Scottish Borders Council election, 2007
Elections to Scottish Borders 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 11 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 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
Ward results
| Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Galashiels and District |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
John Mitchell |
1,519 |
28.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Jim Hume |
1,466 |
27.2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Fiona Lackenby |
735 |
13.6 |
4 |
6 |
|
Borders Party |
Sandy Aitchison |
693 |
12.9 |
3 |
6 |
|
Independent |
Bill White |
453 |
8.4 |
|
|
|
Solidarity |
Graeme McIver |
210 |
3.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
David Smail |
173 |
3.2 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Alistair Lings |
136 |
2.5 |
|
|
| Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Selkirkshire |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Vicky Davidson |
1,313 |
29.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Carolyn Riddell-Carre |
1,121 |
25.2 |
2 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Kenneth Gunn |
826 |
18.5 |
3 |
5 |
|
Independent |
Gordon Edgar |
558 |
12.5 |
|
|
|
Borders Party |
Violet Baillie |
360 |
8.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Alistair Pattullo |
279 |
6.3 |
|
|
| Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
David Parker |
1,362 |
29.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
John Greenwell |
713 |
15.6 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Paton-Day |
703 |
15.3 |
2 |
5 |
|
Borders Party |
Nicholas Watson |
692 |
15.1 |
3 |
5 |
|
SNP |
Frank McCann |
640 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Harry Cummings |
394 |
8.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Rae |
78 |
1.7 |
|
|
| Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Mid Berwickshire |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Frances Renton |
1,186 |
27.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Donald Moffat |
1,173 |
26.7 |
2 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Trevor Jones |
1,051 |
23.9 |
3 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret McCrave |
722 |
16.4 |
|
|
|
Borders Party |
Diana Miers |
255 |
5.8 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Anne Roberts |
105 |
2.4 |
|
|
| Scottish Borders council election, 2007: East Berwickshire |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Independent |
Michael Cook |
1,512 |
34.8 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Jim Fullarton |
1,333 |
30.6 |
2 |
1 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
David Raw |
804 |
18.5 |
3 |
3 |
|
SNP |
Aileen Orr |
701 |
16.1 |
|
|
| Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Jedburgh and District |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Conservative |
Sandy Scott |
1,011 |
26.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Len Wyse |
878 |
22.6 |
2 |
4 |
|
SNP |
Jim Brown |
877 |
22.6 |
3 |
4 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alistair O'Neil |
716 |
18.4 |
|
|
|
Borders Party |
Jim Smith |
316 |
8.1 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jim Millhouse |
87 |
2.2 |
|
|
Changes after the elections
- †Tom Weatherston cased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011