Falkirk Council election, 2007

Elections to Falkirk Council was held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

[edit] Results

Votes are the 1st preference votes.

Falkirk Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	14	0	0	0	43.8
	Scottish National Party	13	4	0	+4	40.6
	Independent	3	0	-4	-4	9.4
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	6.3

2007 Council election: Boness and Blackness
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Scottish National Party	Harry Constable	1,723		1	1
	Labour	Adrian Mahoney	1,460		2	4
	Scottish National Party	John Constable	1,221		3	6
	Labour	Ken Wright	532
	Conservative	Lynn Edith Munro	793
	Independent	Rob Willox	268
	Scottish Socialist	Garry Chapman	239

2007 Council election: Grangemouth
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Scottish National Party	Angus MacDonald	1,954		1	1
	Labour	Allyson Black	1,497		2	1
	Independent	Robert Spears	1,412		3	1
	Labour	Alistair McNeill	1,087		4	7
	Conservative	Stuart Martin	711
	Scottish National Party	Angus Rae	238
	Scottish Socialist	Carol Hainey	96

2007 Council election: Denny and Banknock
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count

2007 Council election: Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count

2007 Council election: Bonnybridge and Larbert
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count

2007 Council election: Falkirk South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Gerry Goldie	2,528		1	1
	Scottish National Party	Georgie Thomson	2,192		2	1
	Labour	Joe Lemetti	853		3	2
	Conservative	John Patrick	1,482		4	2
	Independent	Ronald Buchanan	390
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Straub	127