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词条 2007 Scottish Parliament election
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  1. Background

     Retiring MSPs  Labour  Scottish National Party  Conservative  Liberal Democrats  Scottish Socialist Party  Independents  Defeated MSPs  Labour  Lib Dem  Conservative  Scottish Green Party  Scottish Socialist Party  Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party  Independent 

  2. Opinion polls

  3. Election results

      Constituency and regional summary    Central Scotland    Glasgow    Highlands and Islands    Lothians    Mid Scotland and Fife    North East Scotland    South of Scotland    West of Scotland  

  4. Incidents

     Delayed counts  Vandalism  High number of rejected votes  Threatened legal actions 

  5. Election system

  6. Top target seats of the main parties

     Labour targets  SNP targets  Conservative targets  Liberal Democrat targets 

  7. Party leaders

     Major parties  Minor parties 

  8. Party Manifestos

  9. See also

  10. References

  11. External links

{{Infobox Election
| election_name = Scottish Parliament election, 2007
| country = Scotland
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Scottish Parliament election, 2003
| previous_year = 2003
| previous_mps = 2nd Scottish Parliament
| election_date = 3 May 2007
| elected_mps = 3rd Scottish Parliament
| next_election = Scottish Parliament election, 2011
| next_year = 2011
| seats_for_election = All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament
| majority_seats = 65
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007
| 3blank = Regional vote
| 2blank = % and swing
| 1blank = Constituency vote
| 4blank = % and swing
| turnout = 52.4% {{increase}} 3.0%
| image1 =
| leader1 = Alex Salmond
| party1 = Scottish National Party
| leaders_seat1 = Gordon
| last_election1 = 27 seats
| seats1 = 47
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}20
| 3data1 = 633,401
| 4data1 = 31.0% {{increase}}9.9%
| 1data1 = 664,227
| 2data1 = 32.9% {{increase}}10.1%
| image2 =
| leader2 = Jack McConnell
| party2 = Scottish Labour Party
| leaders_seat2 = Motherwell and Wishaw
| last_election2 = 50 seats
| seats2 =46
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}4
| 3data2 = 595,415
| 4data2 = 29.2% {{decrease}}0.1%
| 1data2= 648,374
| 2data2 = 32.2% {{decrease}}2.4%
| image3 =
| leader3 = Annabel Goldie
| party3 = Scottish Conservative Party
| leaders_seat3 = West of Scotland
| last_election3 = 18 seats
| seats3 =17
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}1
| 3data3 = 284,005
| 4data3 = 13.9% {{decrease}}1.6%
| 1data3 = 334,743
| 2data3 = 16.6% {{steady}}
| image4 =
| leader4 = Nicol Stephen
| party4 = Scottish Liberal Democrats
| leaders_seat4 = Aberdeen South
| last_election4 = 17 seats
| seats4 =16
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}1
| 3data4 = 230,671
| 4data4 = 11.3% {{decrease}}0.5%
| 1data4 = 326,232
| 2data4 = 16.2% {{increase}}0.9%
| image5 =
| leader5 = Robin Harper
and Shiona Baird
| party5 = Scottish Green Party
| leaders_seat5 = Lothians /
N. East Scotland (Lost)
| last_election5 = 7 seats
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}5
| 1data5 = 2,971
| 2data5 = 0.2% {{increase}}0.2%
| 3data5 = 82,584
| 4data5 = 4.0% {{decrease}}2.8%
|map_image = Scottish_Election_Results_2007.svg
|map_size = 450px
|map_caption = The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours .
| title = First Minister
| posttitle = First Minister-designate
| before_election = Jack McConnell
| before_party = Scottish Labour Party
| after_election = Alex Salmond
| after_party = Scottish National Party
}}

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[1] to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999. Local elections in Scotland fell on the same day.

The Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party with 47 seats, closely followed by the incumbent Scottish Labour Party with 46 seats. The Scottish Conservatives won 17 seats, the Scottish Liberal Democrats 16 seats, the Scottish Green Party 2 seats and one Independent (Margo MacDonald) was also elected. The SNP initially approached the Lib Dems for a coalition government, but the Lib Dems turned them down.[2] Ultimately, the Greens agreed to provide the numbers to vote in an SNP minority government, with SNP leader Alex Salmond as First Minister.[3]

The Scottish Socialist Party and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, which won seats in the 2003 election, lost all of their seats. Former MSP Tommy Sheridan's new party, Solidarity, also failed to win any seats. Campbell Martin and Dr Jean Turner both lost their seats, and Dennis Canavan and Brian Monteith retired.

