# Denny and Banknock (ward)

Denny and Banknock 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 | | Jim Blackwood (Labour) | | Alexander John Waddell (Ind.) | | John McNally (SNP) | Martin David Oliver (SNP) |
| 2012 | Brian McCabe (Ind.) | Jim Blackwood (Labour) | | | | John McNally (SNP) | Martin David Oliver (SNP) |
| 2015 by | Brian McCabe (Ind.) | Jim Blackwood (Labour) | Paul Garner (SNP) | | | | Martin David Oliver (SNP) |
| 2017 | | Jim Blackwood (Labour) | Paul Garner (SNP) | Nigel Harris (Conservative) | Fiona Collie (SNP) |
| 2022 | Alf Kelly (Labour) | | Paul Garner (SNP) | Brian McCabe (Ind.) | Fiona Collie (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election
Denny and Banknock - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Paul Garner (incumbent) | | 1,868 |
| | SNP | Fiona Collie (incumbent) | | 1,084 | 1,571.69 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Harris (incumbent) | | 1,026 | 1,033.67 | 1,041.5 | 1,056.96 | 1,073.66 | 1,092.16 |
| | Labour | Alf Kelly | | 889 | 903.71 | 935.17 | 1,011.42 | 1,368.98 |
| | Independent | Brian McCabe | | 860 | 890.68 | 929.43 | 1,031.31 | 1,072.02 | 1,106.23 | 1,610.76 |
| | Labour | James Marshall | | 423 | 433.27 | 444.87 | 461.56 |
| | Scottish Green | Rachel Hart | | 200 | 223.01 | 346.01 |
| Electorate: 15,534 Valid: 6,350 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1, 271 Turnout: 43.8% ||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election
Denny and Banknock - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | SNP | Paul Garner (incumbent) | 26.3 | 1,664 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Blackwood (incumbent) | 15.27 | 965 | 976.27 | 976.51 | 996.75 | 1,019.23 | 1,020.57 | 1,233.78 | 1,359.61 | | |
| | Conservative | Nigel Harris | 14.49 | 916 | 918.16 | 918.16 | 924.16 | 950.16 | 950.39 | 964.43 | 1,068.91 | 1,086.46 | 1,314.59 |
| | SNP | Fiona Collie | 13.98 | 884 | 1,200.27 | 1,210.99 | 1,255.15 | 1,274.11 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian McCabe (incumbent) | 10.87 | 687 | 719.13 | 722.85 | 737.57 | 780.57 | 782.45 | 811.89 | 984.92 | 1,002.97 | |
| | Independent | Alexander John Waddell | 8.26 | 522 | 528.47 | 529.47 | 537.7 | 615.95 | 616.69 | 640.97 | | | |
| | Labour | Khalid Hamid | 4.97 | 314 | 322.87 | 323.11 | 333.35 | 355.83 | 356.51 | | | | |
| | Independent | Anne Montgomery | 3.65 | 231 | 232.92 | 235.16 | 247.4 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Cheryl Brind | 1.89 | 119 | 122.84 | 125.08 | | | | | | | |
| | Solidarity | Sean Mellon | 0.3 | 19 | 21.64 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,321 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,265 Turnout: 6,416 (44.1%) ||||||||||||||

### 2015 By-election

Denny and Banknock By-election (13 August 2015) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Paul Garner | 69.1% | 2,576 |
| | Labour | Andrew Bell | 14.7% | 549 |
| | Conservative | David Grant | 11.6% | 431 |
| | Scottish Green | Brian Capaloff | 4.6% | 170 |
| Electorate: 14,462 Valid: 3,726 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,864 Turnout: 3,760 (26.1%) |||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election
Denny and Banknock - 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 | John McNally (incumbent)† | 28.23 | 1,502 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Blackwood (incumbent) | 22.35 | 1,189 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian McCabe | 11.69 | 622 | 676.9 | 680.9 | 714.1 | 801.2 | 977.6 | 1,133.3 |
| | SNP | Martin D. Oliver(incumbent) | 10.73 | 571 | 870.1 | 879.4 | 900.1 | 972.5 | 1,062.6 | 1,148 |
| | Labour | Terrie Hay | 8.33 | 443 | 459 | 539.7 | 563.2 | 614.7 | 684.9 | |
| | Independent | Alexander John Waddell (incumbent) | 7.72 | 411 | 433.1 | 439.6 | 480.2 | 539.5 | | |
| | Independent | Khalid Hamid | 7.27 | 387 | 398.9 | 406.4 | 428.2 | | | |
| | Conservative | David Grant | 3.70 | 197 | 200.7 | 204.5 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,350 Valid: 5,321 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 5,416 (39.45%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election
Denny and Banknock :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | 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 | | |