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West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007

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May 3, 2007 (2007-05-03)
  
2012 →

Lomond
  
Lomond

15
  
3

Start date
  
May 3, 2007

Martin Rooney
  
Ronnie McColl

17 seats, 77.3%
  
3 seats, 13.6%

10
  
9

Elections to West Dunbartonshire 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 six new wards created as a results 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 22 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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Changes Since 2007 Election

  • †On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent.
  • ††On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses.

    • 2007-2011 by-elections

  • Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011

    • References

    West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007 Wikipedia
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