2007 Dundee City Council election

2007 Dundee City Council election

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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ken Guild Kevin Keenan Derek Scott Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat The Ferry Strathmartine The Ferry Last election 11 seats, 34.1% 10 seats, 34.1% 5 seats, 14.9% Seats before 11 10 5 Seats won 13 10 3 Seat change 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Fraser Macpherson Ian Borthwick Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat West End Strathmartine Last election 2 seats, 10.0% 1 seat, 3.5% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 2 1 Seat change
The 8 multi-member wards

Elections to Dundee 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 to use the new 8 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,^[1] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives.^{[citation needed]} This changed after a March 2009 by-election result tipped the balance in the SNPs favour.