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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 one using nine 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 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post ) system of election. Councillors remained in post until 2012 .
Election results
West Lothian Local Election Result 2007
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
14
N/A
N/A
-4
43.75
36.6
23,833
SNP
13
N/A
N/A
+2
40.63
36.3
23,620
Action to Save St John's Hospital
3
N/A
N/A
+3
9.38
6.1
3,997
Conservative
1
N/A
N/A
0
3.13
9.4
6,142
Independent
1
N/A
N/A
-1
3.13
4.6
3,018
Liberal Democrats
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
5.1
3,337
Scottish Socialist
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
1.2
778
Scottish Green
0
N/A
N/A
0
0.0
0.5
316
Ward results
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Broxburgh, Uphall and Winchburgh
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
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
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Livingston North
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
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
West Lothian Council election, 2007: East Livingston and East Calder
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
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
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Whitburn and Blackburn
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
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
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Bathgate
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
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
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