Elections to The Moray Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament election. The election was the first using the eight new wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. 26 councillors were elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system. Previously there were single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system.
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The election resulted in a previously Independent council becoming an Independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four. The use of STV electoral system benefited the SNP and the Conservatives, with them gaining 6 and 2 seats respectively. It did not benefit Labour at all, which fell from second place in terms of seats to last. In addition, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost their sole representative on the council
Future SNP Member of Parliament Graham Leadbitter was first elected at this election.
Background
editPrevious election
editMain article: 2003 Moray Council election
The previous election in 2003 were the last to use the first-past-the-post voting system. At that election, the Independent group received 16 seats and were able to form a majority administration.
Party | Seats | Vote share |
---|---|---|
Independent | 16 | 49.3% |
Labour | 5 | 12.7% |
SNP | 3 | 25.2% |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 7.9% |
Conservative | 1 | 4.3% |
Source:[1]
Composition
editThere were 3 by-elections in the 2003-07 term. One by-election was held in the Buckie West ward and was an Independent hold. The other two by-elections were held in the Speyside ward, one resulted in a SNP gain from Independent, and the other resulted in an Independent gain from SNP. As such the composition of the council did not change between 2003 and 2007.
Party | 2003 election | Dissolution |
---|---|---|
Independent | 16 | 16 |
Labour | 5 | 5 |
SNP | 3 | 3 |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 |
Conservative | 1 | 1 |
Source:[1]
Summary of results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 12 | n/a | n/a | –4 | 46.2 | 36.9 | 12,535 | 12.4 | |
SNP | 9 | n/a | n/a | +6 | 34.6 | 35.2 | 11,942 | 10.0 | |
Conservative | 3 | n/a | n/a | +2 | 11.5 | 15.8 | 5,374 | 11.5 | |
Labour | 2 | n/a | n/a | -3 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 2,945 | 4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | n/a | n/a | -1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 587 | 6.2 | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 438 | New | |
UKIP | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 116 | New |
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Pearl Paul | 1,107 | 29.17 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Mike McConnachie | 881 | 23.21 | 2 | 2 | |
Conservative | Gordon Henderson | 658 | 17.34 | |||
Independent | Fiona Murdoch | 571 | 15.05 | 3 | 5 | |
Independent | Andrina Taylor | 462 | 12.17 | |||
UKIP | Matthew Desmond | 116 | 3.06 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Gary Coull | 1,555 | 36.87 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | Ron Shepherd | 827 | 19.61 | 2 | 4 | |
Independent | Stewart Cree | 698 | 16.55 | 3 | 4 | |
Independent | Percy Watt | 582 | 13.80 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Matheson | 300 | 7.11 | |||
Conservative | Olive Starsmore | 256 | 6.07 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Gordon McDonald | 1,188 | 32.40 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | Anne McKay | 708 | 19.31 | 2 | 4 | |
Independent | Joe Mackay | 698 | 19.03 | 3 | 4 | |
Labour | John Leslie | 507 | 13.83 | |||
Conservative | Ian Moir | 397 | 10.83 | |||
Independent | Bruce Smith | 169 | 4.61 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Anita McDonald | 1,159 | 28.86 | 1 | 1 | |
Conservative | Douglas Ross | 727 | 18.10 | 3 | 7 | |
Independent | George McIntyre | 608 | 15.14 | 2 | 7 | |
Labour | Lans Bangura | 440 | 10.96 | |||
Independent | Eddie Coutts | 374 | 9.31 | |||
Independent | Paul McBain | 333 | 8.29 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Horton | 287 | 7.15 | |||
Independent | Gordon Davidson | 56 | 1.39 | |||
Independent | Alan Bodman | 32 | 0.79 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | David Stewart | 1,646 | 31.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | Eric McGillivray | 813 | 15.31 | 2 | 7 | |
