Falkirk South (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Falkirk South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of Falkirk Council. It elects three councillors.

Following the resignation of Pat Reid, a local government by-election will be held on Thursday, 14 October 2021.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		John Patrick (Conservative)		Georgie Thomson (SNP)		Gerry Goldie (Labour)		Joe Lemetti (Labour)
2012	Colin Chalmers (SNP)		Dennis Goldie (Labour)
2017	Lorna Binnie (SNP)		Pat Reid (Labour)	3 seats
2022		Sarah Patrick (Conservative)	Euan Stainbank (Labour)
2024 by-			Claire Aitken (Labour)

Election results

2024 By-election

Falkirk South (17 October 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Carol Anne Beattie	31.3	1,043	1,048	1,113	1,156	1,189	1,218
	Labour	Claire Aitken	30.5	1,014	1,048	1,090	1,132	1,161	1,329	1,724
	Conservative	David Grant	14.7	488	498	503	524	652
	Reform UK	Stuart Martin	9.9	330	341	343	371
	Independent	Sharron McKean	5.5	184	199	216
	Green	Tom McLaughlin	4.5	151	161
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McCay	3.6	119
Electorate: 13,528  Valid: 3,329  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 1,665  Turnout: 24.9%

2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election

Falkirk South - 3 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Lorna Binnie (incumbent)		1,843
	Conservative	Sarah Patrick (incumbent)		1,744
	SNP	Emma Russell		701	959.03	964.61	977.33
	Labour	Euan Stainbank		1,364	1,380.46	1,478.63	1,524.51	1,652.32
	Green	Hunter Thomson		346	359.16	377.86	408.23
	Independent	Richard Wilson		108	111.09	138.58
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 6,106  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,527  Turnout: 46.3%

2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election ^[3]

Falkirk South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Lorna Binnie	35.68	2,216
	Conservative	John Patrick (incumbent)	32.09	1,993
	Labour	Pat Reid *	27.15	1,686
	Green	Donnie Buchanan	5.07	315
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 6,210  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 1,533  Turnout: 6,281 (48.3%)

2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election ^[4]

Falkirk South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Dennis Goldie	23.96	1,279
	SNP	Colin Chalmers	21.74	1,160
	Conservative	John Patrick (incumbent)	15.76	841	844.6	846.9	856.9	984.9	998.4	1,212.7
	Labour	Gerry Goldie (incumbent)	15.72	839	1,025.6	1,031.5	1,039.5	1,184.9
	SNP	Georgie Thomson (incumbent)	12.59	672	675.3	748.1	754.7	854.3	874.9
	Independent	Joe Lemetti (incumbent)	8.71	465	472.3	477.6	519.9
	Independent	Hugh McGinlay	1.52	81	81.3	82.4
Electorate: 13,207  Valid: 5,337  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 1,068  Turnout: 5,437 (40.41%)

2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election ^[5]

Falkirk South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Gerry Goldie	2,528	33.4	1	1
	SNP	Georgie Thomson	2,192	28.9	2	1
	Conservative	John Patrick	1,482	19.6	4	2
	Labour	Joe Lemetti	853	11.3	3	2
	Independent	Ronald Buchanan	390	5.2
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Straub	127	1.7

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. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".