# Bo'ness and Blackness (ward)

Bo'ness and Blackness 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 | | Adrian Mahoney (Labour) | | John Constable (SNP) | Harry Constable (SNP) |
| 2009 by | Ann Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.) | Adrian Mahoney (Labour) | | John Constable (SNP) |
| 2011 by | Ann Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.) | Adrian Mahoney (Labour) | Sandy Turner (SNP) |
| 2012 | Ann Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.) | Adrian Mahoney (Labour) | Sandy Turner (SNP) |
| 2017 | Ann Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.) | David Aichison (Labour) | | Lynn Munro (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Ann Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.) | David Aichison (Labour) | | Stacey Devine (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Bo'ness and Blackness - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Ann Ritchie (incumbent) | 40.58 | 2,262 |
| | SNP | Stacey Devine | 21.56 | 1,212 | 1,434.54 |
| | Labour | David Aitchison (incumbent) | 18.68 | 1,041 | 1,229.03 | 1,238.47 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Munro (incumbent) | 15.12 | 843 | 950.83 | 951.93 | 984.18 | 995.82 |
| | Scottish Green | Debra Pickering | 2.44 | 136 | 136 | 193.94 | 245.43 | 211.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas William Pitts | 1.61 | 90 | 125.3 | 126.18 |
| Electorate: 12,389 Valid: 5,574 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,394 Turnout: 45.6% |||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election
Bo'ness and Blackness - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Ann Ritchie (incumbent) | 27.97 | 1,510 | | | |
| | Conservative | Lynn Munro | 26.15 | 1,412 | | | |
| | Labour | David Aitchison | 20.49 | 1,106 | 1,116.38 | 1,130.17 | 1,381.23 |
| | SNP | Alan Gilbert | 14.1 | 761 | 880.73 | 882.71 | 892.69 |
| | Scottish Green | Mari-Ellena Corvi | 5.78 | 312 | 324.72 | 333.19 | 360.08 |
| | Labour | Michael Burnett | 5.52 | 298 | 302.24 | 312.82 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,399 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1350 Turnout: 5,536 (46.8%) ||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election
Bo'ness and Blackness - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Ann Ritchie (incumbent) | 37.67 | 1,526 | | | |
| | Labour | Adrian Mahoney (incumbent) | 21.03 | 852 | 900.1 | 1,010.8 | 1,780.8 |
| | Labour | David Aitchison | 20.39 | 826 | 850.9 | 910.2 | |
| | SNP | Sandy Turner (incumbent) | 11.40 | 462 | 848.3 | 915.9 | 956.1 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Munro | 9.50 | 385 | 401.5 | | |
| Electorate: 11,250 Valid: 4,051 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,013 Turnout: 4,130 (36.01%) ||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election
Bo'ness and Blackness :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | | |