Hugh Hunter
1,847
25.1
Labour
Helen Moonie
1,227
16.7
Conservative
Margaret Toner
1,224
16.7
Labour
George Watson
987
13.4
[1]
[1]
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr East
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Ian Douglas
1,933
27.6
Conservative
Winifred Sloan
1,516
21.7
Labour
Eddie Bulik †††
1,286
18.4
Conservative
Mary Kilpatrick
1,220
17.4
Labour
Gerry Crawley
861
12.3
Solidarity
James Stewart
183
2.6
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr West
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Conservative
Bill Grant
2,176
30.3
SNP
Mike Peddie
1,499
20.9
Labour
Elaine Little †
1,213
16.9
Conservative
Robin Reid
1,127
15.7
Conservative
Alistair Kerr
634
8.8
Independent
Ian McCabe
537
7.5
[1]
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kyle
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Andy Campbell
1,128
22.7
SNP
John Allan
1,080
21.8
Conservative
Hywel Davies
891
18.0
Conservative
Arthur Spurling
801
16.2
Independent
Sam Gardiner
550
11.1
Labour
Danny Howley
499
10.1
[1]
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Mairi Low
1,411
24.7
Independent
Brian Connolly
1,410
24.7
Conservative
Ann Galbreith
1,111
19.5
Labour
Sandra Goldie
970
17.0
Labour
Peter Mason
526
9.2
Conservative
David Steele
281
4.9
Independent
Helen Whitefield
102
1.8
South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Girvan and South Carrick
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Conservative
Iain Fitzsimmons
1,542
37.3
SNP
Alec Oattes
1,368
33.1
Labour
John McDowall
721
17.4
Labour
Calum Little
504
12.2
[1]
Changes Since 2007 Election [ edit ]
†In May 2008, Ayr West Cllr Elaine Little resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. In February 2012 she joined the Scottish National Party.
††On 27 May 2008 Ayr North Cllr Douglas Campbell, resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. He joined the Scottish National Party on 19 May 2011
†††On 16 November 2009 Ayr East Cllr Eddie Bulik resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.
References [ edit ]