2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

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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, 20.5% 3 seats, 7.6% Seats won 45 22 5 Seat change 26 19 2 Popular vote 81,393 46,185 14,864 Percentage 43.3% 24.6% 7.9% Swing 4.4% 4.1% 0.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Scottish Green Conservative Solidarity Last election New party 1 seat, 7.5% New party Seats won 5 1 1 Seat change 5 0 1 Popular vote 12,183 14,412 8,837 Percentage 6.5% 7.7% 4.7 Swing New 0.2% New
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Steven Purcell Labour Elected Council Leader 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 result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system 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 Greens and for Solidarity.