See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Perth and Kinross Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Perth and Kinross Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | Perth and Kinross Council election, 2012 |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Party1: | Scottish National Party |
Seats Before1: | 15 |
Seats Needed1: | 6 |
Seats1: | 18 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Party2: | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Seats Before2: | 10 |
Seats Needed2: | 11 |
Seats2: | 12 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Party3: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats Needed3: | 12 |
Seats3: | 8 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Party4: | Scottish Labour Party |
Seats Before4: | 5 |
Seats Needed4: | 16 |
Seats After4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
Party5: | Independent (politician) |
Seats Before5: | 2 |
Seats Needed5: | 19 |
Seats After5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Council Leader | |
Before Party: | Scottish National Party |
Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
After Party: | Scottish National Party |
Elections to Perth and Kinross 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 12 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 41 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The Council continued to be controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration.