Location of the ward [1]
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects four Councillors.
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Charles MacDonald (Labour) | Craig Martin (Labour) | Steven Carleschi (SNP) | Lynda Kenna (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Stephen Bird (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Jim Flynn (Conservative) | Joan Coombes (Labour) | Gary Bouse (SNP) | Laura Murtagh (SNP) | ||||
| 2022 | Margaret Anslow (Labour) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Falkirk Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Falkirk Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Falkirk Council election [4]
| 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 | |||
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