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Elections to North Ayrshire 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 eight new wards created as a results 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 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election.
Election results
Ward results
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kilwinning
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
John Ferguson
1,749
27.0
1
1
Labour
Margaret McDougall
1,033
16.0
2
4
Labour
Ryan Oldfather
872
13.5
4
7
Conservative
Gail Niven Allison
869
13.4
Liberal Democrats
Andrew Scott Chamberlain
713
11.0
3
7
Labour
Donald J Reid
513
7.9
Independent
Leanne Dorans
468
7.2
Solidarity
Sandy Clarke
255
3.9
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Saltcoats and Stevenston
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
William Gibson
1,629
22.4
1
1
Independent
Ronnie McNicol
1,362
18.8
2
3
Labour
David Munn
943
13.0
3
7
Labour
Alan Munro
902
12.4
4
7
SNP
Nan Wallace
691
9.5
Labour
Sam Taylor
683
9.4
Conservative
Stewart Ferguson
554
7.6
Independent
Margaret Walsh
496
6.8
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ardrossan and Arran
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Independent
Margie Currie
1,439
19.3
2
4
SNP
Tony Gurney
1,414
19.0
1
4
Labour
Peter McNamara
1,007
13.5
3
7
Independent
John Hunter
952
12.8
4
9
Conservative
Gordon Allison
857
11.5
Labour
Margaret Munn
829
11.1
SNP
William McLaren
573
7.7
Independent
Kenneth MacDougall
228
3.1
Scottish Socialist
Nigel Hunter
144
1.9
North Ayrshire council election, 2007: North Coast and Cumbraes
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
SNP
Alan Hill
2,357
30.2
1
1
Labour
Alex Gallagher
1,549
19.8
2
2
Conservative
Elisabethe Marshall
1,007
12.9
3
7
Conservative
Tom Marshall
719
9.2
SNP
Bobby Rae
715
9.2
4
7
Independent
Ian Murdoch
587
7.5
Liberal Democrats
Lewis Hutton
493
6.3
Independent
Gerard Langan
377
4.8
Changes Since June 2007
†Robert Barr quit the Conservative Party on 24 June 2010 and now sits as an Independent
By-Elections since 3 May 2007
A by-election arose in the Kilbirnie and Beith Ward following the death of the Scottish National Party's Craig Taylor and Anthea Dickson held the seat for the SNP on 14 October 2008.
Kilbirnie and Beith by-election, 14 October 2008 - 1 seat[1]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
SNP
Anthea Dickson
48.92
1,363
1,380
1,415
Labour
Gordon McKay
33.70
939
956
972
Conservative
Ted Nevill
11.56
322
324
342
Liberal Democrats
Lewis Hutton
3.37
94
104
Socialist Labour
James McDaid
2.44
68
SNP hold
Swing
Electorate: 11,232 Valid: 2,786 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 2,806 (24.98%)
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A by-election arose in the Saltcoats and Stevenston Ward following the resignation of the Labour Party's David Munn and Jim Montgomorie held the seat for Labour on 25 August 2011.
Saltcoats and Stevenston by-election, 25 August 2011 - 1 seat[2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Labour
Jim Montgomerie
48.73
1,914
1,927
1,936
1,963
2,039
SNP
Nan Wallace
33.25
1,306
1,311
1,326
1,363
1,425
Conservative
Chris Barr
7.23
284
286
297
308
331
Scottish Senior Citizens
Jimmy Miller
5.37
211
217
222
240
Independent
Gerard Pollock
2.90
114
117
123
Liberal Democrats
Gordon Bain
1.43
56
57
Socialist Labour
Louise McDaid
1.09
43
Labour hold
Swing
Electorate: 11,039 Valid: 2,764 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,965 Turnout: 2,806 (25.42%)
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