2007 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – Tony Blair until 27 June; Gordon Brown
• First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal – Jack McConnell until 16 May; Alex Salmond
• Secretary of State for Scotland – Douglas Alexander until 27 June; Des Browne

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Elish Angiolini
• Solicitor General for Scotland – John Beckett until 24 May; Frank Mulholland
• Advocate General for Scotland – Lord Davidson of Glen Clova

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hamilton
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Gill
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord McGhie

  Events

• 17 January – Queen Margaret University College at Musselburgh is granted full University status as Queen Margaret University, becoming Edinburgh's fourth university.
• February – Scottish Voice is launched as a centre-right political party by Archie Stirling.
• 23 February – Grayrigg derailment: a high speed Pendolino train on the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow derails on faulty pointwork in the Lake District of England, killing one person.
• 28 February – the Cathedral Church of Saint Margaret in Ayr replaces the Good Shepherd Cathedral as the Mother Church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway and seat of the Catholic Bishop of Galloway.
• 7–9 March – Network Rail signalworkers strike, causing rail services in Scotland to be severely curtailed.
• 3 May
• * Scottish Parliament election. The SNP win a plurality of seats and go on to form the Scottish Executive.
• * Scottish local council elections.
• 16 May – the UEFA Cup Final is held at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Sevilla FC defeat RCD Espanyol on penalty kicks.
• * Alex Salmond officially becomes First Minister of Scotland, becoming the first nationalist to hold the role.
• 27 June – Giffnock-born Gordon Brown succeeds Edinburgh-born Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 30 June – attempted terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport.
• 1 August – the University of Paisley and Bell College merge to create the University of the West of Scotland.
• 20 August – Loch Lomond Seaplanes begin a scheduled service from Glasgow Seaplane Terminal to Oban.
• 15 September – rally driver Colin McRae and three other people are killed when their helicopter crashes near Lanark.
• 1 October – sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags, written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, is first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
• 15 November – Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond wins The Herald's Scottish Politician of the Year award and is also named Parliamentarian of the Year in The Spectator magazine awards.
• 30 November – St. Andrew's Day is for the first time a designated bank holiday in Scotland, under the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday Act 2007.
• 29 December – Phil O'Donnell, the 35-year-old Motherwell footballer, dies from a heart attack in a Scottish Premier League fixture. O'Donnell was capped for Scotland once in 1993, and had been part of the Celtic side that won the Scottish league title in 1997-98 season.
• Poet Alastair Reid reads his poem "Scotland" publicly for the last time at a literary festival in St Andrews, then burns the manuscript.
• BrewDog is founded as a brewery in Fraserburgh by James Watt and Martin Dickie.

  Deaths

• 7 January – Magnus Magnusson, television presenter and writer
• c. 10 January – Harry Horse, cartoonist and vocalist in Swamptrash
• 9 February – Ian Richardson, actor
• 26 August – Hamish Barber, medical academic
• 15 September – Colin McRae, rally driver
• 16 October – Deborah Kerr, actress
• 29 December – Phil O'Donnell, footballer