Elections to Dundee City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

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2007 Dundee City Council election

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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ken Guild Kevin Keenan Derek Scott Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat The Ferry Strathmartine The Ferry Last election 11 seats, 34.1% 10 seats, 34.1% 5 seat, 14.9% Seats before 11 10 5 Seats won 13 10 3 Seats after 13 10 Seat change 2 0 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Fraser Macpherson Ian Borthwick Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat West End Strathmartine Last election 2 seats, 9.9% 1 seat, 3.5% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 2 1 Seats after 2 Seat change 0 0
The 8 multi-member wards

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The election was the first one to use the new 8 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,^[1] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 29 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The SNP had the largest number of seats but the council was initially controlled by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, with the support of the Conservatives. This changed after a March 2009 By Election result tipped the balance in the SNPs direction.

The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.

• †On 24 March 2009, Lochee Cllr John Letford became an Independent after leaving the Labour Party

A by-election was held in the Lochee ward on 22 November 2007, following the resignation of Nigel Don MSP, subsequent to his election to the Scottish Parliament. The seat was retained by the party's Alan Ross

A by-election was held in the Maryfield ward on 12 March 2009, following the resignation of Labour Cllr Joe Morrow, subsequent to his appointment by the Scottish Government as president of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland. The seat was won by the SNP's Craig Melville