2007 East Renfrewshire Council election

Elections to East Renfrewshire Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

2007 East Renfrewshire Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 20 seats to East Renfrewshire Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour SNP Last election 7 8 0 Seats won 7 7 3 Seat change 0 1 3 Popular vote 14,567 11,825 6,794 Percentage 34.3% 27.8% 16.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 2 3 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 0 2 Popular vote 4,589 4,317 Percentage 10.8% 10.2%
Results of the election by ward
Council Leader before election No overall control Elected Council Leader No overall control

The election was the first using six new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

East Renfrewshire Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	N/A	N/A	1	35.0	34.3	14,567
	Labour	7	N/A	N/A	1	35.0	27.8	11,825
	SNP	3	N/A	N/A	3	15.0	16.0	6,794
	Liberal Democrats	1	N/A	N/A	2	5.0	10.2	4,317
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.6	247
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.4	177
	Independent	2	N/A	N/A	1	10.0	10.8	4,589

Ward results

Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North (4 seats)

Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Charlie Gilbert	22.7	1,778
	Labour	Elaine Green	21.2	1,658
	SNP	Tony Buchanan	18.3	1,434	1,449.78	1,457.58	1,465.87	1,616.20
	Conservative	Leslie Rosin	12.1	944	1,069.20	1,071.50	1,084.92	1,187.05	1,192.66	1,349.21	1,542.26
	Labour	Nasim Kahn	8.1	638	647.02	700.75	710.08	817.79	825.59	950.52
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Platt	8.1	636	654.28	661.08	673.55
	Independent	George Butler	7.9	622	630.90	633.53	683.04	806.60	817.26
	Independent	Ella Rae	1.6	123	128.70	130.29
Electorate: 13,147   Valid: 7,833   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,567

Barrhead (4 seats)

Barrhead

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Danny Devlin	25.3	1,891
	Labour	Betty Cunningham	20.4	1,526
	SNP	Douglas Yates	17.6	1,318	1,378.31	1,380.54	1,402.26	1,415.39	1,481.88	1,510.74
	Labour	Edward Philips	13.4	999	1,031.25	1,044.09	1,054.34	1,065.13	1,089.96	1,267.66	1,269.90	1,329.24	1,523.36
	Conservative	Tariq Pavez	7.5	558	580.41	580.93	582.93	593.13	624.45	624.74	626.33
	Independent	Tommy Reilly	7.0	520	584.92	587.37	594.85	662.98	696.73	706.19	706.37	838.43
	Labour	Edwina Phillips	3.3	247	259.56	262.61	263.69	269.55	286.51
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Platt	3.2	236	250.87	251.84	259.90	264.69
	Independent	Rena McGuire	1.5	111	154.56	156.02	164.94
	Scottish Socialist	Liam McGregor	0.9	65	71.49	72.12
Electorate: 12,366   Valid: 7,471   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,495

Giffnock and Thornliebank (3 seats)

Giffnock and Thornliebank

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Jim Fletcher	29.8	2,075
	Conservative	Gordon Wallace	27.2	1,899
	SNP	Joyce Lythgoe	18.2	1,266	1,330.16	1,336.00	1,390.31	1,473.32
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Mackie	17.9	1,244	1,357.28	1.365.41	1,401.65	1,585.21	2,472.07
	Conservative	Gordon Wilson	5.4	373	394.92	524.70	528.50
	Scottish Socialist	Stuart Miller	1.6	112	132.16	132.32
Electorate: 10,846   Valid: 6,969   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,743

Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood (3 seats)

Netherlee, Stamperland and Williamwood

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Mary Montague	23.5	1,644	1,691	1,852
	Independent	Ralph Robertson	18.9	1,322	1,365	1,468	1,489.09	1,567.60	1,648.68	2,144.92
	Conservative	Gordon McCaskill	16.9	1,182	1,191	1,243	1,249.97	2,080.41
	Conservative	Laurence Haniford	14.7	1,028	1,035	1,092	1,097.33
	SNP	Oliver Adair	13.7	954	1,006	1,139	1,163.15	1,215.49	1,262.81
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clarkson	8.7	609	660
	Scottish Green	Duncan Toms	3.5	247
Electorate: 10,095   Valid: 6,986   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,747

Newton Mearns South (3 seats)

Newton Mearns South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Barbara Grant	36.6	2,283
	Conservative	Jim Swift	26.4	1,649
	Labour	Ian McAlpine	17.1	1,068	1,140.32	1,147.86	1,287.45	1,884.38
	SNP	Christopher McLaughlin	10.3	645	720.16	730.40
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Rennie	9.6	601	784.17	805.27	1,140.60
Electorate: 9,586   Valid: 6,246   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 1,562

Busby, Clarkston and Eaglesham (3 seats)

Busby, Clarkston and Eaglesham

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Alan Lafferty	28.1	1,970
	Conservative	Stewart Miller	22.4	1,571	1,592.37	1,773.62
	Conservative	Alec White	18.6	1,302	1,310.70	1,516.43	1,531.22
	SNP	Alistair Carmichael	16.8	1,177	1,220.51	1,537.11	1,539.04	2,014.86
	Liberal Democrats	George Napier	14.1	991	1,061.28
Electorate: 10,521   Valid: 7,011   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,753