Falkirk Council election, 2012

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2012

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 32 seats to Falkirk Council 17 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Craig Martin	David Alexander	Billy Buchannan
Party	Labour	SNP	Independent
Leader's seat	Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst	Falkirk North	Bonnybridge and Larbert
Last election	14 seats, 43.8%	13 seats, 40.6%	3 seats, 9.4%
Seats before	14	13	1
Seats won	14	13	1
Seat change	-	-	-

	Fourth party

Leader	John Patrick
Party	Conservative
Leader's seat	Falkirk South
Last election	2 seats, 6.3%
Seats before	2
Seats won	2
Seat change	-

Council Leader before election

Craig Martin
Labour

Council Leader after election

Craig Martin
Labour

Elections to Falkirk Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 32 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

The election saw Labour remain the largest party on the Council despite being outpolled in terms of votes by the Scottish National Party. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party saw their vote share fall but held their Council seats and Independents returned 3 seats as they did in the 2007 Local Elections.

Following the election, the controlling administration consists of 14 Labour members, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent (Cllr Buchanan). Opposition is 13 SNP members and 2 Independent (Cllrs Spears and McCabe). The Council Leader is Cllr Craig C Martin, Provost is Cllr Reid and the Depute Provost Cllr Patrick.

Election result

Falkirk Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	-	-	-	43.75	37.74	16,150	+1.54
	SNP	13	-	-	-	40.63	40.48	17,321	+5.38
	Independent	3	-	-	-	9.4	10.54	4,512	-1.36
	Conservative	2	-	-	-	6.3	11.23	4,806	-2.27

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Bo'ness and Blackness

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab
2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: No change

Bo'ness and Blackness - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Ann Ritchie (incumbent)	37.67	1,526
	Labour	Adrian Mahoney (incumbent)	21.03	852	900.1	1,010.8	1,780.8
	Labour	David Aitchison	20.39	826	850.9	910.2
	SNP	Sandy Turner (incumbent)	11.40	462	848.3	915.9	956.1
	Conservative	Lynn Munro	9.50	385	401.5
Electorate: 11,250 Valid: 4,051 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,013 Turnout: 4,130 (36.01%)

Grangemouth

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Grangemouth - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour	Allyson Black (incumbent)	24.68	1,201
	SNP	David Balfour	22.58	1,099
	Independent	Robert Spears (incumbent)	17.71	862	877.9	882.4	963.6	1,064.6
	Labour	Joan Paterson	10.33	503	675.4	678.6	695.6	725.8	739.3	815.4	978.4
	SNP	Andrew Cowie	8.69	423	432.3	538.8	562.2	596.2	608.9	683.7
	Conservative	Amanda Nicol	5.73	279	285	286.3	309.8
	Independent	Jim Waugh	5.59	272	275.4	277.4	331.6	377.9	412.7
	Independent	David Sharp	4.68	228	231.6	233.4
Electorate: 12,350 Valid: 4,867 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 974 Turnout: 4,991 (39.41%)

Denny and Banknock

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Denny and Banknock - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	John McNally (incumbent)†	28.23	1,502
	Labour	Jim Blackwood (incumbent)	22.35	1,189
	Independent	Brian McCabe	11.69	622	676.9	680.9	714.1	801.2	977.6	1,133.3
	SNP	Martin D. Oliver(incumbent)	10.73	571	870.1	879.4	900.1	972.5	1,062.6	1,148
	Labour	Terrie Hay	8.33	443	459	539.7	563.2	614.7	684.9
	Independent	Alexander John Waddell (incumbent)	7.72	411	433.1	439.6	480.2	539.5
	Independent	Khalid Hamid	7.27	387	398.9	406.4	428.2
	Conservative	David Grant	3.70	197	200.7	204.5
Electorate: 12,350 Valid: 5,321 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 5,416 (39.45%)

Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst

2007: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2007-2012 Change: No change

Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Labour	Charles MacDonald (incumbent)	26.28	1,377
	Labour	Craig Martin (incumbent)	25.42	1,332
	SNP	Stephen Bird	23.61	1,237
	SNP	Steven Carleschi (incumbent)	17.33	908	986.1	1,052.9
	Conservative	Jim Flynn	7.35	385	437.3	480.8
Electorate: 14,121 Valid: 5,239 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,048 Turnout: 5,325 (37.1%)

Bonnybridge and Larbert

2007: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: No change

Bonnybridge and Larbert - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Tom Coleman (incumbent)	30.95	1,387
	Labour	Linda Gow (incumbent)	27.56	1,235
	Independent	Billy Buchanan (incumbent)	22.72	1,018	1,042.7	1,073.3	1,138.4
	Conservative	Elliot Roy	8.39	379	385	394.2	430.1
	SNP	Lynda Kenna *	6.67	299	493.8	512.9	560.8
	Independent	Chris Harley	3.70	166	176.7	192.6
Electorate: 11,746 Valid: 4,481 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,121 Turnout: 4,552 (38.15%)

Sitting Councillor from a different ward.

Falkirk North

2007: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2007-2012 Change: No change

Falkirk North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	36.46	1,915
	Labour	Craig Martin (incumbent)	20.98	1,102
	Labour	Pat Reid (incumbent)	19.25	1,011	1,070.6
	SNP	Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent)	16.73	879	1,604.5
	Conservative	Robert Edward Ardis	6.59	346	361.8
Electorate: 13,878 Valid: 5,253 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,051 Turnout: 5,382 (37.85%)

Falkirk South

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change

Falkirk South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Dennis Goldie	23.96	1,279
	SNP	Colin Chalmers	21.74	1,160
	Conservative	John Patrick (incumbent)	15.76	841	844.6	846.9	856.9	984.9	998.4	1,212.7
	Labour	Gerry Goldie (incumbent)	15.72	839	1,025.6	1,031.5	1,039.5	1,184.9
	SNP	Georgie Thomson (incumbent)	12.59	672	675.3	748.1	754.7	854.3	874.9
	Independent	Joe Lemetti (incumbent)	8.71	465	472.3	477.6	519.9
	Independent	Hugh McGinlay	1.52	81	81.3	82.4
Electorate: 13,207 Valid: 5,337 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 5,437 (40.41%)

Lower Braes

2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2007-2012 Change: No change

Lower Braes - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Conservative	Malcolm Nicol (incumbent)	35.99	1,447
	SNP	Steven Jackson (incumbent)	31.32	1,259
	Labour	Alan Nimmo (incumbent)	27.78	1,117
	SNP	Robbie Landsman	4.90	197
Electorate: 9,948 Valid: 4,020 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 4,120 (40.41%)

Upper Braes

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: No change

Upper Braes - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	John McLuckie (incumbent)	32.26	1,361
	SNP	Gordon Hughes (incumbent)	29.79	1,257
	SNP	Ricky Wilson	13.46	568	592.5	757.9	862.9
	Conservative	Alan Rust	13.04	550	565.5	573.5
	Labour	Rosie Murray	11.45	483	712.3	725.3	905.9	1,176.5
Electorate: 11,033 Valid: 4,219 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 4,320 (38.24%)

References

http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/corporate_neighbourhood/policy_performance_review/research_information/ward_constituency_profiles/election_results/local_results/local_election_12/local_election_12.aspx

Post-Election Changes

† Denny and Banknock SNP Cllr John McNally was elected as a MP for Falkirk on 7 May 2015. He resigned his Council seat in June and a by-election was held on 13 August 2015 which was held by the SNP's Paul Garner.

By-elections since 2012

Denny and Banknock By-election (13 August 2015) - 1 Seat^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	SNP	Paul Garner	69.1%	2,576
	Labour	Andrew Bell	14.7%	549
	Conservative	David Grant	11.6%	431
	Scottish Green	Brian Capaloff	4.6%	170
Electorate: 14,462 Valid: 3,726 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,864 Turnout: 3,760 (26.1%)

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