Independent | John Hogg | 744 | 14.01 | 3 | 8 | |
Conservative | Allan Wright | 606 | 11.41 | 4 | 8 | |
Independent | Chris Tuke | 531 | 10.0 | |||
Independent | Harry Halkett | 354 | 6.67 | |||
Independent | Eric Paton | 254 | 4.78 | |||
Independent | Des Donaldson | 155 | 2.92 | |||
Independent | Martyn Harris | 114 | 2.15 | |||
Independent | Neil Hutchinson | 92 | 1.73 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Mike Shand | 1,500 | 41.33 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Barry Jarvis | 866 | 23.86 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent | John Russell | 671 | 18.50 | 3 | 2 | |
Conservative | Frank Brown | 592 | 16.31 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Graham Leadbitter | 1,304 | 33.16 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | John Divers | 1,132 | 28.79 | 2 | 1 | |
Independent | Alistair Bisset | 904 | 22.99 | 3 | 2 | |
Conservative | Dennis Thompson | 592 | 15.06 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Irene Ogilvie | 1,602 | 29.83 | 1 | 1 | |
Conservative | Iain Young | 1,546 | 28.78 | 2 | 1 | |
Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 716 | 13.33 | 3 | 5 | |
Independent | Lee Bell | 482 | 8.97 | 4 | 5 | |
Scottish Senior Citizens | Thomas Anderson | 438 | 8.15 | |||
Independent | Pat Carroll | 326 | 6.07 | |||
Independent | Rick Walker | 261 | 4.86 |
Aftermath
editAs no single political grouping on the council had enough seats to form a majority administration, the Independent and Conservative groupings together formed a coalition.
By-elections
editElgin City South by-election
editOn 14 February 2008, a by-election was held for the Elgin City South ward, after the death of Cllr A G K Bisset (Independent).
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SNP | John Alexander Sharp | 32.10 | 670 | 670 | 672 | 672 | 679 | 685 | 706 | 763 | 884 | |
Independent | Hamish Simpson | 24.3 | 513 | 513 | 518 | 523 | 527 | 540 | 612 | 722 | 845 | |
Labour | Mark Cascarino | 17.0 | 358 | 358 | 361 | 363 | 370 | 380 | 403 | 459 | ||
Independent | James Scott Allan | 10.6 | 223 | 224 | 227 | 229 | 233 | 240 | 278 | |||
Conservative | Frank Brown | 9.8 | 206 | 206 | 206 | 208 | 216 | 223 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter J Horton | 2.3 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 53 | |||||
Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 1.5 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 37 | ||||||
UKIP | Matthew Coughlan Desmond | 1.0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
Independent | Martyn Harris | 0.8 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
Independent | Gordon Davidson | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||||
SNP gain from Independent | Swing | |||||||||||
Electorate: 7,886 Valid: 2,087 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 2,112 |
Forres by-election
editOn 11 November 2010, a by-election was held for the Forres ward, after the retirement of Cllr Iain Young (Conservative).
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Aaron John McLean | 24.1 | 773 | 774 | 789 | 800 | 837 | 899 | 950 | 1,045 | |
Independent | Lorna Creswell | 17.5 | 562 | 576 | 615 | 686 | 726 | 878 | 999 | 1,399 | |
Independent | Anne Audrey Skene | 14.4 | 463 | 464 | 491 | 541 | 572 | 695 | 860 | ||
Conservative | Paul McBain | 14.4 | 463 | 464 | 476 | 486 | 491 | 511 | |||
Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 12.5 | 401 | 405 | 419 | 433 | 459 | ||||
Labour | Mark Cascarino | 6.1 | 195 | 195 | 201 | 205 | |||||
Independent | Janet Kennedy | 6.0 | 192 | 194 | 201 | ||||||
Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 4.1 | 132 | 135 | |||||||
Independent | Jane Elizabeth Cotton | 0.9 | 30 | ||||||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||||||||
Electorate: 11,224 Valid: 3,210 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,606 Turnout: 3,233 (28.8%) |
References
edit- ^ a b Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Ward 7 - Elgin City South By-Election 14 February 2008" (PDF). moray.gov.uk. Election Office. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Keddie, Alastair. "Local Government By-Election Electoral Ward No. 8 11 November 2010" (PDF). moray.gov.uk. Elections Office. Retrieved 10 June 2021.