2017 Elections to Falkirk Council were held on 4 May 2017, 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 30 councillors being elected, a reduction of 2 members from 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
Following the 2012 election, the controlling administration consisted of 14 Labour members, 2 Conservatives 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.
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SNP | 12 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 40.0 | 38.8 | 20,861 | ||
Labour | 9 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 30.0 | 23.1 | 12,421 | ||
Conservative | 7 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 13,168 | ||
Independent | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 5,308 | ||
Scottish Green | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 3.6 | 1,933 | ||
Other parties | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 63 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections in May 2012. The number of Falkirk Council seats was reduced by 2 in the 2017 election. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Ann Ritchie (incumbent) | 27.97 | 1,510 | ||||
Conservative | Lynn Munro | 26.15 | 1,412 | ||||
Labour | David Aitchison | 20.49 | 1,106 | 1,116.38 | 1,130.17 | 1,381.23 | |
SNP | Alan Gilbert | 14.1 | 761 | 880.73 | 882.71 | 892.69 | |
Scottish Green | Mari-Ellena Corvi | 5.78 | 312 | 324.72 | 333.19 | 360.08 | |
Labour | Michael Burnett | 5.52 | 298 | 302.24 | 312.82 | ||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,399 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1350 Turnout: 5,536 (46.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | David Balfour (incumbent) | 26.95 | 1,510 | ||||||
Labour | Allyson Black (incumbent) | 23.22 | 1,301 | 1,309.44 | 1,332.73 | 1,483.53 | |||
Conservative | James Bundy | 18.38 | 1,030 | 1,031.79 | 1,040 | 1,074.58 | 1,094.4 | ||
Independent | Robert Spears (incumbent) | 17.49 | 980 | 988.08 | 1,004.58 | 1,247.12 | 1,274.46 | 1,834.19 | |
SNP | Margaret-Ann Milne | 12.06 | 676 | 756.82 | 799.39 | ||||
Scottish Green | Judith McLaughlin | 1.91 | 107 | 109.72 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,604 Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,402 Turnout: 5,703 (44.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
SNP | Paul Garner (incumbent) | 26.3 | 1,664 | ||||||||||
Labour | Jim Blackwood (incumbent) | 15.27 | 965 | 976.27 | 976.51 | 996.75 | 1,019.23 | 1,020.57 | 1,233.78 | 1,359.61 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Harris | 14.49 | 916 | 918.16 | 918.16 | 924.16 | 950.16 | 950.39 | 964.43 | 1,068.91 | 1,086.46 | 1,314.59 | |
SNP | Fiona Collie | 13.98 | 884 | 1,200.27 | 1,210.99 | 1,255.15 | 1,274.11 | ||||||
Independent | Brian McCabe (incumbent) | 10.87 | 687 | 719.13 | 722.85 | 737.57 | 780.57 | 782.45 | 811.89 | 984.92 | 1,002.97 | ||
Independent | Alexander John Waddell | 8.26 | 522 | 528.47 | 529.47 | 537.7 | 615.95 | 616.69 | 640.97 | ||||
Labour | Khalid Hamid | 4.97 | 314 | 322.87 | 323.11 | 333.35 | 355.83 | 356.51 | |||||
Independent | Anne Montgomery | 3.65 | 231 | 232.92 | 235.16 | 247.4 | |||||||
Scottish Green | Cheryl Brind | 1.89 | 119 | 122.84 | 125.08 | ||||||||
Solidarity | Sean Mellon | 0.3 | 19 | 21.64 | |||||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,321 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,265 Turnout: 6,416 (44.1%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Jim Flynn | 27.85 | 1,968 | |||||||
SNP | Gary Bouse | 27.18 | 1,921 | |||||||
Labour | Joan Coombes * | 13.53 | 956 | 1,069.44 | 1,098.21 | 1,154.31 | 1,229.31 | 1,251.22 | 2,106.01 | |
SNP | Laura Murtagh | 13.3 | 940 | 955.48 | 1,350.04 | 1,374.34 | 1,530.07 | |||
Labour | Martin Murray | 12.03 | 850 | 964.01 | 980.63 | 997.67 | 1,050.7 | 1,070.97 | ||
Scottish Green | Chris Marsh | 4.12 | 291 | 328.16 | 358.51 | 408.87 | ||||
Independent | Safia Ali | 1.99 | 141 | 198.71 | 206.1 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,067 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,414 Turnout: 7,200 (44%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Tom Coleman (incumbent)† | 33.7 | 1,898 | ||||||
