2022 Falkirk Council election

The 2022 elections to Falkirk Council were held on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election will use the nine wards created following the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review, with 30 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either three or four members, using the STV electoral system.

Main article: 2022 Scottish local elections
2022 Falkirk Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
All 30 seats to Falkirk Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Cecil Meiklejohn Robert Bissett
Party SNP Labour
Leader's seat Falkirk North Falkirk North
Last election 12 seats, 38.8% 9 seats, 23.1%
Seats before 12 7
Seats after 12 9
Popular vote 21,066 12,179
Percentage 39.7% 23.0%
Swing 0.9% 0.1
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader James Kerr N/A
Party Conservative Independent
Leader's seat Upper Braes
Last election 7 seats, 24.5% 2 seats, 9.8%
Seats before 7 4
Seats after 5 4
Popular vote 10,326 6,018
Percentage 19.5% 11.4%
Swing 5.0 % 1.6%
Council Leader before election

Cecil Meiklejohn
SNP

 Council Leader after election

Cecil Meiklejohn
SNP

At the last election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats and formed a minority administration.

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