All 31 seats to Western Isles Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Independent
SNP
Labour
Last election
24 seats, 70.7%
3 seats, 13.4%
4 seats, 16.0%
Seats won
24
4
2
Seat change
Popular vote
10,853
1,661
916
Percentage
78.8%
12.1%
6.7%
Council control before election
Independent
Council control after election
Independent
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles council) were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local governmentelections and the Scottish Parliamentgeneral election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,[1] each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 31 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
The large majority of the seats were held by independent candidates, similar to other predominantly rural Scottish councils. The Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour Party had a small representation each, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats stood four candidates, all of whom were unsuccessful.