Background

{{PoliticsScotland}}

The main issues during the campaign trail were healthcare, education, council tax reform, pensions, the Union, Trident (the submarines are based in Scotland), the Iraq War and more powers for the Scottish Parliament. Some parties proposed raise the school leaving age from 16 to 18 and raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 16 to 18.

Jack McConnell, as First Minister, entered the election defending a small overall majority of five seats via a coalition of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Lab-LD social liberal coalition had been in power, with three different First Ministers, since the first Scottish Parliament election in 1999. Opinion polls suggested its majority could be lost in 2007, due to falling support for the Labour Party and rising support for other parties, in particular the Scottish National Party (SNP). The polls suggested that no single party was likely to acquire an overall majority, nor was there an obvious alternative coalition ready to form a new Executive.

A TNS Poll in November 2006 gave Labour an 8% lead over the SNP which was second behind Labour in terms of numbers of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). As the election approached the SNP gained support while Labour's support declined. Based on pre-election projections, there could have been some possibility of an SNP–Liberal Democrat coalition, which might have extended to include the Scottish Green Party.[4][5][6][7] The other parties represented in the Parliament before the election were the Scottish Conservative Party, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), Solidarity and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party. (Solidarity is a new party, having broken away from the SSP in 2006.)

Other parties that campaigned for seats in Holyrood included the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the British National Party (BNP), the Scottish Unionist Party, the Scottish Socialist Labour Party, the Christian Peoples Alliance, the Scottish Christian Party and the Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers Party.

Retiring MSPs

Labour

  • Susan Deacon, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh[8]
  • John Home Robertson, East Lothian[9]
  • Janis Hughes, Glasgow Rutherglen[10]
  • Kate Maclean, Dundee West[11]
  • Maureen Macmillan, Highlands and Islands list[12]

Scottish National Party

  • Bruce McFee, West of Scotland list[12]
  • George Reid, Ochil[12]

Conservative

  • Phil Gallie, South of Scotland list[12]
  • James Douglas-Hamilton, Lothians list[12]

Liberal Democrats

  • Donald Gorrie, Central Scotland list[10]
  • Jim Wallace, Orkney[10]

Scottish Socialist Party

  • Frances Curran, West of Scotland list[13]

Independents

  • Dennis Canavan, Falkirk West[14]
  • Brian Monteith (elected as a Conservative), Mid Scotland and Fife list[15]

Defeated MSPs

Labour

  • Gordon Jackson, Glasgow Govan
  • Sylvia Jackson, Stirling
  • Margaret Jamieson, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
  • Maureen Macmillan, Highlands and Islands
  • Christine May, Fife Central
  • Alasdair Morrison, Western Isles
  • Bristow Muldoon, Livingston
  • Allan Wilson, Cunninghame North

Lib Dem

  • Andrew Arbuckle, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Nora Radcliffe, Gordon
  • Euan Robson, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Conservative

  • Dave Petrie, Highlands and Islands
  • Murray Tosh, West of Scotland

Scottish Green Party

  • Shiona Baird, North East Scotland
  • Chris Ballance, South of Scotland
  • Mark Ballard, Lothians
  • Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife
  • Eleanor Scott, Highlands and Islands

Scottish Socialist Party

  • Rosemary Byrne, South of Scotland
  • Colin Fox, Lothians
  • Rosie Kane, Glasgow
  • Carolyn Leckie, Central Scotland
  • Tommy Sheridan, Glasgow

Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party

  • John Swinburne, Central Scotland

Independent

  • Campbell Martin, West of Scotland - Former SNP MSP
  • Jean Turner, Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Opinion polls

{{Further|Opinion polling in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007}}

