# 2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

Elections to Dumfries and Galloway 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 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10. 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously.

## Results

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 18 | - | - | 7 | 38.3 | 32.2 | 20,815 |
| Labour | 14 | - | - | | 29.8 | 28.1 | 18,169 |
| SNP | 10 | - | - | 5 | 21.3 | 19.0 | 12,266 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | - | - | 2 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 5,340 |
| Independent | 2 | - | - | 10 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 7,240 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 619 |
| UKIP | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 175 |

## Ward results
### Stranraer and North Rhins (3 seats)

Stranraer and North Rhins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Willie Scobie | 25.8 | 1,006 | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Dougan | 23.9 | 932 | 933.46 | 1,018.91 | | |
| | SNP | Iain William Dick | 18.0 | 702 | 703.46 | 805.61 | 812.48 | 1,114.69 |
| | Independent | Ian McIntyre | 17.2 | 668 | 669.27 | 752.93 | 773.26 | |
| | Labour | Tommy Sloan | 15.0 | 584 | 606.93 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,350 Valid: 3,892 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 974 Turnout: 54.1% |||||||||

### Wigtown West (3 seats)

Wigtown West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Robert James Higgins | 33.0 | 1,291 | | | |
| | Labour | Grahame Forster | 31.4 | 1,230 | | | |
| | Conservative | Roberta Tuckfield | 22.1 | 866 | 904.06 | 942.47 | 1,019.30 |
| | Independent | Ted Adamson | 8.3 | 327 | 395.17 | 449.64 | 559.16 |
| | Scottish Green | Bob Bauld | 5.2 | 203 | 270.21 | 310.05 | |
| Electorate: 6,914 Valid: 3,917 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 974 Turnout: 57.3% ||||||||

### Mid Galloway (3 seats)

Mid Galloway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Alistair Geddes | 38.7 | 1,654 | | | |
| | Conservative | Graham Nicol | 32.5 | 1,387 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra McDowall | 15.2 | 650 | 867.51 | 1,008.06 | 1,460.25 |
| | Labour | Maggie Birch | 13.6 | 581 | 713.63 | 749.85 | |
| Electorate: 7,558 Valid: 4,272 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,069 Turnout: 57.2% ||||||||

### Dee (3 seats)

Dee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | Patsy Gilroy | 21.0 | 994 | 1,027 | 1,054 | 1,059.04 | 1,143.39 | 1,736.70 |
| | Independent | Jane Maitland | 20.9 | 989 | 1,062 | 1,200 | | | |
| | SNP | Thomas Jacques | 19.5 | 924 | 970 | 1,043 | 1,045.25 | 1,122.86 | 1,188.13 |
| | Conservative | Chris Walker | 14.8 | 701 | 713 | 766 | 767.85 | 906.59 | |
| | Independent | Ian McConchie | 8.8 | 418 | 437 | 490 | 494.56 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Mitchell | 8.1 | 384 | 437 | | | | |
| | Labour | John Syndney Burt | 6.7 | 319 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,463 Valid: 4,729 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 64.3% ||||||||||

### Castle Douglas and Glenkens (3 seats)

Castle Douglas and Glenkens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Duncan | 32.3 | 1,560 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Brian Collins | 23.9 | 1,152 | 1,165.84 | 1,251.30 | | | |
| | Independent | George Nicol Prentice | 18.7 | 904 | 940.99 | 1,006.35 | 1,016.27 | 1,180.89 | 1,536.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Mary Barratt | 9.8 | 471 | 487.57 | 606.47 | 620.16 | 719.30 | |
| | Labour | Mike McLurg | 9.4 | 451 | 456.22 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Alex Zimmerman | 5.9 | 285 | 527.80 | 543.62 | 546.82 | | |
| Electorate: 7,983 Valid: 4,823 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,206 Turnout: 61.5% ||||||||||

