Stirling West (ward)

Stirling West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Scott Farmer (SNP)		Andrew Simpson (Labour)		Neil Benny (Conservative)
2012	Christine Simpson (Labour)
2017
2022	Jen Preston (Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Stirling Council election^[2]

Stirling West - 3 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Neil Benny (incumbent)	39.5	2,076
	SNP	Scott Farmer (incumbent)	20.9	1,096	1,116.6	1,156.6	1,193.2	1,213.1	1,944.5
	Labour	Christine Simpson (incumbent)	17.8	936	1,151.4	1,210.8	1,456.0
	SNP	Morag Fulton	12.8	671	676.5	755.2	786.5	805.3
	Scottish Green	Kevin Ralston	4.8	251	287.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skilleter	4.2	221	411.4	480.9
Electorate: 9,637   Valid: 5,251   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 55.3%

2012 Election

2012 Stirling Council election^[4]

Stirling West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Scott Farmer	36.61%	1,484
	Labour	Christine Simpson	31.01	1,257
	Conservative	Neil Benny	25.04	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Bruce	7.35	298
Electorate: 8,611   Valid: 4,054   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 4,098 (47.08%)

2007 Election

2007 Stirling Council election^[5]

Stirling council election, 2007: Stirling West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Scott Farmer	1,674	30.2	1	1
	Labour	Andrew Simpson	1,041	18.8	2	3
	Conservative	Neil Benny	1,005	18.2	4	6
	Conservative	Gerry Power	740	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Bruce	699	12.6
	Labour	Christine Simpson	376	6.8