2022 Falkirk Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) became the largest party, despite losing one seat, overtaking Labour who lost five seats. Two independents were elected, one less than 2012 while the Conservatives gained five seats.[3]

2017 Falkirk Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	12		1	1	40	38.8	20,861	1.6
	Labour	9		5	5	30	23.1	12,421	14.6
	Conservative	7	5		5	23.3	24.5	13,168	13.3
	Independent	2		1	1	6.7	9.8	5,308	0.7
	Green	0				0	3.6	1,933	New
Total		30						53,754

Notes

• Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections in May 2012. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
• Following boundary changes, the number of seats in Falkirk fell from 32 in 2012 to 30 in 2017. Gains and losses are represented against national results which may differ from other published sources.

Source: [3]

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Labour councillor John McLuckie and Conservative councillor James Kerr were suspended by their respective parties after having been charged by the police following an investigation into planning irregularities in Falkirk.[4] SNP councillor Niall Coleman resigned from the party to become an independent.[5] Two by-elections were held and resulted in an SNP hold[6] and an SNP gain from Labour.[2]