2007 Moray Council election

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2007 Moray Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 26 seats to The Moray Council 14 seats needed for a majority

Elections to The Moray Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament election. The election was the first using the eight new wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 26 councillors were elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Previously there were single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system. The election resulted in a previously Independent council becoming an Independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four. An SNP victory in a subsequent by-election held in February 2008 had reduced the Independent/Conservative majority to 2 seats.

Election summary

The Moray Council elections 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	12	n/a	n/a	–4	46.15	36.94	12,535
	SNP	9	n/a	n/a	+6	34.62	35.19	11,942
	Conservative	3	n/a	n/a	+2	11.54	15.84	5,374
	Labour	2	n/a	n/a	-3	7.69	8.68	2,945
	Liberal Democrats	0	n/a	n/a	-1	0	1.73	587
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	1.29	438
	UKIP	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0.34	116

Ward results

Speyside Glenlivet

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Pearl Paul	1,107	29.17	1	1
	SNP	Mike McConnachie	881	23.21	2	2
	Conservative	Gordon Henderson	658	17.34
	Independent	Fiona Murdoch	571	15.05	3	5
	Independent	Andrina Taylor	462	12.17
	UKIP	Matthew Desmond	116	3.06

Keith and Cullen

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Gary Coull	1,555	36.87	1	1
	Independent	Ron Shepherd	827	19.61	2	4
	Independent	Stewart Cree	698	16.55	3	4
	Independent	Percy Watt	582	13.80
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matheson	300	7.11
	Conservative	Olive Starsmore	256	6.07

Buckie

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Gordon McDonald	1,188	32.40	1	1
	Independent	Anne McKay	708	19.31	2	4
	Independent	Joe Mackay	698	19.03	3	4
	Labour	John Leslie	507	13.83
	Conservative	Ian Moir	397	10.83
	Independent	Bruce Smith	169	4.61

Fochabers Lhanbryde

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Anita McDonald	1,159	28.86	1	1
	Conservative	Douglas Ross	727	18.10	3	7
	Independent	George McIntyre	608	15.14	2	7
	Labour	Lans Bangura	440	10.96
	Independent	Eddie Coutts	374	9.31
	Independent	Paul McBain	333	8.29
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Horton	287	7.15
	Independent	Gordon Davidson	56	1.39
	Independent	Alan Bodman	32	0.79

Heldon and Laich

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Stewart	1,646	31.0	1	1
	Independent	Eric McGillivray	813	15.31	2	7
	Independent	John Hogg	744	14.01	3	8
	Conservative	Allan Wright	606	11.41	4	8
	Independent	Chris Tuke	531	10.0
	Independent	Harry Halkett	354	6.67
	Independent	Eric Paton	254	4.78
	Independent	Des Donaldson	155	2.92
	Independent	Martyn Harris	114	2.15
	Independent	Neil Hutchinson	92	1.73

Elgin City North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Mike Shand	1,500	41.33	1	1
	Labour	Barry Jarvis	866	23.86	2	2
	Independent	John Russell	671	18.50	3	2
	Conservative	Frank Brown	592	16.31

Elgin City South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Graham Leadbitter	1,304	33.16	1	1
	Labour	John Divers	1,132	28.79	2	1
	Independent	Alistair Bisset	904	22.99	3	2
	Conservative	Dennis Thompson	592	15.06

Forres

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Irene Ogilvie	1,602	29.83	1	1
	Conservative	Iain Young	1,546	28.78	2	1
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton	716	13.33	3	5
	Independent	Lee Bell	482	8.97	4	5
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Thomas Anderson	438	8.15
	Independent	Pat Carroll	326	6.07
	Independent	Rick Walker	261	4.86

By-elections since 2007

On 14 February 2008, a by-election was held for the Elgin City South ward, after the death of Cllr A G K Bisset (Independent).

Elgin City South By-Election (February 14, 2008)- 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	John Alexander Sharp	32.10	670	670	672	672	679	685	706	763	884
	Independent	Hamish Simpson	24.3	513	513	518	523	527	540	612	722	845
	Labour	Mark Cascarino	17.0	358	358	361	363	370	380	403	459
	Independent	James Scott Allan	10.6	223	224	227	229	233	240	278
	Conservative	Frank Brown	9.8	206	206	206	208	216	223
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J Horton	2.3	48	48	49	50	53
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Andy Anderson	1.5	32	32	32	37
	UKIP	Matthew Coughlan Desmond	1.0	20	20	20
	Independent	Martyn Harris	0.8	16	16
	Independent	Gordon Davidson	0.1	1
	SNP gain from Independent		Swing
Electorate: 7,886   Valid: 2,087   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,044   Turnout: 2,112

On 11 November 2010, a by-election was held for the Forres ward, after the retirement of Cllr Iain Young (Conservative).

Forres By-Election (November 11, 2010)- 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Aaron John McLean	24.1	773	774	789	800	837	899	950	1,045
	Independent	Lorna Creswell	17.5	562	576	615	686	726	878	999	1,399
	Independent	Anne Audrey Skene	14.4	463	464	491	541	572	695	860
	Conservative	Paul McBain	14.4	463	464	476	486	491	511
	Scottish Green	Fabio Villani	12.5	401	405	419	433	459
	Labour	Mark Cascarino	6.1	195	195	201	205
	Independent	Janet Kennedy	6.0	192	194	201
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Andy Anderson	4.1	132	135
	Independent	Jane Elizabeth Cotton	0.9	30
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
Electorate: 11,224   Valid: 3,210   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,606   Turnout: 3,233 (28.8%)

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External links

• Election Results, Moray Council
• Election Results, BBC