the 2007 aberdeen city council election took place on 3 may 2007 to elect members of aberdeen city council, at the same time as the scottish parliament general election. the election was the first one using 13 new wards created as a result of the local governance (scotland) act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. the new wards replaced 43 single-member wards, which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.