Location of the ward [1]
Clackmannanshire Central is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors.
Clackmannanshire Central is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Gary Womersley (SNP) | Derek Stewart (Labour) | Samuel Bryce Ovens (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Graham Watt (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Phil Fairlie (SNP) | Mike Watson (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2019 | Jane McTaggart (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Janine Rennie (Labour) | Wendy Hamilton (SNP) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Wendy Hamilton | 30.4 | 730 | |||||||
| Conservative | Kate Mason | 17.3 | 416 | 417 | 426 | 437 | 455 | 476 | ||
| Labour | Carolynne Hunter | 13.3 | 320 | 324 | 332 | 370 | ||||
| SNP | Jane McTaggart | 13.1 | 314 | 419 | 472 | 481 | 506 | 519 | 584 | |
| Labour | Janine Rennie | 12.0 | 288 | 291 | 305 | 469 | 757 | |||
| Labour | Huw Sherrard | 9.4 | 225 | 227 | 234 | |||||
| Scottish Green | John Hosie | 4.5 | 109 | 119 | ||||||
| Electorate: 6,301 Valid: 2,402 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 601 Turnout: 39.6% | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| SNP | Jane McTaggart | 40.9 | 865 | 933 | |
| Labour | Margaret Brookes | 31.9 | 675 | 814 | |
| Conservative | William Marlin | 19.8 | 419 | ||
| UKIP | Dawson Michie | 3.3 | 69 | ||
| Scottish Green | Marion Robertson | 2.5 | 53 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Biggam | 1.7 | 36 | ||
| Electorate: 6,184 Valid: 2,117 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: (34.7%) | |||||
2017 Clackmannanshire Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Derek Stewart (incumbent) | 32.8 | 846 | ||||||
| SNP | Phil Fairlie††† | 27.7 | 714 | ||||||
| Conservative | Mike Watson | 16.6 | 428 | 443.4 | 444.6 | 464.5 | 550.6 | 687.3 | |
| SNP | Jo Wilkinson | 10.5 | 273 | 281.7 | 337.8 | 393.3 | 438.2 | ||
| Labour | Graham Watt (incumbent) | 7.1 | 183 | 321.9 | 324.6 | 356.4 | |||
| Scottish Green | John Short | 5.1 | 133 | 139.1 | 143.7 | ||||
| Electorate: 6,297 Valid: 2,577 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 645 Turnout: 2,656 (42.18%) | |||||||||
2012 Clackmannanshire Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Derek Stewart (incumbent) | 37.37% | 916 | ||||||
| SNP | Gary Womersley (incumbent) | 26.97% | 661 | ||||||
| SNP | Gaynor Hamilton | 17.18% | 421 | 438.5 | 479.5 | 493.8 | 522.7 | ||
| Labour | Graham Watt | 11.75% | 288 | 547.7 | 549.7 | 556.4 | 583.1 | 751.9 | |
| Independent | Brian Gerard Doyle | 3.59% | 88 | 91.9 | 92.9 | 118.3 | |||
| Conservative | Kate Mason | 3.14% | 77 | 80.6 | 80.1 | ||||
| Electorate: - Valid: 2,451 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 613 Turnout: 2,506 (%) | |||||||||
2007 Clackmannanshire Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Derek Stewart | 1,089 | 35.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Samuel Bryce Ovens | 688 | 22.2 | 2 | 2 | |
| SNP | Gary Womersley | 620 | 20.0 | 3 | 5 | |
| SNP | Sandy Pollock | 518 | 16.7 | |||
| Conservative | George Murray | 190 | 6.1 | |||
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