Conservative | David Grant | 24.31 | 1,368 | 1,389.43 | 1,404.2 | 1,427.07 | |||
Independent | Billy Buchanan (incumbent) | 20.15 | 1,134 | 1,225.91 | 1,271.58 | 1,394.9 | 1,400.54 | 1,902.47 | |
Labour | Linda Gow (incumbent) | 15.71 | 884 | 963.51 | 992.13 | 1,110.3 | 1,115.96 | ||
Scottish Green | David Robertson | 3.84 | 216 | 384.58 | 417.2 | ||||
Independent | Janine Rennie | 2.27 | 128 | 153.3 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,628 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,408 Turnout: 5,679 (45.1%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | 35.82 | 2,326 | ||||||
Labour | Denis Goldie * | 17.22 | 1,118 | 1,160.83 | 1,208.1 | 1,313.84 | |||
SNP | Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent) | 16.33 | 1,060 | 1,864.91 | |||||
Conservative | Wendy Chandrachud | 14.11 | 916 | 933.22 | 948.14 | 978.61 | 979.61 | ||
Labour | Robert Bissett | 12.95 | 841 | 908.11 | 962.4 | 1,102.62 | 1,113.75 | 1,563.47 | |
Scottish Green | Debra Pickering | 3.56 | 231 | 263.23 | 519.28 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,492 Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,299 Turnout: 6,688 (41%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
SNP | Lorna Binnie | 35.68 | 2,216 | |
Conservative | John Patrick (incumbent) | 32.09 | 1,993 | |
Labour | Pat Reid *††† | 27.15 | 1,686 | |
Scottish Green | Donnie Buchanan | 5.07 | 315 | |
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,210 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 6,281 (48.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Conservative | Malcolm Nicol (incumbent) | 34.49 | 1,864 | ||||||||
SNP | Adanna McCue | 30.19 | 1,632 | ||||||||
Labour | Alan Nimmo (incumbent) | 14.06 | 760 | 894.04 | 944.99 | 961.84 | 970.94 | 1,066.33 | 1,146.65 | 1,446.12 | |
Independent | Ricky Wilson | 10.34 | 559 | 633.98 | 669.5 | 684.89 | 725.99 | 779.78 | 993.11 | ||
Independent | Steven Jackson (incumbent) | 5.27 | 285 | 339.93 | 359.32 | 369.06 | 421.23 | 472.93 | |||
Scottish Green | Chris Brind | 3.02 | 163 | 181.68 | 282.9 | 293.23 | 303.1 | ||||
Independent | Sam Hemple | 1.81 | 98 | 121.07 | 128.28 | 137.12 | |||||
UKIP | Stuart Martin | 0.81 | 44 | 89.04 | 91.96 | ||||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,405 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,352 Turnout: 5,455 (46.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | James Kerr†† | 30.22 | 1,701 | |||||||
Labour | John McLuckie (incumbent)†† | 23.85 | 1,342 | 1,441.91 | ||||||
SNP | Gordon Hughes (incumbent) | 18.27 | 1,028 | 1,036.61 | 1,040.73 | 1,066.78 | 1,093.98 | 1,218.31 | 2,112.31 | |
SNP | Farah Farzana | 14.84 | 835 | 837.07 | 838.76 | 890.08 | 910.68 | 978.8 | ||
Independent | Jim Robertson | 6.4 | 360 | 401.68 | 409.18 | 449.03 | 602.12 | |||
Independent | Neil Durning | 3.25 | 183 | 224.17 | 228.32 | 262 | ||||
Scottish Green | Tom McLaughlin | 3.18 | 179 | 193.12 | 196.92 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,628 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,408 Turnout: 5,732 (46.5%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Niall Coleman | 38.6 | 1,295 | 1,300 | 1,354 | 1,619 | 1,866 | |
Conservative | George Stevenson | 32.4 | 1,088 | 1,096 | 1,115 | 1,280 | ||
Labour | Linda Gow | 24.2 | 813 | 821 | 858 | |||
Scottish Green | David Robertson | 3.7 | 124 | 129 | ||||
UKIP | Stuart Martin | 1.0 | 35 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,355 Spoilt: 30 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 3,385 (26.5%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Emma Russell | 38.6 | 1,691 | 1,844 | 2,019 | 2,472 | |
Conservative | Sarah Patrick | 32.4 | 1,678 | 1,694 | 1,903 | ||
Labour | James Marshall | 24.2 | 678 | 733 | |||
Scottish Green | Stuart Duffin | 3.7 | 267 | ||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,313 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 2,157 Turnout: 4,364 (32.5%) |