See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Renfrewshire Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Renfrewshire Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2012 Renfrewshire Council election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 seats to Renfrewshire Council |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
Elections to 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 one using 11 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 40 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.