2007 Glasgow City Council election

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Greens and for Solidarity.

2007 Glasgow City Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats
Last election 71 seats, 47.7% 3 seats, 20.5% 3 seats, 7.6%
Seats won 45 22 5
Seat change 26 19 2
Popular vote 81,393 46,185 14,864
Percentage 43.3% 24.6% 7.9%
Swing 4.4% 4.1% 0.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Scottish Green Conservative Solidarity
Last election New party 1 seat, 7.5% New party
Seats won 5 1 1
Seat change 5 0 1
Popular vote 12,183 14,412 8,837
Percentage 6.5% 7.7% 4.7
Swing New 0.2% New
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Steven Purcell
Labour

 Elected Council Leader

Steven Purcell
Labour

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