Grangemouth (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Grangemouth is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. As at the 2017 election, it elects three Councillors.

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)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election

Grangemouth - 3 seats ^[2]

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 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election ^[3]

Grangemouth - 3 seats

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 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election ^[4]

Grangemouth - 4 seats

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 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election ^[5]

Grangemouth

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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

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".