2007 South Ayrshire Council election

Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections and elections to the Scottish Parliament.

The election was the first to use the 8 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced the 30 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

The election saw the Conservatives returned as the largest party on the council despite losing three seats. Labour, who had tied with the Conservatives as the largest party in 2003, lost six seats as they became the second-largest party. The Scottish National Party (SNP) picked up their first representation in the area for 30 years as they gained eight seats. The remaining seat was won by an independent candidate.

Election results
Source:

Summary by ward
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Total Cllrs !colspan=2|Conservative !colspan=2|Labour !colspan=2|SNP !colspan=2|Independents !colspan=2|Others !align="left"|Total !37.2 !12 !28.4 !9 !25.3 !8 !8.3 !1 !0.7 !0 !30
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Troon
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|41.8
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|2
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 23.9
 * 1
 * 13.9
 * 0
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 4
 * align="left"|Prestwick
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|41.8
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|2
 * 30.1
 * 1
 * 28.1
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 4
 * align="left"|Ayr North
 * 18.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#eea2ad"|44.7
 * bgcolor="#eea2ad"|2
 * 25.0
 * 1
 * 8.8
 * 0
 * 3.0
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Ayr East
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|39.1
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|2
 * 30.7
 * 1
 * 27.6
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 2.6
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|Ayr West
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|54.8
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|2
 * 16.9
 * 1
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 7.5
 * 0
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 4
 * align="left"|Kyle
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|34.2
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|1
 * 32.8
 * 1
 * 21.8
 * 1
 * 11.1
 * 0
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 3
 * align="left"|Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
 * 24.4
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#eea2ad"|26.2
 * bgcolor="#eea2ad"|1
 * 24.7
 * 1
 * 24.7
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 4
 * align="left"|Girvan and South Carrick
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|37.3
 * bgcolor="lightblue"|1
 * 29.6
 * 1
 * 33.1
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 3
 * - class="unsortable"
 * 29.6
 * 1
 * 33.1
 * 1
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * colspan=2 N/A
 * 3
 * - class="unsortable"
 * }

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Changes Since 2007 Election

 * †In May 2008, Ayr West Cllr Elaine Little resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. In February 2012 she joined the Scottish National Party.
 * ††On 27 May 2008 Ayr North Cllr Douglas Campbell, resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent. He joined the Scottish National Party on 19 May 2011
 * †††On 16 November 2009 Ayr East Cllr Eddie Bulik resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.