2007 Falkirk Council election

Elections to Falkirk Council were 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 result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system 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
	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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 and Tryst
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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
	Candidate	FPv%	%	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	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

^ "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)

External links

Falkirk Council Results Page

[1] "Microsoft Word – LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[2] "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)

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