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2012 Falkirk Council election

2012 Scottish local government election

2012 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
election_name2012 Falkirk Council election
countryScotland
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2007 Falkirk Council election
previous_year2007
election_date
next_electionFalkirk Council election, 2017
next_year2017
seats_for_electionAll 32 seats to Falkirk Council
majority_seats17
image1[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
leader1Craig Martin
party1Scottish Labour Party
last_election114 seats, 43.8%
leaders_seat1Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst
seats_before114
seats_needed13
seats114
seat_change10
image2[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
leader2David Alexander
party2Scottish National Party
leaders_seat2Falkirk North
last_election213 seats, 40.6%
seats_before213
seats_needed24
seats213
seat_change20
image4[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
leader4Billy Buchannan
party4Independent (politician)
leaders_seat4Bonnybridge and Larbert
last_election43 seats, 9.4%
seats_before41
seats_needed414
seats41
seat_change40
image5[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
leader5John Patrick
party5Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
leaders_seat5Falkirk South
last_election52 seats, 6.3%
seats_before52
seats_needed515
seats52
seat_change50
titleCouncil Leader
before_electionCraig Martin
before_partyScottish Labour Party
posttitleCouncil Leader after election
after_electionCraig Martin
after_partyScottish Labour Party

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

Independent Group Leader – Robert Spears Seat – Grangemouth Seats – 2

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

|seats % = 43.75 |votes % = 37.74 |plus/minus = +1.54 |seats % = 40.63 |votes % = 40.48 |plus/minus = +5.38 |seats % = 9.4 |votes % = 10.54 |plus/minus = -1.36 |seats % = 6.3 |votes % = 11.23 |plus/minus = -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

Grangemouth

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

Denny and Banknock

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

Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst

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

Bonnybridge and Larbert

  • 2007: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab

  • 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent

  • 2007-2012 Change: No change

  • Sitting Councillor from a different ward.

Falkirk North

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

Falkirk South

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

Lower Braes

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

Upper Braes

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

References

Scottish Local Government Elections 2012

Post-Election Changes

  • † Denny and Banknock SNP Cllr John McNally was elected as an 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

References

  1. "By-election results – Ward 3 – Denny and Banknock – 13 August 2015 | Falkirk Council".
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