Clackmannanshire
Scottish council · Scotland · 18 seats in 5 wards · All seats elected every five years · Next election 6 May 2027
The SNP run Clackmannanshire Council as a minority administration. The council has 18 councillors in 5 wards. Seats by party: SNP 8, Labour 5, Conservative 3, Other 1, Green 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.
Seats by party
Who holds each ward
Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.
Councillors and last results
Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.
| Ward and councillors | Last election |
|---|---|
| Clackmannanshire Central Janine Rennie, Wendy Hamilton, Jane McTaggart | 5 May 2022 SNP 43.5% lead 8.8 pts |
| Clackmannanshire East Kathleen Martin, Denis Coyne, Scott Harrison | 5 May 2022 Conservative 37.3% lead 6.5 pts |
| Clackmannanshire North Martha Benny, William Keogh, Donald Balsillie, Fiona Law | 5 May 2022 SNP 41.4% lead 19.5 pts |
| Clackmannanshire South Craig Holden, Kenneth Earle, Bryan Quinn, Ellen Forson | 5 May 2022 SNP 37.9% lead 14.8 pts |
| Clackmannanshire West Mark McLuckie, Darren Lee, Graham Lindsay, Phil Fairlie | 5 May 2022 SNP 43.6% lead 16.8 pts |
Clackmannanshire Central
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Hamilton Elected | SNP | 730 | 30.4% |
| Kate Mason | Conservative | 416 | 17.3% |
| Carolynne Hunter | Labour | 320 | 13.3% |
| Jane McTaggart Elected | SNP | 314 | 13.1% |
| Janine Rennie Elected | Labour | 288 | 12.0% |
| Huw Sherrard | Labour | 225 | 9.4% |
| John Robert Hosie | Scottish Green | 109 | 4.5% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Clackmannanshire East
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (3 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Harrison Elected | SNP | 1,021 | 30.8% |
| Denis Coyne Elected | Conservative | 1,008 | 30.4% |
| Kathleen Martin Elected | Labour | 650 | 19.6% |
| Neil Gault | Conservative | 229 | 6.9% |
| Marion Robertson | Scottish Green | 209 | 6.3% |
| Angus James MacDonald Myles | Lib Dem | 123 | 3.7% |
| Les Calderwood | Independent | 75 | 2.3% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Clackmannanshire North
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Balsillie Elected | SNP | 1,062 | 26.4% |
| Martha Benny Elected | Conservative | 884 | 21.9% |
| William Keogh Elected | Labour | 754 | 18.7% |
| Fiona Law Elected | SNP | 605 | 15.0% |
| Ian Millar | Independent | 280 | 7.0% |
| Clare Pauline Andrews | Scottish Green | 231 | 5.7% |
| Gordon Alexander Bruce | Lib Dem | 128 | 3.2% |
| Eva Margaret Comrie | Alba | 84 | 2.1% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Clackmannanshire South
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Earle Elected | Labour | 877 | 23.1% |
| Ellen Forson Elected | SNP | 800 | 21.0% |
| Bryan Quinn Elected | Scottish Green | 742 | 19.5% |
| Craig Holden Elected | SNP | 643 | 16.9% |
| William Marlin | Conservative | 629 | 16.5% |
| Hugh Van Lierop | Independent | 68 | 1.8% |
| Matthew Reilly | Alba | 44 | 1.2% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Clackmannanshire West
Last scheduled election, 5 May 2022 (4 seats)
| Candidate | Party | First prefs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Fairlie Elected | SNP | 875 | 24.0% |
| Darren Lee Elected | Conservative | 830 | 22.8% |
| Mark McLuckie Elected | Labour | 787 | 21.6% |
| Graham Lindsay Elected | SNP | 715 | 19.6% |
| Daniel Rooney | Labour | 190 | 5.2% |
| Cara Quinn | Scottish Green | 147 | 4.0% |
| Laura Quin | Lib Dem | 99 | 2.7% |
Party shares are of first-preference votes.
Changed party since the election
1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.
| Ward | Councillor | Elected as | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clackmannanshire South | Craig Holden | SNP 2022 | Independent |
Parliamentary constituencies
| Constituency | Share of council | 2024 winner | Projected now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa and Grangemouth | Labour | SNP 30% |
Scottish councils: seats are listed without shares. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.
Who lives in Clackmannanshire
94,558 residents in 43,775 households
GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.
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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.
Sources and method
Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.
Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scottish councils use STV: party shares are of first-preference votes. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.