2007 Aberdeen City Council election

The 2007 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council, at the same time as 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, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 43 single-member wards, which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

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All 43 seats to Aberdeen City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats SNP Labour Last election 20 seats, 35.4% 6 seats, 23.0% 14 seats, 24.2% Seats won 15 12 10 Seat change 5 6 3 Popular vote 20,845 22,791 19,003 Percentage 26.9% 29.5% 24.6% Swing 8.5% 6.5% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 3 seats, 15.3% 0 seats, 0.5% Seats won 5 1 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 10,889 2,090 Percentage 14.1% 2.7% Swing 1.2% 2.2%
The 13 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election No overall control Council Leader after election No overall control

The results saw the council remain under no overall control.^[1]

Election results

Aberdeen City Local Election Result 2007^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	15	N/A	N/A	5	34.9	26.9	20,845	8.5
	SNP	12	N/A	N/A	6	27.9	29.5	22,791	6.5
	Labour	10	N/A	N/A	3	23.3	24.6	19,003	0.4
	Conservative	5	N/A	N/A	2	11.6	14.1	10,889	1.2
	Independent	1	N/A	N/A	0	2.3	2.7	2,090	2.2
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	1.6	1,204	New
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.3	248	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.3	218	1.4
	BNP	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	81	New

Ward results

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Jill Wisely	27.4	1,911
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Cassie	19.6	1,365	1,381	1,446	1,695
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill	18.0	1,257	1,310	1,385	1,565
	SNP	Rigg Robertson	17.3	1,207	1,220	1,296	1,399
	Labour	Allan McIntosh	12.8	894	901	940
	Independent	Graham Bennett	4.8	332	352
Electorate:     Valid: 6,966   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,742   Turnout: 7,046

Bridge of Don - 4 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Muriel Jaffrey	36.3	2,805
	Labour	Willie Young	20.9	1,615	1,615
	Liberal Democrats	John Reynolds†	18.3	1,411	1,573	1,573
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Leslie†††††	9.5	731	921	929	938	977	1,316
	Conservative	Brian Davidson	7.9	610	726	731	733	783	827
	Liberal Democrats	Millie McLeod	5.2	404	509	523	535	587
	Independent	Hamish Mackay	1.9	146	267	272	273
Electorate:     Valid: 7,722   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,545   Turnout: 7,814

Dyce/Buckburn/Danestone - 4 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Mark McDonald	36.2	2,620
	Labour	Barney Crockett	24.9	1,801	1,801
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Clark	21.2	1,534	1,534	1,534
	Liberal Democrats	George Penny	5.0	360	593	667	713	727	769	885
	Conservative	Avril MacKenzie	8.3	603	701	730	738	752	781	833
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	2.0	147	298	330	335	348	409
	Independent	Angela Dunn	1.6	116	190	211	214	260
	Independent	Dennis Grattan	0.8	57	117	131	133
Electorate:     Valid: 7,238   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,448   Turnout: 7,349

George Street/Harbour - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Andrew May	32.4	1,272
	Labour	Jim Hunter††††††	24.5	960	994
	Liberal Democrats	John Stewart	20.4	801	859	860	963	1,071
	Scottish Green	Clive Kempe	7.8	306	364	365	414	492
	Labour	George Penny	8.2	322	343	351	382
	Conservative	Alexander Olsen	6.7	261	282	282
Electorate:     Valid: 3,922   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 981   Turnout: 4,013

Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross - 4 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Greig	24.0	1,901
	Conservative	Jim Farquharson†††	21.8	1,728	1,728
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stewart	20.4	1,614	1,614	1,614
	SNP	John West	14.2	1,126	1,168	1,172	1,175	1,195	1,273	1,352
	Labour	Timothy Harris	10.8	855	904	906	910	917	972	1,041
	Conservative	Fraser Forsyth	5.1	406	457	573	578	583	614
	Scottish Green	Rachel Shanks	2.8	220	264	266	270	285
	Scottish Socialist	Howard Chandler	0.8	65	69	69	70
Electorate:     Valid: 7,915   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,584   Turnout: 7,998

