2007 Midlothian Council election
{{Short description|2007 Scottish local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{main|2007 Scottish local elections}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2007 Midlothian Council election
| country = Scotland
| flag_year =
| flag_image =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| previous_election = 2003 Midlothian Council election
| previous_year = 2003
| election_date = {{Start date|2007|05|03|df=y}}
| next_election = 2012 Midlothian Council election
| next_year = 2012
| seats_for_election= All 18 seats to Midlothian Council
| majority_seats = 10
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
}}
File:Midlothian Council election 2007.svg
Elections to Midlothian 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 six 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 form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 18 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.{{Cite web|title=Midlothian Election Results 2007|url=http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/Article.aspx?TopicId=0&ArticleId=19379|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190546/http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/Article.aspx?TopicId=0&ArticleId=19379|archive-date=2008-06-08|website=midlothian.gov.uk}}
Labour lost control of the council to no overall control, something which the party suffered in many other parts of Scotland. However, they regained control in 2008 when Cllr Katie Moffat defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour.{{Cite web|date=2008-06-03|title=Lib Dem councillor defects to Labour in Midlothian|url=http://www.labourmatters.com/Editor/lib-dem-councillor-defects-to-labour-in-midlothian/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713180756/http://www.labourmatters.com/Editor/lib-dem-councillor-defects-to-labour-in-midlothian/|archive-date=13 July 2011|access-date=13 April 2009|website=labourmatters.com}} Overall, Labour lost six seats and the single independent lost their seat, with most going to the Scottish National Party as well as a single gain for the Liberal Democrats.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title = Midlothian local election results 2007}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|seats = 9
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = –6
|seats % = 50.0
|votes % = 36.8
|votes = 12,559
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish National Party
|seats = 6
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = +6
|seats % = 33.3
|votes % = 33.4
|votes = 11,406
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|seats = 3
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = +1
|seats % = 16.7
|votes % = 12.7
|votes = 4,331
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|seats = 0
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = ±0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 10.1
|votes = 3,443
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Green Party
|seats = 0
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = ±0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.9
|votes = 650
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|seats = 0
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = ±0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.5
|votes = 511
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|seats = 0
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = ±0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.4
|votes = 494
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Had Enough Party
|seats = 0
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = ±0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.3
|votes = 105
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = N/A
|loss = N/A
|net = –1
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.0
|votes = 667
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Midlothian council election, 2007: Penicuik}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Margaret Wilson
|votes = 2,307
|percentage = 34.7
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Adam Montgomery
|votes = 1,554
|percentage = 23.3
|seat = 2
|count = 4
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Ken Brown
|votes = 1,001
|percentage = 15.0
|seat = 3
|count = 7
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Shiela Thacker
|votes = 974
|percentage = 14.6
|seat =
|count =
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Sandy Forrest
|votes = 694
|percentage = 10.4
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = Jackie Moyers
|votes = 64
|percentage = 1.0
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Norman Gilfillan
|votes = 62
|percentage = 0.9
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Midlothian council election, 2007: Bonnyrigg}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Bob Constable
|votes = 1,905
|percentage = 30.3
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Jack Aitchison††
|votes = 1,530
|percentage = 24.4
|seat = 2
|count = 2
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Derek Milligan
|votes = 1,383
|percentage = 22.0
|seat = 3
|count = 7
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Green Party
|candidate = Ian Baxter
|votes = 650
|percentage = 10.4
|seat =
|count =
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = John Stoddart
|votes = 600
|percentage = 9.6
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Neil Bennet
|votes = 138
|percentage = 2.2
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = Chris Moyers
|votes = 71
|percentage = 1.1
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Midlothian council election, 2007: Dalkeith}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Craig Statham
|votes = 1,333
|percentage = 29.9
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Alex Bennett†††
|votes = 1,331
|percentage = 29.9
|seat = 2
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Margot Russell
|votes = 761
|percentage = 17.1
|seat = 3
|count = 7
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Ray Prior
|votes = 657
|percentage = 14.8
|seat =
|count =
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Rosemary McDougall
|votes = 217
|percentage = 4.9
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = Alan Boyce
|votes = 94
|percentage = 2.1
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Bob Goupillot
|votes = 60
|percentage = 1.3
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian West}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Owen Thompson
|votes = 1,981
|percentage = 33.2
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Russell Imrie
|votes = 1,506
|percentage = 25.2
|seat = 2
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Les Thacker
|votes = 868
|percentage = 14.5
|seat = 3
|count = 10
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Andrew Hardie
|votes = 634
|percentage = 10.6
|seat =
|count =
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Elizabeth Veitch
|votes = 259
|percentage = 4.3
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = George Purcell
|votes = 220
|percentage = 3.7
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pat Kenny
|votes = 188
|percentage = 3.2
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Lynn Leitch
|votes = 108
|percentage = 1.8
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Had Enough Party
|candidate = George McCleery
|votes = 105
|percentage = 1.8
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = Brian Cranston
|votes = 99
|percentage = 1.7
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian East}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Lisa Beattie
|votes = 1,988
|percentage = 34.6
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Peter Boyes
|votes = 1,357
|percentage = 23.6
|seat = 2
|count = 4
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Katie Moffat†
|votes = 831
|percentage = 14.5
|seat = 3
|count = 7
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Robin Traquair
|votes = 812
|percentage = 14.1
|seat =
|count =
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Bob Jenkins
|votes = 617
|percentage = 10.7
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = Derek Duncan
|votes = 82
|percentage = 1.4
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Murray Court
|votes = 63
|percentage = 1.1
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian South}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Colin Beattie
|votes = 1,892
|percentage = 37.4
|seat = 1
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Wilma Chalmers
|votes = 1,336
|percentage = 26.4
|seat = 2
|count = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = James Muirhead
|votes = 1,184
|percentage = 23.4
|seat = 3
|count = 2
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Peter Smaill
|votes = 486
|percentage = 9.6
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Solidarity (Scotland)
|candidate = Willie Duncan
|votes = 84
|percentage = 1.7
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = John Carroll
|votes = 80
|percentage = 1.6
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Changes since 2007 election
- † On 3 June 2008, Midlothian East Cllr Katie Moffat defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Labour Party.
- †† On 29 March 2012, Bonnyrigg Cllr Jack Aitchison resigned from the Labour Party and now sits as an Independent.
- ††† On 5 April 2012, Dalkeith Cllr Alex Bennett formally resigned from the council to secure his Local Government pension.
References
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{{Midlothian elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2007}}