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{{Short description|Council election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}
{{main|2007 Scottish local elections}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2007 Falkirk Council election
| country           = Scotland
| flag_year         =
| flag_image        =
| type              = parliamentary
| ongoing           = no
| party_colour      =
| party_name        =
| previous_election = 2003 Falkirk Council election
| previous_year     = 2003
| election_date     = {{Start date|2007|05|03|df=y}}
| next_election     = 2012 Falkirk Council election
| next_year         = 2012
| seats_for_election= All 32 seats to [[Falkirk (council area)|Falkirk Council]]
| majority_seats    = 17
| opinion_polls     =
| turnout           =
}}
'''Elections to [[Falkirk Council]]''' were held on 3 May 2007—the same day as the [[Scottish Parliament]] [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|general election]]. The election was the first one using 9 new [[ward (politics)|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 voting system|plurality]] ([[first past the post]]) system of election.

== Results ==

{{Election summary begin|title = Falkirk Local Election Result 2007}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish Labour Party
  |seats      = 14
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = ±0
  |seats %    = 43.8
  |votes %    = '''36.2'''
  |votes      = '''21,732'''
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |seats      = 13
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = +4
  |seats %    = 40.6
  |votes %    = 35.1
  |votes      = 21,067
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
  |seats      = 2
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = ±0
  |seats %    = 6.3
  |votes %    = 13.5
  |votes      = 8,084
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = ±0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |votes %    = 1.7
  |votes      = 1,028
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish Green Party
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = ±0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |votes %    = 0.9
  |votes      = 535
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = ±0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |votes %    = 0.8
  |votes      = 451
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |seats      = 3
  |gain       = N/A
  |loss       = N/A
  |net        = -4
  |seats %    = 9.4
  |votes %    = 11.9
  |votes      = 7,119
  |plus/minus = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

== Ward results ==

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Bo'ness and Blackness}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Harry Constable'''
 |votes      = 1,723
 |percentage = 27.6
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Adrian Mahoney'''
 |votes      = 1,460
 |percentage = 23.4
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 4
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''John Constable'''
 |votes      = 1,221
 |percentage = 19.6
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 6
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Lynn Edith Munro
 |votes      = 793
 |percentage = 12.7
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = Ken Wright
 |votes      = 532
 |percentage = 8.5
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Rob Willox
 |votes      = 268
 |percentage = 4.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = Garry Chapman
 |votes      = 239
 |percentage = 3.8
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Grangemouth}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Angus MacDonald''' 
 |votes      = 1,954
 |percentage = 27.9
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party 
 |candidate  = '''Allyson Black''' 
 |votes      = 1,497
 |percentage = 21.4
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 1
}}	 
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = '''Robert Spears''' 	
 |votes      = 1,412
 |percentage = 20.2
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Alistair McNeill'''
 |votes      = 1,087
 |percentage = 15.5
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 7
}} 	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Stuart Martin 
 |votes      = 711
 |percentage = 10.2
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party 	
 |candidate  = Angus Rae
 |votes      = 238
 |percentage = 3.4
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party 	
 |candidate  = Carol Hainey 
 |votes      = 96
 |percentage = 1.4
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Denny and Banknock}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''[[John McNally (politician)|John McNally]]'''
 |votes      = 2,093
 |percentage = 29.1
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Jim Blackwood'''
 |votes      = 1,707
 |percentage = 23.7
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = '''Alexander John Waddell'''
 |votes      = 991
 |percentage = 13.8
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 8
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Martin David Oliver'''
 |votes      = 789
 |percentage = 11.0
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 8
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = Khalid Hamid
 |votes      = 775
 |percentage = 10.8
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Alistair Hislop
 |votes      = 384
 |percentage = 5.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Fiona Buchanan
 |votes      = 238
 |percentage = 3.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = Danny Quinlan
 |votes      = 134
 |percentage = 1.9
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Wesley Edmund
 |votes      = 83
 |percentage = 1.2
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Charles MacDonald'''
 |votes      = 1,754
 |percentage = 25.0
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Craig Martin'''
 |votes      = 1,546
 |percentage = 22.1
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Steven Carleschi'''
 |votes      = 1,430
 |percentage = 20.4
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Lynda Kenna'''
 |votes      = 1,080
 |percentage = 15.4
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 7
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Jim Flynn
 |votes      = 726
 |percentage = 10.4
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Brian Goldie
 |votes      = 374
 |percentage = 5.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = Mick McInosh 
 |votes      = 92
 |percentage = 1.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Bonnybridge and Larbert}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Tom Coleman'''
 |votes      = 1,916
 |percentage = 31.2
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = '''Billy Buchanan'''
 |votes      = 1,566
 |percentage = 25.5
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Linda Gow'''
 |votes      = 1,557
 |percentage = 25.4
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Juliet Martin
 |votes      = 576
 |percentage = 9.4
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Green Party
 |candidate  = David George Robertson
 |votes      = 302
 |percentage = 4.9
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Denis Shovlin
 |votes      = 143
 |percentage = 2.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = David Fowler 
 |votes      = 72
 |percentage = 1.2
 |seat       = 	
 |count      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Falkirk North}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party       = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''David Alexander'''
 |votes      = 2,500
 |percentage = 34.7
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Craig Martin'''
 |votes      = 1,480
 |percentage = 20.5
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 2
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Pat Reid'''
 |votes      = 1,293
 |percentage = 17.9
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 5
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Cecil Meiklejohn'''
 |votes      = 689
 |percentage = 9.6
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 7
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Alison Harris
 |votes      = 562
 |percentage = 7.8
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Liberal Democrats
 |candidate  = Gavin Chomczuk
 |votes      = 451
 |percentage = 6.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Margaret D. Laurie
 |votes      = 136
 |percentage = 1.9
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = Gordon Clubb
 |votes      = 94
 |percentage = 1.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Falkirk South}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Gerry Goldie'''
 |votes      = 2,528
 |percentage = 33.4
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Georgie Thomson'''
 |votes      = 2,192
 |percentage = 28.9
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 1
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = '''John Patrick'''
 |votes      = 1,482
 |percentage = 19.6
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 2
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Joe Lemetti'''
 |votes      = 853
 |percentage = 11.3
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 2
}}		
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Ronald Buchanan
 |votes      = 390
 |percentage = 5.2
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = Mark Straub
 |votes      = 127
 |percentage = 1.7
 |seat       =   	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Lower Braes}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = '''Malcolm Nicol'''
 |votes      = 2,046
 |percentage = 35.9
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Steven Jackson'''
 |votes      = 1,281
 |percentage = 22.5
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 3
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Alan Nimmo'''
 |votes      = 1,108
 |percentage = 19.4
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 6
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Ricky Wilson
 |votes      = 963
 |percentage = 16.9
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Green Party
 |candidate  = Norman Philip
 |votes      = 233
 |percentage = 4.1
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = William McSporran
 |votes      = 74
 |percentage = 1.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Irish Election box begin|
 |title=Upper Braes}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish National Party
 |candidate  = '''Gordon Hughes'''
 |votes      = 1,961
 |percentage = 32.8
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 1
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''Stephen Fry'''
 |votes      = 1,388
 |percentage = 23.2
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 3
}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate  = '''John McLuckie'''
 |votes      = 1,167
 |percentage = 19.5
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 6
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Conservative Party
 |candidate  = Drew Lapsley
 |votes      = 804
 |percentage = 13.5
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Independent (politician)
 |candidate  = Neil Durning
 |votes      = 555
 |percentage = 9.3
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}	
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|	
 |party      = Scottish Socialist Party
 |candidate  = Mary Straub
 |votes      = 100
 |percentage = 1.7
 |seat       = 	
 |count      =	
}}
{{Election box end}}