### Abbey (4 seats)

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Conservative | Ian Blake | 19.7 | 1,081 | 1,091 | 1,126 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Rob Davidson | 17.8 | 976 | 996 | 1,010 | 1,010.90 | 1,056.97 | 1,097.97 | 1,153.02 | | |
| | Conservative | Bruce Hodgson | 14.2 | 778 | 825 | 834 | 851.27 | 883.96 | 924.15 | 990.59 | 995.94 | 1,052.65 |
| | Labour | Tom McAughtrie | 14.1 | 777 | 794 | 797 | 797.39 | 812.44 | 856.44 | 874.46 | 881.32 | |
| | Labour | Davie Stitt | 14.0 | 770 | 777 | 806 | 807.08 | 843.22 | 881.22 | 943.36 | 953.57 | 1,479.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Robertson | 4.9 | 267 | 280 | 290 | 290.37 | 316.42 | | | | |
| | Independent | John White | 4.3 | 239 | 266 | 304 | 304.90 | 372.27 | 418.34 | | | |
| | Independent | Stuart Martin Clement | 3.8 | 211 | 226 | 269 | 270.85 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Stewart McMickan | 3.7 | 203 | 211 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael John Thomson | 3.5 | 194 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,347 Valid: 5,496 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,100 Turnout: 59.7% |||||||||||||

### North West Dumfries (4 seats)

North West Dumfries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Ronnie Nicholson | 25.6 | 1,327 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Graham Bell | 20.4 | 1,060 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | David John McKie | 19.2 | 996 | 1,132.95 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Doug Snell | 15.6 | 809 | 819.85 | 824.49 | 827.34 | 864.91 | 950.22 | 1,179.06 |
| | Labour | Stephen David Harman | 12.5 | 650 | 722.49 | 789.41 | 790.64 | 823.31 | 868.90 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joe Sweeney | 3.6 | 188 | 192.12 | 194.25 | 197.99 | 240.41 | | |
| | Independent | Arthur Tremble | 3.1 | 163 | 169.73 | 173.46 | 177.52 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,794 Valid: 5,193 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 54.3% |||||||||||

### Mid and Upper Nithsdale (4 seats)

Mid and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Jim Dempster | 22.0 | 1,261 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gill Dykes | 19.2 | 1,102 | 1,106.10 | 1,117.38 | 1,138.47 | 1,195.83 | | | |
| | Labour | John Syme | 15.3 | 876 | 942.11 | 961.57 | 989.39 | 1,010.03 | 1,011.46 | 1,074.06 | 1,136.04 |
| | SNP | Andrew Stuart Wood | 13.7 | 783 | 790.02 | 816.39 | 842.57 | 899.21 | 901.90 | 996.69 | 1,117.31 |
| | Conservative | Neil McKay | 13.1 | 753 | 757.74 | 766.02 | 794.56 | 836.65 | 870.23 | 985.48 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rog Wood | 6.6 | 378 | 386.66 | 397.03 | 414.48 | 474.85 | 477.80 | | |
| | Independent | Mike Steele | 4.5 | 256 | 258.46 | 294.01 | 317.28 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Douglas Watters | 3.1 | 175 | 178.01 | 181.19 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Moses Kungu | 2.5 | 145 | 149.19 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,354 Valid: 5,729 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 62.3% ||||||||||||

### Lochar (4 seats)

Lochar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Jeff Leaver | 19.3 | 978 | 983 | 1,010 | 1,522 | | | |
| | Conservative | John Anthony Charteris | 17.2 | 872 | 882 | 916 | 923 | 949.14 | 951.08 | 1,092.25 |
| | SNP | Lorna Jean McGowan | 16.5 | 836 | 843 | 901 | 930 | 1,029.85 | | |
| | Conservative | Ivor Alexander Hyslop | 15.6 | 791 | 799 | 832 | 840 | 860.44 | 861.94 | 1,001.14 |
| | Labour | Alec Martin | 11.8 | 597 | 603 | 636 | | | | |
| | Independent | David Slater | 10.9 | 550 | 593 | 672 | 686. | 764.07 | 768.89 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robertson | 6.3 | 317 | 340 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Graham William Sutherland McLeod | 2.3 | 118 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,900 Valid: 5,059 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 57.7% |||||||||||

### Nith (4 seats)

Nith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | John Allan Martin | 23.0 | 1,268 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Alistair Witts | 20.8 | 1,145 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Jack Groom | 14.4 | 794 | 795.56 | 798.13 | 843.68 | 1,304.35 | | |
| | Labour | Colin Smyth | 13.0 | 714 | 847.76 | 854.92 | 912.09 | 940.39 | 954.98 | 1,262.99 |
| | Conservative | Frances Hassall | 11.3 | 623 | 624.69 | 626.60 | 662.00 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kerr Little | 10.9 | 598 | 605.55 | 614.02 | 740.42 | 794.05 | 857.23 | |
| | Independent | Robin Wishart | 6.7 | 368 | 370.34 | 378.30 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,021 Valid: 5,510 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 55.8% |||||||||||

