2007 South Ayrshire Council election

Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections and elections to the Scottish Parliament.

2007 South Ayrshire Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Lab
Leader Bill McIntosh
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Troon
Last election 15 seats, 41.5% 15 seats, 36.7%
Seats before 15 15
Seats won 12 9
Seat change 3 6
Popular vote 18,568 14,152
Percentage 37.2% 28.4%
Swing 4.3 8.3
  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Ind
Leader Brian Connolly
Party SNP Independent
Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton
Last election 0 seats, 17.3% 0 seats, 2.9%
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 8 1
Seat change 8 1
Popular vote 12,624 4,160
Percentage 25.3% 8.3%
Swing 8.0 5.4
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Bill McIntosh
(Conservative)
No overall control

 Council Leader after election

Bill McIntosh
(Conservative)
No overall control

The election was the first to use the 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced the 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The election saw the Conservatives returned as the largest party on the council despite losing three seats. Labour, who had tied with the Conservatives as the largest party in 2003, lost six seats as they became the second-largest party. The Scottish National Party (SNP) picked up their first representation in the area for 30 years as they gained eight seats. The remaining seat was won by an independent candidate.

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