Hilton/Stockethill - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Kirsty West	33.9	1,761
	Labour	George Adam	30.6	1,589	1,589
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Fletcher	20.6	1,068	1,195	1,219	1,388
	Labour	Charlie Pirie	8.6	444	532	745	792
	Conservative	Frank Webster	6.3	329	371	375
Electorate:     Valid: 5,191   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,298   Turnout: 5,321

Kincorth/Loirston - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Callum McCaig	32.0	1,883
	Liberal Democrats	Katharine Dean	20.2	1,190	1,262	1,270	1,309	1,462	1,610
	Labour	Neil Cooney	19.8	1,162	1,205	1,214	1,237	1,260	1,298	1,321
	Labour	Sue Rae	12.7	748	782	792	826	843	889	992
	Conservative	Graeme Webster	7.2	423	441	447	473	493
	Liberal Democrats	Angus Easton	4.1	239	260	266	283
	Independent	Daniel Yeats	3.0	179	206	224
	Solidarity	Paul Mitcheson	1.0	58	84
Electorate:     Valid: 5,882   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,471   Turnout: 6,024

Kingswells/Sheddocksley - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Wendy Stuart	33.6	1,746
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stephen	24.3	1,260	1,312
	Labour	Len Ironside	16.3	848	899	900	910	935	987
	Labour	Rose Clayton	14.6	758	810	811	826	872	958
	Conservative	Bill Berry	7.0	364	388	389	407	454
	Liberal Democrats	David Young	2.6	135	180	187	210
	BNP	Steven Thomson	1.6	81	111	112
Electorate:     Valid: 5,192   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,299   Turnout: 5,290

Lower Deeside - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Malone	23.9	1,536	1,660
	Conservative	Alan Milne††††	24.0	1,546	1,588	1,592	1,745
	Independent	Marie Boulton	17.1	1,097	1,173	1,176	1,353	1,399
	SNP	David Adams	16.6	1,068	1,125	1,127	1,234	1,253
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Malone	9.4	603	692	726
	Labour	Marianne Stewart	9.1	583
Electorate:     Valid: 6,435   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,609   Turnout: 6,504

Midstocket/Rosemount - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	John Porter	27.7	1,503
	SNP	Bill Cormie	26.3	1,431	1,431
	Labour	Jenny Laing	21.1	1,144	1,164	1,176	1,223	1,281
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	12.4	671	689	702	753	1,201
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Donaldson	9.7	529	563	570	586
	Scottish Socialist	Christine Chandler	2.8	153	155	167
Electorate:     Valid: 5,431   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,358   Turnout: 5,491

Northfield - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Jackie Dunbar	30.9	1,557
	Labour	Gordon Graham	27.8	1,401	1,401
	SNP	Kevin Stewart	20.8	1,050	1,249	1,258	1,281
	Labour	Ramsey Milne	11.6	587	603	698	722
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Freel	6.0	302	320	326	368
	Conservative	Pat Wokoma	2.8	143	145	146
Electorate:     Valid: 5,040   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,261   Turnout: 5,243

Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen - 3 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jim Noble	31.9	1,365
	Labour	Norman Collie††	25.1	1,074	1,074
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robertson	13.7	585	638	638	659	799	926
	Labour	Sandra Macdonald	13.9	595	634	635	648	718	791
	Conservative	Hannah Dolan	7.8	333	347	347	354	377
	Scottish Green	Daniel Johnston	5.7	244	289	289	329
	Solidarity	Angela McLeman	2.1	88	110	110
Electorate:     Valid: 4,284   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,072   Turnout: 4,393

