# Upper Braes (ward)

Upper 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 | | Gordon Hughes (SNP) | | Stephen Fry (Labour) | John McLuckie (Labour) |
| 2012 | Rosie Murray (Labour) | Gordon Hughes (SNP) | | | John McLuckie (Labour) |
| 2017 | | Gordon Hughes (SNP) | James Kerr (Conservative) | | John McLuckie (Labour) |
| 2022 | Jim Robertson (SNP) | Claire Mackie-Brown (Conservative) (Independent in 2024) (Reform UK since 2025) | Siobhan Patterson (Labour) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Upper Braes - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Jim Robertson | | 1,918 |
| | Labour | Siobhan Paterson | | 1,272 | 1,365.42 | 1,370.55 | 1,384.12 |
| | Conservative | Claire Brown | | 1,202 | 1,214.45 | 1,219.45 | 1,224.46 | 1,225.95 | 1,233.53 | 1,259.08 | 1,406.68 |
| | Independent | John McLuckie (incumbent) | | 459 | 489.57 | 499.27 | 548.80 | 550.05 | 568.17 | 603.26 |
| | Scottish Green | Rachel Kidd | | 308 | 516.93 | 520.78 | 535.32 | 536.81 | 586.76 | 644.66 | 740.41 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Austin Reid | | 139 | 161.65 | 161.65 | 168.21 | 170.22 | 177.23 |
| | Independent | Ian Kennedy | | 89 | 98.34 | 114.04 |
| | Alba | Colin Todd | | 63 | 110.56 | 114.13 | 118.13 | 118.39 |
| | Independent | Mark Tunnicliff | | 49 | 55.23 |
| Electorate: 12,734 Valid: 5,499 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,375 Turnout: 43.8% ||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election
Upper Braes - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | James Kerr†† | 30.22 | 1,701 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John McLuckie (incumbent)†† | 23.85 | 1,342 | 1,441.91 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Gordon Hughes (incumbent) | 18.27 | 1,028 | 1,036.61 | 1,040.73 | 1,066.78 | 1,093.98 | 1,218.31 | 2,112.31 |
| | SNP | Farah Farzana | 14.84 | 835 | 837.07 | 838.76 | 890.08 | 910.68 | 978.8 | |
| | Independent | Jim Robertson | 6.4 | 360 | 401.68 | 409.18 | 449.03 | 602.12 | | |
| | Independent | Neil Durning | 3.25 | 183 | 224.17 | 228.32 | 262 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Tom McLaughlin | 3.18 | 179 | 193.12 | 196.92 | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,628 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,408 Turnout: 5,732 (46.5%) |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election
Upper Braes - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | John McLuckie (incumbent) | 32.26 | 1,361 | | | | |
| | SNP | Gordon Hughes (incumbent) | 29.79 | 1,257 | | | | |
| | SNP | Ricky Wilson | 13.46 | 568 | 592.5 | 757.9 | 862.9 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Rust | 13.04 | 550 | 565.5 | 573.5 | | |
| | Labour | Rosie Murray | 11.45 | 483 | 712.3 | 725.3 | 905.9 | 1,176.5 |
| Electorate: 11,033 Valid: 4,219 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 4,320 (38.24%) |||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election
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 | | |