Falkirk South (ward)

Falkirk South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of Falkirk Council. It elects three councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Following the resignation of Pat Reid, a local government by-election will be held on Thursday, 14 October 2021.

Councillors
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

2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election

Falkirk South - 3 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
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

    2017 Falkirk Council election[3]

    Falkirk South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%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

      2012 Falkirk Council election[4]

      Falkirk South - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      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

        2007 Falkirk Council election[5]

        Falkirk South
        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
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
        2. "Falkirk Council 2022 Election Results". Falkirk Council. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
        3. "Local election results 2017 - Ward 2 – Grangemouth | Falkirk Council".
        4. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
        5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
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