== 2007-2012 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.
{{STV Election box begin2|
 |title= Bo'ness and Blackness By-Election (19 November 2009)- 1 seat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_neighbourhood/policy_performance_review/research_information/PDFs/election_results/by_elections/ward_01_november_2009.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107123232/http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_neighbourhood/policy_performance_review/research_information/PDFs/election_results/by_elections/ward_01_november_2009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-07 |title=Microsoft Word – LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY.doc |access-date=2012-01-21 }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 1}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish National Party      
 |candidate = '''Ann Ritchie'''  
 |count1 = '''1,604'''     
 |percentage = 57.52
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate = Ainslie Lennox  
 |count1 = 823    
 |percentage = 29.51 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party      
 |candidate = Lynn Munro  
 |count1 = 283     
 |percentage = 10.15
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
 |candidate = Gavin Chomczuk  
 |count1 = 79     
 |percentage = 2.83 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Scottish National Party
  |loser      = 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end2|
 |numcounts  = 1
 |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.
{{STV Election box begin2|
 |title= Bo'ness and Blackness By-Election (10 June 2011)- 1 seat<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_neighbourhood/policy_performance_review/research_information/ward_constituency_profiles/election_results/Ward1-BonessandBlackness.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114021222/http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_neighbourhood/policy_performance_review/research_information/ward_constituency_profiles/election_results/Ward1-BonessandBlackness.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref>
 |numcounts = 1}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish National Party      
 |candidate = '''Sandy Turner'''  
 |count1 = '''1,621'''     
 |percentage = 57.81
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish Labour Party
 |candidate = David Aitchison  
 |count1 = 893    
 |percentage = 31.85
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party      
 |candidate = Lynn Munro  
 |count1 = 231     
 |percentage = 8.23
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
 |party = Independent (politician)
 |candidate = Gerry Lawton  
 |count1 = 59     
 |percentage =  2.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Scottish National Party
  |loser      = 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{STV Election box end2|
 |numcounts  = 1
 |electorate = 11,835
 |valid      = 2,804
 |spoilt     = 19
 |quota      = 1,403
 |turnout    = 2,823 (23.7%)
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001538/http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_commercial/policy_performance_review/research_information/election_results/local_results/2007.aspx#Ward%207 Falkirk Council Results Page]

{{Falkirk elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2007}}

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