← Falkirk (all cycles) · 5 May 2022 cohort
Falkirk 2022
Local elections held 5 May 2022.
Each race compares the marginal winner's share of valid ballots to the proportional quota — the share they'd need under any common proportional method. How the numbers are derived →
If votes were counted by party
Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 30 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 21,066 | 39.7% | 12 | 40.0% | 13 | 43.3% | -1 |
| Labour Party | 12,179 | 23.0% | 9 | 30.0% | 7 | 23.3% | +2 |
| Conservative Party | 10,326 | 19.5% | 5 | 16.7% | 6 | 20.0% | -1 |
| Independent | 6,018 | 11.4% | 4 | 13.3% | 3 | 10.0% | +1 |
| Green Party | 2,365 | 4.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 3.3% | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 603 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Alba Party | 424 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 27 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 53,008 | 100.0% | 30 | 100.0% | 30 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
The 2022 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2022 election (current) and on the eve of it (2021), so you can see what the result replaced.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Grangemouth · 3 seats · won at 12.1% · −12.9 pts below quota
- Falkirk North · 4 seats · won at 12.4% · −7.6 pts below quota
- Bonnybridge and Larbert · 3 seats · won at 17.6% · −7.4 pts below quota
- Denny and Banknock · 4 seats · won at 13.5% · −6.5 pts below quota
- Bo'ness and Blackness · 3 seats · won at 18.7% · −6.3 pts below quota
- Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst · 4 seats · won at 15.1% · −4.9 pts below quota
- Upper Braes · 3 seats · won at 21.9% · −3.1 pts below quota
- Falkirk South · 3 seats · won at 22.3% · −2.7 pts below quota
- Lower Braes · 3 seats · won at 23.3% · −1.7 pts below quota
Race results
Grangemouth · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 12.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −12.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 5,043
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Balfour | Scottish National Party | 1,808 | 35.9% | 35.9% | +10.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alan Nimmo | Labour Party | 1,179 | 23.4% | 23.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Mandy Bryson | Conservative Party | 685 | 13.6% | 13.6% | — | |
| 4 | Robert Spears | Independent | 611 | 12.1% | 12.1% | −12.9 pts | Elected |
| 5 | John Haston | Scottish National Party | 454 | 9.0% | 9.0% | — | |
| 6 | Marc Bozza | Independent | 157 | 3.1% | 3.1% | — | |
| 7 | Rhys Stenhouse | Green Party | 122 | 2.4% | 2.4% | — | |
| 8 | Stuart Martin | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 27 | 0.5% | 0.5% | — |
Falkirk North · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 12.4% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −7.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 6,456
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cecil Meiklejohn | Scottish National Party | 2,260 | 35.0% | 35.0% | +15.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Bissett | Labour Party | 1,464 | 22.7% | 22.7% | +2.7 pts | Elected |
| 3 | James Bundy | Conservative Party | 857 | 13.3% | 13.3% | −6.7 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Iain Sinclair | Scottish National Party | 801 | 12.4% | 12.4% | −7.6 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Robbie Burgess | Labour Party | 399 | 6.2% | 6.2% | — | |
| 6 | Judith McLaughlin | Green Party | 381 | 5.9% | 5.9% | — | |
| 7 | Zohaib Arshad | Alba Party | 294 | 4.6% | 4.6% | — |
Bonnybridge and Larbert · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 17.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 5,643
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Buchanan | Independent | 1,423 | 25.2% | 25.2% | +0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bryan Deakin | Scottish National Party | 1,212 | 21.5% | 21.5% | −3.5 pts | Elected |
| 3 | David Grant | Conservative Party | 1,038 | 18.4% | 18.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jack Redmond | Labour Party | 993 | 17.6% | 17.6% | −7.4 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Jim Muir | Scottish National Party | 700 | 12.4% | 12.4% | — | |
| 6 | David Robertson | Green Party | 277 | 4.9% | 4.9% | — |
Denny and Banknock · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 13.5% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 6,350
