†Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011
Referencesedit
^"Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^"Local Election Results 2007 - Scottish Borders". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2007 Scottish Borders Council election news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message Main article 2007 Scottish local elections Elections to Scottish Borders 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 34 single member wards which used the plurality first past the post system of election 2007 Scottish Borders Council election 2003 3 May 2007 2007 05 03 2012 All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council18 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Party Conservative Liberal Democrats SNP Last election 10 seats 30 4 9 seats 26 3 1 seat 11 5 Seats before 10 9 1 Seats won 11 10 6 Seat change 1 1 5 Popular vote 13 083 11 980 9 161 Percentage 26 8 24 6 18 8 Swing 1 8 1 7 7 3 Fourth party Fifth party Party Independent Borders Last election 14 seats 30 4 New Party Seats before 14 N A Seats won 5 2 Seat change 8 2 Popular vote 10 272 2 597 Percentage 21 1 5 3 Swing 9 3 NewCouncil Leader before election David Parker Independent Council Leader after election David Parker Independent Contents 1 Election results 2 Ward results 3 Changes after the elections 4 ReferencesElection results editScottish Borders Local Election Result 2007 1 2 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Conservative 11 N A N A 0 32 4 26 8 13 083 nbsp 1 8 Liberal Democrats 10 N A N A 2 29 4 24 6 11 980 nbsp 1 7 SNP 6 N A N A 4 17 6 18 8 9 161 nbsp 7 3 Independent 5 N A N A 8 14 7 21 1 10 272 nbsp 9 3 Borders 2 N A N A 2 5 9 5 3 2 597 New Labour 0 N A N A 0 0 0 1 9 919 nbsp 0 5 Scottish Green 0 N A N A 0 0 0 0 9 456 New Solidarity 0 N A N A 0 0 0 0 4 210 New Scottish Socialist 0 N A N A 0 0 0 0 2 105 nbsp 1 7Ward results editScottish Borders council election 2007 Tweeddale West Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Liberal Democrats Catriona Bhatia 1 202 25 2 1 1 Conservative Neil Calvert 1 091 22 9 2 4 SNP Willie Archibald 784 16 4 3 5 Independent Nancy Norman 672 14 1 Independent Tom Davidson 667 14 0 Labour Eamonn O Neil 356 7 5 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Tweeddale East Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count SNP Bill Herd 1 167 24 3 1 3 Liberal Democrats Graham Garvie 1 159 24 1 2 3 Conservative Gavin Logan 1 086 22 6 3 4 Labour Robin Tatler 563 11 7 Liberal Democrats Bran McCrow 490 10 2 Borders Party Tom Douglas 231 4 8 Scottish Socialist Norman Lockhart 105 2 2 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Galashiels and District Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count SNP John Mitchell 1 519 28 2 1 1 Liberal Democrats Jim Hume 1 466 27 2 2 1 Conservative Fiona Lackenby 735 13 6 4 6 Borders Party Sandy Aitchison 693 12 9 3 6 Independent Bill White 453 8 4 Solidarity Graeme McIver 210 3 9 Independent David Smail 173 3 2 Independent Alistair Lings 136 2 5 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Selkirkshire Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Liberal Democrats Vicky Davidson 1 313 29 5 1 1 Conservative Carolyn Riddell Carre 1 121 25 2 2 1 SNP Kenneth Gunn 826 18 5 3 5 Independent Gordon Edgar 558 12 5 Borders Party Violet Baillie 360 8 1 Independent Alistair Pattullo 279 6 3 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Leaderdale and Melrose Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Independent David Parker 1 362 29 9 1 1 Conservative John Greenwell 713 15 6 Liberal Democrats John Paton Day 703 15 3 2 5 Borders Party Nicholas Watson 692 15 1 3 5 SNP Frank McCann 640 14 0 Independent Harry Cummings 394 8 6 Independent John Rae 78 1 7 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Mid Berwickshire Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Liberal Democrats Frances Renton 1 186 27 0 1 1 SNP Donald Moffat 1 173 26 7 2 1 Conservative Trevor Jones 1 051 23 9 3 4 Conservative Margaret McCrave 722 16 4 Borders Party Diana Miers 255 5 8 Independent Anne Roberts 105 2 4 Scottish Borders council election 2007 East Berwickshire Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Independent Michael Cook 1 512 34 8 1 1 Conservative Jim Fullarton 1 333 30 6 2 1 Liberal Democrats David Raw 804 18 5 3 3 SNP Aileen Orr 701 16 1 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Kelso and District Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Liberal Democrats Alec Nicol 1 116 25 7 1 1 Conservative Alasdair Hutton 982 22 7 2 5 Independent Tom Weatherston 814 18 8 3 5 Independent Trevor Black 431 9 9 Conservative Andrew Thomson 427 9 9 SNP Paul Cartledge 346 8 0 Scottish Green Michael Scott 218 5 0 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Jedburgh and District Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Conservative Sandy Scott 1 011 26 0 1 1 Conservative Len Wyse 878 22 6 2 4 SNP Jim Brown 877 22 6 3 4 Liberal Democrats Alistair O Neil 716 18 4 Borders Party Jim Smith 316 8 1 Independent Jim Millhouse 87 2 2 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Hawick and Denholm Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Conservative Zandra Elliott 980 26 0 1 1 Independent Stewart Marshall 904 24 0 2 5 Liberal Democrats Jock Houston 738 19 6 3 5 SNP Derek Philips 454 12 0 Independent Andrew Farquhar 301 8 0 Liberal Democrats Alex Martin 232 6 2 Scottish Green Kevin Ferguson 112 3 0 Borders Party Charles Humphries 50 1 3 Scottish Borders council election 2007 Hawick and Hermitage Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat Count Independent David Paterson 1 022 25 8 1 1 Conservative George Turnbull 953 24 1 2 4 SNP Jim Rowan 674 17 0 Liberal Democrats Ron Smith 475 12 0 3 6 Liberal Democrats Etta McKean 380 9 6 Independent Jake Irvine 324 8 2 Scottish Green Lesley Wood 126 3 2Changes after the elections edit Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011References edit Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics PDF The Elections Centre Retrieved 15 February 2024 Local Election Results 2007 Scottish Borders Local Elections Archive Project Retrieved 15 February 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Scottish Borders Council election amp oldid 1208127653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
