Dunblane and Bridge of Allan (ward)

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Graham Houston (SNP)		Colin Finlay (Labour)		Callum Campbell (Conservative)		David Goss (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Mike Robbins (Labour)			Mark Ruskell (Greens)
2017			Alastair Majury (Conservative)	Douglas Dodds (Conservative)	Alasdair Tollemache (Greens)
2022			Ewan Dillon (Labour, later Ind.)[1]
2023 (by-elections)		Robin Kleinman (Conservative)
2024 (by-elections)				Thomas Heald (Conservative)

Election results

2024 by-elections

A by-election was held on 25 January 2024 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Douglas Dodds due to health concerns.^[2]

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (16 March 2023) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Robin Kleinman	41.0	1,832	1,849	1,861	1,959	2,172	2,473
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	26.9	1,202	1,205	1,416	1,491	1,683
	Labour	David Wilson	13.4	600	609	670	871
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	8.9	399	404	475
	Green	Clare Andrews	8.7	389	390
	Scottish Family	Nickie Willis	1.1	50
Electorate: 11,792   Valid: 4,074   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 2,237   Turnout: 38.1%

Source:

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (25 January 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Thomas Heald	37.8	1,644	1,653	1,714	1,738	1,998	2,286
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	23.3	1,000	1,006	1,037	1,266	1,531
	Labour	David Wilson	20.2	869	874	989	1,147
	Green	Clare Andrews	10.1	433	442	485
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	6.8	292	296
	Scottish Family	Michael Willis	1.2	50
Electorate: 11,778   Valid: 4,288   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 2,145   Turnout: 36.6%

Source:

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (15 August 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Stuart McLuckie	27.9	1,143	1,214	1,284	1,328	1,361
	Labour	David Wilson	23.3	952	981	1,101	1,390	1,826	2,252
	SNP	John Watson	18.8	770	793	826	1,076
	Green	Andrew Adam	16.1	659	670	760
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	8.4	345	382
	Independent	Alastair Majury	5.5	225
Electorate: 12,057   Valid: 4,094   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 2,048   Turnout: 34.1%

Source:

Bannockburn by-election (23 January 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Bob Buchanan	35.9	565	590	597	605	664	863
	Labour	Yvonne Dickson	23.9	376	384	401	448	528
	Reform	William Docherty	22.7	358	360	367	425
	Conservative	Moira Benny	10.7	169	171	186
	Liberal Democrats	William Galloway	3.5	55	65
	Green	Marie Stadtler	3.4	53
Electorate: 9,097   Valid: 1,576   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 789   Turnout: 17.6%

Source:^[3]

Stirling East by-election (30 October 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Josh Fyvie	36.4	808	813	827	905	988	1,245
	Labour	Yvonne Dickson	23.9	530	540	577	622	710
	Reform	William Docherty	23.3	517	523	572	578
	Conservative	James Corbett	6.6	147	156
	Green	Marie Stadtler	6.3	141	158	167
	Liberal Democrats	William Galloway	3.6	79
Electorate: 8,662   Valid: 2,222   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 26.0%

Source:^[4][5]

Independent (formerly labour) Councillor Ewan Dillon resigned.^[6] David Wilson held the seat for Labour.^[7]

2023 by-election

A by-election was held on 16 March 2023 following the death of SNP councillor Graham Houston in December 2022.^[8]

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (16 March 2023) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Robin Kleinman	41.0	1,832	1,849	1,861	1,959	2,172	2,473
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	26.9	1,202	1,205	1,416	1,491	1,683
	Labour	David Wilson	13.4	600	609	670	871
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	8.9	399	404	475
	Green	Clare Andrews	8.7	389	390
	Scottish Family	Nickie Willis	1.1	50
Electorate: 11,792   Valid: 4,074   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 2,237   Turnout: 38.1%

Source:

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (25 January 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Thomas Heald	37.8	1,644	1,653	1,714	1,738	1,998	2,286
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	23.3	1,000	1,006	1,037	1,266	1,531
	Labour	David Wilson	20.2	869	874	989	1,147
	Green	Clare Andrews	10.1	433	442	485
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	6.8	292	296
	Scottish Family	Michael Willis	1.2	50
Electorate: 11,778   Valid: 4,288   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 2,145   Turnout: 36.6%

Source:

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (15 August 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Stuart McLuckie	27.9	1,143	1,214	1,284	1,328	1,361
	Labour	David Wilson	23.3	952	981	1,101	1,390	1,826	2,252
	SNP	John Watson	18.8	770	793	826	1,076
	Green	Andrew Adam	16.1	659	670	760
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	8.4	345	382
	Independent	Alastair Majury	5.5	225
Electorate: 12,057   Valid: 4,094   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 2,048   Turnout: 34.1%

Source:

Bannockburn by-election (23 January 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Bob Buchanan	35.9	565	590	597	605	664	863
	Labour	Yvonne Dickson	23.9	376	384	401	448	528
	Reform	William Docherty	22.7	358	360	367	425
	Conservative	Moira Benny	10.7	169	171	186
	Liberal Democrats	William Galloway	3.5	55	65
	Green	Marie Stadtler	3.4	53
Electorate: 9,097   Valid: 1,576   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 789   Turnout: 17.6%

Source:^[9]

Stirling East by-election (30 October 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Josh Fyvie	36.4	808	813	827	905	988	1,245
	Labour	Yvonne Dickson	23.9	530	540	577	622	710
	Reform	William Docherty	23.3	517	523	572	578
	Conservative	James Corbett	6.6	147	156
	Green	Marie Stadtler	6.3	141	158	167
	Liberal Democrats	William Galloway	3.6	79
Electorate: 8,662   Valid: 2,222   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 26.0%

