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    Elections to the Falkirk District Council took place in May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The number...
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    most populous settlement in Scotland. Falkirk is the main town and administrative centre of the Falkirk council area, which has an overall population...
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    Viewforth. The area borders the council areas of Clackmannanshire (to the east), North Lanarkshire (to the south), Falkirk (to the south east), Perth and...
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  • Thumbnail for 1988 Leeds City Council election
    The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Headingley to be elected. Following...
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    Scotland has elections to several bodies: the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, local councils and community councils. Before the United...
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    Local elections were held in Scotland on 5 May 1988, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which...
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    The 1988 Bristol City Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other...
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    Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the seats up for election as well as an extra vacancy in Beech Hill...
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  • Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve...
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  • David Alexander (Scottish politician) (category People from Falkirk)
    of Falkirk Council from February 2001 to May 2007 and led the SNP Group on the council for twenty years. He is one of two SNP councillors for Falkirk North...
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    Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election. This result had the following consequences...
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    2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018. "Council control - Falkirk". Falkirk Council. Retrieved 4 January 2022. "Fife Council agree to SNP and Labour joint partnership"...
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  • Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of...
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    along with elections in many of the unitary authorities and district councils. There were no local elections in Northern Ireland. The elections saw Labour...
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    metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. In 117 districts one third of the council was up for election. Rallings, Colin;...
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    Grangemouth (category Towns in Falkirk (council area))
    Gaelic: Inbhir Ghrainnse, pronounced [ˈiɲɪɾʲ ˈɣɾaiɲʃə]) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the...
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    seats across Scotland. At the 2017 election, no council was won by an overall majority of any party. In the 2022 election, the SNP increased its vote share...
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  • Thumbnail for 2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election
    The 2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England. This was on...
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  • Thumbnail for 1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
    Elections to Trafford Council in the United Kingdom were held on 5 May 1988. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate...
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  • of the decade, and at the 1977 district elections the SNP saw victories at councils including East Kilbride and Falkirk and held the balance of power in...
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    districts except for the single-tier island council areas. Since 1996 there has only been a single tier of government, and the former island council areas...
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    predecessor authorities In 167 districts the whole council was up for election. These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackpool, Bournemouth...
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  • In the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary elections, three MSPs were elected as Independents: Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West), Jean Turner (Strathkelvin and...
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    elections. All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. In one district the whole council was up for election as...
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    John H. Walker (category People from Falkirk (council area))
    secretary-treasurer. However, within months, Walker won an election for the presidency of District 12, against the wishes of Lewis. In 1932, Walker negotiated...
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    "Scottish council election: Council control talks get under way". BBC News. 5 May 2012. "Scottish Elections :: Local Elections 2012 - election results"...
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    Party Falkirk candidate selection, which began following the announcement that the incumbent MP Eric Joyce was to step down at the 2015 general election, allegations...
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    The 2012 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members to Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day...
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    Linlithgow (section Council)
    it lies in the Central Belt on a historic route between Edinburgh and Falkirk beside Linlithgow Loch. The town is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km)...
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    Elections to Wigan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003 with one-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, there had been two...
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