South Ayrshire Council election, 2007
Elections to South Ayrshire 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 eight new wards created as a results 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 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
South Ayrshire Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
12 |
N/A |
N/A |
-3 |
40.0 |
37.2 |
18,568 |
|
|
Labour |
9 |
N/A |
N/A |
-5 |
30.0 |
28.4 |
14,152 |
|
|
SNP |
8 |
N/A |
N/A |
+8 |
26.7 |
25.3 |
12,624 |
|
|
Solidarity |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
300 |
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
66 |
|
|
Independent |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
3.3 |
8.3 |
4,160 |
|
Summary by ward
Results of the South Ayrshire Council election, 2007
by ward
Ward |
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
%
|
Cllrs
|
Total Cllrs
|
Conservative |
Labour |
SNP |
Others |
Independents |
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 |
3.0 |
0 |
8.8 |
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 |
0.7 |
0 |
8.3 |
1 |
30 |
Ward results
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Changes Since 2007 Election
- †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.