# Falkirk North (ward)

Falkirk North is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David Alexander (SNP) | | Cecil Meiklejohn (SNP) | | Craig Martin (Labour) | Pat Reid (Labour) |
| 2012 | | David Alexander (SNP) | | Cecil Meiklejohn (SNP) | | Craig Martin (Labour) | Pat Reid (Labour) |
| 2017 | Denis Goldie (Labour) | David Alexander (SNP) | Robert Bissett (Labour) | Cecil Meiklejohn (SNP) |
| 2022 | Ian Sinclair (SNP) | | Robert Bissett (Labour) | Cecil Meiklejohn (SNP) | James Bundy (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Falkirk North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent) | | 2,260 |
| | Labour | Robert Bissett (incumbent) | | 1,464 |
| | Conservative | James Bundy | | 857 | 863.85 | 867.95 | 880.64 | 912.95 | 947.87 | 1,277.89 |
| | SNP | Iain Sinclair | | 801 | 1,625.50 |
| | Labour | Robbie Burgess | | 399 | 423.41 | 466.48 | 604.17 | 651.31 | 929.0 |
| | Scottish Green | Judith McLaughlin | | 381 | 424.26 | 553.38 | 557.96 | 631.1 |
| | Alba | Zohaib Arshad | | 294 | 307.28 | 345.31 | 348.36 |
| Electorate: 16,749 Valid: 6,456 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,292 Turnout: 39.6% ||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election
Falkirk North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | 35.82 | 2,326 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Goldie * | 17.22 | 1,118 | 1,160.83 | 1,208.1 | 1,313.84 | | |
| | SNP | Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent) | 16.33 | 1,060 | 1,864.91 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Wendy Chandrachud | 14.11 | 916 | 933.22 | 948.14 | 978.61 | 979.61 | |
| | Labour | Robert Bissett | 12.95 | 841 | 908.11 | 962.4 | 1,102.62 | 1,113.75 | 1,563.47 |
| | Scottish Green | Debra Pickering | 3.56 | 231 | 263.23 | 519.28 | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,492 Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,299 Turnout: 6,688 (41%) ||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election
Falkirk North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SNP | David Alexander (incumbent) | 36.46 | 1,915 | |
| | Labour | Craig Martin (incumbent) | 20.98 | 1,102 | |
| | Labour | Pat Reid (incumbent) | 19.25 | 1,011 | 1,070.6 |
| | SNP | Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent) | 16.73 | 879 | 1,604.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Edward Ardis | 6.59 | 346 | 361.8 |
| Electorate: 13,878 Valid: 5,253 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,051 Turnout: 5,382 (37.85%) ||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election
Falkirk North :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | David Alexander | 2,500 | 34.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Craig Martin | 1,480 | 20.5 | 2 | 2 |
| Labour | Pat Reid | 1,293 | 17.9 | 3 | 5 |
| SNP | Cecil Meiklejohn | 689 | 9.6 | 4 | 7 |
| Conservative | Alison Harris | 562 | 7.8 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gavin Chomczuk | 451 | 6.3 | | |
| Independent | Margaret D. Laurie | 136 | 1.9 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Gordon Clubb | 94 | 1.3 | | |