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All 32 seats to Falkirk Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Craig Martin
David Alexander
Party
Labour
SNP
Leader's seat
Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst
Falkirk North
Last election
14 seats, 43.8%
13 seats, 40.6%
Seats before
14
13
Seats won
14
13
Seat change
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Billy Buchannan
John Patrick
Party
Independent
Conservative
Leader's seat
Bonnybridge and Larbert
Falkirk South
Last election
3 seats, 9.4%
2 seats, 6.3%
Seats before
1
2
Seats won
1
2
Seat change
Council Leader before election
Craig Martin Labour
Council Leader after election
Craig Martin Labour
Elections to Falkirk Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 32 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
The election saw Labour remain the largest party on the Council despite being outpolled in terms of votes by the Scottish National Party. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party saw their vote share fall but held their Council seats and Independents returned 3 seats as they did in the 2007 Local Elections.
Following the election, the controlling administration consists of 14 Labour members, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent (Cllr Buchanan). Opposition is 13 SNP members and 2 Independent (Cllrs Spears and McCabe). The Council Leader is Cllr Craig C Martin, Provost is Cllr Reid and the Depute Provost Cllr Patrick.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
† Denny and Banknock SNP Cllr John McNally was elected as an MP for Falkirk on 7 May 2015.[1] He resigned his Council seat in June and a by-election was held on 13 August 2015 which was held by the SNP's Paul Garner.
By-elections since 2012[]
Denny and Banknock By-election (13 August 2015) - 1 Seat[1]