Falkirk Council elections
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Local government elections in Falkirk, Scotland
Falkirk Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.
As a district council
| Year | SNP | Labour | Conservative | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 7 |
| 1977 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 1980[a] | 4 | 27 | 2 | 3[b] |
| 1984 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 1988 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 3[b] |
| 1992 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 |
As a unitary authority
| Year | SNP | Labour | Conservative | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999[a] | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6[b] |
| 2003 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007[c] | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017[d] | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Results maps
1999 results map
2003 results map
By-elections
2003-2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pat Reid | 594 | 38.8 | −4.3 | |
| SNP | James Anderson | 506 | 33.1 | +3.8 | |
| Conservative | Alison Harris | 241 | 15.8 | −1.8 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | James Nimmo | 92 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Watson | 58 | 3.8 | −6.1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mhairi McAlpine | 39 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 88 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,530 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Angus MacDonald | 603 | 55.7 | +41.3 | |
| Labour | Stephen Barr | 282 | 26.1 | −1.9 | |
| Independent | Thomas Wilson | 169 | 15.6 | +15.6 | |
| Independent | Jimmy Dunn | 28 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 321 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,082 | ||||
| SNP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | John McNally | 1,019 | 62.7 | +27.3 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Steel | 532 | 32.7 | −21.5 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm McDonald | 46 | 2.8 | −7.6 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Daniel Quinlan | 29 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 487 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,626 | ||||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2007-2012
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Ann Ritchie | 57.5 | 1,604 | |
| Labour | Ainslie Lennox | 29.5 | 823 | |
| Conservative | Lynn Munro | 10.2 | 283 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gavin Chomczuk | 2.8 | 79 | |
| SNP hold | ||||
| Valid: 2,789 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,408 Turnout: 2,815 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Sandy Turner | 57.8 | 1,621 | |
| Labour | David Aitchison | 31.9 | 893 | |
| Conservative | Lynn Munro | 8.2 | 231 | |
| Independent | Gerry Lawton | 2.1 | 59 | |
| SNP hold | ||||
| Valid: 2,804 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,403 Turnout: 2,823 | ||||
2012-2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Paul Garner | 69.1 | 2,576 | |
| Labour | Andrew Bell | 14.7 | 549 | |
| Conservative | David Grant | 11.6 | 431 | |
| Green | Brian Capaloff | 4.6 | 170 | |
| SNP hold | ||||
| Valid: 3,726 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,864 Turnout: 3,760 | ||||
2017-2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Niall Coleman | 38.6 | 1,295 | 1,300 | 1,354 | 1,619 | 1,866 | |
| Conservative | George Stevenson | 32.4 | 1,088 | 1,096 | 1,115 | 1,280 | ||
| Labour | Linda Gow | 24.2 | 813 | 821 | 858 | |||
| Green | David Robertson | 3.7 | 124 | 129 | ||||
| UKIP | Stuart Martin | 1.0 | 35 | |||||
| SNP hold | ||||||||
| Valid: 3,355 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 3,385 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Emma Russell | 39.2 | 1,691 | 1,844 | 2,019 | 2,472 | |
| Conservative | Sarah Patrick | 38.9 | 1,678 | 1,694 | 1,903 | ||
| Labour | James Marshall | 15.7 | 678 | 733 | |||
| Green | Stuart Duffin | 6.2 | 267 | ||||
| SNP gain from Labour | |||||||
| Valid: 4,313 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 2,157 Turnout: 4,364 | |||||||
2022-2027
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Claire Aitken | 30.5 | 1,014 | 1,048 | 1,090 | 1,132 | 1,161 | 1,329 | 1,724 | |
| SNP | Carol Anne Beattie | 31.3 | 1,043 | 1,048 | 1,113 | 1,156 | 1,189 | 1,218 | ||
| Conservative | David Grant | 14.7 | 488 | 498 | 503 | 524 | 652 | |||
| Reform | Stuart Martin | 9.9 | 330 | 341 | 343 | 371 | ||||
| Independent | Sharron McKean | 5.5 | 184 | 199 | 216 | |||||
| Green | Tom McLaughlin | 4.5 | 151 | 161 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean McCay | 3.6 | 119 | |||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||||
| Valid: 3,329 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,665 Turnout: 3,365 | ||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Falkirk Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Falkirk Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ "Falkirk Council By-Election 25th March 2004" (PDF). Falkirk Council. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION Thursday 16 December 2004" (PDF). Falkirk Council. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY-ELECTION – THURSDAY 11 AUGUST 2005" (PDF). Falkirk Council. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ↑ "Microsoft Word – LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "By-election results – Ward 3 – Denny and Banknock – 13 August 2015 | Falkirk Council". falkirk.gov.uk.
- ↑ Pitcaithly, Mary (16 February 2018). "Bonnybridge and Larbert by-election result". Falkirk Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Falkirk Council. 15 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2021.
- ↑ Pitcaithly, Mary (16 February 2018). "Falkirk South by-election result". Falkirk Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Falkirk Council. 15 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Falkirk South" (PDF). Falkirk Council. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.