Location of the ward [1]
Clackmannanshire East is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors.
Clackmannanshire East is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Irene Hamilton (SNP) | Henry McLaren (Labour) | Alastair Campbell (Conservative) | |||||
| 2012 | Kathleen Martin (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Graham Lindsay (SNP) | Bill Mason (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2020 | Denis Coyne (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Scott Harrison (SNP) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Scott Harrison | 30.8 | 1,021 | ||||||
| Conservative | Denis Coyne | 30.4 | 1,008 | ||||||
| Labour | Kathleen Martin | 19.6 | 650 | 685 | 692 | 709 | 760 | 951 | |
| Conservative | Neil Gault | 6.9 | 229 | 232 | 384 | 405 | 417 | 435 | |
| Scottish Green | Marion Robertson | 6.3 | 209 | 302 | 305 | 323 | 377 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Angus Myles | 3.7 | 123 | 136 | 140 | 153 | |||
| Independent | Les Calderwood | 2.3 | 75 | 82 | 85 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,004 Valid: 3,315 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 829 Turnout: 48.0% | |||||||||
| 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 | |
| Valid: 2,395 Quota: 1,197 | ||||
2017 Clackmannanshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Bill Mason†††† | 41 | 1452 | ||||
| Labour | Kathleen Martin (incumbent) | 19.9 | 706 | 839.9 | 868.8 | 882.2 | |
| SNP | Graham Lindsay | 19.5 | 692 | 699.5 | 724.7 | 1079.9 | |
| SNP | Jane McTaggart | 10.3 | 363 | 368.9 | 390.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Anderson | 4.3 | 151 | 345.3 | 406.6 | 414.8 | |
| Scottish Green | Marion Robertson | 3.7 | 132 | 160.2 | |||
| Electorate: 6,607 Valid: 3496 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 875 Turnout: 3,536 (53.52%) | |||||||
2012 Clackmannanshire Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Alastair Campbell (incumbent) | 31.40% | 817 | |
| SNP | Irene Hamilton (incumbent) | 30.01% | 781 | |
| Labour | Kathleen Martin | 28.63% | 745 | |
| SNP | Helen Lewis | 9.95% | 259 | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 2,602 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 651 Turnout: 2,634 (%) | ||||
2007 Clackmannanshire Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alastair Campbell | 1,040 | 29.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Henry McLaren | 951 | 27.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Irene Hamilton | 669 | 19.2 | 3 | 4 | |
| SNP | Alison Lindsay | 420 | 12.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Bell | 409 | 11.7 | |||
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