2007 Falkirk Council election

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		14	N/A	N/A	±0	43.8	36.2	21,732
		13	N/A	N/A	+4	40.6	35.1	21,067
		2	N/A	N/A	±0	6.3	13.5	8,084
		0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	1.7	1,028
		0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.9	535
		0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.8	451
		3	N/A	N/A	-4	9.4	11.9	7,119

Ward results

Bo'ness and Blackness

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Harry Constable	1,723	27.6	1	1
		Adrian Mahoney	1,460	23.4	2	4
		John Constable	1,221	19.6	3	6
		Lynn Edith Munro	793	12.7
		Ken Wright	532	8.5
		Rob Willox	268	4.3
		Garry Chapman	239	3.8

Grangemouth

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Angus MacDonald	1,954	27.9	1	1
		Allyson Black	1,497	21.4	2	1
		Robert Spears	1,412	20.2	3	1
		Alistair McNeill	1,087	15.5	4	7
		Stuart Martin	711	10.2
		Angus Rae	238	3.4
		Carol Hainey	96	1.4

Denny and Banknock

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		John McNally	2,093	29.1	1	1
		Jim Blackwood	1,707	23.7	2	1
		Alexander John Waddell	991	13.8	3	8
		Martin David Oliver	789	11.0	4	8
		Khalid Hamid	775	10.8
		Alistair Hislop	384	5.3
		Fiona Buchanan	238	3.3
		Danny Quinlan	134	1.9
		Wesley Edmund	83	1.2

Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Charles MacDonald	1,754	25.0	1	1
		Craig Martin	1,546	22.1	2	1
		Steven Carleschi	1,430	20.4	3	1
		Lynda Kenna	1,080	15.4	4	7
		Jim Flynn	726	10.4
		Brian Goldie	374	5.3
		Mick McInosh	92	1.3

Bonnybridge and Larbert

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Tom Coleman	1,916	31.2	1	1
		Billy Buchanan	1,566	25.5	2	1
		Linda Gow	1,557	25.4	3	1
		Juliet Martin	576	9.4
		David George Robertson	302	4.9
		Denis Shovlin	143	2.3
		David Fowler	72	1.2

Falkirk North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		David Alexander	2,500	34.7	1	1
		Craig Martin	1,480	20.5	2	2
		Pat Reid	1,293	17.9	3	5
		Cecil Meiklejohn	689	9.6	4	7
		Alison Harris	562	7.8
		Gavin Chomczuk	451	6.3
		Margaret D. Laurie	136	1.9
		Gordon Clubb	94	1.3

Falkirk South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Gerry Goldie	2,528	33.4	1	1
		Georgie Thomson	2,192	28.9	2	1
		John Patrick	1,482	19.6	4	2
		Joe Lemetti	853	11.3	3	2
		Ronald Buchanan	390	5.2
		Mark Straub	127	1.7

Lower Braes

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Malcolm Nicol	2,046	35.9	1	1
		Steven Jackson	1,281	22.5	2	3
		Alan Nimmo	1,108	19.4	3	6
		Ricky Wilson	963	16.9
		Norman Philip	233	4.1
		William McSporran	74	1.3

Upper Braes

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Gordon Hughes	1,961	32.8	1	1
		Stephen Fry	1,388	23.2	2	3
		John McLuckie	1,167	19.5	3	6
		Drew Lapsley	804	13.5
		Neil Durning	555	9.3
		Mary Straub	100	1.7

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.

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• 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.

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External links

• Falkirk Council Results Page