2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

Source: Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 1 May 2003. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils. This was the first election to use the STV electoral system so only net gains/losses are shown. ==Ward results==

Clydesdale West Clydesdale North Clydesdale East Clydesdale South Avondale and Stonehouse East Kilbride South East Kilbride Central South East Kilbride Central North East Kilbride West East Kilbride East Rutherglen South Rutherglen Central and North Cambuslang West Cambuslang East Blantyre Bothwell and Uddingston Hamilton North and East Hamilton West and Earnock Hamilton South Larkhall ==By-elections==

Cambuslang East Cambuslang East councillor John Higgins died on 29 December 2007. A by-election, held on 6 March 2008, was won by Labour's Richard Tullett. East Kilbride West Labour's Alan Scott won a by-election in East Kilbride West on 28 October 2010 to fill the vacancy which arose with the election of Michael McCann as an MP. Hamilton West and Earnock The SNP's John Menzies won a by-election in Hamilton West and Earnock on 8 December 2011 to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of Independent Tommy Gilligan on 22 October 2011. ==Notes==