Trisha Shetty (Editor)

City of Edinburgh Council election, 2007

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
  
2012 →

30 seats, 27.68%
  
0 seats, 15.72%

15
  
12

15 seats, 26.99%
  
30 seats, 27.68%

17
  
15

2
  
15

City of Edinburgh Council election, 2007

Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a results 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 58 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Contents

2007-2011 by-elections

  • A by-election arose following the death of Labour Cllr Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day

    • |}

  • A by-election arose following the resignation of Ian Murray after his election as an MP on 6 May 2010. The seat was held by Labour's Bill Cook on 9 September 2010.

    • |}

  • A by-election arose following the resignation of SNP Cllr David Beckett on 9 June 2011. The seat was held by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin on 18 August 2011.

    • |}

    Changes since 2007 Election

  • †Forth Cllr Elaine Morris defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Scottish National Party on 21 July 2011.

    • References

    City of Edinburgh Council election, 2007 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics