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Falkirk Council election, 2007

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Elections to Falkirk Council was held on 3 May 2007 the same day as the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2007-2011 by-elections

  • Following the death of SNP Cllr Harry Constable a by-election arose and the seat was retained by the party's Ann Ritchie on 1 November 2009
  • Following the death of SNP Cllr John Constable a by-election arose and the seat was retained by the party's Sandy Turner on 10 June 2011
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    Falkirk Council election, 2007 Wikipedia