Elections to Perth and Kinross Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 12 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 41 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

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2007 Perth and Kinross Council election

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All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 15 seats 10 seats 9 seats Seats before 15 10 9 Seats won 18 12 8 Seat change 3 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Last election 5 seats 2 seats Seats before 5 2 Seats after 3 0 Seat change 2 2
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The Council continued to be controlled by a Liberal Democrat/Scottish National Party coalition administration.

• 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.