Election results

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|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
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|party = Scottish Socialist Party
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|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|votes = –
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|seats = –
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|AMS votes % = 0.4
|AMS votes net = −0.2
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|party = Publican Party
|votes = –
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|AMS votes % = 0.3
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|party = Scottish Unionist Party (1986)
|votes = –
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|seats = –
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|AMS votes % = 0.2
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|party = Scottish Voice
|votes = 2,827
|votes % = 0.1
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|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
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|AMS votes % = 0.3
|AMS votes net = +0.3
|AMS seats = 0
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|party = Action to Save St John's Hospital
|votes = 2,814
|votes % = 0.1
|votes net = +0.1
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = –
|AMS votes % = –
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|AMS seats = –
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}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Save Our NHS Group
|votes = –
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|seats = –
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|party = Free Scotland Party
|votes = 575
|votes % = 0.0
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|seats = 0
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|AMS votes = 664
|AMS votes % = 0.2
|AMS votes net = +0.0
|AMS seats = 0
|AMS seats net = 0
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|Seats % = 0
}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Had Enough Party
|votes = 498
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = 670
|AMS votes % = 0.0
|AMS votes net = +0.0
|AMS seats = 0
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|party = Scottish Enterprise Party
|votes = 409
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
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|AMS votes = 616
|AMS votes % = 0.0
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}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party
|votes = –
|votes % = –
|votes net = –
|seats = –
|seats net = –
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|AMS votes % = 0.0
|AMS votes net = −0.0
|AMS seats = 0
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}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Scottish Jacobite Party
|votes = 309
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = 446
|AMS votes % = 0.0
|AMS votes net = +0.0
|AMS seats = 0
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|party = Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers
|votes = –
|votes % = –
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|seats = –
|seats net = –
|AMS votes = 615
|AMS votes % = 0.0
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|AMS seats = 0
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}}{{AMS Election Summary Party|
|party = Peace Party (United Kingdom)
|votes = 577
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = –
|AMS votes % = –
|AMS votes net = –
|AMS seats = –
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|Seats net = 0
|Seats % = 0
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|party = Communist Party of Britain
|votes = 251
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = 260
|AMS votes % = 0.0
|AMS votes net = −0.0
|AMS seats = 0
|AMS seats net = 0
|Seats total = 0
|Seats net = 0
|Seats % = 0
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|party = Independent Green Voice
|votes = –
|votes % = –
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|seats = –
|seats net = –
|AMS votes = 496
|AMS votes % = 0.0
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|AMS seats = 0
|AMS seats net = 0
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}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Anti-Trident Party
|votes = 187
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = –
|AMS votes % = –
|AMS votes net = –
|AMS seats = –
|AMS seats net = –
|Seats total = 0
|Seats net = 0
|Seats % = 0
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|party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)
|votes = –
|votes % = –
|votes net = –
|seats = –
|seats net = –
|AMS votes = 139
|AMS votes % = 0.0
|AMS votes net = +0.0
|AMS seats = 0
|AMS seats net = 0
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|Seats % = 0
}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Equal Parenting Alliance
|votes = 124
|votes % = 0.0
|votes net = +0.0
|seats = 0
|seats net = 0
|AMS votes = –
|AMS votes % = –
|AMS votes net = –
|AMS seats = –
|AMS seats net = –
|Seats total = 0
|Seats net = 0
|Seats % = 0
}}{{AMS Election Summary|
|party = Nine Per Cent Growth Party
|votes = –
|votes % = –
|votes net = –
|seats = –
|seats net = –
|AMS votes = 80
|AMS votes % = 0.0
|AMS votes net = +0.0
|AMS seats = 0
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|-
|   || Total ||2,016,978 || 51.8 ||+2.5|| 73 ||   || 2,042,109 || ||   || 56 || || 129 ||   ||
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Turnout in the election was 51.7% in the constituency vote and 52.4% in the regional vote up from 2003 where the turnout was 49.4% in both the constituency and regional vote [16]

Notes: Independents contested 17 seats and three regions. Scottish Greens contested 1 seat, Scottish Socialist Party contested 1 seat, Scottish Christian Party, Scottish Voice etc. contested a small number of seats. A number of local issue parties also stood in single constituencies. The Nine Per Cent Growth Party stood candidates on the regional lists, and had a candidate for the local council elections of the same year.[17] Standing in the Glasgow Regional List[18] the party finished last of 23 candidates, receiving only 80 votes (0.04%), a record low.

