# Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst (ward)

Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Charles MacDonald (Labour) | | Craig Martin (Labour) | | Steven Carleschi (SNP) | Lynda Kenna (SNP) |
| 2012 | Stephen Bird (SNP) | Charles MacDonald (Labour) | | Craig Martin (Labour) | | Steven Carleschi (SNP) |
| 2017 | | Jim Flynn (Conservative) | Joan Coombes (Labour) | Gary Bouse (SNP) | Laura Murtagh (SNP) |
| 2022 | Margaret Anslow (Labour) | Jim Flynn (Conservative) | | Gary Bouse (SNP) | Laura Murtagh (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Gary Bouse (incumbent) | | 1,961 |
| | Labour | Margaret Anslow | | 1,762 | 1,762 | 1,436. |
| | SNP | Laura Murtagh (incumbent) | | 1,224 | 1,670.56 |
| | Conservative | Jim Flynn (incumbent) | | 1,081 | 1,088.49 | 1.143.63 | 1,150.23 |
| | Conservative | Robert Kemp | | 646 | 649.75 | 674.35 | 678.09 | 711.89 | 778.53 |
| | Scottish Green | Tom McLaughlin | | 297 | 326.45 | 270.98 | 370.48 | 492.89 | 610.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean McCay | | 207 | 215.57 | 278.97 | 314.47 |
| Electorate: 17,252 Valid: 7,178 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,436 Turnout: 42.5% |||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Jim Flynn | 27.85 | 1,968 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Gary Bouse | 27.18 | 1,921 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joan Coombes * | 13.53 | 956 | 1,069.44 | 1,098.21 | 1,154.31 | 1,229.31 | 1,251.22 | 2,106.01 |
| | SNP | Laura Murtagh | 13.3 | 940 | 955.48 | 1,350.04 | 1,374.34 | 1,530.07 | | |
| | Labour | Martin Murray | 12.03 | 850 | 964.01 | 980.63 | 997.67 | 1,050.7 | 1,070.97 | |
| | Scottish Green | Chris Marsh | 4.12 | 291 | 328.16 | 358.51 | 408.87 | | | |
| | Independent | Safia Ali | 1.99 | 141 | 198.71 | 206.1 | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,067 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,414 Turnout: 7,200 (44%) |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Labour | Charles MacDonald (incumbent) | 26.28 | 1,377 | | |
| | Labour | Craig Martin (incumbent) | 25.42 | 1,332 | | |
| | SNP | Stephen Bird | 23.61 | 1,237 | | |
| | SNP | Steven Carleschi (incumbent) | 17.33 | 908 | 986.1 | 1,052.9 |
| | Conservative | Jim Flynn | 7.35 | 385 | 437.3 | 480.8 |
| Electorate: 14,121 Valid: 5,239 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,048 Turnout: 5,325 (37.1%) |||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | | |