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2007 Scottish Borders Council election

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All 34 seats toScottish Borders Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats SNP Last election 10 seats, 30.4% 9 seats, 26.3% 1 seat, 11.5% Seats before 10 9 1 Seats won 11 10 6 Seat change 1 1 5 Popular vote 13,083 11,980 9,161 Percentage 26.8% 24.6% 18.8% Swing 1.8% 1.7% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Borders Last election 14 seats, 30.4% New Party Seats before 14 N/A Seats won 5 2 Seat change 8 2 Popular vote 10,272 2,597 Percentage 21.1% 5.3% Swing 9.3% New
Council Leader before election David Parker Independent Council Leader after election David Parker Independent

Elections toScottish Borders Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the otherScottish local governmentelections and theScottish Parliamentgeneral election. The election was the first one using 11 newwards created as a result of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system form ofproportional representation. The new wards replace 34 single-member wards which used theplurality (first past the post) system of election.

Scottish Borders local election result 2007^[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	N/A	N/A	±0	32.4	26.8	13,083	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	10	N/A	N/A	+2	29.4	24.6	11,980	1.7
	SNP	6	N/A	N/A	+4	17.6	18.8	9,161	7.3
	Independent	5	N/A	N/A	-8	14.7	21.1	10,272	9.3
	Borders	2	N/A	N/A	+2	5.9	5.3	2,597	New
	Labour	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	1.9	919	0.5
	Green	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.9	456	New
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.4	210	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.2	105	1.7

• †Tom Weatherston ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 17 January 2011

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