2007 City of Edinburgh Council election


Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance 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 58 single-member wards which used the plurality system of election.

Aggregate results

Following the election, a Liberal Democrat-SNP minority administration was formed.

Ward summary

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Ward results

Almond (3 seats)

Pentland Hills (3 seats)

Drum Brae/Gyle (3 seats)

Forth (4 seats)

Inverleith (4 seats)

Corstorphine/Murrayfield (3 seats)

Sighthill/Gorgie (4 seats)

Colinton/Fairmilehead (3 seats)

Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart (3 seats)

Meadows/Morningside (4 seats)

City Centre (3 seats)

Leith Walk (4 seats)

Leith (3 seats)

Craigentinny/Duddingston

Southside/Newington

Liberton/Gilmerton (4 seats)

Portobello/Craigmillar (3 seats)

2007-2011 by-elections

A by-election arose following the death of Labour Cllr Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day
A by-election arose following the resignation of Ian Murray after his election as an MP on 6 May 2010. The seat was held by Labour's Bill Cook on 9 September 2010.
A by-election arose following the resignation of SNP Cllr David Beckett on 9 June 2011. The seat was held by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin on 18 August 2011.

Changes since 2007 Election