2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 47 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour SNP
Last election 11 seats 14 seats 5 seats
Seats won 18 14 10
Seat change 7 5
Popular vote 20,815 18,169 12,266
Percentage 32.2% 28.1% 19.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 5 seats 12 seats
Seats won 3 2
Seat change 2 10
Popular vote 5,340 7,240
Percentage 8.3% 11.2%

Elections to Dumfries and Galloway 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 13 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 47 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The Conservatives increased their number of seats by seven to 18, the SNP increased by five to 10. 27 of the people elected had not been councillors previously.

Following the elections a Conservative-Lib Dem minority administration was formed.

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