Constituency and regional summary

Central Scotland

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|constituency = Airdrie and Shotts
|MSP = Karen Whitefield
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
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|constituency = Coatbridge and Chryston
|MSP = Elaine Smith
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
|MSP = Cathie Craigie
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = East Kilbride
|MSP = Andy Kerr
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
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|constituency = Falkirk East
|MSP = Cathy Peattie
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}{{Election box constituency gain electoral region with party link|
|constituency = Falkirk West
|MSP = Michael Matheson
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Independent (politician)
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|constituency = Hamilton North and Bellshill
|MSP = Michael McMahon
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
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|constituency = Hamilton South
|MSP = Tom McCabe
|winner =Scottish Labour Party
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|constituency = Kilmarnock and Loudoun
|MSP = Willie Coffey
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
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|constituency = Motherwell and Wishaw
|MSP = Jack McConnell
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
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|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 89,210
|percentage = 31.4%
|change = +8.8%
|number = 5
|numberchange= +2
|elected = Alex Neil
Linda Fabiani
Jamie Hepburn
Christina McKelvie
John Wilson
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|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 24,253
|percentage = 8.5%
|change = −0.6%
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Margaret Mitchell
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|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 14,648
|percentage = 5.2%
|change = −0.7%
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Hugh O'Donnell
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Glasgow

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|constituency = Glasgow Anniesland
|MSP = Bill Butler
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
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|constituency = Glasgow Baillieston
|MSP = Margaret Curran
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Cathcart
|MSP = Charles Gordon
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Govan
|MSP = Nicola Sturgeon
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Kelvin
|MSP = Pauline McNeill
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Maryhill
|MSP = Patricia Ferguson
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Pollok
|MSP = Johann Lamont
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Rutherglen
|MSP = James Kelly
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Shettleston
|MSP = Frank McAveety
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Glasgow Springburn
|MSP = Paul Martin
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}{{Election box end}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow}}
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 55,832
|percentage = 27%
|change = +9.9%
|number = 4
|numberchange= +2
|elected = Bashir Ahmad
Sandra White
Bob Doris
Bill Kidd
}}
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 14,767
|percentage = 7.2%
|change = −0.1%
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Robert Brown
}}{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 13,751
|percentage = 6.7%
|change = −0.8%
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Bill Aitken
}}
|party = Scottish Green Party
|votes = 10,759
|percentage = 5.2%
|change = −1.9%
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Patrick Harvie{{Election box end}}

Highlands and Islands

{{Scottish Constituency Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Highlands and Islands}}
|constituency = Argyll and Bute
|MSP = Jim Mather
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
|MSP = Jamie Stone
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
|MSP = Fergus Ewing
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Moray
|MSP = Richard Lochhead
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Orkney
|MSP = Liam McArthur
|winner =Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Ross, Skye and Inverness West
|MSP = John Farquhar Munro
|winner =Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Shetland
|MSP = Tavish Scott
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Western Isles
|MSP = Alasdair Allan
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}{{Election box end}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Highlands and Islands}}
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 63,979
|percentage = 34.4%
|change = +11.0
|number = 2
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Rob Gibson
David Thompson
}}
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|votes = 32,952
|percentage = 17.7%
|change = −4.6
|number = 3
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Peter Peacock
Rhoda Grant
David Stewart
}}
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 23,334
|percentage = 12.6%
|change = −3.4
|number = 2
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Mary Scanlon
Jamie McGrigor
}}{{Election box end}}

