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2007 South Ayrshire Council election
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All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Lab
Leader Bill McIntosh
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Troon
Last election 15 seats, 41.5% 15 seats, 36.7%
Seats before 15 15
Seats won 12 9
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 6
Popular vote 18,568 14,152
Percentage 37.2% 28.4%
Swing Decrease 4.3 Decrease 8.3
  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Ind
Leader Brian Connolly
Party SNP Independent
Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton
Last election 0 seats, 17.3% 0 seats, 2.9%
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 8 1
Seat change Increase 8 Increase 1
Popular vote 12,624 4,160
Percentage 25.3% 8.3%
Swing Increase 8.0 Increase 5.4
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Bill McIntosh
(Conservative)
No overall control

Council Leader after election

Bill McIntosh
(Conservative)
No overall control

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

2007 South Ayrshire Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 12 N/A N/A Decrease 3 40.0 37.2 18,568 Decrease 4.3
  Labour 9 N/A N/A Decrease 5 30.0 28.4 14,152 Decrease 8.3
  SNP 8 N/A N/A Increase 8 26.7 25.3 12,624 Increase 8.0
  Independent 1 N/A N/A Increase 1 3.3 8.3 4,160 Increase 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 Decrease 1.2
Total 30 49,870

Source:[1]

Summary by ward

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

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

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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

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South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr North
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Douglas Campbell†† 1,663 27.0
SNP Tom Slider 1,506 25.0
Conservative John Hampton 1,108 18.4
Labour Ian Cavana 712 11.8
Independent Rab Hill 445 7.4
Labour Ian Stewart 356 5.9
Solidarity Amanda McFarlane 117 1.9
Scottish Socialist Liz Swan 66 1.1
Independent Jim McEwan 50 0.83
Independent Tommy O'Lone 37 0.61

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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

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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

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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

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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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 4 February 2024.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_South_Ayrshire_Council_election

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