2017 Elections to Falkirk Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in

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. 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.

Election result summary

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.

Ward results

Bo'ness and Blackness

*2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab *2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon *2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from SNP

Grangemouth

*2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent *2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent *2012-2017 Change: 1 less seat compared to 2012. Labour lose seat.

Denny and Banknock

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

Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst

*2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP *2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon *2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain 1 seat from Labour * = Outgoing Councillor for Grangemouth ward.

Bonnybridge and Larbert

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

Falkirk North

*2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab *2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab *2012-2017 Change: No change * = Outgoing Councillor for Falkirk South.

Falkirk South

*2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon *2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon *2012-2017 Change: 1 less seat compared to 2012. Labour lose seat. *= Sitting Councillor from Falkirk North.

Lower Braes

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

Upper Braes

*2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP *2017: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab *2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain 1 seat from Labour

Changes since 2017

*† On 30 November 2017 Bonnybridge and Larbert SNP Cllr Tom Coleman died following a short illness. A by-election was held on 15 February 2018 and the seat was retained by his son, Niall. *†† On 21 September 2018 Upper Braes Labour Cllr John McLuckie and Conservative Cllr James Kerr were suspended by both of their respective parties and became Independents having been charged by the police following an investigation into planning irregularities in Falkirk although both being cleared at a later date. *†††On 29 July 2021 Falkirk South Labour Cllr Pat Reid announced he was resigning his seat. A by-election will be held on 14 October and was gained by Emma Russell of the SNP.

By-elections since 2017

References

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Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...