2007 Fife Council election

2007 Fife Council election

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All 78 seats to Fife Council
40 seats needed for a majority
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  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 East Neuk and Landward
Last election 36 11 23
Seats before 36 11 23
Seats won 24 23 21
Seat change Decrease12 Increase12 Decrease2
Popular vote 39,982 38,764 31,176
Percentage 28.7% 27.8% 22.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Dave Dempsey Andrew Rodger
Party Conservative Independent
Leader's seat Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Last election 2 6
Seats before 2 7
Seats won 5 5
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2
Popular vote 14,783 10,542
Percentage 10.6% 7.6%

2007 Fife Council Election Results Map

Council Leader before election

Anne McGovern
Labour

Council Leader after election

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 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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