2007 Moray Council election

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The 2007 Moray Council Council election was 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.

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 Liberal Democrats lost their sole representative on the council

Background

Previous election

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The previous election in 2003 were the last to use the first-past-the-post voting system. At that election, independent won 16 seats - more than all the other groups combined.

2003 Moray Council election results
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%

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Composition

There 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.

Composition of Moray Council
Party 2003 election Dissolution
Independent 16 16
Labour 5 5
SNP 3 3
Liberal Democrats 1 1
Conservative 1 1

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Results

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Ward results

Speyside Glenlivet

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Keith and Cullen

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Buckie

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Fochabers Lhanbryde

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Heldon & Laich

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Elgin City North

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Elgin City South

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Forres

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Aftermath

As no single political grouping on the council had enough seats to form a majority administration, the independent and Conservative groupings together formed a coalition.

Elgin City South by-election

On 14 February 2008, a by-election was held in the Elgin City South ward after the death of independent councillor Alistair Bisset. It was won by the SNP candidate John Sharp.

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Forres by-election

On 11 November 2010, a by-election was held in the Forres ward after the retirement of Conservative councillor Iain Young. It was won by independent candidate Lorna Creswell.

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References

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External links

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2007 Moray Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
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  Script error: No such module "Political party". 9 - - Template:Up 6 34.6 35.2 11,942 Template:Up 10.0
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 3 - - Template:Up 2 11.5 15.8 5,374 Template:Up 11.5
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 2 - - Template:Down 3 7.7 8.7 2,945 Template:Down 4.0
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 0 - - Template:Down 1 0.0 1.7 587 Template:Down 6.2
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 0 - - Template:Nochange 0.0 1.3 438 New
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