- Falkirk Council election, 2007
Elections to
Falkirk Council was held on theMay 3 2007 the same day as theScottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 , each ward will elect three or four councillors using thesingle transferable vote system a form ofproportional representation . The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used theplurality (first past the post ) system of election.Results
Votes are the 1st preference votes.
Election Summary Party
party = Scottish Labour Party
seats = 14
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 43.8
votes % =
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party = Scottish National Party
seats = 13
gain = 4
loss = 0
net = +4
seats % = 40.6
votes % =
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party = Independent (politician)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = -4
net = -4
seats % = 9.4
votes % =
votes =
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party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 6.3
votes % =
votes =
plus/minus =Ward results
Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Boness and BlacknessIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Harry Constable
votes = 1,723
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Adrian Mahoney
votes = 1,460
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John Constable
votes = 1,221
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 6 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Ken Wright
votes = 532
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Lynn Edith Munro
votes = 793
percentage =
seat =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Rob Willox
votes = 268
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Garry Chapman
votes = 239
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: GrangemouthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Angus MacDonald
votes = 1,954
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Allyson Black
votes = 1,497
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Spears
votes = 1,412
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alistair McNeill
votes = 1,087
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 7 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Stuart Martin
votes = 711
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Angus Rae
votes = 238
percentage =
seat =
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party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Carol Hainey
votes = 96
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Denny and BanknockIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John McNally
votes = 2,093
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Jim Blackwood
votes = 1,707
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alexander John Waddell
votes = 991
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 8 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Martin David Oliver
votes = 789
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 8 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Khalid Hamid
votes = 775
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alistair Hislop
votes = 384
percentage =
seat =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Fiona Buchanan
votes = 238
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Danny Quinlan
votes = 134
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Wesley Edmund
votes = 83
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Carse, Kinnaird & TrystIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Charles MacDonald
votes = 1,754
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Craig Martin
votes = 1,546
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Steven Carleschi
votes = 1,430
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Lynda Kenna
votes = 1080
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 7 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Jim Flynn
votes = 726
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian Goldie
votes = 374
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mick McInosh
votes = 92
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Bonnybridge and LarbertIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Tom Coleman
votes = 1,916
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Billy Buchanan
votes = 1,566
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Linda Gow
votes = 1,557
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Juliet Martin
votes = 576
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = David George Robertson
votes = 302
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Denis Shovlin
votes = 143
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = David Fowler
votes = 72
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Falkirk NorthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = David Alexander
votes = 2,500
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Craig Martin
votes = 1,480
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Pat Reid
votes = 1,293
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 5 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Cecil Meiklejohn
votes = 689
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 7 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Alison Harris
votes = 562
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Gavin Chomczuk
votes = 451
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret D. Laurie
votes = 136
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Gordon Clubb
votes = 94
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Falkirk SouthIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Gerry Goldie
votes = 2,528
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Georgie Thomson
votes = 2,192
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Joe Lemetti
votes = 853
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 2 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = John Patrick
votes = 1,482
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 2 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Buchanan
votes = 390
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mark Straub
votes = 127
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Lower BraesIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Malcolm Nicol
votes = 2,046
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Steven Jackson
votes = 1,281
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Alan Nimmo
votes = 1108
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 6 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ricky Wilson
votes = 963
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Green Party
candidate = Norman Philip
votes = 233
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = William McSporran
votes = 74
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box begin
title=2007 Council election: Upper BraesIrish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Gordon Hughes
votes = 1,961
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 1 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Stephen Fry
votes = 1,388
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = John McLuckie
votes = 1167
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 6 Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Drew Lapsley
votes = 804
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Durning
votes = 555
percentage =
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link|
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Mary Straub
votes = 100
percentage =
seat =
count =External links
* [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]
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