See main article: 2007 Scottish local elections.
Election Name: | 2007 Scottish Borders Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 Scottish Borders Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | Scottish Borders Council election, 2012 |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Party1: | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Seats Before1: | 10 |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,083 |
Percentage1: | 26.8% |
Swing1: | 1.8% |
Party2: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Seats Before2: | 9 |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,980 |
Percentage2: | 24.6% |
Swing2: | 1.7% |
Party3: | Scottish National Party |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 6 |
Seat Change3: | 5 |
Popular Vote3: | 9,161 |
Percentage3: | 18.8% |
Swing3: | 7.3% |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Seats Before4: | 14 |
Seats4: | 5 |
Seat Change4: | 8 |
Popular Vote4: | 10,272 |
Percentage4: | 21.1% |
Swing4: | 9.3% |
Party5: | Borders Party |
Seats Before5: | N/A |
Seats5: | 2 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,597 |
Percentage5: | 5.3% |
Swing5: | New |
Council Leader | |
Before Election: | David Parker |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
After Election: | David Parker |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
Elections to Scottish Borders 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 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.