2007 Dundee City Council election

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Elections to Dundee City 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 to use the new 8 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 form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives.Template:Source? This changed after a March 2009 by-election result tipped the balance in the SNPs favour.

Results

2007 Dundee City Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		13	-	-	Template:Up 2	44.8	40.0	20,804	Template:Up 5.9
		10	-	-	Template:Nochange	34.5	29.4	15,294	Template:Down 4.7
		3	-	-	Template:Down 2	10.3	12.5	6,516	Template:Down 2.4
		2	-	-	Template:Nochange	6.9	11.3	5,878	Template:Up 1.3
		1	-	-	Template:Nochange	3.5	3.0	1,582	Template:Down 0.5
		0	-	-	Template:Nochange	0.0	1.9	1,002	New
		0	-	-	Template:Nochange	0.0	1.3	664	Template:Down 2.2
		0	-	-	Template:Nochange	0.0	0.6	307	New

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Ward results

Strathmartine

2007 Council election: Strathmartine (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Stewart Hunter	1,612	23.4	1	1
		Ian Borthwick	1,472	21.3	2	1
		Kevin Keenan	1,219	17.7	3	7
		Helen Dick	959	13.9	4	9
		Wendy Wrieden	725	10.5
		John McKiddie	534	7.7
		Martyn Geddes	186	2.7
		Jim McFarlane	120	1.7
		Alan Boylan	75	1.1
Turnout			6,902	50.41

Lochee

2007 Council election: Lochee (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Nigel Don	2,216	31.1	1	1
		John Letford†	1,385	19.4	3	3
		Bob Duncan	1,142	16.0	2	2
		Tom Ferguson	940	13.2	4	9
		Chris Hall	479	6.7
		Philip Varghese	369	5.2
		Chris Hind	297	4.2
		Neil Bell	218	3.1
		Alan Albert Graham	83	1.2
Turnout			5,744	52.36

West End

2007 Council election: West End (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Fraser MacPherson	1,693	28.0	1	1
		Richard McCready	1,331	22.0	2	1
		James Walker Barrie	1,326	21.9	3	1
		Donald Hay	738	12.2	4	8
		Chic Brodie	495	8.2
		George Alexander Burton	307	5.1
		Luke Ivory	95	1.6
		Angela Gorrie	69	1.1
Turnout			6,054	49.55

Coldside

2007 Council election: Coldside (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		James Black	1,740	24.2	1	1
		Helen Wright	1,320	18.3	2	7
		Dave Bowes	1,033	14.4	3	7
		Mohammed Asif	849	11.8	4	10
		Murray Dick	779	10.8
		David Cowan	774	10.8
		Margaret Stewart	351	4.9
		Sinead Daly	141	2.0
		Mary McGregor	128	1.8
		Stuart Winton	80	1.1
Turnout			7,195	50.30

Maryfield

2007 Council election: Maryfield (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Elizabeth Fordyce	1,247	25.3	1	1
		Joe Morrow	1,172	23.8	2	5
		Ken Lynn	941	19.1	3	8
		Claire Matthew	644	13.1
		John McCraw	410	8.3
		Alex Perry	339	6.9
		Grant Cromar	96	1.9
		Mark Walker	83	1.7
Turnout			4,932	46.21

North East

2007 Council election: North East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Andy Dawson	1,956	41.4	1	1
		Brian Gordon	1,392	29.5	2	1
		Willie Sawers	612	13.0	3	5
		Shane Trevor Mochrie-Cox	208	4.4
		Gladys Ross	184	3.9
		Donald Ross MacDonald	162	3.4
		Helen Mary Fortune	92	1.9
		Leah Ganley	83	1.8
		Raymond Anthony Mennie	30	0.6
Turnout				45.33

East End

2007 Council election: East End (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		William Dawson	1,980	34.3	1	1
		George Regan	957	16.6	3	8
		George McIrvine	913	15.8
		Christina Roberts	810	14.0	2	6
		Allan Petrie	529	9.2
		Roberta Mackie	325	5.6
		Jim Malone	208	3.6
		Heather Ferguson	56	1.0
Turnout				49.39

The Ferry

2007 Council election: The Ferry (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Ken Guild	2,400	25.7	1	1
		Laurie Bidwell	1,664	17.8	2	5
		Derek Scott	1,604	17.2	3	8
		Rod Wallace	1,211	13.0	4	8
		Charlie Webster	1,138	12.2
		Raymond Lawrie	633	6.8
		Robert Piggot	569	6.1
		Alasdair Brydie Robertson Stewart	65	0.7
		Philip Stott	54	0.6
Turnout			9,338	61.82

Changes Since 2007 Election

• †On 24 March 2009, Lochee Cllr John Letford became an Independent after leaving the Labour Party

By-Elections (since 3 May 2007)

A by-election was held in the Lochee ward on 22 November 2007, following the resignation of Nigel Don MSP, subsequent to his election to the Scottish Parliament. The seat was retained by the party's Alan Ross

A by-election was held in the Maryfield ward on 12 March 2009, following the resignation of Labour Cllr Joe Morrow, subsequent to his appointment by the Scottish Government as president of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. The seat was won by the SNP's Craig Melville