Location of the ward [1]
Grangemouth is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. As of the 2017 election, it elects three Councillors.
Grangemouth is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. As of the 2017 election, it elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Allyson Black (Labour) | Robert Spears (Ind.) | Alistair McNeill (Labour) | Angus MacDonald (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Joan Paterson (Labour) | David Balfour (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017 | 3 seats | |||||||
| 2022 | Alan Nimmo (Labour) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | David Balfour (incumbent) | 1,808 | |||||||||
| Labour | Alan Nimmo [LOB] | 1,179 | 1,211.98 | 1,217.28 | 1,244.09 | 1,281.31 | |||||
| Conservative | Mandy Bryson | 685 | 694.08 | 708.01 | 702.38 | 725.98 | 729.38 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Spears (incumbent) | 611 | 645.79 | 647.79 | 668.61 | 731.75 | 738.42 | 1,071.96 | 1,391.08 | ||
| SNP | John Haston | 454 | 873.93 | 876.23 | 942.91 | 960.45 | 962.68 | 984.84 | |||
| Independent | Marc Bozza | 157 | 165.78 | 169.77 | 176.68 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Rhys Stenhouse | 122 | 137.73 | 138.43 | |||||||
| UKIP | Martin Stuart | 27 | 27.61 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,741 Valid: 5,043 Spoilt: 161 Quota: 1,261 Turnout: 40.5% | |||||||||||
2017 Falkirk Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | David Balfour (incumbent) | 26.95 | 1,510 | ||||||
| Labour | Allyson Black (incumbent) | 23.22 | 1,301 | 1,309.44 | 1,332.73 | 1,483.53 | |||
| Conservative | James Bundy | 18.38 | 1,030 | 1,031.79 | 1,040 | 1,074.58 | 1,094.4 | ||
| Independent | Robert Spears (incumbent) | 17.49 | 980 | 988.08 | 1,004.58 | 1,247.12 | 1,274.46 | 1,834.19 | |
| SNP | Margaret-Ann Milne | 12.06 | 676 | 756.82 | 799.39 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Judith McLaughlin | 1.91 | 107 | 109.72 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,604 Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,402 Turnout: 5,703 (44.3%) | |||||||||
2012 Falkirk Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Allyson Black (incumbent) | 24.68 | 1,201 | ||||||||
| SNP | David Balfour | 22.58 | 1,099 | ||||||||
| Independent | Robert Spears (incumbent) | 17.71 | 862 | 877.9 | 882.4 | 963.6 | 1,064.6 | ||||
| Labour | Joan Paterson | 10.33 | 503 | 675.4 | 678.6 | 695.6 | 725.8 | 739.3 | 815.4 | 978.4 | |
| SNP | Andrew Cowie | 8.69 | 423 | 432.3 | 538.8 | 562.2 | 596.2 | 608.9 | 683.7 | ||
| Conservative | Amanda Nicol | 5.73 | 279 | 285 | 286.3 | 309.8 | |||||
| Independent | Jim Waugh | 5.59 | 272 | 275.4 | 277.4 | 331.6 | 377.9 | 412.7 | |||
| Independent | David Sharp | 4.68 | 228 | 231.6 | 233.4 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,350 Valid: 4,867 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 974 Turnout: 4,991 (39.41%) | |||||||||||
2007 Falkirk Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Angus MacDonald | 1,954 | 27.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Allyson Black | 1,497 | 21.4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Robert Spears | 1,412 | 20.2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Labour | Alistair McNeill | 1,087 | 15.5 | 4 | 7 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Martin | 711 | 10.2 | |||
| SNP | Angus Rae | 238 | 3.4 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Carol Hainey | 96 | 1.4 | |||
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