Source:^[10][11]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Stirling Council election

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan - 4 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Conservative	Douglas Dodds (incumbent)	21.6	1,536
	SNP	Graham Houston (incumbent)	17.8	1,266	1,268.0	1,269.0	1,293.0	1,317.3	1,815.3
	Green	Alasdair Tollemache (incumbent)	16.0	1,138	1,141.0	1,147.0	1,156.0	1,207.5	1,260.5	1,466.4
	Labour	Ewan Dillon	11.9	842	846.9	850.9	856.9	901.1	910.1	957.4	971.2	1,330.5	1,577.0
	Liberal Democrats	Fayzan Rehman	9.4	665	669.2	674.2	674.2	748.3	760.3	785.6	799.6
	Conservative	Willy Stirling	8.4	598	686.2	701.4	705.4	819.0	819.0	823.3	824.9	956.0
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	7.9	564	564.2	564.2	569.2	581.2
	Independent	Alastair George Majury (incumbent)	5.3	377	382.2	387.2	396.2
	Alba	Bill Cowan	0.9	61	61.1	64.1
	Scottish Family	Nickie Willis	0.7	50	50.3
Electorate: 11,911   Valid: 7,097   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,420   Turnout: 60.4%

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (16 March 2023) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Robin Kleinman	41.0	1,832	1,849	1,861	1,959	2,172	2,473
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	26.9	1,202	1,205	1,416	1,491	1,683
	Labour	David Wilson	13.4	600	609	670	871
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	8.9	399	404	475
	Green	Clare Andrews	8.7	389	390
	Scottish Family	Nickie Willis	1.1	50
Electorate: 11,792   Valid: 4,074   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 2,237   Turnout: 38.1%

Source:

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (25 January 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Thomas Heald	37.8	1,644	1,653	1,714	1,738	1,998	2,286
	SNP	Ahsan Khan	23.3	1,000	1,006	1,037	1,266	1,531
	Labour	David Wilson	20.2	869	874	989	1,147
	Green	Clare Andrews	10.1	433	442	485
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	6.8	292	296
	Scottish Family	Michael Willis	1.2	50
Electorate: 11,778   Valid: 4,288   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 2,145   Turnout: 36.6%

Source:

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election (15 August 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Stuart McLuckie	27.9	1,143	1,214	1,284	1,328	1,361
	Labour	David Wilson	23.3	952	981	1,101	1,390	1,826	2,252
	SNP	John Watson	18.8	770	793	826	1,076
	Green	Andrew Adam	16.1	659	670	760
	Liberal Democrats	Dick Moerman	8.4	345	382
	Independent	Alastair Majury	5.5	225
Electorate: 12,057   Valid: 4,094   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 2,048   Turnout: 34.1%

Source:

Bannockburn by-election (23 January 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Bob Buchanan	35.9	565	590	597	605	664	863
	Labour	Yvonne Dickson	23.9	376	384	401	448	528
	Reform	William Docherty	22.7	358	360	367	425
	Conservative	Moira Benny	10.7	169	171	186
	Liberal Democrats	William Galloway	3.5	55	65
	Green	Marie Stadtler	3.4	53
Electorate: 9,097   Valid: 1,576   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 789   Turnout: 17.6%

Source:^[13]

Stirling East by-election (30 October 2025) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Josh Fyvie	36.4	808	813	827	905	988	1,245
	Labour	Yvonne Dickson	23.9	530	540	577	622	710
	Reform	William Docherty	23.3	517	523	572	578
	Conservative	James Corbett	6.6	147	156
	Green	Marie Stadtler	6.3	141	158	167
	Liberal Democrats	William Galloway	3.6	79
Electorate: 8,662   Valid: 2,222   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 26.0%

Source:^[14][15]

2017 election

2017 Stirling Council election^[16]

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan - 4 seats^[17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Alastair Majury	22.1	1,543
	Conservative	Douglas Dodds	21.5	1,502
	SNP	Graham Houston (incumbent)	17.2	1,203	1,205.4	1,208.3	1,250.0	1,885.6
	Green	Alasdair Tollemache	10.1	706	717.2	727.1	883.5	950.6	1,218.4	1,763.6
	Labour	Mike Robbins (incumbent)	11.8	824	849.8	866.3	1,053.3	1,076.4	1,143.4
	SNP	Rosemary Hunter	10.4	723	724.4	724.6	741.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Auld	6.8	476	512.0	536.0
Electorate: 11,484   Valid: 6,977   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,396   Turnout: 61.8%

2012 election

2012 Stirling Council election^[18]

Dunblane and Bridge of Allan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Graham Houston (incumbent)	27.31%	1,494
	Conservative	Callum Campbell (incumbent)	23.07%	1,262
	Labour	Mike Robbins	21.29%	1,165
	Green	Mark Ruskell	16.63%	910	951.1	981	1,006.1	1,251
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Airnes	6.32%	346	368.4	427.1	442.4
	SNP	Ian Smith	5.37%	294	604.1	615.8	624.4	683.9
Electorate: 12,193   Valid: 5,471   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,095   Turnout: 5,547 (44.87%)

2007 election

2007 Stirling Council election^[19]

2007 Stirling council election: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Graham Houston	1,794	22.8	1	1
	Conservative	Callum Campbell	1,455	18.5	2	4
	Labour	Colin Finlay	1,294	16.5	4	6
	Liberal Democrats	David Goss	1,067	13.6	3	6
	Conservative	Helen McCrea	801	10.2
	Independent	Bill Baird	707	9.0
	Green	Duncan Illingworth	675	8.6
	Scottish Socialist	Jennifer Haston	69	0.9