3 May 2007 (2007-05-03) 2012 → Glenrothes West and Kinglassie Tay Bridgehead 11 seats, 23 seats, | Peter Grant Elizabeth Riches 36 seats 11 seats, | |
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The Lochs Glenrothes West and Kinglassie |
Elections to Fife 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 23 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 78 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats formed a collation to run the council for the next 5 years.
Changes Since 2007 Election
References
Fife Council election, 2007 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA