Argyll and Bute Council election, 2007

Elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on the May 3, 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 36 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

[edit] Election results

    SNP- 10 seats
    Lib Dems- 7 Seats
    Conservatives- 3 Seats
    Independents- 16 Seats

2007 Council election: South Kintyre
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2007 Council election: Kintyre and the Islands
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2007 Council election: Mid Argyll
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2007 Council election: Oban South and the Isles
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2007 Council election: Oban North and Lorn
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2007 Council election: Cowal
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2007 Council election: Dunoon
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2007 Council election: Isle of Bute
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2007 Council election: Lomond North
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2007 Council election: Helensburgh Central
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2007 Council election: Helensburgh and Lomond South
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