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Elections to Stirling 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 seven 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 a form of proportional representation . The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
Election results
Ward results
Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Colin O'Brien
1,705
26.0
1
1
SNP
Graham Lambie
1,500
22.9
2
4
Conservative
Alistair Berrill
1,281
19.6
3
5
Conservative
David Lonsdale
1,180
18.0
Liberal Democrats
Rona Sutherland
823
12.6
UKIP
Paul Henke
58
0.9
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Jim Thomson
1,482
36.1
1
1
Labour
John Hendry
1,083
26.4
2
1
Conservative
Lesley Stein
596
14.5
Liberal Democrats
Graham Reed
456
11.1
3
5
Labour
Frances Junnier
340
8.3
Independent
James McDonald
146
3.6
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Scott Farmer
1,674
30.2
1
1
Labour
Andrew Simpson
1,041
18.8
2
3
Conservative
Neil Benny
1,005
18.2
4
6
Conservative
Gerry Power
740
13.3
Liberal Democrats
Gordon Bruce
699
12.6
Labour
Christine Simpson
376
6.8
Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Alasdair MacPherson
1,469
31.9
1
1
Labour
Margaret Brisley
1,376
29.8
2
1
Labour
Gerard O'Brien
883
19.1
3
3
Conservative
Alistair McCulloch
323
7.0
Independent
Stephen Evans
216
4.7
Liberal Democrats
David Smith
164
3.6
By-elections since 2007
Labour's Gerard O'Brien resigned, having been found guilty of breaches of the Councillors Code of Conduct. Violet Weir held the seat for the party on 30 April 2009.
Bannockburn by-election (30 April 2009) - 1 seat[ 3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Labour
Violet Weir
39.89
1,131
1,134
1,141
1,162
1,175
1,196
1,288
SNP
Bill McDonald
37.64
1,067
1,072
1,078
1,095
1,110
1,162
1,228
Independent
Tommy Brookes
8.08
229
232
235
240
272
303
Conservative
Catherine Berrill
6.10
173
176
178
194
201
Independent
Breda O'Brien
2.89
89
94
96
99
Liberal Democrats
Ethne Brown
2.89
82
83
91
Scottish Green
Duncan Illingsworth
1.27
36
36
Independent
Paul Campbell
0.99
28
Labour hold
Swing
Electorate: 8,170 Valid: 2,835 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 34.7%
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