2007 Angus Council election

Elections to Angus 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 8 new 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 a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Quick facts All 29 seats to Angus Council 15 seats needed for a majority ...

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
SNP	13	N/A	N/A	–4	44.8	38.3	17,255
Conservative	5	N/A	N/A	+3	17.2	19.1	8,609
Liberal Democrats	3	N/A	N/A	±0	10.3	9.7	4,391
Labour	2	N/A	N/A	+1	6.9	11.8	5,307
Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.1	62
Independent	6	N/A	N/A	±0	20.7	20.9	9,412

	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Conservative	Ian Mackintosh	2,343	47.1	1	1
SNP	Iain Gaul	1,223	24.6	2	2
SNP	Christine Urquhart	544	10.9
Labour	Derek David Ramsay	462	9.3
Liberal Democrats	Alison Andrews	398	8.0	3	5

	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Ruth Leslie Melville	971	22.1	1	4
Independent	Bob Myles	798	18.1	2	6
SNP	Mairi Evans	765	17.4	3	8
SNP	Joy Mowatt	706	16.1
Conservative	Elaine Milne	373	8.5
Independent	David Adam	313	7.1
Labour	Ron Thoms	286	6.5
Liberal Democrats	Helen Fleming	185	4.2

	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Colin Brown	1,782	30.1	1	1
SNP	Glennis Middleton	1,111	18.8	2	3
SNP	William Middleton	1,053	17.8	3	5
Conservative	John Rymer	878	14.8	4	7
Labour	Mitch Cameron	526	8.9
Liberal Democrats	Avril Simpson	495	8.4
Independent	John Phillip	76	1.3

	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Frank Ellis	2,604	34.5	1	1
SNP	Rob Murray	1,496	19.8	2	2
Conservative	John R Whyte	1,396	18.5	3	3
Labour	Margaret Thomson	1,040	13.8	4	6
Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Petrie	544	7.2
Independent	Craig Fotheringham	473	6.3

Election result

2007 Council election: Carnoustie and District
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Helen Oswald	1,837	34.6	1	1
Labour	Peter Murphy	1,160	21.8	2	4
Conservative	John Richard Hillman	863	16.3
Liberal Democrats	Eddie Wilmott	748	14.1
SNP	Ralph Palmer	639	12.0	3	6
Solidarity	Alan Manley	62	1.2

2007 Council election: Arbroath West and Letham
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Conservative	David Lumgair	1,322	21.4	1	1
SNP	Alex King	1,169	18.9	3	6
Independent	David Fairweather	1,117	18.1	2	4
Liberal Democrats	Peter Nield	857	13.9	4	8
Labour	Joan Warren	627	10.2
SNP	Brian Milne	565	9.1
Independent	Anne Marie Sim	485	7.9
Independent	Rob Pearce	35	0.6

2007 Council election: Arbroath East and Lunan
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Sheena Welsh	1,282	24.7	1	1
Independent	Robert Ritchie Spink	1,041	20.0	2	1
Conservative	Jim Millar	789	15.2	3	6
Labour	Alastair John Stuart	677	13.0
SNP	Donald Morrison	620	11.9	4	6
Liberal Democrats	Ginny Graham	504	9.7
Independent	Ian Watson	281	5.4

2007 Council election: Montrose and District
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Mark Salmond	1,550	28.1	1	1
SNP	Sandy West	832	15.1	4	5
SNP	Paul Valentine	809	14.7	3	5
Liberal Democrats	David May	660	12.0	2	5
Conservative	Ingram Bruce	645	11.7
Labour	James Sinclair	529	9.6
Independent	Joe Wishart	490	8.9