Lothians

{{Scottish Constituency Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Lothians}}
|constituency = Edinburgh Central
|MSP = Sarah Boyack
|winner =Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
|MSP = Kenny MacAskill
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Edinburgh North and Leith
|MSP = Malcolm Chisholm
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Edinburgh Pentlands
|MSP = David McLetchie
|winner = Scottish Conservative Party
}}
|constituency = Edinburgh South
|MSP = Mike Pringle
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Edinburgh West
|MSP = Margaret Smith
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Linlithgow
|MSP = Mary Mulligan
|winner =Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Livingston
|MSP = Angela Constance
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Midlothian
|MSP = Rhona Brankin
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}{{Election box end}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Lothians}}
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 76,019
|percentage = 26.5%
|change = +10.2
|number = 3
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Fiona Hyslop
Ian McKee
Stefan Tymkewycz
}}
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|votes = 75,495
|percentage = 26.3%
|change = +0.8
|number = 1
|numberchange= +1
|elected = George Foulkes
}}
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 37,548
|percentage = 13.1%
|change = −2.0
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Gavin Brown
}}
|party = Scottish Green Party
|votes = 20,147
|percentage = 7.0%
|change = −5.0
|number = 1
|numberchange= −1
|elected = Robin Harper
}}
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 19,256
|percentage = 6.7%
|change = −3.5
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Margo MacDonald
}}{{Election box end}}

Mid Scotland and Fife

{{Scottish Constituency Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife}}
|constituency = Dunfermline East
|MSP = Helen Eadie
|winner =Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Dunfermline West
|MSP = Jim Tolson
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|loser =Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Fife Central
|MSP = Tricia Marwick
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Fife North East
|MSP = Iain Smith
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Kirkcaldy
|MSP = Marilyn Livingstone
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = North Tayside
|MSP = John Swinney
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Ochil
|MSP = Keith Brown
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Perth
|MSP = Roseanna Cunningham
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Stirling
|MSP = Bruce Crawford
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Mid Scotland and Fife}}
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 90,090
|percentage = 33.0%
|change = +10%
|number = 1
|numberchange= −1
|elected = Chris Harvie
}}{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|votes = 71,922
|percentage = 26.3%
|change = +1.0%
|number = 3
|numberchange= +3
|elected = John Park
Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson
}}{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 44,341
|percentage = 16.2%
|change = −1.3%
|number = 3
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Murdo Fraser
Elizabeth Smith
Ted Brocklebank
}}

North East Scotland

{{Scottish Constituency Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Scotland}}
|constituency = Aberdeen Central
|MSP = Lewis Macdonald
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Aberdeen North
|MSP = Brian Adam
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Aberdeen South
|MSP = Nicol Stephen
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Angus
|MSP = Andrew Welsh
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Banff and Buchan
|MSP = Stewart Stevenson
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Dundee East
|MSP = Shona Robison
|winner = Scottish National Party
}}
|constituency = Dundee West
|MSP = Joe Fitzpatrick
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Gordon
|MSP = Alex Salmond
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
|MSP = Mike Rumbles
|winner = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: North East Scotland}}{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 105,265
|percentage = 40.5%
|change = +13.2%
|number = 2
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Maureen Watt
Nigel Don
}}
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|votes = 52,125
|percentage = 20.0%
|change = −0.1%
|number = 2
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Richard Baker
Marlyn Glen
}}
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 37,666
|percentage = 14.5%
|change = -2.9%
|number = 2
|numberchange= −1
|elected = Alex Johnstone
Nanette Milne
}}
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 40,934
|percentage = 15.7%
|change = −3.1%
|number = 1
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Alison McInnes
}}

South of Scotland

{{Scottish Constituency Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: South of Scotland}}
|constituency = Ayr
|MSP = John Scott
|winner = Scottish Conservative Party
}}
|constituency = Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
|MSP = Cathy Jamieson
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Clydesdale
|MSP = Karen Gillon
|winner =Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Cunninghame South
|MSP = Irene Oldfather
|winner =Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Dumfries
|MSP = Elaine Murray
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = East Lothian
|MSP = Iain Gray
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
|MSP = Alex Fergusson
|winner = Scottish Conservative Party
}}
|constituency = Roxburgh and Berwickshire
|MSP = John Lamont
|winner = Scottish Conservative Party
|loser = Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}
|constituency = Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
|MSP = Jeremy Purvis
|winner =Scottish Liberal Democrats
}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: South of Scotland}}
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 77,053
|percentage = 27.8%
|change = +9.4%
|number = 5
|numberchange= +2
|elected = Christine Grahame
Michael Russell
Adam Ingram
Alasdair Morgan
Aileen Campbell
}}{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 62,475
|percentage = 22.6%
|change = −1.7%
|number = 1
|numberchange= −1
|elected = Derek Brownlee
}}
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 28,040
|percentage = 10.1%
|change = −0.1%
|number = 1
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Jim Hume
}}

