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2007 Inverclyde Council election
2007 Scottish local government election
2007 Scottish local government election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| type | parliamentary | |
| ongoing | no | |
| previous_election | 2003 Inverclyde Council election | |
| previous_year | 2003 | |
| election_date | ||
| next_election | Inverclyde Council election, 2012 | |
| next_year | 2012 | |
| seats_for_election | All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council | |
| majority_seats | 11 | |
| <!-- Labour --> | 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 | ||
| 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% |
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.
Results
|seats % = 45.0 |votes % = 37.9 |plus/minus = 6.6 |seats % = 25.0 |votes % = 21.5 |plus/minus = 6.7 |seats % = 20.0 |votes % = 20.3 |plus/minus = 22.3 |seats % = 5.0 |votes % = 8.6 |plus/minus = 2.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus =New |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = 1.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus =New
Ward results
Aftermath
On 27 November 2008 Inverclyde North Cllr Charles McCallum resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent for the remainder of the term.
In February 2011, Argyll News reported that Inverclyde West Councillor George White was a former Liberal Democrat who had recently joined the Liberal Party.
A by-election was held following the death of Cllr Ken Ferguson of the Scottish National Party on 26 April 2009. The seat was held by the SNP's Innes Nelson on 18 June 2009.{{STV Election box begin2|
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