# 2007 Stirling Council election

The 2007 Stirling Council election was 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 elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

## Results

2007 Stirling Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 8 | - | - | 4 | 36.4 | 28.2 | 11,112 |
| SNP | 7 | - | - | 7 | 31.8 | 29.2 | 11,529 |
| Conservative | 4 | - | - | 6 | 18.2 | 25.3 | 9,992 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | - | - | 3 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 4,542 |
| Independent | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1,442 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 1.7 | 675 |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 69 |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 58 |

## Ward results

Stirling council election, 2007: Trossachs and Teith :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Fergus Wood | 1,789 | 33.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Tony Ffinch | 1,065 | 19.7 | 2 | 4 |
| Labour | Paul Owens | 839 | 15.5 | 3 | 4 |
| Conservative | Mark Kenyon | 782 | 14.4 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Galen Milne | 568 | 10.5 | | |
| Independent | Charles Grant | 373 | 6.9 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Forth and Endrick :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Graham Houston | 1,794 | 22.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Callum Campbell | 1,455 | 18.5 | 2 | 4 |
| Labour | Colin Finlay | 1,294 | 16.5 | 4 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Goss | 1,067 | 13.6 | 3 | 6 |
| Conservative | Helen McCrea | 801 | 10.2 | | |
| Independent | Bill Baird | 707 | 9.0 | | |
| Scottish Green | Duncan Illingworth | 675 | 8.6 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jennifer Haston | 69 | 0.9 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Castle :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | FPv% | % | 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 | 3 | 6 |
| Conservative | Gerry Power | 740 | 13.3 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bruce | 699 | 12.6 | | |
| Labour | Christine Simpson | 376 | 6.8 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling East :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Steven Paterson | 1,821 | 32.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Corrie McChord | 1,396 | 25.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Charles McKean | 779 | 14.0 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Brown | 765 | 13.8 | 3 | 4 |
| Conservative | Helen Scott | 764 | 13.8 | | |
Stirling council election, 2007: Bannockburn :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 Bannockburn councillor 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 8,170 Valid: 2,835 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 34.7% |||||||||||