Falkirk South (ward)

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

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
	Scottish 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. 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/