2007 Dundee City Council election

Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

2007 Dundee City Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 29 seats to Dundee City Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ken Guild Kevin Keenan Derek Scott
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat The Ferry Strathmartine The Ferry
Last election 11 seats, 34.1% 10 seats, 34.1% 5 seat, 14.9%
Seats before 11 10 5
Seats won 13 10 3
Seats after 13 10
Seat change 2 0 2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Fraser Macpherson Ian Borthwick
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat West End Strathmartine
Last election 2 seats, 9.9% 1 seat, 3.5%
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 2 1
Seats after 2
Seat change 0 0
The 8 multi-member wards

The election was the first one to use the new 8 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives. This changed after a March 2009 By Election result tipped the balance in the SNPs direction.

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