2007 Fife Council election

2007 Fife Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 78 seats to Fife Council40 seats needed for a majority
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  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alex RowleyPeter Grant Elizabeth Riches
Party LabourSNPLiberal Democrats
Leader's seat The Lochs Glenrothes West and Kinglassie East Neuk and Landward
Last election 361123
Seats before 361123
Seats won 24 23 21
Seat change Decrease12 Increase12 Decrease2
Popular vote 39,98238,764 31,176
Percentage 28.7%27.8% 22.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Dave Dempsey Andrew Rodger
Party ConservativeIndependent
Leader's seat Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Last election 26
Seats before 27
Seats won 5 5
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2
Popular vote 14,783 10,542
Percentage 10.6% 7.6%
2007 Fife Council Election Results Map
Council Leader before election

Anne McGovern Labour

Council Leader after election

Peter Grant SNP

Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local governmentelections and the Scottish Parliamentgeneral election. The election was the first one using 23 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition to run the council for the next 5 years.

Election results

Fife local election result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour24 N\A N\A -11 30.8 28.739,982
  SNP23 N\A N\A +11 29.5 27.8 38,764
  Liberal Democrats21 N\A N\A -1 26.9 22.4 31,176
  Conservative5 N\A N\A +3 6.4 10.6 14,783
  Green0 N\A N\A ±0 0.0 1.4 1,929
  UKIP0 N\A N\A ±0 0.0 0.5 702
  Health Concern0 N\A N\A ±0 0.0 0.5 690 New
  Solidarity0 N\A N\A ±0 0.0 0.3 393 New
  Scottish Socialist0 N\A N\A ±0 0.0 0.3 365
  Independent5 N\A N\A -2 6.4 7.6 10,542

Ward results

West Fife and Coastal Villages
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
LabourBobby Clelland1,826 23.0 1 1
Liberal DemocratsGerry McMullan1,722 21.6 2 1
SNPBill Walker1,663 20.9 3 1
IndependentWilliam Ferguson1,244 15.6 4 6
LabourHelen Law 896 11.3
ConservativeDennis Halligan 605 7.6
Dunfermline North
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
Liberal DemocratsJim Burke1,451 27.5 1 1
LabourBill McCulloch1,254 23.8 2 4
SNPDavid Mogg1,236 23.4 3 6
Health ConcernGill Cunningham 690 13.0
ConservativePaul Callaghan 313 5.9
LabourRobert McGregor 272 5.2
IndependentJason McGilvray 59 11.2
Dunfermline Central
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
LabourWillie Sullivan1,881 23.9 1 1
Liberal DemocratsJackie McKenna1,774 22.6 2 1
SNPLizz Mogg1,574 20.0 3 1
Liberal DemocratsJoe Rosiejak1,488 19.0 4 2
ConservativeLisa Marie Callaghan 832 10.6
GreenGraeme Allan 313 4.0
Dunfermline South
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
Liberal DemocratsTony Martin1,816 26.1 1 1
SNPBrian John Goodall1,583 22.8 2 1
LabourMike Rumney1,446 20.8 3 1
LabourBob Young 738 10.6
Liberal DemocratsDave Walker627 9.0 4 6
ConservativeRichard Jules Watt 515 7.4
GreenAngela Dixon 231 3.3
Rosyth
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPDouglas Chapman1,672 32.1 1 1
LabourPat Callaghan1,579 30.3 2 1
Liberal DemocratsKeith Legg1,081 20.8 3 3
LabourMalcolm Macaulay 456 8.8
ConservativeRichard McKell 415 8.0
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPAlice McGarry2,172 29.5 1 1
LabourBob Eadie1,510 20.5 2 1
Liberal DemocratsDave Herbert1,337 18.1 3 2
ConservativeDave Dempsey1,291 17.5 4 4
LabourJim Philp 512 6.9
GreenIan Sinclair 349 4.7
UKIPChris Ashton 137 1.9
Scottish SocialistDavid Noble 60 0.8
The Lochs
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
IndependentWillie Clarke1,291 28.0 1 1
LabourAlex Rowley961 20.9 3 6
SNPAnn Bain957 20.8 2 6
LabourJohn Devine 818 17.8
Liberal DemocratsDouglas McLellan 259 5.6
ConservativeDavid Hicks 170 3.7
SolidarityKate Stewart 81 1.8
IndependentJames Pate Ireland 72 1.6
Cowdenbeath
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
LabourJohn Simpson1,414 27.5 1 1
IndependentAlex Maxwell1,350 26.3 2 1
SNPAlistair John Bain968 18.9 3 6
LabourLesley McEwan 624 12.1
IndependentRobert Arnott 384 7.5
Liberal DemocratsMary Hipwell 246 4.8
ConservativeKeith Smith 148 2.9
Lochgelly and Cardenden
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
LabourMark Hood1,228 27.8 1 1
LabourMargot Doig1,225 27.7 2 1
SNPIan Chisholm1,036 23.4 3 2
IndependentErnest McPherson 637 14.4
ConservativeGraeme Whyte 137 3.1
Liberal DemocratsLesley Anne Burke 153 3.5
Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPGeorge Kay2,204 37.8 1 1
LabourRon Edwards1,344 23.0 2 2
Liberal DemocratsSusan Leslie910 15.6 3 5
LabourCollett Salvona 649 11.1
ConservativeJamie Potton 567 9.7
UKIPPeter Adams 164 2.8
Kirkcaldy North
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPCarol Lindsay1,632 29.1 1 1
LabourNeil Crooks1,617 28.8 2 1
LabourDavid Ross977 17.4 3 5
Liberal DemocratsLes Soper 651 11.6
ConservativePeter Finnie 433 7.7
IndependentCalum Addison Coulter 188 3.4
SolidarityLouise McLeary 109 1.9
Kirkcaldy Central
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPDavid Torrance1,795 31.8 1 1
LabourJudy Hamilton1,227 21.8 3 4
Liberal DemocratsAlice Soper1,075 19.1 2 4
LabourJohn G Mackenzie 965 17.1
ConservativeSusan McCulloch 462 8.2
SolidaritySteve West 114 2.0
Kirkcaldy East
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPGeorge Leslie†† 1,680 35.4 1 1
LabourLawrence Brown 1,221 25.7 2 1
LabourKay Carrington773 16.3 3 5
Liberal DemocratsBob Forrester 572 12.1
ConservativeBrian Mills 361 7.6
Scottish SocialistKaren McGregor 138 2.9
Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPPeter Grant1,835 28.4 1 1
LabourBetty Campbell1,627 25.2 2 1
SNPAlf Patey1,278 19.8 3 2
LabourRaymond Duguid585 9.1 4 6
ConservativeDavid Paterson Croll 384 5.9
IndependentBob Taylor 376 5.8
Liberal DemocratsDavid Riches 369 5.7
Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPFiona Grant1,807 26.8 1 1
SNPJohn Beare1,613 23.9 2 1
LabourWilliam Kay1,354 20.0 3 2
LabourKay Morrison787 11.7 4 8
ConservativeDavid Mole 504 7.5
Liberal DemocratsHarry Wills 411 6.1
IndependentAlex Lawson 164 2.4
Scottish SocialistMorag Balfour 114 1.7
UKIPPaul Smith 90 1.3
Glenrothes Central and Thornton
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPDave Cunningham1,825 34.6 1 1
LabourIan Crichton1,325 25.1 2 1
SNPRoss Vettraino707 13.4 3 6
LabourJohn Mowbray 564 10.7
Liberal DemocratsJane Kerr 301 5.7
IndependentVina Bullimore 279 5.3
ConservativeJamie Drew 269 5.1
Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
Liberal DemocratsAndrew Arbuckle 2,091 31.8 1 1
SNPDavid MacDiarmid1,259 19.2 3 6
ConservativeAndy Heer 1,143 17.4
Liberal DemocratsDonald Lothian924 14.1 2 6
GreenBruce Bennett 511 9.6
LabourIain Miles 477 7.8
SolidarityColin Cameron 89 1.4
IndependentJames Jeffrey Fretwell 75 1.1
Tay Bridgehead
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
Liberal DemocratsTim Brett1,489 25.8 1 1
Liberal DemocratsMaggie Taylor1,243 21.5 2 4
ConservativeRon Caird1,191 20.6 3 5
SNPAlastair Cruickshank 1,173 20.3
LabourNikolai Zhelev 494 8.5
UKIPDuncan Pickard 190 3.3
St Andrews
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
ConservativeDorothea Morrison1,478 22.1 1 1
Liberal DemocratsFrances Melville1,454 21.8 2 1
Liberal DemocratsBill Sangster809 12.1 3 9
Liberal DemocratsRobin Waterston788 11.8 4 9
SNPJohn Docherty 775 11.6
GreenTess Darwin 525 7.9
LabourZoe Smith 411 6.2
IndependentJoe Peterson 153 2.3
IndependentMaries Cassells 131 2.0
IndependentKaren Hutchence 81 1.2
IndependentKeith Griffiths 77 1.2
East Neuk and Landward
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
Liberal DemocratsElizabeth Riches1,696 31.1 1 1
ConservativeMike Scott-Hayward† 1,515 27.8 2 1
SNPMargaret Wight 1,041 19.1
Liberal DemocratsDonald MacGregor816 15.0 3 4
LabourReta Russell 387 7.1
Cupar
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
Liberal DemocratsMargaret Kennedy1,511 24.8 1 2
IndependentBryan Poole1,264 20.8 2 4
ConservativeRoger Guy1,154 18.9 3 4
SNPNoel Dolan 887 14.6
Liberal DemocratsLoretta Mordi 887 14.6
LabourJon Dodds 388 6.4
Leven, Kennoway and Largo
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
SNPDavid Alexander 2,164 29.6 1 1
LabourCharles Haffey1,676 22.9 2 1
Liberal DemocratsMarilyn Whitehead1,118 15.3 4 5
SNPAlistair Hunter880 12.0 3 5
ConservativeBill Brooks 799 10.9
LabourVincent Heneghan 578 7.9
UKIPRab Hutchison 89 1.4
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Party Candidate FPv%% Seat Count
IndependentAndrew Rodger2,114 33.7 1 1
LabourTom Adams1,456 23.2 2 1
SNPArthur Robertson712 11.3 3 11
SNPStuart Macphail 647 10.3
LabourJim Young460 7.3 4 11
IndependentJohn O'Brien 225 3.6
IndependentAnne Marie Flack 195 3.1
IndependentRicky Jannetta 164 2.6
Liberal DemocratsLois Lothian 107 1.7
ConservativeDavid Graham Stacey 97 1.5
Scottish SocialistJim McLean 53 0.8
UKIPKris Seunarine 32 0.5
IndependentWilliam Wallace 19 0.3

Changes Since 2007 Election

  • †East Neuk and Landward, Cllr Mike Scott-Hayward joined the United Kingdom Independence Party after leaving the Conservative Party
  • ††Kirkcaldy East, Cllr George Leslie quit the Scottish National Party and became an Independent

References

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