2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 17 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 58 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Aggregate results
Following the election, a Liberal Democrat-SNP minority administration was formed.

Ward summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats ! % !Seats !rowspan=2|Total !colspan=2 | Lib Dem !colspan=2 | Labour !colspan=2 | SNP !colspan=2 | Conservative !colspan=2 | Green !colspan=2 | Others !align="left"| Total !22.0 !17 !22.9 !15 !20.3 !12 !22.1 !11 !8.2 !3 !4.5 !0 !58
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Almond
 * 36.6
 * 1
 * 10.7
 * 0
 * 18.2
 * 1
 * 28.1
 * 1
 * 4.4
 * 0
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Pentland Hills
 * 11.4
 * 0
 * 19.5
 * 1
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 41.7
 * 1
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 2.0
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Drum Brae/Gyle
 * 44.8
 * 2
 * 14.8
 * 0
 * 18.4
 * 1
 * 16.1
 * 0
 * 3.2
 * 0
 * 1.6
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Forth
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 29.0
 * 1
 * 22.7
 * 1
 * 20.2
 * 1
 * 5.8
 * 0
 * 4.4
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Inverleith
 * 20.2
 * 1
 * 18.2
 * 1
 * 13.3
 * 1
 * 27.6
 * 1
 * 7.5
 * 0
 * 11.2
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Corstorphine/Murrayfield
 * 37.7
 * 2
 * 15.2
 * 0
 * 14.9
 * 0
 * 25.7
 * 1
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 2.7
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Sighthill/Gorgie
 * 10.6
 * 1
 * 35.3
 * 2
 * 30.9
 * 1
 * 9.6
 * 0
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 6.0
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Colinton/Fairmilehead
 * 14.8
 * 0
 * 18.7
 * 1
 * 14.9
 * 0
 * 45.7
 * 2
 * 4.2
 * 0
 * 0.6
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
 * 17.1
 * 1
 * 22.6
 * 1
 * 18.6
 * 0
 * 27.1
 * 1
 * 11.2
 * 0
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Meadows/Morningside
 * 30.8
 * 1
 * 14.0
 * 1
 * 10.5
 * 0
 * 26.4
 * 1
 * 15.2
 * 1
 * 1.4
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|City Centre
 * 19.7
 * 1
 * 17.9
 * 0
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 20.1
 * 1
 * 16.8
 * 0
 * 4.4
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Leith Walk
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * 26.9
 * 1
 * 22.3
 * 1
 * 9.7
 * 0
 * 15.3
 * 1
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Leith
 * 21.8
 * 1
 * 26.8
 * 1
 * 27.4
 * 1
 * 7.1
 * 0
 * 11.2
 * 0
 * 4.2
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Craigentinny/Duddingston
 * 10.0
 * 1
 * 34.2
 * 1
 * 29.2
 * 1
 * 14.4
 * 0
 * 5.9
 * 0
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|Southside/Newington
 * 31.0
 * 1
 * 18.6
 * 1
 * 13.1
 * 0
 * 18.5
 * 1
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * 2.7
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Liberton/Gilmerton
 * 14.2
 * 1
 * 34.7
 * 2
 * 26.0
 * 1
 * 14.3
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Portobello/Craigmillar
 * 08.3
 * 1
 * 30.8
 * 1
 * 28.0
 * 1
 * 11.0
 * 0
 * 6.7
 * 0
 * 13.2
 * 0
 * 3
 * - class="unsortable"
 * 4
 * align="left"|Portobello/Craigmillar
 * 08.3
 * 1
 * 30.8
 * 1
 * 28.0
 * 1
 * 11.0
 * 0
 * 6.7
 * 0
 * 13.2
 * 0
 * 3
 * - class="unsortable"
 * - class="unsortable"
 * }
 * }

2007-2011 by-elections
A by-election arose following the death of Labour Cllr Elizabeth Maginnis on 7 September 2008. The seat was held by Labour's Cammy Day

A by-election arose following the resignation of Ian Murray after his election as an MP on 6 May 2010. The seat was held by Labour's Bill Cook on 9 September 2010.

A by-election arose following the resignation of SNP Cllr David Beckett on 9 June 2011. The seat was held by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin on 18 August 2011.

Changes since 2007 Election

 * †Forth Cllr Elaine Morris defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Scottish National Party on 21 July 2011.