2007 Scottish local elections

2007 Scottish local elections

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All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
Turnout	52.8% (3.2%)[1]
First party Second party   Leader Alex Salmond Jack McConnell Party SNP Labour Leader since 3 September 2004 22 November 2001 Last election 181 seats, 24.1% 509 seats, 32.6% Seats won 363 348 Seat change 182 161 First preferences 585,885 590,085 First preferences (%) 27.9% 28.1% Swing (pp) 3.8% 4.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nicol Stephen Annabel Goldie Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 27 June 2005 31 October 2005 Last election 175 seats, 14.5% 122 seats, 15.1% Seats won 166 143 Seat change 9 21 First preferences 266,693 327,591 First preferences (%) 12.7% 15.6% Swing (pp) 1.8% 0.5%
Popular vote by council areas. Council controls post elections Council controls post elections
Colours denote the party with the most seats
Colours denote the party with largest share of first preference votes by ward

The 2007 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.