Glasgow Council election, 2007

Glasgow City Council election, 2007

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All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Last election 71 seats, 47.7% 3 seats, 20.51% 3 seats, 7.58% Seats won 45 22 5 Seat change 26 19 2 First preferences 81,393 46,185 14,864 First preferences (%) 43.31 24.58 7.91 Swing (pp) 4.35 4.07 0.33   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Scottish Green Conservative Solidarity Last election New party 1 seat, 7.51% New party Seats won 5 1 1 Seat change 5 1 First preferences 12,183 14,412 8,837 First preferences (%) 6.48 7.67 4.71 Swing (pp) 6.48 0.16 4.71
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Steven Purcell Labour Elected Council Leader Steven Purcell Labour

Steven Purcell
Labour

Steven Purcell
Labour

Elections to Glasgow City 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 21 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Green Party and for Solidarity.

TOTAL VOTES CAST: 187,916

N.B Neil Craig stood for the Nine Percent Growth Party rather than an independent.