Upper Braes (ward)

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Upper Braes is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the Falkirk Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Gordon Hughes
(SNP)
Stephen Fry
(Labour)
John McLuckie
(Labour)
2012 Rosie Murray
(Labour)
2017 James Kerr
(Conservative)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 Falkirk Council election[1]

Upper Braes - 3 seats
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 Election[]

2012 Falkirk Council election[2]

Upper Braes - 3 seats
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 Election[]

2007 Falkirk Council election[3]

Upper Braes
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

References[]

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