Elections to South Ayrshire Council

South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....

 were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections

Scottish local elections, 2007

The Scottish local elections, 2007 were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England...

 and 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 eight 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 30 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.

Election results

Summary by ward

|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %

!Cllrs

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!Cllrs

! %

!Cllrs

! %

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!Cllrs

!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs

|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| Conservative
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Labour

Scottish Labour Party

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!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="white"| Others
!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| Independents

Independent (politician)

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|-
|align="left"|Troon
|41.8
|2
|20.3
|1
|23.9
|1
| -
| -
|13.9
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Prestwick
|41.8
|2
|30.1
|1
|28.1
|1
| -
| -
| -
| -
|4
|-
|align="left"|Ayr North
|18.4
|1
|44.7
|2
|25.0
|1
|3.0
|0
|8.8
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Ayr East
|39.1
|2
|30.7
|1
|27.6
|1
|2.6
|0
| -
| -
|4
|-
|align="left"|Ayr West
|54.8
|2
|16.9
|1
|20.9
|1
| -
| -
|7.5
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Kyle
|34.2
|1
|32.8
|1
|21.8
|1
| -
| -
|11.1
|0
|3
|-
|align="left"|Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
|24.4
|1
|26.2
|1
|24.7
|1
| -
| -
|24.7
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Girvan and South Carrick
|37.3
|1
|29.6
|1
|33.1
| 1
| -
| -
| -
| -
|3
|- class="unsortable" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.2
|12
|28.4
|9
|25.3
|8
|0.7
|0
|8.3
|1
|30
|-
|}

Ward results