Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

 general election

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999...

. The election was the first one using 17 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of Councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the Single Transferable Vote system....

, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 system a form of proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

. The new wards replace 58 single-member wards which used the plurality

Plurality voting system

The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 (first past the post) system of election.

Aggregate results

Ward summary

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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs

|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Lib Dem

Scottish Liberal Democrats

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal Liberal Democrats; the others being the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England...

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Lab

Scottish Labour Party

The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SNP

Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....

!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| Conservative
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green

Scottish Green Party

The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...

!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Almond
|36.6
|1
|10.7
|0
|18.2
|1
|28.1
|1
|4.4
|0
|1.2
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Pentland Hills
|11.4
|0
|19.5
|1
|20.3
|1
|41.7
|1
|4.3
|0
|2.0
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Drum Brae/Gyle
|44.8
|2
|14.8
|0
|18.4
|1
|16.1
|0
|3.2
|0
|1.6
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Forth
|17.9
|1
|29.0
|1
|22.7
|1
|20.2
|1
|5.8
|0
|4.4
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Inverleith
|20.2
|1
|18.2
|1
|13.3
|1
|27.6
|1
|7.5
|0
|11.2
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Corstorphine/Murrayfield
|37.7
|2
|15.2
|0
|14.9
|0
|25.7
|1
|4.8
|0
|2.7
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Sighthill/Gorgie
|10.6
|1
|35.3
|2
|30.9
|1
|9.6
|0
|5.7
|0
|6.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Colinton/Fairmilehead
|14.8
|0
|18.7
|1
|14.9
|0
|45.7
|2
|4.2
|0
|0.6
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"| Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
|17.1
|1
|22.6
|1
|18.6
|0
|27.1
|1
|11.2
|0
|2.4
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Meadows/Morningside
|30.8
|1
|14.0
|1
|10.5
|0
|26.4
|1
|15.2
|1
|1.4
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|City Centre
|19.7
|1
|17.9
|0
|20.3
|1
|20.1
|1
|16.8
|0
|4.4
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Leith Walk
|19.0
|1
|26.9
|1
|22.3
|1
|9.7
|0
|15.3
|1
|3.4
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Leith
|21.8
|1
|26.8
|1
|27.4
|1
|7.1
|0
|11.2
|0
|4.2
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Craigentinny/Duddingston
|10.0
|1
|34.2
|1
|29.2
|1
|14.4
|0
|5.9
|0
|5.0
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Southside/Newington
|31.0
|1
|18.6
|1
|13.1
|0
|18.5
|1
|14.1
|1
|2.7
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Liberton/Gilmerton
|14.2
|1
|34.7
|2
|26.0
|1
|14.3
|0
|3.5
|0
|5.1
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Portobello/Craigmillar
|08.3
|1
|30.8
|1
|28.0
|1
|11.0
|0
|6.7
|0
|13.2
|0
|3
|- class="unsortable" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|22.0
|17
|22.9
|15
|20.3
|12
|22.1
|11
|8.2
|3
|4.5
|0
|58
|-
|}

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)

External links

• Council homepage