2007 West Lothian Council election

2007 West Lothian Council election

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All 32 seats to West Lothian Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour SNP Action to Save St John's Hospital Last election 18 seats, 43.5% 12 seats, 36.3% Did not contest Seats won 14 13 3 Seat change 4 1 3 Popular vote 23,833 23,620 3,997 Percentage 36.6% 36.3% 6.1% Swing 6.9% New   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 1 seat, 9.2% 1 seat, 2.5% Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 6,142 3,018 Percentage 9.4% 4.6% Swing 0.2% 2.1%
The 9 new multi-member wards

Elections to West Lothian 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 to use nine new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elects three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2007 West Lothian Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	-	-	4	43.8	36.6	23,833	6.9
	SNP	13	-	-	1	40.6	36.3	23,620
	Action to Save St John's Hospital	3	-	-	3	9.4	6.1	3,997	New
	Conservative	1	-	-		3.1	9.4	6,142	0.2
	Independent	1	-	-		3.1	4.6	3,018	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	-	-		0.0	5.1	3,337	1.9
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-		0.0	1.2	778	0.2
	Scottish Green	0	-	-		0.0	0.5	316	New

Source:^[1]

• BBC West Lothian results
• West Lothian council 2007 election information
• Ward results from The Herald newspaper