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Garner | Scottish National Party | 1,868 | 29.4% | 29.4% | +9.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Fiona Collie | Scottish National Party | 1,084 | 17.1% | 17.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Nigel Harris | Conservative Party | 1,026 | 16.2% | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Alf Kelly | Labour Party | 889 | 14.0% | 14.0% | −6.0 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Brian McCabe | Independent | 860 | 13.5% | 13.5% | −6.5 pts | Elected |
| 6 | James Marshall | Labour Party | 423 | 6.7% | 6.7% | — | |
| 7 | Rachel Hart | Green Party | 200 | 3.1% | 3.1% | — |
Bo'ness and Blackness · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 18.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 5,574
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ann Ritchie | Independent | 2,262 | 40.6% | 40.6% | +15.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stacey Devine | Scottish National Party | 1,202 | 21.6% | 21.6% | −3.4 pts | Elected |
| 3 | David Aitchison | Labour Party | 1,041 | 18.7% | 18.7% | −6.3 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Lynn Munro | Conservative Party | 843 | 15.1% | 15.1% | — | |
| 5 | Debra Pickering | Green Party | 136 | 2.4% | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Nicholas William Pitts | Liberal Democrats | 90 | 1.6% | 1.6% | — |
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst · 4-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~4× smaller. 15.1% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 7,178
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 4 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 4. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Bouse | Scottish National Party | 1,961 | 27.3% | 27.3% | +7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Margaret Anslow | Labour Party | 1,762 | 24.5% | 24.5% | +4.5 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Laura Murtagh | Scottish National Party | 1,224 | 17.1% | 17.1% | −2.9 pts | Elected |
| 4 | James Flynn | Conservative Party | 1,081 | 15.1% | 15.1% | −4.9 pts | Elected |
| 5 | Robert Kemp | Conservative Party | 646 | 9.0% | 9.0% | — | |
| 6 | Tom McLaughlin | Green Party | 297 | 4.1% | 4.1% | — | |
| 7 | Sean McCay | Liberal Democrats | 207 | 2.9% | 2.9% | — |
Upper Braes · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 21.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −3.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 5,499
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Robertson | Scottish National Party | 1,918 | 34.9% | 34.9% | +9.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Siobhan Paterson | Labour Party | 1,272 | 23.1% | 23.1% | −1.9 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Claire Brown | Conservative Party | 1,202 | 21.9% | 21.9% | −3.1 pts | Elected |
| 4 | John McLuckie | Independent | 459 | 8.3% | 8.3% | — | |
| 5 | Rachel Kidd | Green Party | 308 | 5.6% | 5.6% | — | |
| 6 | Austin Reid | Liberal Democrats | 139 | 2.5% | 2.5% | — | |
| 7 | Ian Kennedy | Independent | 89 | 1.6% | 1.6% | — | |
| 8 | Colin Todd | Alba Party | 63 | 1.1% | 1.1% | — | |
| 9 | Mark Andrew Tunnicliff | Independent | 49 | 0.9% | 0.9% | — |
Falkirk South · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 22.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 6,106
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorna Catherine Binnie | Scottish National Party | 1,843 | 30.2% | 30.2% | +5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sarah Patrick | Conservative Party | 1,744 | 28.6% | 28.6% | +3.6 pts | Elected |
| 3 | Euan Stainbank | Labour Party | 1,364 | 22.3% | 22.3% | −2.7 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Emma Russell | Scottish National Party | 701 | 11.5% | 11.5% | — | |
| 5 | Hunter Thomson | Green Party | 346 | 5.7% | 5.7% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Wilson | Independent | 108 | 1.8% | 1.8% | — |
Lower Braes · 3-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~3× smaller. 23.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −1.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot, from source data. 5,159
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 3 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 3. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Hannah | Labour Party | 1,393 | 27.0% | 27.0% | +2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gordon Forrest | Scottish National Party | 1,205 | 23.4% | 23.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 3 | James Kerr | Conservative Party | 1,204 | 23.3% | 23.3% | −1.7 pts | Elected |
| 4 | Adanna Bridget McCue | Scottish National Party | 825 | 16.0% | 16.0% | — | |
| 5 | Doug Sheehan | Green Party | 298 | 5.8% | 5.8% | — | |
| 6 | Ashley Hunter Ward | Liberal Democrats | 167 | 3.2% | 3.2% | — | |
| 7 | Scott Fallon | Alba Party | 67 | 1.3% | 1.3% | — |