Falkirk South (ward)

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Falkirk South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of Falkirk Council. It elects four councillors.

Following the resignation of Pat Reid, a local government by-election will be held on Thursday, 14 October 2021.

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 John Patrick
(Conservative)
Georgie Thomson
(SNP)
Gerry Goldie
(Labour)
Joe Lemetti
(Labour)
2012 Colin Chalmers
(SNP)
Dennis Goldie
(Labour)
2017 Lorna Binnie
(SNP)
Pat Reid
(Labour)
3 seats

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 Falkirk Council election[1]

Falkirk South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Lorna Binnie 35.68 2,216
Conservative John Patrick (incumbent) 32.09 1,993
Labour Pat Reid * 27.15 1,686
Green Donnie Buchanan 5.07 315
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,210   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,533   Turnout: 6,281 (48.3%)

2012 Election[]

2012 Falkirk Council election[2]

Falkirk South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Dennis Goldie 23.96 1,279            
SNP Colin Chalmers 21.74 1,160            
Conservative John Patrick (incumbent) 15.76 841 844.6 846.9 856.9 984.9 998.4 1,212.7
Labour Gerry Goldie (incumbent) 15.72 839 1,025.6 1,031.5 1,039.5 1,184.9    
SNP Georgie Thomson (incumbent) 12.59 672 675.3 748.1 754.7 854.3 874.9  
Independent Joe Lemetti (incumbent) 8.71 465 472.3 477.6 519.9      
Independent Hugh McGinlay 1.52 81 81.3 82.4        
Electorate: 13,207   Valid: 5,337   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 5,437 (40.41%)

2007 Election[]

2007 Falkirk Council election[3]

Falkirk South
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Gerry Goldie 2,528 33.4 1 1
SNP Georgie Thomson 2,192 28.9 2 1
Conservative John Patrick 1,482 19.6 4 2
Labour Joe Lemetti 853 11.3 3 2
Independent Ronald Buchanan 390 5.2
Scottish Socialist Mark Straub 127 1.7

References[]

  1. ^ "Local election results 2017 - Ward 2 – Grangemouth | Falkirk Council".
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
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