Upper Braes (ward)

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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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
	Scottish 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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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

1. https://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/council-democracy/elections-voting/election-results/local-election-results/ward-2.aspx
2. https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/445/
3. https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/445/