# 2007 Angus Council election

Elections to Angus 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 8 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 a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

## Election result

Angus Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| SNP | 13 | N/A | N/A | –4 | 44.8 | 38.3 | 17,255 |
| Conservative | 5 | N/A | N/A | +3 | 17.2 | 19.1 | 8,609 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 4,391 |
| Labour | 2 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 6.9 | 11.8 | 5,307 |
| Solidarity | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 62 |
| Independent | 6 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 9,412 |

## Ward results

2007 Council election: Kirriemuir and Dean :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Conservative | Ian Mackintosh | 2,343 | 47.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Iain Gaul | 1,223 | 24.6 | 2 | 2 |
| SNP | Christine Urquhart | 544 | 10.9 | | |
| Labour | Derek David Ramsay | 462 | 9.3 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Andrews | 398 | 8.0 | 3 | 5 |
2007 Council election: Brechin and Edzell :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Ruth Leslie Melville | 971 | 22.1 | 1 | 4 |
| Independent | Bob Myles | 798 | 18.1 | 2 | 6 |
| SNP | Mairi Evans | 765 | 17.4 | 3 | 8 |
| SNP | Joy Mowatt | 706 | 16.1 | | |
| Conservative | Elaine Milne | 373 | 8.5 | | |
| Independent | David Adam | 313 | 7.1 | | |
| Labour | Ron Thoms | 286 | 6.5 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Fleming | 185 | 4.2 | | |
2007 Council election: Forfar and District :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Colin Brown | 1,782 | 30.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Glennis Middleton | 1,111 | 18.8 | 2 | 3 |
| SNP | William Middleton | 1,053 | 17.8 | 3 | 5 |
| Conservative | John Rymer | 878 | 14.8 | 4 | 7 |
| Labour | Mitch Cameron | 526 | 8.9 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Avril Simpson | 495 | 8.4 | | |
| Independent | John Phillip | 76 | 1.3 | | |
2007 Council election: Monifieth and Sidlaw :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Frank Ellis | 2,604 | 34.5 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Rob Murray | 1,496 | 19.8 | 2 | 2 |
| Conservative | John R Whyte | 1,396 | 18.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Labour | Margaret Thomson | 1,040 | 13.8 | 4 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Petrie | 544 | 7.2 | | |
| Independent | Craig Fotheringham | 473 | 6.3 | | |
2007 Council election: Carnoustie and District :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Helen Oswald | 1,837 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Peter Murphy | 1,160 | 21.8 | 2 | 4 |
| Conservative | John Richard Hillman | 863 | 16.3 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Wilmott | 748 | 14.1 | | |
| SNP | Ralph Palmer | 639 | 12.0 | 3 | 6 |
| Solidarity | Alan Manley | 62 | 1.2 | | |
2007 Council election: Arbroath West and Letham :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Conservative | David Lumgair | 1,322 | 21.4 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Alex King | 1,169 | 18.9 | 3 | 6 |
| Independent | David Fairweather | 1,117 | 18.1 | 2 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Nield | 857 | 13.9 | 4 | 8 |
| Labour | Joan Warren | 627 | 10.2 | | |
| SNP | Brian Milne | 565 | 9.1 | | |
| Independent | Anne Marie Sim | 485 | 7.9 | | |
| Independent | Rob Pearce | 35 | 0.6 | | |
2007 Council election: Arbroath East and Lunan :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Sheena Welsh | 1,282 | 24.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | Robert Ritchie Spink | 1,041 | 20.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Conservative | Jim Millar | 789 | 15.2 | 3 | 6 |
| Labour | Alastair John Stuart | 677 | 13.0 | | |
| SNP | Donald Morrison | 620 | 11.9 | 4 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ginny Graham | 504 | 9.7 | | |
| Independent | Ian Watson | 281 | 5.4 | | |
2007 Council election: Montrose and District :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Mark Salmond | 1,550 | 28.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Sandy West | 832 | 15.1 | 4 | 5 |
| SNP | Paul Valentine | 809 | 14.7 | 3 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | David May | 660 | 12.0 | 2 | 5 |
| Conservative | Ingram Bruce | 645 | 11.7 | | |
| Labour | James Sinclair | 529 | 9.6 | | |
| Independent | Joe Wishart | 490 | 8.9 | | |

## By-Elections since 3 May 2007

* A by-election was held in the Monifieth & Sidlaw Ward on 25 June 2009 following the death of the SNP's Frank Ellis. This was won by the SNP's Jean Lee
Monifieth & Sidlaw by-election 25 June 2009 - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Jean Lee | 68.62 | 2,486 |
| | Conservative | Craig Robert Fotheringham | 19.27 | 698 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles William Donald Goodall | 12.12 | 439 |
| | SNP hold | Swing | | |
| Valid: 3,623 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,829 Turnout: 3,657 |||||
* A by-election was held in the Carnoustie & District Ward on 3 February 2011 following the resignation of the SNP's Ralph Palmer. This was won by the Independent Brian Boyd
Carnoustie & District by-election 3 February 2011 - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Ed Oswald | 41.46 | 1,289 | 1,302 | 1,346 | 1,426 | |
| | Independent | Brian Boyd | 40.27 | 1,252 | 1,290 | 1,370 | 1,454 | 2,113 |
| | Labour | Ron Thoms | 8.3 | 258 | 266 | 287 | | |
| | Conservative | Eddie Wilmott | 7.0 | 217 | 234 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Goodall | 2.9 | 93 | | | | |
| | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 10,090 Valid: 3,109 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,555 Turnout: 3,128 |||||||||