# Falkirk South (ward)

Falkirk South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of Falkirk Council. It elects three councillors.
Following the resignation of Pat Reid, a local government by-election will be held on Thursday, 14 October 2021.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | John Patrick (Conservative) | | Georgie Thomson (SNP) | Gerry Goldie (Labour) | Joe Lemetti (Labour) |
| 2012 | Colin Chalmers (SNP) | John Patrick (Conservative) | Dennis Goldie (Labour) | | Gerry Goldie (Labour) |
| 2017 | Lorna Binnie (SNP) | John Patrick (Conservative) | Pat Reid (Labour) | 3 seats |
| 2022 | Lorna Binnie (SNP) | Sarah Patrick (Conservative) | Euan Stainbank (Labour) | 3 seats |
| 2024 by- | Lorna Binnie (SNP) | Sarah Patrick (Conservative) | Claire Aitken (Labour) | 3 seats |

## Election Results
### 2024 By-election

Falkirk South (17 October 2024) – 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Carol Anne Beattie | 31.3 | 1,043 | 1,048 | 1,113 | 1,156 | 1,189 | 1,218 | |
| | Labour | Claire Aitken | 30.5 | 1,014 | 1,048 | 1,090 | 1,132 | 1,161 | 1,329 | 1,724 |
| | Conservative | David Grant | 14.7 | 488 | 498 | 503 | 524 | 652 | | |
| | Reform UK | Stuart Martin | 9.9 | 330 | 341 | 343 | 371 | | | |
| | Independent | Sharron McKean | 5.5 | 184 | 199 | 216 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Tom McLaughlin | 4.5 | 151 | 161 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean McCay | 3.6 | 119 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,528 Valid: 3,329 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,665 Turnout: 24.9% |||||||||||

### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Falkirk South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | 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
Falkirk South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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
Falkirk South - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | 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
Falkirk South :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | | |