See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Argyll and Bute Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Argyll and Bute Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | Argyll and Bute Council election, 2012 |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 36 seats to Argyll and Bute Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Party1: | Independent (politician) |
Seats1: | 16 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 15,715 |
Percentage1: | 39.1% |
Swing1: | 12.4% |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,921 |
Percentage2: | 22.2% |
Swing2: | 9.0% |
Party3: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Seats3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 7,702 |
Percentage3: | 19.2% |
Swing3: | 4.9% |
Party4: | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 0 |
Popular Vote4: | 6,301 |
Percentage4: | 15.7 |
Swing4: | 1.7% |
Council Leader | |
Before Election: | Allan MacAskill |
Before Party: | Independent |
Posttitle: | Council Leader |
After Election: | Dick Walsh |
After Party: | Independent |
Elections to Argyll and Bute 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 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Incumbent councillors are marked with *