2007 East Ayrshire Council election

2007 East Ayrshire Council election
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All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered91,963
Turnout55.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
SNP
Con
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Last election 23 seats, 49.2% 8 seats, 35.3% 1 seat, 12.5%
Seats won 14 14 3
Seat change Decrease 9 Increase 6 Increase 2
Popular vote 20,705 18,744 6,446
Percentage 41.1% 39.2% 12.8%
Swing Decrease 8.1% Increase 3.9% Increase 0.3%
Council Leader before election


Labour

Council Leader after election


SNP

Elections to East Ayrshire 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 nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.