# 2007 Falkirk Council election

Elections to Falkirk Council were held on 3 May 2007—the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

## Results

Falkirk Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 14 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 43.8 | 36.2 | 21,732 |
| SNP | 13 | N/A | N/A | +4 | 40.6 | 35.1 | 21,067 |
| Conservative | 2 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 6.3 | 13.5 | 8,084 |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,028 |
| Scottish Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 535 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | N/A | N/A | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 451 |
| Independent | 3 | N/A | N/A | -4 | 9.4 | 11.9 | 7,119 |

## Ward results

Bo'ness and Blackness :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Harry Constable | 1,723 | 27.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Adrian Mahoney | 1,460 | 23.4 | 2 | 4 |
| SNP | John Constable | 1,221 | 19.6 | 3 | 6 |
| Conservative | Lynn Edith Munro | 793 | 12.7 | | |
| Labour | Ken Wright | 532 | 8.5 | | |
| Independent | Rob Willox | 268 | 4.3 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Garry Chapman | 239 | 3.8 | | |
Grangemouth :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Angus MacDonald | 1,954 | 27.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Allyson Black | 1,497 | 21.4 | 2 | 1 |
| Independent | Robert Spears | 1,412 | 20.2 | 3 | 1 |
| Labour | Alistair McNeill | 1,087 | 15.5 | 4 | 7 |
| Conservative | Stuart Martin | 711 | 10.2 | | |
| SNP | Angus Rae | 238 | 3.4 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Carol Hainey | 96 | 1.4 | | |
Denny and Banknock :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | John McNally | 2,093 | 29.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Jim Blackwood | 1,707 | 23.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Independent | Alexander John Waddell | 991 | 13.8 | 3 | 8 |
| SNP | Martin David Oliver | 789 | 11.0 | 4 | 8 |
| Labour | Khalid Hamid | 775 | 10.8 | | |
| Conservative | Alistair Hislop | 384 | 5.3 | | |
| Independent | Fiona Buchanan | 238 | 3.3 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Danny Quinlan | 134 | 1.9 | | |
| Independent | Wesley Edmund | 83 | 1.2 | | |
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Charles MacDonald | 1,754 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Craig Martin | 1,546 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 |
| SNP | Steven Carleschi | 1,430 | 20.4 | 3 | 1 |
| SNP | Lynda Kenna | 1,080 | 15.4 | 4 | 7 |
| Conservative | Jim Flynn | 726 | 10.4 | | |
| Independent | Brian Goldie | 374 | 5.3 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mick McInosh | 92 | 1.3 | | |
Bonnybridge and Larbert :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Tom Coleman | 1,916 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | Billy Buchanan | 1,566 | 25.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Linda Gow | 1,557 | 25.4 | 3 | 1 |
| Conservative | Juliet Martin | 576 | 9.4 | | |
| Scottish Green | David George Robertson | 302 | 4.9 | | |
| Independent | Denis Shovlin | 143 | 2.3 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | David Fowler | 72 | 1.2 | | |
Falkirk North :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | | |
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 | | |
Lower Braes :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | | |
Upper Braes :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Gordon Hughes | 1,961 | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Stephen Fry | 1,388 | 23.2 | 2 | 3 |
| Labour | John McLuckie | 1,167 | 19.5 | 3 | 6 |
| Conservative | Drew Lapsley | 804 | 13.5 | | |
| Independent | Neil Durning | 555 | 9.3 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Mary Straub | 100 | 1.7 | | |

## 2007-2012 by-elections

* Following the death of SNP Cllr Harry Constable, a by-election arose and the seat was retained by the party's Ann Ritchie on 1 November 2009.
Bo'ness and Blackness By-Election (19 November 2009)- 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Ann Ritchie | 57.52 | 1,604 |
| | Labour | Ainslie Lennox | 29.51 | 823 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Munro | 10.15 | 283 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gavin Chomczuk | 2.83 | 79 |
| | SNP hold | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 11,999 Valid: 2,789 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,408 Turnout: 2,815 (23.5%) |||||
* Following the death of SNP Cllr John Constable, a by-election arose and the seat was retained by the party's Sandy Turner on 10 June 2011.
Bo'ness and Blackness By-Election (10 June 2011)- 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Sandy Turner | 57.81 | 1,621 |
| | Labour | David Aitchison | 31.85 | 893 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Munro | 8.23 | 231 |
| | Independent | Gerry Lawton | 2.1 | 59 |
| | SNP hold | Swing | | |
| Electorate: 11,835 Valid: 2,804 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,403 Turnout: 2,823 (23.7%) |||||