Falkirk Council election, 2007

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Elections to Falkirk Council was held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Results

Falkirk Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 14 N/A N/A ±0 43.8 36.2 21,732
  SNP 13 N/A N/A +4 40.6 35.1 21,067
  Conservative 2 N/A N/A ±0 6.3 13.5 8,084
  Scottish Socialist 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 1.7 1,028
  Scottish Green 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.9 535
  Liberal Democrats 0 N/A N/A ±0 0.0 0.8 451
  Independent 3 N/A N/A -4 9.4 11.9 7,119

Ward results

Bo'ness and Blackness
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Harry Constable 1,723 27.6 1 1
Labour Adrian Mahoney 1,460 23.4 2 4
SNP John Constable 1,221 19.6 3 6
Conservative Lynn Edith Munro 793 12.7
Labour Ken Wright 532 8.5
Independent Rob Willox 268 4.3
Scottish Socialist Garry Chapman 239 3.8
Grangemouth
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Angus MacDonald 1,954 27.9 1 1
Labour Allyson Black 1,497 21.4 2 1
Independent Robert Spears 1,412 20.2 3 1
Labour Alistair McNeill 1,087 15.5 4 7
Conservative Stuart Martin 711 10.2
SNP Angus Rae 238 3.4
Scottish Socialist Carol Hainey 96 1.4
Denny and Banknock
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP John McNally 2,093 29.1 1 1
Labour Jim Blackwood 1,707 23.7 2 1
Independent Alexander John Waddell 991 13.8 3 8
SNP Martin David Oliver 789 11.0 4 8
Labour Khalid Hamid 775 10.8
Conservative Alistair Hislop 384 5.3
Independent Fiona Buchanan 238 3.3
Scottish Socialist Danny Quinlan 134 1.9
Independent Wesley Edmund 83 1.2
Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Charles MacDonald 1,754 25.0 1 1
Labour Craig Martin 1,546 22.1 2 1
SNP Steven Carleschi 1,430 20.4 3 1
SNP Lynda Kenna 1,080 15.4 4 7
Conservative Jim Flynn 726 10.4
Independent Brian Goldie 374 5.3
Scottish Socialist Mick McInosh 92 1.3
Bonnybridge and Larbert
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Tom Coleman 1,916 31.2 1 1
Independent Billy Buchanan 1,566 25.5 2 1
Labour Linda Gow 1,557 25.4 3 1
Conservative Juliet Martin 576 9.4
Scottish Green David George Robertson 302 4.9
Independent Denis Shovlin 143 2.3
Scottish Socialist David Fowler 72 1.2
Falkirk North
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP David Alexander 2,500 34.7 1 1
Labour Craig Martin 1,480 20.5 2 2
Labour Pat Reid 1,293 17.9 3 5
SNP Cecil Meiklejohn 689 9.6 4 7
Conservative Alison Harris 562 7.8
Liberal Democrats Gavin Chomczuk 451 6.3
Independent Margaret D. Laurie 136 1.9
Scottish Socialist Gordon Clubb 94 1.3
Falkirk South
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Gerry Goldie 2,528 33.4 1 1
SNP Georgie Thomson 2,192 28.9 2 1
Conservative John Patrick 1,482 19.6 4 2
Labour Joe Lemetti 853 11.3 3 2
Independent Ronald Buchanan 390 5.2
Scottish Socialist Mark Straub 127 1.7
Lower Braes
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Conservative Malcolm Nicol 2,046 35.9 1 1
SNP Steven Jackson 1,281 22.5 2 3
Labour Alan Nimmo 1,108 19.4 3 6
Independent Ricky Wilson 963 16.9
Scottish Green Norman Philip 233 4.1
Scottish Socialist William McSporran 74 1.3
Upper Braes
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
SNP Gordon Hughes 1,961 32.8 1 1
Labour Stephen Fry 1,388 23.2 2 3
Labour John McLuckie 1,167 19.5 3 6
Conservative Drew Lapsley 804 13.5
Independent Neil Durning 555 9.3
Scottish Socialist Mary Straub 100 1.7

2007-2011 by-elections

  • Following the death of SNP Cllr Harry Constable a by-election arose and the seat was retained by the party's Ann Ritchie on 1 November 2009
Bo'ness and Blackness By-Election (19 November 2009)- 1 seat[1]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1
SNP Ann Ritchie 57.52 1,604
Labour Ainslie Lennox 29.51 823
Conservative Lynn Munro 10.15 283
Liberal Democrats Gavin Chomczuk 2.83 79
SNP hold Swing
Electorate: 11,999   Valid: 2,789   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 1,408   Turnout: 2,815 (23.5%)
  • Following the death of SNP Cllr John Constable a by-election arose and the seat was retained by the party's Sandy Turner on 10 June 2011
Bo'ness and Blackness By-Election (10 June 2011)- 1 seat[2]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1
SNP Sandy Turner 57.81 1,621
Labour David Aitchison 31.85 893
Conservative Lynn Munro 8.23 231
Independent Gerry Lawton 2.1 59
SNP hold Swing
Electorate: 11,835   Valid: 2,804   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,403   Turnout: 2,823 (23.7%)

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_neighbourhood/policy_performance_review/research_information/ward_constituency_profiles/election_results/Ward1-BonessandBlackness.pdf

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