# 2007 West Lothian Council election

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 to use nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elects three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

## Results

2007 West Lothian Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 14 | - | - | 4 | 43.8 | 36.6 | 23,833 | 6.9 |
| SNP | 13 | - | - | 1 | 40.6 | 36.3 | 23,620 | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | 3 | - | - | 3 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 3,997 | New |
| Conservative | 1 | - | - | | 3.1 | 9.4 | 6,142 | 0.2 |
| Independent | 1 | - | - | | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3,018 | 2.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3,337 | 1.9 |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 1.2 | 778 | 0.2 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 316 | New |
Source:

## Ward results

2007 West Lothian Council election: Linlithgow :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Conservative | Tom Kerr | 2,120 | 26.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Martyn Day | 1,792 | 22.7 | 2 | 6 |
| SNP | Tam Smith | 1,340 | 17.0 | | |
| Labour | Tom Conn | 1,328 | 16.9 | 3 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff King | 739 | 9.4 | | |
| Scottish Green | Simon King-Spooner | 316 | 4.0 | | |
| Conservative | Sandy Pagan | 194 | 2.4 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Eddy Cornock | 49 | 2.5 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: Broxburn, 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 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: 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 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: Livingston South :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Lawrence Fitzpatrick | 2,584 | 30.4 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Peter Johnson | 2,543 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Danny Logue | 1,081 | 12.7 | 3 | 3 |
| SNP | John Muir | 879 | 10.4 | 4 | 5 |
| Conservative | Marion Kerr | 527 | 6.2 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Evan Bell | 420 | 4.9 | | |
| Independent | Eddie Anderson | 341 | 4.0 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mary Kerr | 115 | 1.4 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: 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 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Neil Findlay | 2,137 | 33.8 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Greg McCarra | 1,669 | 26.4 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Cathy Muldoon | 1,340 | 21.1 | 3 | 4 |
| Conservative | Sheila Grierson | 335 | 5.3 | | |
| Action to Save St John's Hospital | Tom Orr | 319 | 5.0 | | |
| Independent | James Ford | 203 | 3.2 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Wenham | 184 | 2.9 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Alun Birrell | 139 | 2.2 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: 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 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: 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 | | |
2007 West Lothian Council election: Armadale and Blackridge :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Stuart Borrowman | 1,385 | 24.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Labour | Jim Dixon | 1,330 | 23.7 | 2 | 5 |
| SNP | Isabel Hutton | 1,156 | 20.6 | 3 | 7 |
| Independent | Duncan MacLean | 780 | 13.9 | | |
| SNP | Grant McLennan | 517 | 9.2 | | |
| Conservative | Lindsay Butchart | 252 | 4.5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caron Howden | 137 | 2.4 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Steve Nimmo | 55 | 1.0 | | |