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2022 Falkirk Council election

The 2022 Falkirk Council election was held on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the nine wards created following the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review, with 30 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either three or four members, using the STV electoral system.

At the last election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats and formed a minority administration.

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) became the largest party, despite losing one seat, overtaking Labour who lost five seats. Two independents were elected, one less than 2012 while the Conservatives gained five seats.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	12		1	1	40.0	38.8	20,861	1.6
	9		5	5	30.0	23.1	12,421	14.6
	7	5		5	23.3	24.5	13,168	13.3
	2		1	1	6.7	9.8	5,308	0.7
	0				0.0	3.6	1,933	New
Total	30						53,754

Notes

Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections in May 2012. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Following boundary changes, the number of seats in Falkirk fell from 32 in 2012 to 30 in 2017. Gains and losses are represented against national results which may differ from other published sources.

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Labour councillor John McLuckie and Conservative councillor James Kerr were suspended by their respective parties after having been charged by the police following an investigation into planning irregularities in Falkirk. SNP councillor Niall Coleman resigned from the party to become an independent. Two by-elections were held and resulted in an SNP hold and an SNP gain from Labour.

Party	2017 result	Dissolution
SNP	12	12
Labour	9	7
Conservative	7	7
Independents	2	4

Ward	Party	Retiring councillor
Grangemouth	Labour	Allyson Black
Denny and Banknock	Labour	Jim Blackwood
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst	Labour	Joan Coombes
Bonnybridge and Larbert	Independent	Niall Coleman
Falkirk North	SNP	David Alexander
Independent	Dennis Goldie
Falkirk South	Conservative	John Patrick
Lower Braes	Conservative	Malcolm Nicol
Upper Braes	SNP	Gordon Hughes

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	12	0	0	0	40.0	39.7	21,066	0.9
	9	1	1	0	30.0	23.0	12,179	0.1
	5	1	3	2	16.7	19.5	10,326	5.0
	4	2	0	2	13.3	11.4	6,018	1.6
	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.5	2,365	0.9
	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	603	New
	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	424	New
	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	27	0.0
Total	30						53,008

2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2017-2022 Change: Independent gain one seat from Conservative

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Independent	Ann Ritchie (incumbent)	40.51	2,262
	SNP	Stacey Devine	21.70	1,212	1,434.54
	Labour	David Aitchison (incumbent)	18.64	1,041	1,229.03	1,238.47
	Conservative	Lynn Munro (incumbent)	15.10	843	950.83	951.93	984.18	995.82
	Green	Debra Pickering	2.44	136	136	193.94	245.43	211.02
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas William Pitts	1.61	90	125.3	126.18
Electorate: 12,389 Valid: 5,584 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 45.6%

2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2017-2022 Change: No change
2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab 1xIndependent
2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2017-2022 Change: Independent gain one seat from Conservative
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2017-2022 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SNP	Gary Bouse (incumbent)	27.32	1,961
	Labour	Margaret Anslow	24.55	1,762	1,762	1,436.
	SNP	Laura Murtagh (incumbent)	17.05	1,224	1,670.56
	Conservative	Jim Flynn (incumbent)	15.06	1,081	1,088.49	1.143.63	1,150.23
	Conservative	Robert Kemp	9.00	646	649.75	674.35	678.09	711.89	778.53
	Green	Tom McLaughlin	4.14	297	326.45	270.98	370.48	492.89	610.00
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McCay	2.88	207	215.57	278.97	314.47
Electorate: 17,252 Valid: 7,178 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,436 Turnout: 42.5%

2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
2017: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
2022: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2017-2022 Change: Labour gain one seat from Conservative

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Independent	Billy Buchanan (incumbent)	25.22	1,423
	SNP	Bryan Deakin	21.48	1,212	1,214.26	1,276.53	1,988.19
	Conservative	David Grant (incumbent)	18.39	1,038	1,040.52	1,056.57	1,064.59	1,084.79
	Labour	Jack Redmond	17.60	993	996.38	1,072.64	1,111.79	1,327.54	1,942.15
	SNP	Jim Muir	12.40	700	700.94	797.07
	Green	David Robertson	4.91	277	277.94
Electorate: 13,094 Valid: 5,643 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,411 Turnout: 43.8%

2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2017-2022 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Labour
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2022: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLab
2017-2022 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SNP	Lorna Binnie (incumbent)	30.18	1,843
	Conservative	Sarah Patrick	28.56	1,744
	Labour	Euan Stainbank	22.34	1,364	1,380.46	1,478.63	1,524.51	1,652.32
	SNP	Emma Russell (incumbent)	11.48	701	959.03	964.61	977.33
	Green	Hunter Thomson	5.67	346	359.16	377.86	408.23
	Independent	Richard Wilson	1.77	108	111.09	138.58
Electorate: 13,395 Valid: 6,106 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,527 Turnout: 46.3%

2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2022: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2017-2022 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Labour	Anne Hannah	27.00	1,393
	SNP	Gordon Forrest	23.36	1,205	1,213.21	1,237.65	1,248.06	1,330.98
	Conservative	James Kerr	23.34	1,204	1,225.29	1,237.65	1,297.984	1,330.97
	SNP	Adanna McCue (incumbent)	15.99	825	830.32	841.55	848.75	848.91
	Green	Doug Sheehan	5.78	298	309.76	378.19	320.97
	Liberal Democrats	Hunter Ashley	3.24	167	195.32	201.86
	Alba	Scott Fallon	1.30	67	69.44
Electorate: 12,003 Valid: 5,159 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,290 Turnout: 43.6%

2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab
2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
2017-2022 Change: No change

In July 2024, Labour councillor Euan Stainbank was elected as MP for Falkirk at the 2024 United Kingdom general election and subsequently resigned as a councillor in August 2024. A by-election was held on 17 October 2024 and was won by Labour candidate Claire Aitken.

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