Location of the ward [1]
Upper Braes is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects three Councillors.
Upper Braes is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Gordon Hughes (SNP) | Stephen Fry (Labour) | John McLuckie (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Rosie Murray (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | James Kerr (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Jim Robertson (SNP) | Claire Brown (Conservative) | Siobhan Patterson (Labour) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||||||||
| SNP | Jim Robertson | 1,918 | |||||||||
| Labour | Siobhan Paterson | 1,272 | 1,365.42 | 1,370.55 | 1,384.12 | ||||||
| Conservative | Claire Brown | 1,202 | 1,214.45 | 1,219.45 | 1,224.46 | 1,225.95 | 1,233.53 | 1,259.08 | 1,406.68 | ||
| Independent | John McLuckie (incumbent) | 459 | 489.57 | 499.27 | 548.80 | 550.05 | 568.17 | 603.26 | |||
| Green | Rachel Kidd | 308 | 516.93 | 520.78 | 535.32 | 536.81 | 586.76 | 644.66 | 740.41 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Austin Reid | 139 | 161.65 | 161.65 | 168.21 | 170.22 | 177.23 | ||||
| Independent | Ian Kennedy | 89 | 98.34 | 114.04 | |||||||
| Alba | Colin Todd | 63 | 110.56 | 114.13 | 118.13 | 118.39 | |||||
| Independent | Mark Tunnicliff | 49 | 55.23 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,734 Valid: 5,499 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,375 Turnout: 43.8% | |||||||||||
2017 Falkirk Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | James Kerr†† | 30.22 | 1,701 | |||||||
| Labour | John McLuckie (incumbent)†† | 23.85 | 1,342 | 1,441.91 | ||||||
| SNP | Gordon Hughes (incumbent) | 18.27 | 1,028 | 1,036.61 | 1,040.73 | 1,066.78 | 1,093.98 | 1,218.31 | 2,112.31 | |
| SNP | Farah Farzana | 14.84 | 835 | 837.07 | 838.76 | 890.08 | 910.68 | 978.8 | ||
| Independent | Jim Robertson | 6.4 | 360 | 401.68 | 409.18 | 449.03 | 602.12 | |||
| Independent | Neil Durning | 3.25 | 183 | 224.17 | 228.32 | 262 | ||||
| Green | Tom McLaughlin | 3.18 | 179 | 193.12 | 196.92 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,628 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,408 Turnout: 5,732 (46.5%) | ||||||||||
2012 Falkirk Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | John McLuckie (incumbent) | 32.26 | 1,361 | |||||
| SNP | Gordon Hughes (incumbent) | 29.79 | 1,257 | |||||
| SNP | Ricky Wilson | 13.46 | 568 | 592.5 | 757.9 | 862.9 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Rust | 13.04 | 550 | 565.5 | 573.5 | |||
| Labour | Rosie Murray | 11.45 | 483 | 712.3 | 725.3 | 905.9 | 1,176.5 | |
| Electorate: 11,033 Valid: 4,219 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 4,320 (38.24%) | ||||||||
2007 Falkirk Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Gordon Hughes | 1,961 | 32.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Stephen Fry | 1,388 | 23.2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Labour | John McLuckie | 1,167 | 19.5 | 3 | 6 | |
| Conservative | Drew Lapsley | 804 | 13.5 | |||
| Independent | Neil Durning | 555 | 9.3 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Mary Straub | 100 | 1.7 | |||
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