Torry/Ferryhill - 4 seats^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Jim Kiddie	30.9	1,900
	Labour	Yvonne Allan	20.7	1,275	1,275
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Cormack	17.5	1,077	1,155	1,160	1,169	1,202	1,397
	Conservative	Alan Donnelly	11.9	729	757	758	762	796	818	846	889
	Scottish Green	John Reekie	4.7	287	386	388	431	476	528	564	672
	Labour	Ted Harris	5.7	348	415	440	458	478	511	538
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Petchey	4.4	270	334	335	345	364
	Independent	Chris Cowie	2.6	163	198	199	219
	Solidarity	Shug Falconer	1.7	102	150	151
Electorate:     Valid: 6,151   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,231   Turnout: 6,263

Changes since 2007 Election

• † In March 2012, Bridge of Don Cllr John Reynolds resigned from the Liberal Democrats and sat as an Independent.
• †† In January 2011, Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen Cllr Norman Collie resigned from the Labour Party and set as an Independent.
• ††† In June 2011, Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross Cllr Jim Farquaharson was expelled from the Conservative Party and sat as an Independent.
• †††† In June 2011, Lower Deeside Cllr Alan Milne was expelled from the Conservative Party and sat as an Independent.
• ††††† In September 2011, Bridge of Don Cllr Gordon Leslie was suspended from the Liberal Democrats. He subsequently resigned from the party and sat as an Independent.
• †††††† In February 2012, George Street/Harbour Cllr Jim Hunter was suspended from the Labour Party. He subsequently resigned from the party and sat as an Independent.

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

• A by-election was held in the Midstocket/Rosemount Ward following the death of the Conservatives' John Porter on 23 May 2007. The by-election was won by the SNP's John Corall on 16 August 2007

Midstocket/Rosemount by-election 16 August 2007 - 1 Seat^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	John Corall	29.5	873	875	885	984	1,258
	Conservative	Fraser Forsyth	27.8	821	825	826	873	1,122
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	23.4	693	700	708	869
	Labour	Allan McIntosh	17.5	518	520	529
	Solidarity	Stephen Haddan	1.1	31	33
	Independent	Dennis Grattan	0.7	20
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing
Electorate: 10,288   Valid: 2,956   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 2,977 (28.9%)

• A by-election was held in the Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone Ward following the death of the Liberal Democrats' Ron Clark on 21 February 2011. The by-election was won by the SNP's Neil MacGregor on 19 May 2011

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election 19 May 2011 - 1 Seat^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Neil MacGregor	51.4	2,090
	Labour	Graeme Lawrence	23.1	941
	Liberal Democrats	Kristian Chapman	11.0	446
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	8.7	352
	Independent	Angela Joss	3.7	150
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	2.2	88
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
Electorate:     Valid: 4,067   Spoilt:     Quota: 2,034   Turnout: 29.5%

• A by-election was held in the Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee Ward following the resignation of the Liberal Democrats' Scott Cassie on 27 April 2011 after he was jailed for embezzlement. The by-election was won by the SNP's Gordon Scott Townson on 23 June 2011.

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee by-election 23 June 2011 - 1 Seat^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Gordon Scott Townson	33.2	1,112	1,115	1,120	1,136	1,161	1,263	1,441	1,792
	Labour	Angela Taylor	23.3	783	783	784	810	829	956	1,068
	Conservative	Bill Berry	19.4	649	652	654	656	676	801
	Liberal Democrats	Gregor McAbery	16.5	554	558	562	584	599
	Independent	Graham Murray Bennett	2.9	98	99	109	122
	Scottish Green	Richie Brian	3.0	101	103	104
	Independent	Hamish Hay Mackay	1.0	32	34
	National Front	Dave Macdonald	0.7	25
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	18.5%
Electorate: 11,623   Valid: 3,354   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 1,678   Turnout: 3,386 (29.1%)

References

1. "Aberdenn". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
2. "Local Election Results 3rd May 2007" (PDF). Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
3. "Local Government Elections May 2007 - Full Results". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Midstocket/Rosemount By-Election 16 August 2007". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
5. "Aberdeen by-election result announced". Aberdeen City Council. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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