Elections to
West Dunbartonshire Council
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were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other
Scottish local government
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elections
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and the
Scottish Parliament
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general election
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. The election was the first one using six new
wards
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created as a result of the
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
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The Commissi ...
,
each ward will elect three or four councillors using the
single transferable vote
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system form of
proportional representation
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. The new wards replace 22 single-member wards which used the
plurality (
first past the post
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) system of election.
Election results
Ward results
Changes Since 2007 Election
*†On 3 November 2008, Clydebank Waterfront Cllr Marie McNair resigned from the Labour Party and then sat as an Independent.
*††On 2 February 2009, Clydebank Central Cllr Willie McLaughlin resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent until 30 March 2011, when he sat as a member of Ban Bankers' Bonuses.
2007-2011 by-elections
*Labour's Margaret Bootland resigned due to ill health in December 2010. The by-election was won by Labour's Lawrence O'Neill on 3 March 2011
References
External links
Council website
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2007
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2007 Scottish local elections
21st century in West Dunbartonshire