Upper Braes (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Gordon Hughes
(SNP) 		Stephen Fry
(Labour) 		John McLuckie
(Labour)
2012 Rosie Murray
(Labour)
2017 James Kerr
(Conservative)
2022 Jim Robertson
(SNP) 		Claire Brown
(Conservative) 		Siobhan Patterson
(Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Falkirk Council election

Upper Braes - 3 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Jim Robertson 1,918
Labour Siobhan Paterson 1,272 1,365.42 1,370.55 1,384.12
Conservative Claire Brown 1,202 1,214.45 1,219.45 1,224.46 1,225.95 1,233.53 1,259.08 1,406.68
Independent John McLuckie (incumbent) 459 489.57 499.27 548.80 550.05 568.17 603.26
Scottish Green Rachel Kidd 308 516.93 520.78 535.32 536.81 586.76 644.66 740.41
Liberal Democrats Austin Reid 139 161.65 161.65 168.21 170.22 177.23
Independent Ian Kennedy 89 98.34 114.04
Alba Colin Todd 63 110.56 114.13 118.13 118.39
Independent Mark Tunnicliff 49 55.23
Electorate: 12,734   Valid: 5,499   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,375   Turnout: 43.8%  

2017 Election

2017 Falkirk Council election[3]

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      
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[4]

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[5]

Upper Braes
Party Candidate FPv% % 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. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Falkirk Council 2022 Election Results". Falkirk Council. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Local election results 2017 - Ward 2 – Grangemouth | Falkirk Council".
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Falkirk".