Council

Elections 2007

Scottish Parliament Elections, Stirling Constituency

Surname	Forename	Party	Number of Votes
Cole-Hamilton	Alex	Scottish Liberal Democrats	3,693
*Crawford	Bruce	Scottish National Party (SNP)	10,447
Dalrymple	Bob	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	8,081
Jackson	Sylvia	Scottish Labour Candidate	9,827
Law	Liz	The Peace Party – Non-violence, Justice, Environment	577

Turnout:61.7%
Majority:620
Electorate:52,864

* Elected

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Voting for more than one candidate	29
(b)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	1
(c)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	602
(d)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
	Total ballot papers rejected	633

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Scottish Parliament Elections, Ochil Constituency

Surname	Forename	Name of Party	Number of Votes
*Brown	Keith	Scottish National Park (SNP)	12,147
Caddell	Lorraine	Scottish Liberal Democrats	3,465
Fearon	Brian	Scottish Labour Party	11,657
Murray	George	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	4,284

*Elected

Local Government Elections Elected Members

Ward	Member	Member	Member	Member	Turnout %
Trossachs and Teith	T Ffinch (Con)	P Owens (Lab)	F Wood (SNP)	N/A	63.9
Forth and Endrick	A Berrill (Con)	G Lambie (SNP)	C O'Brien (Lab)	N/A	68.22
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan	C Campbell (Con)	C Finlay (Lab)	D Goss (LibD)	G Houston (SNP)	62.32
Castle	J Hendry (Lab)	G Reed (LibD)	J Thomson (SNP)	N/A	52.04
Stirling West	N Benny (Con)	S Farmer (SNP)	A Simpson (Lab)	N/A	66.01
Stirling East	I Brown (LibD)	C McChord (Lab)	S Paterson (SNP)	N/A	58.72
Bannockburn	M Brisley (Lab)	A MacPherson (SNP)	G O'Brien (Lab)	N/A	55.09

Overview

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Scottish Nationalist
No of Councillors	4	8	3	7

Local Government Elections

Trossachs and Teith Ward

Councillors:

Fergus Wood - SNP
Paul Owens - Labour
Tony Ffinch - Con

The percentage poll was 63.90%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	14
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	69
	Total ballot papers rejected	83

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Forth and Endrick

Councillors:

Alistair Berrill - Con
Colin O' Brien - Labour
Graham Lambie - SNP

The percentage poll was 68.22%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	42
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	32
	Total ballot papers rejected	74

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan

Councillors:

Callum Campbell - Con
Colin Finlay - Lab
David William Goss - Lib D
Graham Houston - SNP

The percentage poll was 62.32%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	36
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	36
	Total ballot papers rejected	72

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Castle

Councillors:

Graham Reed - Lib D
Jim Thomson - SNP
John Hendry - Lab

The percentage poll was 52.04%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	21
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	64
	Total ballot papers rejected	85

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Stirling West

Councillors:

Andrew Simpson - Lab
Neil Benny - Con
Scott Farmer - SNP

The percentage poll was 66.01%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	43
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	40
	Total ballot papers rejected	83

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Stirling East

Councillors:

Corrie McChord - Lab
Ian Alexander Brown - Lib D
Steve Patterson SNP

The percentage poll was 58.72%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	0
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	6
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	1
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	102
	Total ballot papers rejected	109

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

Bannockburn

Councillors:

Alasdair Macpherson - SNP
Gerard O' Brien - Lab
Margaret Brisley - Lab

The percentage poll was 55.09%

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

	Reason	No. of Papers
(a)	Want of unique identifying mark /official mark	1
(b)	On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a 1st preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	75
(c)	Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
(d)	*Unmarked or void for uncertainty	25
	Total ballot papers rejected	101

*Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note-this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43 (1) (b)

For UK-wide information, please refer to Election 2007 on the BBC website.