Election Name: | 2007 West Lothian Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2003 West Lothian Council election |
Previous Year: | 2003 |
Next Election: | 2012 West Lothian Council election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 32 seats to West Lothian Council |
Majority Seats: | 17 |
Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
Seats1: | 14 |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Seats2: | 13 |
Party3: | Action to Save St John's Hospital |
Seats3: | 3 |
Party4: | Scottish Conservatives |
Seats4: | 1 |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Percentage1: | 36.6% |
Popular Vote1: | 23,833 |
Swing1: | 6.9% |
Percentage2: | 36.3% |
Popular Vote2: | 23,620 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 3,997 |
Percentage3: | 6.1% |
Swing3: | New |
Percentage4: | 9.4% |
Swing4: | 0.2% |
Popular Vote4: | 6,142 |
Swing5: | 2.1% |
Percentage5: | 4.6% |
Popular Vote5: | 3,018 |
Elections to West Lothian 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 to use nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elects three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
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