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 3 5 9 Popular vote 12,194 6,907 6,525 Percentage 37.9% 21.5% 20.3% Swing 6.6% 6.7% 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 1 Popular vote 3,451 2,778 Percentage 10.7% 8.6% Swing 7.2% 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.

2007 Inverclyde Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	-	-	3	45.0	37.9	12,194	6.6
	SNP	5	-	-	5	25.0	21.5	6,907	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	4	-	-	9	20.0	20.3	6,525	22.3
	Independent	1	-	-		5.0	10.7	3,451	7.2
	Conservative	1	-	-	1	5.0	8.6	2,778	2.5
	Solidarity	0	-	-		0.0	0.6	197	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-		0.0	0.3	96	1.4
	UKIP	0	-	-		0.0	0.2	43	New

On 27 November 2008 Inverclyde North Cllr Charles McCallum resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an Independent for the remainder of the term.

In February 2011, Argyll News reported that Inverclyde West Councillor George White was a former Liberal Democrat who had recently joined the Liberal Party.^[1]

A by-election was held following the death of Cllr Ken Ferguson of the Scottish National Party on 26 April 2009. The seat was held by the SNP's Innes Nelson on 18 June 2009.