Election Name: | 2007 East Renfrewshire Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 East Renfrewshire Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2012 East Renfrewshire Council election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 20 seats to East Renfrewshire Council |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Party1: | Scottish Conservative Party |
Last Election1: | 7 |
Seats1: | 7 |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Popular Vote1: | 14,567 |
Percentage1: | 34.3% |
Party2: | Scottish Labour Party |
Last Election2: | 8 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,825 |
Percentage2: | 27.8% |
Party3: | Scottish National Party |
Last Election3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 6,794 |
Percentage3: | 16.0% |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Last Election4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | 0 |
Popular Vote4: | 4,589 |
Percentage4: | 10.8% |
Party5: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Last Election5: | 3 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 4,317 |
Percentage5: | 10.2% |
Council Leader | |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Party: | No overall control |
Elections to East Renfrewshire 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 using six 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 of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.[1]