Elections 2007
Breakdown of Council Ward Results
Breakdown of Council Declarations Stage by Stage
Combined Scottish Parliamentary and Local Government Elections - 3 May 2007
Elections will be held for both the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Borders Council Members on Thursday, 3 May 2007.
Members to the Scottish Parliament will continue to be elected by a combination of "First Past the Post" and the "Additional Member System". However the Scottish Parliament has decided that the "Single Transferable Vote (STV)" electoral system will be used for for local government in Scotland.
Scottish Borders Council is currently made up of 34 single member wards and this will be replaced on 3 May 2007 by 10 wards with three members and 1 ward with four members.
STV
The key features of STV are:
- Several people are elected from the same multi member constituency or ward at the same time. For Scottish local government this will involve 3 or 4 councillors per ward, with correspondingly larger wards. This resembles the pattern in most of England and Wales.
- Voters vote by ranking individual candidates in order of preference (1, 2, 3. . . . ). They do not have to rank all candidates or vote for an entire party slate.
- The number one choice ('first preference vote') is most important. But if the candidate already has more than enough votes to be elected, or too few to stand a chance, the vote will be used to help the next choice of that voter (the vote, or the unused part of the vote, is 'transferred').
- Candidates who poll a certain proportion of the vote(25% in 3-member wards, 20% in 4-member wards), called the 'quota' are elected. This means that the main parties will be represented roughly in proportion to the votes they have polled.
More details of how STV works are available from the Electoral Reform Society.
Frequently Asked Questions on STV.
Wednesday 11 April at 4.00 pm was the last date for all prospective candidates to lodge their nomination papers. To see the Statements of Persons Nominated and Notices of Polls for the Scottish Parliament Elections and Local Government Elections follow the links below.
Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Constituency
Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Roxburgh and Berwickshire Constituency
Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - South of Scotland Regional Members
Unified Solutions.