Clackmannanshire North

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Clackmannanshire North is one of the five wards used to elect members of the Clackmannanshire council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Donald Balsillie
(SNP) 		Walter McAdam
(SNP) 		Robert McGill
(Labour) 		John Shier Biggam
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Archie Drummond
(Ind./
SNP)
2017 Martha Benny
(Conservative) 		Dave Clark
(Labour)
2018 Helen Lewis
(SNP)
2022 William Keogh
(Labour) 		Fiona Law
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Clackmannanshire Council election
Clackmannanshire North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Donald Balsillie 26.4 1,062          
Conservative Martha Benny 21.9 884          
Labour William Keogh 18.7 754 764 784 790 795 852
SNP Fiona Law 15.0 605 799 800 848    
Independent Ian Millar 7.0 280 285 297 309 314 345
Scottish Green Clare Andrews 5.7 231 253 256 269 287 326
Liberal Democrats Gordon Bruce 3.2 128 132 148 148 150  
Alba Eva Comrie 2.1 84 93 95      
Electorate: 8,643   Valid: 4,028   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 806   Turnout: 47.9%  

Source:[2][3]

2018 by-election

Clackmannanshire North By-election (1 March 2018)[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP Helen Lewis 36.8 769 980
Conservative Alex Stewart 31.5 658 784
Labour Afifa Khanam 23.6 493  
Liberal Democrats Damian Sherwood-Johnson 4.0 84  
Scottish Green Marion Robertson 3.5 74  
Electorate: 8,457   Valid: 2,078   Spoilt: 14   Quota: 1,040   Turnout: 2,092 (24.7%)  

2017 election

2017 Clackmannanshire Council election[6]

Clackmannanshire North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Martha Benny 24 969              
SNP Archie Drummond (incumbent)† 16.6 672 675.5 709.8 745.3 909.8      
SNP Donald Balsille (incumbent) 16.3 660 666.5 690.6 711.5 841.6      
Labour Dave Clark (incumbent) 15.9 644 678.7 698.2 764.6 773.8 787.9 794.5 1,196.3
Labour Bobby McGill (incumbent) 10.7 432 446.7 453.8 507.7 513.7 526.4 530.2  
SNP Helen Lewis 7.2 292 293.6 313 323.1        
Liberal Democrats Damian Sherwood-Johnson 5.1 206 240.7 283.9          
Scottish Green Jack Gervaise 3.8 157 167.1            
Electorate: 8,371   Valid: 4,032   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 807   Turnout: 4,159 (49.68%)  

2012 election

2012 Clackmannanshire Council election[7]

Clackmannanshire North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Donald Balsillie (incumbent) 20.09% 728              
Labour Robert McGill (incumbent) 18.3% 663 663.1 669.1 684.1 1,001.1      
SNP Walter McAdam (incumbent) 15.02% 544 545.8 559.8 568.8 573.8 600.9 603.9 1,055.4
Independent Archie Drummond† 14.90% 540 540.1 587.2 664.2 683.2 743.3    
SNP May Atkinson 13.91% 504 506.7 525.7 535.7 546.7 567 570  
Labour Jacqueline McKay 9.69% 351 351 366 377        
Conservative Chris Dixon 4.33% 157 157 173          
Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam (incumbent) 3.75% 136 136.1            
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,623   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 725   Turnout: 3,725 (%)  

2007 election

2007 Clackmannanshire Council election[8]

2007 Council election: Clackmannanshire North
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Donald Balsillie 1,256 26.0 1 1
Labour Robert McGill 1,099 22.8 2 1
SNP Walter McAdam 950 19.7 3 2
Labour Jacqueline McKay 374 7.7
Conservative Kate Mason 333 6.9
Liberal Democrats John Shier Biggam 322 6.7 4 9
SNP Helen McGregor 256 5.3
Scottish Senior Citizens Ralph Harness 166 3.4
Scottish Socialist Iain Campbell 75 1.6

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Clackmannanshire North" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Clackmannanshire North" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. ^ McPherson, Elaine (29 January 2018). "Clackmannanshire Council – Notice of Poll – By-Election of Councillor – 1 March 2018 for the election of one councillor for Electoral Ward 2 – Clackmannanshire North" (PDF). Clackmannanshire Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Clackmannanshire North Ward 1st March 2018". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  6. ^ Clackmannanshire Council - Preference Summary Report
  7. ^ "Clackmannanshire Council election - 2012-05-03".
  8. ^ "Clackmannanshire Council election - 2007-05-03".