Location of the ward
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council. It elects four Councillors.
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Graham Houston (SNP) | Colin Finlay (Labour) | Callum Campbell (Conservative) | David Goss (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Mike Robbins (Labour) | Mark Ruskell (Greens) | ||||||
| 2017 | Alastair Majury (Conservative) | Douglas Dodds (Conservative) | Alasdair Tollemache (Greens) | |||||
| 2022 | Ewan Dillon (Labour, later Ind.) [1] | |||||||
| 2023 (by-elections) | Robin Kleinman (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2024 (by-elections) | Thomas Heald (Conservative) | |||||||
A by-election was held on 25 January 2024 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Douglas Dodds due to health concerns. [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Thomas Heald | 37.8 | 1,644 | 1,653 | 1,714 | 1,738 | 1,998 | 2,286 | |
| SNP | Ahsan Khan | 23.3 | 1,000 | 1,006 | 1,037 | 1,266 | 1,531 | ||
| Labour | David Wilson | 20.2 | 869 | 874 | 989 | 1,147 | |||
| Scottish Green | Clare Andrews | 10.1 | 433 | 442 | 485 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dick Moerman | 6.8 | 292 | 296 | |||||
| Scottish Family | Michael Willis | 1.2 | 50 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,778 Valid: 4,288 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 2,145 Turnout: 36.6 | |||||||||
A by-election was held in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan on 15 August 2024 following the resignation of independent councillor Ewan Dillon.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Stuart McLuckie | 27.9 | 1,143 | 1,214 | 1,284 | 1,328 | 1,361 | ||
| Labour | David Wilson | 23.3 | 952 | 981 | 1,101 | 1,390 | 1,826 | 2,252 | |
| SNP | John Watson | 18.8 | 770 | 793 | 826 | 1,076 | |||
| Scottish Green | Andrew Adam | 16.1 | 659 | 670 | 760 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dick Moerman | 8.4 | 345 | 382 | |||||
| Independent | Alastair Majury | 5.5 | 225 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,057 Valid: 4,094 Quota: 2,048 | |||||||||
Independent (formerly labour) Councillor Ewan Dillon resigned. [3] David Wilson held the seat for Labour. [4]
A by-election was held on 16 March 2023 following the death of SNP councillor Graham Houston in December 2022. [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Robin Kleinman | 41.0 | 1,832 | 1,849 | 1,861 | 1,959 | 2,172 | 2,473 | |
| SNP | Ahsan Khan | 26.9 | 1,202 | 1,205 | 1,416 | 1,491 | 1,683 | ||
| Labour | David Wilson | 13.4 | 600 | 609 | 670 | 871 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dick Moerman | 8.9 | 399 | 404 | 475 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Clare Andrews | 8.7 | 389 | 390 | |||||
| Scottish Family | Nickie Willis | 1.1 | 50 | ||||||
| Valid: 4,074 Quota: Turnout: 38.1 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Conservative | Douglas Dodds (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,536 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 17.8 | 1,266 | 1,268.0 | 1,269.0 | 1,293.0 | 1,317.3 | 1,815.3 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Alasdair Tollemache (incumbent) | 16.0 | 1,138 | 1,141.0 | 1,147.0 | 1,156.0 | 1,207.5 | 1,260.5 | 1,466.4 | ||||
| Labour | Ewan Dillon | 11.9 | 842 | 846.9 | 850.9 | 856.9 | 901.1 | 910.1 | 957.4 | 971.2 | 1,330.5 | 1,577.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fayzan Rehman | 9.4 | 665 | 669.2 | 674.2 | 674.2 | 748.3 | 760.3 | 785.6 | 799.6 | |||
| Conservative | Willy Stirling | 8.4 | 598 | 686.2 | 701.4 | 705.4 | 819.0 | 819.0 | 823.3 | 824.9 | 956.0 | ||
| SNP | Ahsan Khan | 7.9 | 564 | 564.2 | 564.2 | 569.2 | 581.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Alastair George Majury (incumbent) | 5.3 | 377 | 382.2 | 387.2 | 396.2 | |||||||
| Alba | Bill Cowan | 0.9 | 61 | 61.1 | 64.1 | ||||||||
| Scottish Family | Nickie Willis | 0.7 | 50 | 50.3 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,911 Valid: 7,097 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 60.4% | |||||||||||||
2017 Stirling Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Alastair Majury | 22.1 | 1,543 | |||||||
| Conservative | Douglas Dodds | 21.5 | 1,502 | |||||||
| SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 17.2 | 1,203 | 1,205.4 | 1,208.3 | 1,250.0 | 1,885.6 | |||
| Scottish Green | Alasdair Tollemache | 10.1 | 706 | 717.2 | 727.1 | 883.5 | 950.6 | 1,218.4 | 1,763.6 | |
| Labour | Mike Robbins (incumbent) | 11.8 | 824 | 849.8 | 866.3 | 1,053.3 | 1,076.4 | 1,143.4 | ||
| SNP | Rosemary Hunter | 10.4 | 723 | 724.4 | 724.6 | 741.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Auld | 6.8 | 476 | 512.0 | 536.0 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,484 Valid: 6,977 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,396 Turnout: 61.8% | ||||||||||
2012 Stirling Council election [10]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 27.31% | 1,494 | |||||
| Conservative | Callum Campbell (incumbent) | 23.07% | 1,262 | |||||
| Labour | Mike Robbins | 21.29% | 1,165 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Mark Ruskell | 16.63% | 910 | 951.1 | 981 | 1,006.1 | 1,251 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Airnes | 6.32% | 346 | 368.4 | 427.1 | 442.4 | ||
| SNP | Ian Smith | 5.37% | 294 | 604.1 | 615.8 | 624.4 | 683.9 | |
| Electorate: 12,193 Valid: 5,471 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 5,547 (44.87%) | ||||||||
2007 Stirling Council election [11]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Graham Houston | 1,794 | 22.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Callum Campbell | 1,455 | 18.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Labour | Colin Finlay | 1,294 | 16.5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Goss | 1,067 | 13.6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Conservative | Helen McCrea | 801 | 10.2 | |||
| Independent | Bill Baird | 707 | 9.0 | |||
| Scottish Green | Duncan Illingworth | 675 | 8.6 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Jennifer Haston | 69 | 0.9 | |||
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