Falkirk North (ward)

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

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		David Alexander (SNP)		Cecil Meiklejohn (SNP)		Craig Martin (Labour)		Pat Reid (Labour)
2012
2017	Denis Goldie (Labour)		Robert Bissett (Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election[1]

Falkirk North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	35.82	2,326
	Labour	Denis Goldie *	17.22	1,118	1,160.83	1,208.1	1,313.84
	SNP	Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent)	16.33	1,060	1,864.91
	Conservative	Wendy Chandrachud	14.11	916	933.22	948.14	978.61	979.61
	Labour	Robert Bissett	12.95	841	908.11	962.4	1,102.62	1,113.75	1,563.47
	Scottish Green	Debra Pickering	3.56	231	263.23	519.28
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,492   Spoilt: 196   Quota: 1,299   Turnout: 6,688 (41%)

2012 Election

2012 Falkirk Council election[2]

Falkirk North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	SNP	David Alexander (incumbent)	36.46	1,915
	Labour	Craig Martin (incumbent)	20.98	1,102
	Labour	Pat Reid (incumbent)	19.25	1,011	1,070.6
	SNP	Cecil Meiklejohn (incumbent)	16.73	879	1,604.5
	Conservative	Robert Edward Ardis	6.59	346	361.8
Electorate: 13,878   Valid: 5,253   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,051   Turnout: 5,382 (37.85%)

2007 Election

2007 Falkirk Council election[3]

Falkirk North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Alexander	2,500	34.7	1	1
	Labour	Craig Martin	1,480	20.5	2	2
	Labour	Pat Reid	1,293	17.9	3	5
	SNP	Cecil Meiklejohn	689	9.6	4	7
	Conservative	Alison Harris	562	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Chomczuk	451	6.3
	Independent	Margaret D. Laurie	136	1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Gordon Clubb	94	1.3

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/