West of Scotland

{{Scottish Constituency Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: West of Scotland}}
|constituency = Clydebank and Milngavie
|MSP = Des McNulty
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Cunninghame North
|MSP = Kenneth Gibson
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Dumbarton
|MSP = Jackie Baillie
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Eastwood
|MSP = Kenneth Macintosh
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Greenock and Inverclyde
|MSP = Duncan McNeil
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Paisley North
|MSP = Wendy Alexander
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Paisley South
|MSP = Hugh Henry
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
|constituency = Strathkelvin and Bearsden
|MSP = David Whitton
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
}}
|constituency = West Renfrewshire
|MSP = Patricia Godman
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}{{Scottish Electoral Area Election box begin | title=Scottish Parliament election, 2007: West of Scotland}}
|party = Scottish National Party
|votes = 75,953
|percentage = 28.3%
|change = +8.7%
|number = 4
|numberchange= +1
|elected = Stewart Maxwell
Gil Paterson
Bill Wilson
Stuart McMillan
}}{{Election box scottish candidate electoral region with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|votes = 40,637
|percentage = 15.2%
|change = −0.5%
|number = 2
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Annabel Goldie
Jackson Carlaw
}}
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|votes = 22,515
|percentage = 8.4%
|change = −3.9%
|number = 1
|numberchange= ±0
|elected = Ross Finnie
}}

Incidents

Delayed counts

Some counts in the Western Isles (Barra & the Uists) were delayed because the chartered helicopter sent to pick up the ballot boxes was delayed by bad weather. The boxes were instead transferred by sea and road to be counted in Stornoway. The votes were announced around 12.00 on Friday 4 May.

Vandalism

A man smashed ballot boxes with a golf club at a polling station at Carrick Knowe in Corstorphine in Edinburgh. About 100 ballots were damaged, some having to be taped back together. The man was arrested on the scene.[19]

High number of rejected votes

The number of 'invalid' ballot papers has increased dramatically from previous elections, and the BBC reported that almost 142,000 (or 7% of the total votes cast) were rejected.[20] The Herald reported that this included both constituency and regional votes, and hence the number of individual voters was likely to be considerably less. Nevertheless, there were calls for an independent enquiry into the implementation of the new voting system. The BBC Scotland Chief Political Editor, Brian Taylor, described the situation as "a disgrace" during their Election Night coverage.[21]

Almost certainly the biggest reason for the increase in invalid ballots was that in the vote for the parliament, the ballot papers for the constituency elections were combined with that for the regional lists. A large-type instruction at the top indicated "you have two votes." Being told that they had two votes, far too many voters used both votes on parties in the regional list.

[22] This misleading ballot was made more complicated by two additional features of the balloting: several small parties like the Green Party ran one or fewer candidates in the constituency seats and parties were able to choose to put the name of their leader instead of the name of the party in the label for the list seats. (For example, the SNP was listed as "Alex Salmond for First Minister". The letters "SNP" did not appear on the ballot.) Such poor ballot design decisions contributed to a similarly higher rate of spoiled ballots in the 2000 United States presidential election in areas of Florida such as Miami-Dade and Duval counties.

Another reason presented was that voters were given two papers with two different systems and a different design – one for the parliamentary election where voters marked a cross and one for local councils where they placed numbers, as the council elections were under the single transferable vote system. Undercutting this theory, however, was the fact that the invalid rate in the local elections was far lower despite single transferable vote being a new system for most voters.

