See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Fife Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Fife Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2012 Fife Council election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 78 seats to Fife Council |
Majority Seats: | 40 |
Turnout: | --> |
Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 36 |
Leaders Seat1: | The Lochs |
Seats Before1: | 36 |
Seats1: | 24 |
Seat Change1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 39,982 |
Percentage1: | 28.7% |
Leader2: | Peter Grant |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Leaders Seat2: | Glenrothes West and Kinglassie |
Last Election2: | 11 |
Seats Before2: | 11 |
Seats2: | 23 |
Seat Change2: | 12 |
Popular Vote2: | 38,764 |
Percentage2: | 27.8% |
Leader3: | Elizabeth Riches |
Party3: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Leaders Seat3: | East Neuk and Landward |
Last Election3: | 23 |
Seats Before3: | 23 |
Seats3: | 21 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 31,176 |
Percentage3: | 22.4% |
Leader4: | Dave Dempsey |
Party4: | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Leaders Seat4: | Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay |
Last Election4: | 2 |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 5 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Popular Vote4: | 14,783 |
Percentage4: | 10.6% |
Leader5: | Andrew Rodger |
Party5: | Independent (politician) |
Leaders Seat5: | Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages |
Last Election5: | 6 |
Seats Before5: | 7 |
Seats5: | 5 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 10,542 |
Percentage5: | 7.6% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Council Leader | |
Before Election: | Anne McGovern |
Before Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
After Election: | Peter Grant |
After Party: | Scottish National Party |
Elections to Fife 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 23 new 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a coalition to run the council for the next 5 years.