Falkirk South (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Falkirk South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of Falkirk Council. It elects three councillors.
Following the resignation of Pat Reid, a local government by-election will be held on Thursday, 14 October 2021.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Patrick (Conservative) |
Georgie Thomson (SNP) |
Gerry Goldie (Labour) |
Joe Lemetti (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | Colin Chalmers (SNP) |
Dennis Goldie (Labour) | ||||||
| 2017 | Lorna Binnie (SNP) |
Pat Reid (Labour) |
3 seats | |||||
| 2022 | Sarah Patrick (Conservative) |
Euan Stainbank (Labour) | ||||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Lorna Binnie (incumbent) | 1,843 | ||||||
| Conservative | Sarah Patrick (incumbent) | 1,744 | ||||||
| SNP | Emma Russell | 701 | 959.03 | 964.61 | 977.33 | |||
| Labour | Euan Stainbank | 1,364 | 1,380.46 | 1,478.63 | 1,524.51 | 1,652.32 | ||
| Scottish Green | Hunter Thomson | 346 | 359.16 | 377.86 | 408.23 | |||
| Independent | Richard Wilson | 108 | 111.09 | 138.58 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,106 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,527 Turnout: 46.3% | ||||||||
2017 Election[edit]
2017 Falkirk Council election[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: 1,533 Turnout: 6,281 (48.3%) | ||||
2012 Election[edit]
2012 Falkirk Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 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%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election[edit]
2007 Falkirk Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gerry Goldie | 2,528 | 33.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Georgie Thomson | 2,192 | 28.9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Conservative | John Patrick | 1,482 | 19.6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Labour | Joe Lemetti | 853 | 11.3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Independent | Ronald Buchanan | 390 | 5.2 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Mark Straub | 127 | 1.7 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Falkirk Council 2022 Election Results". Falkirk Council. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Local election results 2017 - Ward 2 – Grangemouth | Falkirk Council".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".