South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007

Results by ward.

Elections to South Lanarkshire 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 20 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,^[1] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 67 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Labour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 19 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the Conservative Party also managed to double their number of seats.

Election results

South Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	N/A	N/A	-19	44.8	39.6	48,677	9.5
	SNP	24	N/A	N/A	+15	35.8	29.2	35,866	1.8
	Conservative	8	N/A	N/A	+4	11.9	12.9	15,924	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	2	N/A	N/A	0	3.0	7.2	8,897	2.5
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.7	3,354
	East Kilbride Alliance	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	1.2	1,511
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.8	966	1.3
	Scottish Unionist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.7	912
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.2	261
	Scottish Christian	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	180
	Independent	3	N/A	N/A	0	4.5	5.2	6,422	2.0

Ward results

Changes since 2007 Election

• †On 1 February 2010, Blantyre Cllr John McNamee resigned from the Scottish National Party and joined the Scottish Labour Party.
• ††Since the election, Blantyre Cllr Bert Thomson joined the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent.

By-elections

• A by-election was held on 6 March 2008 following the death of the SNP's John Higgins on 29 December 2007. The by-election was won by Labour's Richard Tullett

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• The Labour Party's Alan Scott won a by-election on 28 October 2010 to fill the vacancy which arose with the election of Michael McCann as an MP

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• The SNP's John Menzies won a by-election on 8 December 2011 to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of Independent Tommy Gilligan on 22 October 2011.

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References

1. ↑ http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/EXTERNAL_WEBSITE_DEVELOPMENT/SLC_ONLINE_HOME/SLC_COUNCIL/ELECTIONS/COUNCIL_WARDS?type=candidates&script=electioncandidates
2. ↑ http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-cambuslangeast.html
3. ↑ http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-eastkilbridewest.html
4. ↑ http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-hamiltonwestearnock.html

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