Clackmannanshire Council elections

Clackmannanshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Independent
1974	6	5	0	1
1977	8	3	1	0
1980 [a]	4	7	1	0
1984	2	9	1	0
1988	1	10	1	0
1992	3	8	1	0

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Green	Liberal Democrats	Independent
1995	3	8	1	0	0	0
1999 [a]	9	8	1	0	0	0
2003	10	6	1	0	0	1
2007 [b]	7	8	1	0	1	1
2012	8	8	1	0	0	1
2017 [c]	8	5	5	0	0	0
2022	9	5	3	1	0	0

1. New ward boundaries. ^[2]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[3]

Results maps

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  2017 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Menstrie By-Election 19 August 2004 ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Janis Paterson	403	56.2	+28.1
	Labour	Haldis Scott	138	19.2	+6.4
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	108	15.1	+15.1
	Scottish Socialist	Charles Gillan	37	5.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charle Bell	31	4.3	+4.3
Majority			265	37.0
Turnout			717
	SNP gain from Independent

Tillicoutry West By-Election 19 August 2004 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Helen McGregor	262	36.8	−12.6
	Labour	Joanne Ross	176	24.8	−8.9
	Independent	William Whyte	128	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Biggam	86	12.1	+12.1
	Conservative	Alan Jamieson	59	8.3	+8.3
Majority			86	12.1
Turnout			711
	SNP hold

Clackmannan By-Election 2 December 2004 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry McLaren	498	54.4	−10.5
	SNP	Craig Hutchinson	292	31.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	54	5.9	+5.9
	Independent	William Whyte	48	5.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Biggam	24	2.6	+2.6
Majority			206	22.5
Turnout			916
	Labour hold

2017-2022

Clackmannanshire North By-Election 1 March 2018 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Helen Lewis	36.8	769	795	818	980	1,128
	Conservative	Alex Stewart	31.5	658	661	693	784
	Labour	Afifa Khanam	23.6	493	513	538
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Sherwood-Johnson	4.0	84	101
	Scottish Green	Marion Robertson	3.5	74
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,078  Spoilt: 14  Quota: 1,040  Turnout: 2,092

Clackmannanshire Central By-Election 28 March 2019 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jane McTaggart	40.9	865	872	888	902	933	1,166
	Labour	Margaret Brookes	31.9	675	684	696	702	814
	Conservative	William Marlin	19.8	419	423	433	447
	UKIP	Dawson Michie	3.3	69	70	74
	Scottish Green	Marion Robertson	2.5	53	60
	Liberal Democrats	John Biggam	1.7	36
	SNP hold

Clackmannanshire East By-Election 19 November 2020 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Denis Coyne	51.2	1,226
	SNP	Stephen Leitch	32.0	766
	Labour	Carolynne Hunter	8.1	195
	Scottish Green	Marion Robertson	5.8	139
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Hay	2.9	69
	Conservative hold
Valid: 2,395  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1,198  Turnout: 2,414

References

1. "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Clackmannanshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Clackmannanshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
4. "Menstrie". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Menstrie Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
6. "Tillicoutry West". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Tillicoultry West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
8. "Tillicoutry West". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Clackmannan Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
10. "Ward 2 Clackmannanshire North" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
11. "Ward 3 Clackmannanshire Central" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
12. "Clackmannanshire East By-Election, 19/11/20". Ballot Box Scotland. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.