2007 South Ayrshire Council election

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All 30 seats toSouth Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con Lab Leader Bill McIntosh Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Troon Last election 15 seats, 41.5% 15 seats, 36.7% Seats before 15 15 Seats won 12 9 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 18,568 14,152 Percentage 37.2% 28.4% Swing 4.3% 8.3%   Third party Fourth party   SNP Ind Leader Brian Connolly Party SNP Independent Leader's seat Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton Last election 0 seats, 17.3% 0 seats, 2.9% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 8 1 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 12,624 4,160 Percentage 25.3% 8.3% Swing 8.0% 5.4%
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Bill McIntosh (Conservative) No overall control Council Leader after election Bill McIntosh (Conservative) No overall control

The2007 South Ayrshire Council election took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as the 31 otherScottish local government elections and elections to theScottish Parliament.

The election was the first to use the 8 newwards created as a result of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward electing three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system form ofproportional representation. The new wards replaced the 30 single-member wards which used theplurality (first past the post) system of election.

The election saw theConservatives returned as the largest party on the council despite losing three seats.Labour, who had tied with the Conservatives as the largest party in2003, lost six seats as they became the second-largest party. TheScottish National Party (SNP) picked up their first representation in the areafor 30 years as they gained eight seats. The remaining seat was won by anindependent candidate.

2007 South Ayrshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	-	-	3	40.0	37.2	18,568	4.3
	Labour	9	-	-	5	30.0	28.4	14,152	8.3
	SNP	8	-	-	8	26.7	25.3	12,624	8.0
	Independent	1	-	-	1	3.3	8.3	4,160	5.4
	Solidarity	0	-	-	0	0.0	0.6	300	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	0	0.0	0.1	66	1.2
Total		30						49,870

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• †In May 2008, Ayr West Cllr Elaine Little resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. In February 2012 she joined the Scottish National Party.
• ††On 27 May 2008 Ayr North Cllr Douglas Campbell, resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. He joined the Scottish National Party on 19 May 2011
• †††On 16 November 2009 Ayr East Cllr Eddie Bulik resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.

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