Lower Braes (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors[edit]

Election Councillors
2007 Malcolm Nicol
(Conservative)
Steven Jackson
(SNP)
Alan Nimmo
(Labour)
2012
2017 Adanna McCue
(SNP)
2022 James Kerr
(Conservative)
Gordon Forrest
(SNP)
Anne Hannah
(Labour)

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 Falkirk Council election

Lower Braes - 3 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Anne Hannah 1,393
SNP Gordon Forrest 1,205 1,213.21 1,237.65 1,248.06 1,330.98
Conservative James Kerr[UPB] 1,204 1,225.29 1,237.65 1,297.984 1,330.97
SNP Adanna McCue (incumbent) 825 830.32 841.55 848.75 848.91
Scottish Green Doug Sheehan 298 309.76 378.19 320.97
Liberal Democrats Hunter Ashley 167 195.32 201.86
Alba Scott Fallon 67 69.44
Electorate: 12,003   Valid: 5,159   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,290   Turnout: 43.6%  

2017 Election[edit]

2017 Falkirk Council election[3]

Lower Braes - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Malcolm Nicol (incumbent) 34.49 1,864              
SNP Adanna McCue 30.19 1,632              
Labour Alan Nimmo (incumbent) 14.06 760 894.04 944.99 961.84 970.94 1,066.33 1,146.65 1,446.12
Independent Ricky Wilson 10.34 559 633.98 669.5 684.89 725.99 779.78 993.11  
Independent Steven Jackson (incumbent) 5.27 285 339.93 359.32 369.06 421.23 472.93    
Scottish Green Chris Brind 3.02 163 181.68 282.9 293.23 303.1      
Independent Sam Hemple 1.81 98 121.07 128.28 137.12        
UKIP Stuart Martin 0.81 44 89.04 91.96          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,405   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,352   Turnout: 5,455 (46.2%)  

2012 Election[edit]

2012 Falkirk Council election[4]

Lower Braes - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Conservative Malcolm Nicol (incumbent) 35.99 1,447
SNP Steven Jackson (incumbent) 31.32 1,259
Labour Alan Nimmo (incumbent) 27.78 1,117
SNP Robbie Landsman 4.90 197
Electorate: 9,948   Valid: 4,020   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 4,120 (40.41%)  

2007 Election[edit]

2007 Falkirk Council election[5]

Lower Braes
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Conservative Malcolm Nicol 2,046 35.9 1 1
SNP Steven Jackson 1,281 22.5 2 3
Labour Alan Nimmo 1,108 19.4 3 6
Independent Ricky Wilson 963 16.9
Scottish Green Norman Philip 233 4.1
Scottish Socialist William McSporran 74 1.3

References[edit]

  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".