Fife Council election, 2007

Fife Council election, 2007

← 2003 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) 2012 →
All 78 seats to Fife Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alex Rowley Peter Grant Elizabeth Riches Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Leader's seat The Lochs Glenrothes West and Kinglassie Tay Bridgehead Last election 36 seats 11 seats 23 seats Seats before 36 11 23 Seats won 24 23 21 Seat change 12 12 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Andrew Rodger Dave Dempsey Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Last election 6 seats 2 seats Seats before 7 2 Seats won 5 5 Seat change 2 3
Map of council wards
Council Leader before election Anne McGovern Labour Council Leader after election Peter Grant SNP

Anne McGovern
Labour

Peter Grant
SNP

Elections to Fife 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 23 new wards created as a results 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a collation to run the council for the next 5 years.