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Renfrewshire Council election, 2007

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Renfrewshire Council election, 2007

Elections to Renfrewshire 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 11 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 40 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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Changes since 2007 Election

  • †On 30 March 2011, Houston, Croslee and Linwood Cllr David Clews quit the Conservative Party and joined the Labour Party.
  • ††In May 2011, Paisley North West Cllr Mike Dillon quit the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party. He re-joined the Liberal Democrats on 29 September 2011.
  • †††On 17 May 2011 Paisley South Cllr Marie McGurk quit the Liberal Democrats and joined the Scottish National Party.

    • By-elections Since 2007

  • On 17 March 2011 Labour's Roy Glen won a by-election which was held to fill the vacancy that arose following the death of the SNP's Jim Mitchell.

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    Renfrewshire Council election, 2007 Wikipedia
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