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Elections to The Moray Council
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
 were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament election
Scottish Parliament election, 2007

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999....
. The election was the first using the eight new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of Councillors to the local government in Scotland in Scotland by the Single Transferable Vote system....
. 26 councillors were elected from eight, three or four member wards each ward using the STV electoral system
Single transferable vote

The Single transferable vote is a voting system of preferential voting designed to minimize wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly expressed for individual candidates rather than for party lists....
. The new wards replaced the single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system. The election resulted in a previously Independent council becoming an Independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four.






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Elections to The Moray Council
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
 were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament election
Scottish Parliament election, 2007

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999....
. The election was the first using the eight new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of Councillors to the local government in Scotland in Scotland by the Single Transferable Vote system....
. 26 councillors were elected from eight, three or four member wards each ward using the STV electoral system
Single transferable vote

The Single transferable vote is a voting system of preferential voting designed to minimize wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly expressed for individual candidates rather than for party lists....
. The new wards replaced the single-member wards which used the first past the post electoral system. The election resulted in a previously Independent council becoming an Independent/Conservative coalition, with a majority of four. An SNP victory in a subsequent by-election held in February 2008 has reduced the Independent/Conservative majority to 2 seats.

Election Summary




Councillors elected



Speyside Glenlivet
M J McConachie (SNP)
F J Murdoch (Independent)
P Paul (SNP)


Keith & Cullen
G S Coull (SNP)
J S Cree (Independent)
R H Shepherd (Independent)


Buckie
J Mackay (Independent)
G McDonald (SNP)
A C McKay (Independent)


Fochabers Lhanbryde
A D McDonald (SNP)
McIntyre G (Independent)
D G Ross (Conservative)


Heldon and Laich
J C Hogg (Independent)
E M McGillivary (Independent)
D C Stewart (SNP)
A G Wright (Conservative)


Elgin City North
B Jarvis (Labour)
J G Russell (Independent)
M Shand (SNP)


Elgin City South
A G K Bisset (Independent)
J A Divers (Labour)
G Leadbitter (SNP)


Forres
L A Bell (Independent)
J Hamilton (Independent)
I Ogilvie (SNP)
I R Young (Conservative)

2008 by-election


On 14 February 2008, a by-election was held for the Elgin City South ward, after the death of Cllr A G K Bisset (Independent).

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