2007 West Lothian Council election

2007 West Lothian Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 32 seats to West Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour SNP Action to Save St John's Hospital Last election 18 seats, 43.5% 12 seats, 36.3% Did not contest Seats won 14 13 3 Seat change 4 1 3 Popular vote 23,833 23,620 3,997 Percentage 36.6% 36.3% 6.1% Swing 6.9% New   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 1 seat, 9.2% 1 seat, 2.5% Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 6,142 3,018 Percentage 9.4% 4.6% Swing 0.2% 2.1%
The 9 new multi-member wards

Elections to West Lothian 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 to use nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elects three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Results

2007 West Lothian Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	-	-	4	43.8	36.6	23,833	6.9
	SNP	13	-	-	1	40.6	36.3	23,620
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	3	-	-	3	9.4	6.1	3,997	New
	Conservative	1	-	-		3.1	9.4	6,142	0.2
	Independent	1	-	-		3.1	4.6	3,018	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	-	-		0.0	5.1	3,337	1.9
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-		0.0	1.2	778	0.2
	Scottish Green	0	-	-		0.0	0.5	316	New

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Ward results

2007 West Lothian Council election: Linlithgow

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Tom Kerr	2,120	26.9	1	1
	SNP	Martyn Day	1,792	22.7	2	6
	SNP	Tam Smith	1,340	17.0
	Labour	Tom Conn	1,328	16.9	3	6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff King	739	9.4
	Scottish Green	Simon King-Spooner	316	4.0
	Conservative	Sandy Pagan	194	2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Eddy Cornock	49	2.5

2007 West Lothian Council election: Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Alexander Davidson	1,668	22.6	1	1
	SNP	Janet Campbell	1,562	21.1	2	1
	Labour	Graeme Morrice	1,139	15.4	4	5
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Ellen Glass	1,047	14.2	3	5
	SNP	Eddie Malcolm	987	13.3
	Conservative	Jack Thompson	559	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Chapman	431	5.8

2007 West Lothian Council election: Livingston North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Robert de Bold	1,856	23.6	1	1
	Labour	Bruce Ferrie	1,630	20.7	2	1
	SNP	Andrew Miller	1,316	16.7	3	5
	Labour	Irfan Arif	976	12.4
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	John Cochrane	784	9.9	4	7
	Conservative	Alison Adamson-Ross	704	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ross McLaren	518	6.6
	Scottish Socialist	Derek Murray	96	1.2

2007 West Lothian Council election: Livingston South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Lawrence Fitzpatrick	2,584	30.4	1	1
	SNP	Peter Johnson	2,543	30.0	2	1
	Labour	Danny Logue	1,081	12.7	3	3
	SNP	John Muir	879	10.4	4	5
	Conservative	Marion Kerr	527	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Evan Bell	420	4.9
	Independent	Eddie Anderson	341	4.0
	Scottish Socialist	Mary Kerr	115	1.4

2007 West Lothian Council election: East Livingston and East Calder

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Frank Anderson	1,918	24.6	1	1
	Labour	Willie Dunn	1,733	22.3	2	1
	Labour	Dave King	1,569	20.2	3	1
	SNP	Carl John	795	10.2	4	7
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Lorraine Robertson	625	8.0
	Conservative	Andy Murray	591	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Chapman	421	5.4
	Scottish Socialist	Helen Donnelly	133	1.7

2007 West Lothian Council election: Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Neil Findlay	2,137	33.8	1	1
	SNP	Greg McCarra	1,669	26.4	2	1
	Labour	Cathy Muldoon	1,340	21.1	3	4
	Conservative	Sheila Grierson	335	5.3
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Tom Orr	319	5.0
	Independent	James Ford	203	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Wenham	184	2.9
	Scottish Socialist	Alun Birrell	139	2.2

2007 West Lothian Council election: Whitburn and Blackburn

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	James Dickson	1,981	27.1	1	1
	Labour	Jim Swan	1,528	20.9	2	1
	Labour	George Paul	1,367	18.7	3	5
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Gordon Beurskens	851	11.7	4	8
	SNP	Mary Dickson	507	6.9
	Conservative	Alistair Lowrie	435	6.0
	Independent	Tony Fairley	309	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howden	222	3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Eccles	98	1.3

2007 West Lothian Council election: Bathgate

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	John McGinty	1,521	22.2	2	5
	SNP	William Boyle	1,494	21.8	1	5
	Labour	Harry Cartmill	1,366	20.0
	SNP	James Walker	1,308	19.1	3	5
	Conservative	Donald MacDonald	425	6.2
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	Gary Montgomery	371	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Corser	265	3.9
	Scottish Socialist	Ally Hendry	93	1.4

2007 West Lothian Council election: Armadale and Blackridge

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Stuart Borrowman	1,385	24.7	1	3
	Labour	Jim Dixon	1,330	23.7	2	5
	SNP	Isabel Hutton	1,156	20.6	3	7
	Independent	Duncan MacLean	780	13.9
	SNP	Grant McLennan	517	9.2
	Conservative	Lindsay Butchart	252	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Caron Howden	137	2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Steve Nimmo	55	1.0

External links

• BBC West Lothian results
• West Lothian council 2007 election information
• Ward results from The Herald newspaper