Location of the ward [1]
Clackmannanshire South is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects four Councillors.
Clackmannanshire South is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mark English (SNP) | Kenneth Earle (Labour) | Janet Kerr Cadenhead (Labour) | Craig Holden (Ind. /SNP/ Ind.) | ||||
| 2012 | Ellen Forson (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Chris Dixon (Conservative /Ind.) | |||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Bryan Quinn (Greens) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Kenneth Earle | 23.1 | 877 | |||||||
| SNP | Ellen Forson | 21.0 | 800 | |||||||
| Scottish Green | Bryan Quinn | 19.5 | 742 | 768 | ||||||
| SNP | Craig Holden | 16.9 | 643 | 662 | 697 | 701 | 720 | 747 | 800 | |
| Conservative | William Marlin | 16.5 | 629 | 653 | 653 | 654 | 658 | 688 | ||
| Independent | Hugh van Lierop | 1.8 | 68 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 92 | |||
| Alba | Matthew Reilly | 1.2 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 47 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,357 Valid: 3,803 Spoilt: 100 Quota: 761 Turnout: 41.7% | ||||||||||
2017 Clackmannanshire Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Craig Holden (incumbent) | 22.4 | 831 | |||||||
| Conservative | Chris Dixon†† | 19.6 | 725 | 726.3 | 759.4 | |||||
| SNP | Ellen Forson (incumbent) | 17.5 | 649 | 716.9 | 721 | 721.6 | 730 | 737 | 1000.2 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Earle (incumbent) | 17.3 | 640 | 644 | 665.2 | 817.8 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Bryan Quinn | 15.1 | 560 | 569.5 | 583.5 | 587 | 601.8 | 621.3 | ||
| Labour | Christine Sinclair | 5.5 | 205 | 207.1 | 212.2 | 214.2 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Shier Biggam | 2.2 | 84 | 84.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 8,976 Valid: 3,694 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 739 Turnout: 3,780 (42.11%) | ||||||||||
2012 Clackmannanshire Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Craig Holden (incumbent) | 32.15% | 1,042 | |||
| Labour | Janet Kerr Cadenhead (incumbent) | 24.50% | 794 | |||
| SNP | Ellen Forson | 21.47% | 696 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Earle (incumbent) | 15.33% | 497 | 604.7 | 731.4 | |
| Conservative | Alan Jamieson | 6.54% | 212 | 261.7 | 263.4 | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 3,241 Spoilt: 99 Quota: 649 Turnout: 3,340 (%) | ||||||
2007 Clackmannanshire Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Craig Holden†† | 1,168 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Janet Kerr Cadenhead | 936 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Mark English | 797 | 17.9 | 3 | 5 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Earle | 570 | 12.8 | 4 | 7 | |
| SNP | Mike Hutchison | 515 | 11.6 | |||
| Conservative | Alan Jamieson | 244 | 5.5 | |||
| Independent | James Alexander Mackie | 227 | 5.1 | |||
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