# Lower Braes (ward)

Lower Braes is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Malcolm Nicol (Conservative) | | Steven Jackson (SNP) | Alan Nimmo (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Malcolm Nicol (Conservative) | | Steven Jackson (SNP) | Alan Nimmo (Labour) |
| 2017 | Adanna McCue (SNP) | Malcolm Nicol (Conservative) | | | Alan Nimmo (Labour) |
| 2022 | James Kerr (Conservative) | Gordon Forrest (SNP) | Anne Hannah (Labour) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Lower Braes - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Anne Hannah | | 1,393 |
| | SNP | Gordon Forrest | | 1,205 | 1,213.21 | 1,237.65 | 1,248.06 | 1,330.98 |
| | Conservative | James Kerr | | 1,204 | 1,225.29 | 1,237.65 | 1,297.984 | 1,330.97 |
| | SNP | Adanna McCue (incumbent) | | 825 | 830.32 | 841.55 | 848.75 | 848.91 |
| | Scottish Green | Doug Sheehan | | 298 | 309.76 | 378.19 | 320.97 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hunter Ashley | | 167 | 195.32 | 201.86 |
| | Alba | Scott Fallon | | 67 | 69.44 |
| Electorate: 12,003 Valid: 5,159 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,290 Turnout: 43.6% ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election
Lower Braes - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Nicol (incumbent) | 34.49 | 1,864 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Adanna McCue | 30.19 | 1,632 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Alan Nimmo (incumbent) | 14.06 | 760 | 894.04 | 944.99 | 961.84 | 970.94 | 1,066.33 | 1,146.65 | 1,446.12 |
| | Independent | Ricky Wilson | 10.34 | 559 | 633.98 | 669.5 | 684.89 | 725.99 | 779.78 | 993.11 | |
| | Independent | Steven Jackson (incumbent) | 5.27 | 285 | 339.93 | 359.32 | 369.06 | 421.23 | 472.93 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Chris Brind | 3.02 | 163 | 181.68 | 282.9 | 293.23 | 303.1 | | | |
| | Independent | Sam Hemple | 1.81 | 98 | 121.07 | 128.28 | 137.12 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Stuart Martin | 0.81 | 44 | 89.04 | 91.96 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,405 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,352 Turnout: 5,455 (46.2%) ||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election
Lower Braes - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Nicol (incumbent) | 35.99 | 1,447 |
| | SNP | Steven Jackson (incumbent) | 31.32 | 1,259 |
| | Labour | Alan Nimmo (incumbent) | 27.78 | 1,117 |
| | SNP | Robbie Landsman | 4.90 | 197 |
| Electorate: 9,948 Valid: 4,020 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 4,120 (40.41%) |||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election
Lower Braes :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Conservative | Malcolm Nicol | 2,046 | 35.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Steven Jackson | 1,281 | 22.5 | 2 | 3 |
| Labour | Alan Nimmo | 1,108 | 19.4 | 3 | 6 |
| Independent | Ricky Wilson | 963 | 16.9 | | |
| Scottish Green | Norman Philip | 233 | 4.1 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | William McSporran | 74 | 1.3 | | |