Clackmannanshire Central

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.

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)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Clackmannanshire Council election

Clackmannanshire Central - 3 seats

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
	Green	John Hosie	4.5	109	119
Electorate: 6,301  Valid: 2,402  Spoilt: 95  Quota: 601  Turnout: 39.6%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2019 by-election

Clackmannanshire Central By-election (28 March 2019) ^[4]

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
	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 election

2017 Clackmannanshire Council election ^[5]

Clackmannanshire Central - 3 seats

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
	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 election

2012 Clackmannanshire Council election ^[6]

Clackmannanshire Central - 3 seats

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 election

2007 Clackmannanshire Council election ^[7]

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire Central

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Clackmannanshire Central" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 Clackmannanshire Central" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
4. "Clackmannanshire Central Ward 28th March 2019". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
5. Clackmannanshire Council Preference Summary Report
6. "Clackmannanshire Council election - 2012-05-03".
7. "Clackmannanshire Council election - 2007-05-03".