On Thursday, May 5, voters will go to the polls to chose from 63 candidates hoping to be elected as one of the 30 members of Falkirk Council.
The SNP is fielding 16 candidates, Labour has 11 candidates, while the Conservative & Unionists have ten. The Scottish Green Party, looking for its first seat in the Falkirk area, is fielding nine candidates. There are also four Liberal Democrats, three Alba and one UKIP.
There are also nine Independent candidates. Two of them are councillors who are seeking re-election despite ending their party affiliations - John McLuckie, formerly Labour, will stand in the Upper Braes while Ann Ritchie, formerly SNP, will stand in Bo'ness.
Polling will take place between the hours of 7am and 10pm on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on Monday 18 April 2022.
Bo'ness and Blackness (Ward 1) - three councillors to be elected
David Aitchison, Scottish Labour Party;
Stacey Devine, SNP;
Lynn Munro, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Debra Pickering, Scottish Green Party;
Nicholas William Pitts, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Ann Ritchie, Independent
Grangemouth (Ward 2) - three councillors to be elected
David Balfour, Scottish National Party;
Marc Bozza, Independent;
Mandy Bryson, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
John Haston. Scottish National Party (SNP);
Stuart Martin, UKIP;
Alan Nimmo, Scottish Labour Party;
Robert Spears, Independent;
Rhys Stenhouse, Scottish Green Party
Denny and Banknock (Ward 3) - four councillors to be elected
Fiona Collie, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Paul Garner, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Nigel Harris, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Rachel Hart, Scottish Green Party;
Alf Kelly, Scottish Labour Party;
James Marshall, Scottish Labour Party;
Brian McCabe, Independent
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst (Ward 4 ) - four councillors to be elected
Margaret Anslow, Scottish Labour Party;
Gary Bouse, Scottish National Party (SNP);
James Flynn, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Robert Kemp, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Sean Patrick McCay, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Tom McLaughlin, Scottish Green Party;
Laura Murtagh, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Bonnybridge and Larbert (Ward 5) - three councillors to be elected
Billy Buchanan, Independent;
Bryan Deakin, Scottish National Party (SNP);
David Grant, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Jim Muir, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Jack Redmond, Scottish Labour Party;
David Robertson, Scottish Green Party;
Arshad Zohaib, Alba Party for independence;
Falkirk North (Ward 6) - four councillors to be elected
Robert Bissett, Scottish Labour Party;
James Bundy, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Robbie Burgess, Scottish Labour Party;
Judith McLaughlin, Scottish Green Party;
Cecil Meiklejohn, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Iain Sinclair, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Falkirk South (Ward 7) - three councillors to be elected
Lorna Binnie, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Sarah Patrick, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Emma Russell, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Euan Stainbank, Scottish Labour Party;
Hunter Thomson, Scottish Green Party;
Richard Wilson, Independent;
Lower Braes (Ward 8) - three councillors to be elected
Scott Fallon, Alba Party for Independence;
Gordon Forrest, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Anne Hannah, Scottish Labour Party;
James Kerr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Adanna McCue, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Doug Sheehan, Scottish Green Party;
Ashley Hunter Ward, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Ward 9 - Upper Braes (Ward 9) - three councillors to be elected
Claire Brown, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Ian Kennedy, Independent;
Rachel Kidd, Scottish Green Party;
John McLuckie, Independent;
Siobhan Paterson, Scottish Labour Party;
Austin Reid, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Jim Robertson, Scottish National Party (SNP);
Colin Todd, Alba Party for Independence;
Mark Andrew Tunnicliff, Independent.
