2007 Scottish Borders Council election

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All 34 seats to Scottish 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 to Scottish Borders Council were held on 3 May 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 result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 34 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

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
	Scottish 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

Ward results

Changes after the elections

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