# Clackmannanshire Council elections

Clackmannanshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

## Council elections
### As a district council

| Year | SNP | Labour | Conservative | Independent |
| 1974 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
* ↑ New ward boundaries.

### As a unitary authority

| Year | SNP | Labour | Conservative | Green | Liberal Democrats | Independent |
| 1995 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* ↑ New ward boundaries.
* ↑ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
* ↑ New ward boundaries.

## Results maps

* 2017 results map

## By-elections
### 2003-2007

Menstrie By-Election 19 August 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Janis Paterson | 403 | 56.2 | +28.1 |
| | Labour | Haldis Scott | 138 | 19.2 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sullivan | 108 | 15.1 | +15.1 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Charles Gillan | 37 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charle Bell | 31 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 37.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 717 | |
| | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent |
Tillicoutry West By-Election 19 August 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Helen McGregor | 262 | 36.8 | −12.6 |
| | Labour | Joanne Ross | 176 | 24.8 | −8.9 |
| | Independent | William Whyte | 128 | 18.0 | +18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Biggam | 86 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Alan Jamieson | 59 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 12.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 711 | |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Clackmannan By-Election 2 December 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harry McLaren | 498 | 54.4 | −10.5 |
| | SNP | Craig Hutchinson | 292 | 31.9 | −3.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sullivan | 54 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
| | Independent | William Whyte | 48 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Biggam | 24 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 22.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 916 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### 2017-2022

Clackmannanshire North By-Election 1 March 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Helen Lewis | 36.8 | 769 | 795 | 818 | 980 | 1,128 |
| | Conservative | Alex Stewart | 31.5 | 658 | 661 | 693 | 784 | |
| | Labour | Afifa Khanam | 23.6 | 493 | 513 | 538 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damian Sherwood-Johnson | 4.0 | 84 | 101 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Marion Robertson | 3.5 | 74 | | | | |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
| Valid: 2,078 Spoilt: 14 Quota: 1,040 Turnout: 2,092 |||||||||
Clackmannanshire Central By-Election 28 March 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Jane McTaggart | 40.9 | 865 | 872 | 888 | 902 | 933 | 1,166 |
| | Labour | Margaret Brookes | 31.9 | 675 | 684 | 696 | 702 | 814 | |
| | Conservative | William Marlin | 19.8 | 419 | 423 | 433 | 447 | | |
| | UKIP | Dawson Michie | 3.3 | 69 | 70 | 74 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Marion Robertson | 2.5 | 53 | 60 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Biggam | 1.7 | 36 | | | | | |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
Clackmannanshire East By-Election 19 November 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Denis Coyne | 51.2 | 1,226 |
| | SNP | Stephen Leitch | 32.0 | 766 |
| | Labour | Carolynne Hunter | 8.1 | 195 |
| | Scottish Green | Marion Robertson | 5.8 | 139 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Hay | 2.9 | 69 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| Valid: 2,395 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,198 Turnout: 2,414 |||||