A third proposed reason was that this was the first election where electronic counting of papers had taken place. Many blamed e-counting for the increase in rejected papers, in part because the new machine counting did not go smoothly, with many counts abandoned during the early hours of Friday morning before all results had been counted. The main company concerned was DRS Ltd.[23] Nevertheless, nearly all invalid ballots would have been spoiled no matter how they were counted. However, the last minute redesign of ballot papers that was blamed for the high number of rejections in two electoral regions was done to make electronic voting easier.[24]

Threatened legal actions

On 5 May 2007, the BBC reported that Labour were considering legal action against some results (particularly Cunninghame North, where the SNP beat Labour by just 48 votes) due to the high number of rejected votes.[25] A further challenge was expected from Mike Dailly from the Govan Law Centre, a member of the Labour Party, purportedly on behalf of voters in the Glasgow region. He said that the result should be challenged because there were 10,000 rejected ballots which could have caused a different result if they had counted. Tommy Sheridan of Solidarity was only 2,215 votes short of beating the Greens for the last place as an MSP.[25]

There were no election petitions raised to challenge the results.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Election system

There are 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, which are grouped into eight regions. These regions each elect seven additional member MSPs so as to produce an overall proportional result. The D'Hondt method is used to calculate which additional member MSPs the regions elect. Each constituency is a sub-division of a region; the additional members system is designed to produce proportional representation for each region, and the total number of MSPs elected to the parliament is 129.

The election was the first using constituencies (see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions) that are not identical to constituencies of the House of Commons (Parliament of the United Kingdom). Scottish Westminster constituencies were replaced with a new set of generally larger constituencies, fewer in number, in 2005.

The Arbuthnott Commission reported in January 2006, concerning the multiplicity of voting systems and electoral divisions in Scotland. Council elections on the same day used Single Transferable Vote for the first time, but there was no change to the Holyrood election system, except regarding use of vote-counting machines, before the 2007 election. Scanners supplied by DRS Data Services Limited of Milton Keynes, in partnership with Electoral Reform Services, the trading arm of the Electoral Reform Society, were used to electronically count the paper ballots in both the Scottish Parliament general election and the Scottish council elections, which took place on the same day.[26][27]

Top target seats of the main parties

Below are listed all the constituencies which required a swing of less than 5% from the 2003 result to change hands.

Many of the seats that changed hands are not listed here. For example, the Scottish National Party gained several seats (Stirling, Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, Gordon, Livingston and Argyll & Bute) with very large swings, yet did not gain any of their top three targets.

Labour targets

RankConstituencyWinning party 2003Swing to gainLabour's place 2003Result
1Dundee East{{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}0.172ndSNP hold
2Edinburgh South{{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}0.262ndLD hold
3Ochil{{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}0.492ndSNP hold
4Strathkelvin and Bearsden{{party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}0.622ndLab gain
5Aberdeen North{{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}0.922ndSNP hold
6Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber{{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}1.512ndSNP hold
7Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale{{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}2.703rdLD hold
8Ayr{{party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}2.992ndCon hold
9Edinburgh Pentlands{{party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}3.162ndCon hold
10Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross{{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}4.962ndLD hold

SNP targets

RankConstituencyWinning party 2003Swing to gainSNP's place 2003Result
1Galloway & Upper Nithsdale{{party name with colour|Scottish Conservative Party}}0.172ndCon hold
2Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale{{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}1.012ndLD hold
3Cumbernauld & Kilsyth{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}1.072ndLab hold
4Kilmarnock & Loudoun{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}1.922ndSNP gain
5Dundee West{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}2.132ndSNP gain
6Western Isles{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}2.912ndSNP gain
7Glasgow Govan{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}2.922ndSNP gain
8Aberdeen Central{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}2.962ndLab hold
9Linlithgow{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}3.562ndLab hold
10West Renfrewshire{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.412ndLab hold
11Paisley South{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.912ndLab hold

Conservative targets

RankConstituencyWinning party 2003Swing to gainCon place 2003Result
1Perth{{party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}1.152ndSNP hold
2Dumfries{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}1.712ndLab hold
3Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale{{party name with colour|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}2.834thLD hold
4Eastwood{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.762ndLab hold
5Stirling{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.862ndSNP gain
6West Renfrewshire{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.963rdLab hold

Liberal Democrat targets

RankConstituencyWinning party 2003Swing to gainLD's place 2003Result
1Edinburgh Central{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.752ndLab hold
2Aberdeen Central{{party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}4.993rdLab hold

Party leaders

Major parties

At time of dissolution of the Scottish Parliament at midnight on Monday 2 April 2007, there were five party 'groups' represented on the Parliament's Bureau: Labour (50), SNP (25), Conservative (17), LibDem (17), and the Greens (7). There was also one 'mixed' administrative grouping of 5 independent MSPs and 1 Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party MSP.

