2007 South Ayrshire Council election

Elections to South Ayrshire 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 eight 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 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2007 South Ayrshire Council election

3 May 2007
All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Leader Bill McIntosh Party Conservative Labour SNP Leader's seat Troon Last election 15 seats, 41.5% 15 seats, 36.7% 0 seats, 17.3% Seats before 15 15 0 Seats won 12 9 8 Seats after 12 seats, 37.2% 9 seats, 28.4% 8 seats, 25.3% Seat change 3 6 8   Leader Brian Connolly Party Independent Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton Last election 0 seats, 2.9% Seats before 0 Seats won 1 Seats after 1 seat, 8.3% Seat change 1
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Bill McIntosh Conservative Council Leader after election Bill McIntosh Conservative

Election results

South Ayrshire Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	N/A	N/A	-3	40.0	37.2	18,568
	Labour	9	N/A	N/A	-5	30.0	28.4	14,152
	SNP	8	N/A	N/A	+8	26.7	25.3	12,624
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.6	300
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	66
	Independent	1	N/A	N/A	1	3.3	8.3	4,160

Summary by ward

 Results of the South Ayrshire Council election, 2007
by ward

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Conservative		Labour		SNP		Others		Independents
Troon	41.8	2	20.3	1	23.9	1	-	-	13.9	0	4
Prestwick	41.8	2	30.1	1	28.1	1	-	-	-	-	4
Ayr North	18.4	1	44.7	2	25.0	1	3.0	0	8.8	0	4
Ayr East	39.1	2	30.7	1	27.6	1	2.6	0	-	-	4
Ayr West	54.8	2	16.9	1	20.9	1	-	-	7.5	0	4
Kyle	34.2	1	32.8	1	21.8	1	-	-	11.1	0	3
Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton	24.4	1	26.2	1	24.7	1	-	-	24.7	1	4
Girvan and South Carrick	37.3	1	29.6	1	33.1	1	-	-	-	-	3
Total	37.2	12	28.4	9	25.3	8	0.7	0	8.3	1	30

Ward results

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Troon

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Peter Convery	2,029	27.5	1	1
	SNP	Nan McFarlane	1,765	23.9	1	1
	Labour	Philip Saxton	1,499	20.3	1	1
	Conservative	Bill McIntosh	1,061	14.3
	Independent	Pat Brown	1,029	13.9

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Prestwick

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Stan Fisher	2,062	28.1
	Conservative	Hugh Hunter	1,847	25.1
	Labour	Helen Moonie	1,227	16.7
	Conservative	Margaret Toner	1,224	16.7
	Labour	George Watson	987	13.4

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr North

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Douglas Campbell††	1,663	27.0
	SNP	Tom Slider	1,506	25.0
	Conservative	John Hampton	1,108	18.4
	Labour	Ian Cavana	712	11.8
	Independent	Rab Hill	445	7.4
	Labour	Ian Stewart	356	5.9
	Solidarity	Amanda McFarlane	117	1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Liz Swan	66	1.1
	Independent	Jim McEwan	50	0.83
	Independent	Tommy O'Lone	37	0.61

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr East

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Ian Douglas	1,933	27.6
	Conservative	Winifred Sloan	1,516	21.7
	Labour	Eddie Bulik†††	1,286	18.4
	Conservative	Mary Kilpatrick	1,220	17.4
	Labour	Gerry Crawley	861	12.3
	Solidarity	James Stewart	183	2.6

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ayr West

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Bill Grant	2,176	30.3
	SNP	Mike Peddie	1,499	20.9
	Labour	Elaine Little†	1,213	16.9
	Conservative	Robin Reid	1,127	15.7
	Conservative	Alistair Kerr	634	8.8
	Independent	Ian McCabe	537	7.5

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kyle

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Andy Campbell	1,128	22.7
	SNP	John Allan	1,080	21.8
	Conservative	Hywel Davies	891	18.0
	Conservative	Arthur Spurling	801	16.2
	Independent	Sam Gardiner	550	11.1
	Labour	Danny Howley	499	10.1

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Mairi Low	1,411	24.7
	Independent	Brian Connolly	1,410	24.7
	Conservative	Ann Galbreith	1,111	19.5
	Labour	Sandra Goldie	970	17.0
	Labour	Peter Mason	526	9.2
	Conservative	David Steele	281	4.9
	Independent	Helen Whitefield	102	1.8

South Ayrshire council election, 2007: Girvan and South Carrick

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Conservative	Iain Fitzsimmons	1,542	37.3
	SNP	Alec Oattes	1,368	33.1
	Labour	John McDowall	721	17.4
	Labour	Calum Little	504	12.2

Changes Since 2007 Election

• †In May 2008, Ayr West Cllr Elaine Little resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. In February 2012 she joined the Scottish National Party.
• ††On 27 May 2008 Ayr North Cllr Douglas Campbell, resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. He joined the Scottish National Party on 19 May 2011
• †††On 16 November 2009 Ayr East Cllr Eddie Bulik resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.