2007 Falkirk Council election
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All 32 seats to Falkirk Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 14 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 43.8 | 36.2 | 21,732 | ||
Scottish National | 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[edit]
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Scottish National | Harry Constable | 1,723 | 27.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Adrian Mahoney | 1,460 | 23.4 | 2 | 4 | |
Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Scottish National | 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 | |||
Scottish National | Angus Rae | 238 | 3.4 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Carol Hainey | 96 | 1.4 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Scottish National | 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 | |
Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Charles MacDonald | 1,754 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Craig Martin | 1,546 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | |
Scottish National | Steven Carleschi | 1,430 | 20.4 | 3 | 1 | |
Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Scottish National | 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 | |
Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Gerry Goldie | 2,528 | 33.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Nicol | 2,046 | 35.9 | 1 | 1 | |
Scottish National | 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 |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Scottish National | 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[edit]
- 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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | |||||
Scottish National | 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 | ||
Scottish National 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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | |||||
Scottish National | Sandy Turner | 57.81 | 1,621 | ||
Labour | David Aitchison | 31.85 | 893 | ||
Conservative | Lynn Munro | 8.23 | 231 | ||
Independent | Gerry Lawton | 2.1 | 59 | ||
Scottish National hold | Swing | ||||
Electorate: 11,835 Valid: 2,804 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,403 Turnout: 2,823 (23.7%) |
References[edit]
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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