2007 Scottish local elections

The 2007 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.

2007 Scottish local elections
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
Turnout52.8% (3.2%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alex Salmond Jack McConnell
Party SNP Labour
Leader since 3 September 2004 22 November 2001
Last election 181 seats, 24.1% 509 seats, 32.6%
Seats won 363 348
Seat change 182 161
First preferences 585,885 590,085
First preferences (%) 27.9% 28.1%
Swing (pp) 3.8% 4.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nicol Stephen Annabel Goldie
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 27 June 2005 31 October 2005
Last election 175 seats, 14.5% 122 seats, 15.1%
Seats won 166 143
Seat change 9 21
First preferences 266,693 327,591
First preferences (%) 12.7% 15.6%
Swing (pp) 1.8% 0.5%
Council controls post elections
Colours denote the party with the most seats
Colours denote the party with largest share of first preference votes by ward
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