2007 Inverclyde Council election

2007 Inverclyde Council election
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All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats
Last election 6 seats, 31.3% 0 seats, 14.8% 13 seats, 42.6%
Seats won 9 5 4
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 5 Decrease 9
Popular vote 12,194 6,907 6,525
Percentage 37.9% 21.5% 20.3%
Swing Increase 6.6% Increase 6.7% Decrease 22.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Conservative
Last election 1 seats, 3.5% 0 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 3,451 2,778
Percentage 10.7% 8.6%
Swing Increase7.2% Increase 2.5%

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six 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, a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 20 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.