# 2007 Dundee City Council election

Elections to Dundee City 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 to use the new 8 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 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives. This changed after a March 2009 by-election result tipped the balance in the SNPs favour.

## Results

2007 Dundee City Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SNP | 13 | - | - | 2 | 44.8 | 40.0 | 20,804 | 5.9 |
| Labour | 10 | - | - | | 34.5 | 29.4 | 15,294 | 4.7 |
| Conservative | 3 | - | - | 2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 6,516 | 2.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | - | - | | 6.9 | 11.3 | 5,878 | 1.3 |
| Independent | 1 | - | - | | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1,582 | 0.5 |
| Solidarity | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1,002 | New |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 1.3 | 664 | 2.2 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | - | - | | 0.0 | 0.6 | 307 | New |
Source:

## Ward results
### Strathmartine

2007 Council election: Strathmartine (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | Stewart Hunter | 1,612 | 23.4 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | Ian Borthwick | 1,472 | 21.3 | 2 | 1 |
| | Labour | Kevin Keenan | 1,219 | 17.7 | 3 | 7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Dick | 959 | 13.9 | 4 | 9 |
| | SNP | Wendy Wrieden | 725 | 10.5 | | |
| | Labour | John McKiddie | 534 | 7.7 | | |
| | Conservative | Martyn Geddes | 186 | 2.7 | | |
| | Solidarity | Jim McFarlane | 120 | 1.7 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Alan Boylan | 75 | 1.1 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,902 | 50.41 | |

### Lochee

2007 Council election: Lochee (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | Nigel Don | 2,216 | 31.1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | John Letford† | 1,385 | 19.4 | 3 | 3 |
| | SNP | Bob Duncan | 1,142 | 16.0 | 2 | 2 |
| | Labour | Tom Ferguson | 940 | 13.2 | 4 | 9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Hall | 479 | 6.7 | | |
| | Conservative | Philip Varghese | 369 | 5.2 | | |
| | Labour | Chris Hind | 297 | 4.2 | | |
| | Solidarity | Neil Bell | 218 | 3.1 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Alan Albert Graham | 83 | 1.2 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,744 | 52.36 | |

### West End

2007 Council election: West End (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fraser MacPherson | 1,693 | 28.0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | Richard McCready | 1,331 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 |
| | SNP | James Walker Barrie | 1,326 | 21.9 | 3 | 1 |
| | Conservative | Donald Hay | 738 | 12.2 | 4 | 8 |
| | SNP | Chic Brodie | 495 | 8.2 | | |
| | Scottish Green | George Alexander Burton | 307 | 5.1 | | |
| | Solidarity | Luke Ivory | 95 | 1.6 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Angela Gorrie | 69 | 1.1 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,054 | 49.55 | |

### Coldside

2007 Council election: Coldside (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | James Black | 1,740 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | Helen Wright | 1,320 | 18.3 | 2 | 7 |
| | SNP | Dave Bowes | 1,033 | 14.4 | 3 | 7 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Asif | 849 | 11.8 | 4 | 10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Murray Dick | 779 | 10.8 | | |
| | Labour | David Cowan | 774 | 10.8 | | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Stewart | 351 | 4.9 | | |
| | Solidarity | Sinead Daly | 141 | 2.0 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Mary McGregor | 128 | 1.8 | | |
| | Independent | Stuart Winton | 80 | 1.1 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,195 | 50.30 | |

### Maryfield

2007 Council election: Maryfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | Elizabeth Fordyce | 1,247 | 25.3 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | Joe Morrow | 1,172 | 23.8 | 2 | 5 |
| | SNP | Ken Lynn | 941 | 19.1 | 3 | 8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Matthew | 644 | 13.1 | | |
| | Conservative | John McCraw | 410 | 8.3 | | |
| | Labour | Alex Perry | 339 | 6.9 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Grant Cromar | 96 | 1.9 | | |
| | Solidarity | Mark Walker | 83 | 1.7 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,932 | 46.21 | |

