Location of the ward [1]
Stirling West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council. It elects three Councillors.
Stirling West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Scott Farmer (SNP) | Andrew Simpson (Labour) | Neil Benny (Conservative) | |||
| 2012 | Christine Simpson (Labour) | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2022 | Jen Preston (Labour) | |||||
2017 Stirling Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Neil Benny (incumbent) | 39.5 | 2,076 | ||||||
| SNP | Scott Farmer (incumbent) | 20.9 | 1,096 | 1,116.6 | 1,156.6 | 1,193.2 | 1,213.1 | 1,944.5 | |
| Labour | Christine Simpson (incumbent) | 17.8 | 936 | 1,151.4 | 1,210.8 | 1,456.0 | |||
| SNP | Morag Fulton | 12.8 | 671 | 676.5 | 755.2 | 786.5 | 805.3 | ||
| Scottish Green | Kevin Ralston | 4.8 | 251 | 287.0 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Skilleter | 4.2 | 221 | 411.4 | 480.9 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,637 Valid: 5,251 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 55.3% | |||||||||
2012 Stirling Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Scott Farmer | 36.61% | 1,484 | |
| Labour | Christine Simpson | 31.01 | 1,257 | |
| Conservative | Neil Benny | 25.04 | 1,015 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bruce | 7.35 | 298 | |
| Electorate: 8,611 Valid: 4,054 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 4,098 (47.08%) | ||||
2007 Stirling Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Scott Farmer | 1,674 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Andrew Simpson | 1,041 | 18.8 | 2 | 3 | |
| Conservative | Neil Benny | 1,005 | 18.2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Conservative | Gerry Power | 740 | 13.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bruce | 699 | 12.6 | |||
| Labour | Christine Simpson | 376 | 6.8 | |||
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