2007 Angus Council election

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2007 Angus Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 29 seats to Angus Council 15 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Angus 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 8 new 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 a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election result

Angus Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	13	N/A	N/A	–4	44.8	38.3	17,255
	Conservative	5	N/A	N/A	+3	17.2	19.1	8,609
	Liberal Democrats	3	N/A	N/A	±0	10.3	9.7	4,391
	Labour	2	N/A	N/A	+1	6.9	11.8	5,307
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.1	62
	Independent	6	N/A	N/A	±0	20.7	20.9	9,412

Ward results

2007 Council election: Kirriemuir and Dean

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Ian Mackintosh	2,343	47.1	1	1
	SNP	Iain Gaul	1,223	24.6	2	2
	SNP	Christine Urquhart	544	10.9
	Labour	Derek David Ramsay	462	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Andrews	398	8.0	3	5

2007 Council election: Brechin and Edzell

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Ruth Leslie Melville	971	22.1	1	4
	Independent	Bob Myles	798	18.1	2	6
	SNP	Mairi Evans	765	17.4	3	8
	SNP	Joy Mowatt	706	16.1
	Conservative	Elaine Milne	373	8.5
	Independent	David Adam	313	7.1
	Labour	Ron Thoms	286	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Fleming	185	4.2

2007 Council election: Forfar and District

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Colin Brown	1,782	30.1	1	1
	SNP	Glennis Middleton	1,111	18.8	2	3
	SNP	William Middleton	1,053	17.8	3	5
	Conservative	John Rymer	878	14.8	4	7
	Labour	Mitch Cameron	526	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Simpson	495	8.4
	Independent	John Phillip	76	1.3

2007 Council election: Monifieth and Sidlaw

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Frank Ellis	2,604	34.5	1	1
	SNP	Rob Murray	1,496	19.8	2	2
	Conservative	John R Whyte	1,396	18.5	3	3
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	1,040	13.8	4	6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Petrie	544	7.2
	Independent	Craig Fotheringham	473	6.3

2007 Council election: Carnoustie and District

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Helen Oswald	1,837	34.6	1	1
	Labour	Peter Murphy	1,160	21.8	2	4
	Conservative	John Richard Hillman	863	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Wilmott	748	14.1
	SNP	Ralph Palmer	639	12.0	3	6
	Solidarity	Alan Manley	62	1.2

2007 Council election: Arbroath West and Letham

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	David Lumgair	1,322	21.4	1	1
	SNP	Alex King	1,169	18.9	3	6
	Independent	David Fairweather	1,117	18.1	2	4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nield	857	13.9	4	8
	Labour	Joan Warren	627	10.2
	SNP	Brian Milne	565	9.1
	Independent	Anne Marie Sim	485	7.9
	Independent	Rob Pearce	35	0.6

2007 Council election: Arbroath East and Lunan

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Sheena Welsh	1,282	24.7	1	1
	Independent	Robert Ritchie Spink	1,041	20.0	2	1
	Conservative	Jim Millar	789	15.2	3	6
	Labour	Alastair John Stuart	677	13.0
	SNP	Donald Morrison	620	11.9	4	6
	Liberal Democrats	Ginny Graham	504	9.7
	Independent	Ian Watson	281	5.4

2007 Council election: Montrose and District

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Mark Salmond	1,550	28.1	1	1
	SNP	Sandy West	832	15.1	4	5
	SNP	Paul Valentine	809	14.7	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	David May	660	12.0	2	5
	Conservative	Ingram Bruce	645	11.7
	Labour	James Sinclair	529	9.6
	Independent	Joe Wishart	490	8.9

By-Elections since 3 May 2007

• A by-election was held in the Monifieth & Sidlaw Ward on 25 June 2009 following the death of the SNP's Frank Ellis. This was won by the SNP's Jean Lee

Monifieth & Sidlaw by-election 25 June 2009 - 1 Seat^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Jean Lee	68.62	2,486
	Conservative	Craig Robert Fotheringham	19.27	698
	Liberal Democrats	Charles William Donald Goodall	12.12	439
	SNP hold		Swing
Valid: 3,623   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 1,829   Turnout: 3,657

• A by-election was held in the Carnoustie & District Ward on 3 February 2011 following the resignation of the SNP's Ralph Palmer. This was won by the Independent Brian Boyd

Carnoustie & District by-election 3 February 2011 - 1 Seat^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Ed Oswald	41.46	1,289	1,302	1,346	1,426
	Independent	Brian Boyd	40.27	1,252	1,290	1,370	1,454	2,113
	Labour	Ron Thoms	8.3	258	266	287
	Conservative	Eddie Wilmott	7.0	217	234
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Goodall	2.9	93
	Independent gain from SNP		Swing
Electorate: 10,090   Valid: 3,109   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,555   Turnout: 3,128

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.angus.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
2. http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-carnoustiedistrict.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}