Scottish local elections, 2007
- Scottish local elections, 2007
The Scottish local elections, 2007 were held on 3 May, 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.
This was the first election for local government in Great Britain to use the Single Transferable Vote (the system is used in Northern Ireland), as implemented by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. The new electoral system resulted in most councils being under no overall control.
Scanners supplied by DRS Data Services Limited of Milton Keynes, in partnership with Electoral Reform Services (ERS), the trading arm of the Electoral Reform Society, were used to electronically count the paper ballots in both the Scottish council elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. [ [http://election.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1064&id=588392006 "Electronic counting to take over from tellers at elections"] , "The Scotsman", 19 April 2006] [ [http://www.drs.co.uk/corporate/newsitem.asp?id=106 "Green light for DRS & ERS to deliver e-Count for 2007 Scottish Elections"] , press release, DRS Data Services Limited]
Results
Councils
The notional results in the following table are based on a document that John Curtice and Stephen Herbert (Professors at the University of Strathclyde) produced on 3 June, 2005, calculating the effect of the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote on the 2003 Scottish Local Elections [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-05/SB05-31.pdf] .
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