2007 Aberdeen City Council election

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

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All 43 seats to Aberdeen City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats SNP Labour Last election 20 seats, 35.4% 6 seats, 23.0% 14 seats, 24.2% Seats won 15 12 10 Seat change 5 6 3 Popular vote 20,845 22,791 19,003 Percentage 26.9% 29.5% 24.6% Swing 8.5% 6.5% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 3 seats, 15.3% 0 seats, 0.5% Seats won 5 1 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 10,889 2,090 Percentage 14.1% 2.7% Swing 1.2% 2.2%
The 13 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election No overall control Council Leader after election No overall control

The 2007 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council, at the same time as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 13 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 43 single-member wards, which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The results saw the council remain under no overall control.^[1]