2022 Falkirk Council election

2022 Falkirk Council election

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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

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 used 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.^[1]

At the last election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats and formed a minority administration.^[2]