May 2007 Elections

We are delighted that we were able to return 10 LibDem Councillors at this election. Unfortunately, where we put up 2 candidates in a single Ward we were only able to return one LibDem councillor.

For the detailed results of the SBC election -.

A multi-talented, multi-skilled team

The Borders Lib Dems fielded a strong multi-talented team for the 3rd May 2007 Scottish Borders Council election. Their current and previous experiences cover commerce, business, local government, teaching, NHS, computing, farming, transport, art and drama. There is good representation of female candidates, including two young mothers. These elections were the first local elections in Scotland under proportional representation using the system of Single Transferable Vote (STV)

Single Transferable Voting system for Council elections

Written Explanation of the Single Transferable Vote system.

Graphical explanation of the Single Transferable Vote system.

Scottish Parliament election

On the same date there were elections for the Scottish Parliament and we were fortunate to have Jeremy Purvis re-elected for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale and Jim Hume elected as the LibDem List MSP for the South of Scotland. Unfortunately, Euan Robson wasn't re-elected this time.

Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.

Jim Hume, List MSP for South of Scotland.

Adding strength and height to this excellent team we have

Michael Moore, MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk.

You can see the details of each new ward, the LibDem Councillors and their details and local policies using the navigation links on the left hand side