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were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other

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and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 12 new wards created as a result of the

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, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the

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system form of

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. The new wards replace 41 single-member wards which used the plurality (

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) system of election. The Council continued to be controlled by a

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/ Scottish National Party coalition administration.

Election results

Ward results

Carse of Gowrie (3 seats)

Strathmore (4 seats)

Blairgowrie and Glens (3 seats)

Highland (3 seats)

Strathtay (3 seats)

Strathearn (3 seats)

Strathallan (3 seats)

Kinross-shire (4 seats)

Almond and Earn (3 seats)

Perth City South (4 seats)

Perth City North (4 seats)

Perth City Centre (4 seats)

By-elections (2007-12)

* On 22 February 2008 Katie Howie of the SNP was elected to the seat formerly held by her late sister, Eleanor who died in late 2010. *On 6 May 2010, Tom May of the SNP held the seat of his party colleague John Law who had died. * On 19 September 2011 Mike Williamson of the SNP was elected to the seat formerly held by Ken Lyall who had emigrated to Australia.

References

Overview of Local Government election results 2007
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Perth and Kinross council Perth and Kinross Council ( gd, Comhairle Pheairt is Cheann Rois) is the local government council for the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland. It employs around 6,000 people. The council was created in 1996, under the '' Local Governme ...

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