See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Inverclyde Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Flag Image: | Flag of Scotland.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Inverclyde Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | Inverclyde Council election, 2012 |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 6 seats, 31.3% |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,194 |
Percentage1: | 37.9% |
Swing1: | 6.6% |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Last Election2: | 0 seats, 14.8% |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 6,907 |
Percentage2: | 21.5% |
Swing2: | 6.7% |
Party3: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Last Election3: | 13 seats, 42.6% |
Seats3: | 4 |
Seat Change3: | 9 |
Popular Vote3: | 6,525 |
Percentage3: | 20.3% |
Swing3: | 22.3% |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Last Election4: | 1 seats, 3.5% |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 0 |
Popular Vote4: | 3,451 |
Percentage4: | 10.7% |
Swing4: | 7.2% |
Party5: | Scottish Conservative Party |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 6.1% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,778 |
Percentage5: | 8.6% |
Swing5: | 2.5% |
Council Leader before election | |
Before Party: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
After Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six 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, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.