Denny and Banknock (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Denny and Banknock is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jim Blackwood (Labour)		Alexander John Waddell (Ind.)		John McNally (SNP)		Martin David Oliver (SNP)
2012	Brian McCabe (Ind.)
2015 by			Paul Garner (SNP)
2017				Nigel Harris (Conservative)	Fiona Collie (SNP)
2022	Alf Kelly (Labour)			Brian McCabe (Ind.)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election

Denny and Banknock - 4 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Paul Garner (incumbent)		1,868
	SNP	Fiona Collie (incumbent)		1,084	1,571.69
	Conservative	Nigel Harris (incumbent)		1,026	1,033.67	1,041.5	1,056.96	1,073.66	1,092.16
	Labour	Alf Kelly		889	903.71	935.17	1,011.42	1,368.98
	Independent	Brian McCabe		860	890.68	929.43	1,031.31	1,072.02	1,106.23	1,610.76
	Labour	James Marshall		423	433.27	444.87	461.56
	Green	Rachel Hart		200	223.01	346.01
Electorate: 15,534  Valid: 6,350  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 1, 271  Turnout: 43.8%

2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election ^[3]

Denny and Banknock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Paul Garner (incumbent)	26.3	1,664
	Labour	Jim Blackwood (incumbent)	15.27	965	976.27	976.51	996.75	1,019.23	1,020.57	1,233.78	1,359.61
	Conservative	Nigel Harris	14.49	916	918.16	918.16	924.16	950.16	950.39	964.43	1,068.91	1,086.46	1,314.59
	SNP	Fiona Collie	13.98	884	1,200.27	1,210.99	1,255.15	1,274.11
	Independent	Brian McCabe (incumbent)	10.87	687	719.13	722.85	737.57	780.57	782.45	811.89	984.92	1,002.97
	Independent	Alexander John Waddell	8.26	522	528.47	529.47	537.7	615.95	616.69	640.97
	Labour	Khalid Hamid	4.97	314	322.87	323.11	333.35	355.83	356.51
	Independent	Anne Montgomery	3.65	231	232.92	235.16	247.4
	Green	Cheryl Brind	1.89	119	122.84	125.08
	Solidarity	Sean Mellon	0.3	19	21.64
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 6,321  Spoilt: 95  Quota: 1,265  Turnout: 6,416 (44.1%)

2015 By-election

Denny and Banknock By-election (13 August 2015) - 1 Seat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Paul Garner	69.1%	2,576
	Labour	Andrew Bell	14.7%	549
	Conservative	David Grant	11.6%	431
	Green	Brian Capaloff	4.6%	170
Electorate: 14,462  Valid: 3,726  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 1,864  Turnout: 3,760 (26.1%)

2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election ^[5]

Denny and Banknock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	John McNally (incumbent)†	28.23	1,502
	Labour	Jim Blackwood (incumbent)	22.35	1,189
	Independent	Brian McCabe	11.69	622	676.9	680.9	714.1	801.2	977.6	1,133.3
	SNP	Martin D. Oliver(incumbent)	10.73	571	870.1	879.4	900.1	972.5	1,062.6	1,148
	Labour	Terrie Hay	8.33	443	459	539.7	563.2	614.7	684.9
	Independent	Alexander John Waddell (incumbent)	7.72	411	433.1	439.6	480.2	539.5
	Independent	Khalid Hamid	7.27	387	398.9	406.4	428.2
	Conservative	David Grant	3.70	197	200.7	204.5
Electorate: 12,350  Valid: 5,321  Spoilt: 95  Quota: 1,065  Turnout: 5,416 (39.45%)

2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election ^[6]

Denny and Banknock

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	John McNally	2,093	29.1	1	1
	Labour	Jim Blackwood	1,707	23.7	2	1
	Independent	Alexander John Waddell	991	13.8	3	8
	SNP	Martin David Oliver	789	11.0	4	8
	Labour	Khalid Hamid	775	10.8
	Conservative	Alistair Hislop	384	5.3
	Independent	Fiona Buchanan	238	3.3
	Scottish Socialist	Danny Quinlan	134	1.9
	Independent	Wesley Edmund	83	1.2

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
2. "Falkirk Council 2022 Election Results". Falkirk Council. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
3. "Local election results 2017 - Ward 2 – Grangemouth | Falkirk Council".
4. "By-election results - Ward 3 - Denny and Banknock - 13 August 2015 | Falkirk Council".
5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
6. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".