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Elections to North Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the 31 otherScottish local government elections and theScottish Parliament elections. The election was the first one using eight newwards created as a result of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system form ofproportional representation. The new wards replaced the 30 single-member wards which used theplurality (first past the post) system of election.
Labour lost overall control of the council but remained the largest party after winning 12 seats - down nine from the previous election. TheScottish National Party (SNP) became the second-largest party, overtaking theConservatives, after gaining five seats to hold eight. The Conservatives lost two seats to hold three while theLiberal Democrats won seats in a North Ayrshire election for the only time after they returned two councillors. Five independent councillors were also elected.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 12 | N/A | N/A | 40.0 | 32.4 | 17,666 | |||
| SNP | 8 | N/A | N/A | 26.7 | 29.5 | 16,081 | |||
| Independent | 5 | N/A | N/A | 16.7 | 16.9 | 9,193 | |||
| Conservative | 3 | N/A | N/A | 10.0 | 13.5 | 7,330 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | N/A | N/A | 6.7 | 4.7 | 2,564 | |||
| Solidarity | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1,127 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 265 | New | |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 261 | ||
| Total | 33 | 54,487 | |||||||
Source:[1]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Matt Brown | 31.6 | 2,247 | |||||||
| Labour | Ian Clarkson | 24.0 | 1,710 | |||||||
| Conservative | Pat McPhee | 11.2 | 799 | 875 | 883 | 888 | 1,059 | 1,159 | 1,225 | |
| Labour | David O'Neill | 10.9 | 776 | 829 | 881 | 899 | 979 | 1,077 | 1,726 | |
| Solidarity | Jim Byrne | 7.3 | 517 | 695 | 708 | 738 | 830 | |||
| Labour | John McKay | 7.1 | 508 | 573 | 711 | 748 | 844 | 999 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Rubie Dale | 6.4 | 453 | 613 | 633 | 655 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 1.5 | 103 | 141 | 152 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,993 Valid: 7,113 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,423 Turnout: 48.5% | ||||||||||
Source:[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Joan Sturgeon | 32.4 | 2,293 | |||||||
| Labour | Tom Barr | 18.4 | 1,302 | 1,367 | 1,377 | 1,436 | ||||
| Labour | Jane Gorman | 12.0 | 851 | 909 | 916 | 977 | 990 | 1,076 | ||
| Labour | John Moffat | 12.0 | 850 | 930 | 949 | 1,027 | 1,031 | 1,082 | 1,701 | |
| Conservative | Jane Belding | 10.7 | 759 | 820 | 828 | 861 | 862 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ruby Kirkwood | 7.7 | 543 | 690 | 718 | 864 | 865 | 1,197 | 1,314 | |
| Solidarity | Danny McGregor | 5.0 | 355 | 489 | 578 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Denise Morton | 1.7 | 117 | 200 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,852 Valid: 7,070 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 48.6% | ||||||||||
Source:[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | John Ferguson | 27.0 | 1,749 | |||||||
| Labour | Margaret McDougall | 16.0 | 1,033 | 1,076 | 1,124 | 1,303 | ||||
| Labour | Ryan Oldfather | 13.5 | 872 | 901 | 921 | 1,136 | 1,142 | 1,226 | 1,306 | |
| Conservative | Gail Niven Allison | 13.4 | 869 | 914 | 932 | 953 | 953 | 1,037 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Scott Chamberlain | 11.0 | 713 | 795 | 860 | 914 | 915 | 1,167 | 1,674 | |
| Labour | Donald J. Reid | 7.9 | 513 | 525 | 553 | |||||
| Independent | Leanne Dorans | 7.2 | 468 | 536 | 608 | 642 | ||||
| Solidarity | Sandy Clarke | 3.9 | 255 | 322 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,186 Valid: 6,472 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 50.0% | ||||||||||
Source:[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | William Gibson | 22.4 | 1,629 | |||||||
| Independent | Ronnie McNicol | 18.8 | 1,362 | 1,380 | 1,577 | |||||
| Labour | David Munn | 13.0 | 943 | 951 | 968 | 978 | 1,045 | 1,344 | 1,531 | |
| Labour | Alan Munro | 12.4 | 902 | 907 | 953 | 961 | 1,000 | 1,254 | 1,482 | |
| SNP | Nan Wallace | 9.5 | 691 | 800 | 890 | 919 | 1,051 | 1,094 | ||
| Labour | Sam Taylor | 9.4 | 683 | 685 | 709 | 714 | 743 | |||
| Conservative | Stewart Ferguson | 7.6 | 554 | 557 | 594 | 619 | ||||
| Independent | Margaret Walsh | 6.8 | 496 | 501 | ||||||
| Electorate: 15,039 Valid: 7,260 Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,453 Turnout: 49.5% | ||||||||||
Source:[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Independent | Margie Currie | 19.3 | 1,439 | 1,456 | 1,478 | 1,582 | ||||||
| SNP | Tony Gurney | 19.0 | 1,414 | 1,439 | 1,462 | 1,779 | ||||||