### North East

2007 Council election: North East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | Andy Dawson | 1,956 | 41.4 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | Brian Gordon | 1,392 | 29.5 | 2 | 1 |
| | SNP | Willie Sawers | 612 | 13.0 | 3 | 5 |
| | Labour | Shane Trevor Mochrie-Cox | 208 | 4.4 | | |
| | Conservative | Gladys Ross | 184 | 3.9 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Ross MacDonald | 162 | 3.4 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Helen Mary Fortune | 92 | 1.9 | | |
| | Solidarity | Leah Ganley | 83 | 1.8 | | |
| | Independent | Raymond Anthony Mennie | 30 | 0.6 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.33 | |

### East End

2007 Council election: East End (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | William Dawson | 1,980 | 34.3 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | George Regan | 957 | 16.6 | 3 | 8 |
| | Labour | George McIrvine | 913 | 15.8 | | |
| | SNP | Christina Roberts | 810 | 14.0 | 2 | 6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Petrie | 529 | 9.2 | | |
| | Conservative | Roberta Mackie | 325 | 5.6 | | |
| | Solidarity | Jim Malone | 208 | 3.6 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Heather Ferguson | 56 | 1.0 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.39 | |

### The Ferry

2007 Council election: The Ferry (4 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| | SNP | Ken Guild | 2,400 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 |
| | Labour | Laurie Bidwell | 1,664 | 17.8 | 2 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Derek Scott | 1,604 | 17.2 | 3 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Rod Wallace | 1,211 | 13.0 | 4 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Charlie Webster | 1,138 | 12.2 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Lawrie | 633 | 6.8 | | |
| | SNP | Robert Piggot | 569 | 6.1 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Alasdair Brydie Robertson Stewart | 65 | 0.7 | | |
| | Solidarity | Philip Stott | 54 | 0.6 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,338 | 61.82 | |

## Changes Since 2007 Election

* †On 24 March 2009, Lochee Cllr John Letford became an Independent after leaving the Labour Party

## By-Elections (since 3 May 2007)

A by-election was held in the Lochee ward on 22 November 2007, following the resignation of Nigel Don MSP, subsequent to his election to the Scottish Parliament. The seat was retained by the party's Alan Ross
Lochee By-Election (22 November 2007) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Alan Ross | 48.9 | 2,005 | 2,020 | 2,028 | 2,055 |
| | Labour | George McIrvine | 34.0 | 1,395 | 1,412 | 1,432 | 1,448 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hall | 10.6 | 435 | 437 | 446 | 500 |
| | Conservative | Martyn R N Geddes | 3.8 | 154 | 156 | 161 | |
| | Solidarity | Neil Bell | 1.4 | 57 | 65 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Alan Albert Graham | 1.3 | 55 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,991 Valid: 4,071 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 2,051 Turnout: 4,101 (29.24%) ||||||||
A by-election was held in the Maryfield ward on 12 March 2009, following the resignation of Labour Cllr Joe Morrow, subsequent to his appointment by the Scottish Government as president of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. The seat was won by the SNP's Craig Melville
Maryfield By-Election (12 March 2009) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Craig Melville | 47.6 | 1,550 | 1,551 | 1,557 | 1,571 | 1,620 | 1,747 |
| | Labour | George McIrvine | 31.1 | 1,013 | 1,018 | 1,021 | 1,031 | 1,052 | 1,189 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Hall | 10.9 | 354 | 356 | 362 | 367 | 455 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Stewart | 6.9 | 224 | 226 | 237 | 241 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Angela Gorrie | 1.6 | 52 | 52 | 55 | | | |
| | Independent | Grant Simmons | 1.1 | 35 | 48 | | | | |
| | Independent | Dave Young | 0.9 | 28 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,195 Valid: 2,607 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,629 Turnout: 3,290 (29.39%) ||||||||||