2007 Renfrewshire Council election

2007 Renfrewshire Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)

All 40 seats to Renfrewshire Council
21 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Renfrewshire 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 40 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.