| Labour | Peter McNamara | 13.5 | 1,007 | 1,019 | 1,033 | 1,051 | 1,085 | 1,094 | 1,763 | |||
| Independent | John Hunter | 12.8 | 952 | 970 | 1,087 | 1,106 | 1,176 | 1,189 | 1,234 | 1,287 | 1,658 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Allison | 11.5 | 857 | 866 | 872 | 886 | 914 | 930 | 963 | 989 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Munn | 11.1 | 829 | 837 | 848 | 864 | 884 | 888 | ||||
| SNP | William McLaren | 7.7 | 573 | 589 | 597 | |||||||
| Independent | Kenneth MacDougall | 3.1 | 228 | 237 | ||||||||
| Scottish Socialist | Nigel Hunter | 1.9 | 144 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 13,448 Valid: 7,443 Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,489 Turnout: 56.4% | ||||||||||||
Source:[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Elizabeth McLardy | 29.0 | 1,637 | |||||||
| Labour | John Reid | 20.7 | 1,176 | 1,196 | 1,245 | 1,292 | 1,305 | 1,375 | 1,682 | |
| SNP | Catherine McMillan | 19.1 | 1,084 | 1,117 | 1,157 | 1,198 | 1,209 | 1,261 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Barr[note 1] | 17.0 | 962 | 994 | 1,003 | 1,036 | 1,220 | 1,301 | 1,568 | |
| Conservative | Ian Richardson | 4.3 | 242 | 252 | 256 | 266 | ||||
| Independent | David Park | 3.8 | 213 | 247 | 264 | 288 | 301 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Clark | 3.1 | 174 | 190 | 198 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 2.9 | 162 | 182 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,796 Valid: 5,650 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,413 Turnout: 58.3% | ||||||||||
Source:[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Craig Taylor | 23.4 | 1,329 | 1,349 | 1,366 | 1,397 | 1,450 | |||||
| Labour | John Bell | 23.1 | 1,313 | 1,324 | 1,337 | 1,373 | 1,382 | 1,386 | 1,467 | |||
| Independent | Jean Highgate | 16.7 | 947 | 958 | 993 | 1,024 | 1,151 | 1,157 | 1,371 | 1,374 | 1,810 | |
| Labour | Donald Reid | 15.0 | 849 | 854 | 856 | 878 | 930 | 933 | 986 | 1,019 | ||
| Conservative | John Smith | 9.9 | 562 | 569 | 570 | 595 | 607 | 610 | ||||
| Independent | John Johnstone | 4.7 | 265 | 281 | 296 | 309 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Hutton | 3.3 | 188 | 191 | 197 | |||||||
| Independent | William Fyfe | 2.0 | 116 | 123 | ||||||||
| Independent | Iain Walker | 1.9 | 106 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,058 Valid: 5,675 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 52.5% | ||||||||||||
Source:[8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Alan Hill | 30.2 | 2,357 | ||||||||
| Labour | Alex Gallagher | 19.8 | 1,549 | 1,608 | |||||||
| Conservative | Elisabethe Marshall | 12.9 | 1,007 | 1,037 | 1,040 | 1,084 | 1,179 | 1,779 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Marshall | 9.2 | 719 | 732 | 734 | 751 | 785 | ||||
| SNP | Bobby Rae | 9.2 | 715 | 1,194 | 1,201 | 1,259 | 1,389 | 1,429 | 1,457 | 1,832 | |
| Independent | Ian Murdoch | 7.5 | 587 | 622 | 626 | 793 | 936 | 980 | 1,038 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 6.3 | 493 | 548 | 559 | 617 | |||||
| Independent | Gerard Langan | 4.8 | 377 | 411 | 414 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,519 Valid: 7,804 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,561 Turnout: 59.0% | |||||||||||
Source:[9]
A by-election arose in theKilbirnie and Beith ward following the death of the Scottish National Party's Craig Taylor, and Anthea Dickson held the seat for the SNP on 11 December 2008.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Anthea Dickson | 48.9 | 1,363 | 1,380 | 1,415 | |
| Labour | Gordon McKay | 33.7 | 939 | 956 | 972 | |
| Conservative | Ted Nevill | 11.6 | 322 | 324 | 342 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 3.4 | 94 | 104 | ||
| Socialist Labour | James McDaid | 2.4 | 68 | |||
| Electorate: 11,232 Valid: 2,786 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 25.0% | ||||||
Source:[10]
A by-election arose in theSaltcoats and Stevenston ward following the resignation of the Labour Party's David Munn, and Jim Montgomorie held the seat for Labour on 25 August 2011.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Jim Montgomerie | 48.7 | 1,914 | 1,927 | 1,936 | 1,963 | 2,039 | |
| SNP | Nan Wallace | 33.2 | 1,306 | 1,311 | 1,326 | 1,363 | 1,425 | |
| Conservative | Chris Barr | 7.2 | 284 | 286 | 297 | 308 | 331 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Jimmy Miller | 5.4 | 211 | 217 | 222 | 240 | ||
| Independent | Gerard Pollock | 2.9 | 114 | 117 | 123 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bain | 1.4 | 56 | 57 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 1.1 | 43 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,039 Valid: 2,764 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,965 Turnout: 25.4% | ||||||||
Source:[11]