2007 Scottish Parliament Election – Party Leaders
Scottish National PartyLabour PartyConservative PartyLiberal Democrats
Alex Salmond
Leader of the Scottish National Party		Jack McConnell
Leader of the
Scottish Labour Party		Annabel Goldie
Leader of the Scottish
Conservative and Unionist Party		Nicol Stephen
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Age52Age46Age57Age47
ParliamentScottish Parliament – 2 years (1999–2001)
& UK Parliament – 19 years (1987–6 May 2010)		Parliament7 yearsParliament7 yearsParliamentScottish Parliament – 7 years
& UK Parliament – 5 months (1991–1992)
Leader since1990–2000
& 2004		Leader since2001Leader since2005Leader since2005
ProfessionEconomistProfessionTeacherProfessionSolicitorProfessionSolicitor

Of the major party leaders in the Scottish Parliament, only one, Jack McConnell, of the Scottish Labour Party fought the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary election as leader. Nicol Stephen succeeded Jim Wallace as Deputy First Minister and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats in June 2005, after the latter announced that he would not be contesting the 2007 election.[28] Alex Salmond was elected leader of the Scottish National Party in 2004, with his deputy Nicola Sturgeon.[29] Salmond previously led the SNP between 1990 and 2000, but stood down and was replaced by his preferred successor John Swinney, who headed the party between 2000 and 2004. After Swinney's resignation in 2004, Salmond announced that he would, once again contest the leadership and won the ballot of members in June 2004. Annabel Goldie was elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives in November 2005[30] after the resignation of the incumbent David McLetchie on 31 October 2005 after a row surrounding taxi expenses.[31]

Minor parties

Robin Harper and Shiona Baird were elected as Scottish Green Party Co-convenors in 2004, but as the sole Green MSP Robin Harper was effectively party spokesperson from 1999.[32]

Colin Fox was elected as the Scottish Socialist Party Convenor in 2005. In 2006 Tommy Sheridan left the party to form Solidarity.

Party Manifestos

  • British National Party
  • Scottish Christian Party- Another Approach Restoring the Land of the Book
  • Scottish Conservative Party
  • Scottish Green Party - Act Now: Choose a Green Future
  • Scottish Labour Party- Building Scotland
  • Scottish Liberal Democrats- We think Scotland has a bright future
  • Scottish National Party - It's Time
  • Scottish Socialist Party- People Not Profit

See also

  • Members of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
  • Elections in Scotland
  • National Assembly for Wales election and United Kingdom local elections, 2007, which took place on the same day

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29. ^{{cite news | title = Salmond is SNP leader again with Sturgeon as No 2 |first=Ian |last=Swanson | work = Edinburgh Evening News | publisher = Scotsman | date = 3 September 2004 | url = http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/salmond-is-snp-leader-again-with-sturgeon-as-no-2-1-1024142 | accessdate = 10 January 2015}}
30. ^{{cite news | title = Tories have their 'coronation' as Goldie becomes leader unopposed |first=Hamish |last= MacDonell | publisher = Scotsman | date = 3 November 2005 | url = http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/tories-have-their-coronation-as-goldie-becomes-leader-unopposed-1-1102852 | accessdate = 10 January 2015}}
31. ^{{cite news | title = McLetchie finally quits over taxi row |first=Hamish |last= MacDonell | work = The Scotsman | publisher = Scotsman | date = 1 November 2005 | url = http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/mcletchie-finally-quits-over-taxi-row-1-1102553 | accessdate = 10 January 2015}}
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External links

  • Election 2007, a briefing by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre
  • ScotlandVotes, by Weber Shandwick Public Affairs and Scotland on Sunday
  • Scottish Voting Intention, by UKPollingReport, in association with YouGov
  • VoteScotland, a Scottish Executive and Electoral Commission website
  • Electoral Reform Society – Scotland
  • Scottish elections 2007, at the BBC News website
  • Election 2007, at The Herald
  • Holyrood Elections, at The Scotsman
  • Election Supplement 2007
  • Scottish Elections Between 1997 and present
  • Links to Party manifestos for the election.
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