All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Bill McIntosh
Party
Conservative
Labour
SNP
Leader's seat
Troon
Last election
15 seats, 41.5%
15 seats, 36.7%
0 seats, 17.3%
Seats before
15
15
0
Seats won
12
9
8
Seats after
12 seats, 37.2%
9 seats, 28.4%
8 seats, 25.3%
Seat change
3
6
8
Fourth party
Leader
Brian Connolly
Party
Independent
Leader's seat
Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton
Last election
0 seats, 2.9%
Seats before
0
Seats won
1
Seats after
1 seat, 8.3%
Seat change
1
The 8 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election
Bill McIntosh Conservative
Council Leader after election
Bill McIntosh Conservative
Elections to South Ayrshire 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 eight new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councilors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
†In May 2008, Ayr West Cllr Elaine Little resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. In February 2012 she joined the Scottish National Party.
††On 27 May 2008 Ayr North Cllr Douglas Campbell, resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. He joined the Scottish National Party on 19 May 2011
†††On 16 November 2009 Ayr East Cllr Eddie Bulik resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.