### Annandale South (4 seats)

Annandale South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Sean William Marshall | 23.1 | 1,324 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Brodie | 16.9 | 970 | 1,001.63 | 1,139.01 | 1,183.28 | | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Brian Carruthers | 16.4 | 936 | 939.92 | 983.60 | 1,406.95 | | | |
| | Labour | Ronnie Ogilvie | 14.1 | 807 | 903.93 | 1,001.72 | 1,016.26 | 1,040.12 | 1,049.86 | 1,315.73 |
| | SNP | John McNaught | 11.6 | 665 | 674.33 | 743.73 | 766.00 | 804.06 | 812.86 | |
| | Conservative | Sharon Jane Ledger | 9.2 | 527 | 530.24 | 582.65 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Ramage | 8.6 | 494 | 504.14 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,833 Valid: 5,723 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 53.9% |||||||||||

### Annandale North (4 seats)

Annandale North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Roger Brian Grant | 18.5 | 1,011 | 1,019 | 1,146 | | | | |
| | Labour | Ted Brown | 15.0 | 818 | 843 | 848 | 848.95 | 889.04 | 1,002.09 | 1,095.45 |
| | Conservative | Gail MacGregor | 13.7 | 751 | 754 | 834 | 866.58 | 907.39 | 959.48 | 1,089.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Dickie | 13.7 | 749 | 786 | 805 | 808.86 | 862.00 | 1,043.31 | 1,328.72 |
| | SNP | Johanne Lydia Wood | 13.0 | 710 | 733 | 739 | 739.82 | 775.95 | | |
| | Independent | Billy Lockhart | 10.0 | 547 | 559 | 578 | 583.85 | 796.26 | 934.26 | |
| | Independent | Jean Hamilton Purves | 8.2 | 446 | 461 | 467 | 470.72 | | | |
| | Conservative | Neil MacInnes | 5.1 | 277 | 278 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Alis Ballance | 2.9 | 159 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,951 Valid: 5,468 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,094 Turnout: 55.8% |||||||||||

### Annandale East (4 seats)

Annandale East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Denis Raymond Male | 20.6 | 992 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Lindsay | 20.4 | 981 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Archie Dryburgh | 17.3 | 835 | 835.88 | 836.63 | 879.83 | 997.11 | | |
| | Conservative | Allan Graham | 15.8 | 761 | 777.19 | 788.38 | 816.71 | 873.51 | 877.49 | 1,069.86 |
| | SNP | Murray Collins | 12.9 | 619 | 622.39 | 623.64 | 667.93 | 776.26 | 784.66 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter James Burn | 7.6 | 368 | 369.46 | 370.49 | 448.63 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Nicholas John Jennings | 5.3 | 257 | 258.55 | 259.15 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,629 Valid: 4,813 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 963 Turnout: 50.7% |||||||||||

## By-Elections since 3 May 2007

* On 1 May 2008, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Bruce Hodgson who had resigned. Michael John Thomson retained the seat for the Conservative Party.
Abbey by-election May 1, 2008 - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Thomson | 40.08 | 1,713 | 1,749 | 1,804 | 2,006 |
| | Labour | Tom McAughtrie | 33.18 | 1,393 | 1,418 | 1,471 | 1,712 |
| | SNP | John Richard McNaught | 17.98 | 755 | 785 | 833 | |
| | Independent | Graham William Sutherland McLeod | 4.12 | 173 | 216 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Joseph Mycock | 3.91 | 164 | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 9,381 Valid: 4,224 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 2,100 Turnout: 4,250 ||||||||
* On 16 June 2011, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Michael John Thomson who had resigned. Tom McAughtrie won the seat for the Labour Party.
Abbey by-election June 16, 2011 - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Conservative | Kath Lord | 39.46 | 1,236 | 1,391 |
| | Labour | Tom McAughtrie | 38.19 | 1,196 | 1,448 |
| | SNP | Yowann Byghan | 21.65 | 678 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 9,249 Valid: 3,132 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 3,154 ||||||