Elections to Falkirk Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 32 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

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2012 Falkirk Council election

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All 32 seats to Falkirk Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Craig Martin David Alexander Party Labour SNP Leader's seat Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst Falkirk North Last election 14 seats, 43.8% 13 seats, 40.6% Seats before 14 13 Seats won 14 13 Seat change 0 0   Third party Fourth party   Leader Billy Buchannan John Patrick Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Bonnybridge and Larbert Falkirk South Last election 3 seats, 9.4% 2 seats, 6.3% Seats before 1 2 Seats won 1 2 Seat change 0 0
Council Leader before election Craig Martin Labour Council Leader after election Craig Martin Labour

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The election saw Labour remain the largest party on the Council despite being outpolled in terms of votes by the Scottish National Party. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party saw their vote share fall but held their Council seats and Independents returned 3 seats as they did in the 2007 Local Elections.

Following the election, the controlling administration consists of 14 Labour members, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent (Cllr Buchanan). Opposition is 13 SNP members and 2 Independent (Cllrs Spears and McCabe). The Council Leader is Cllr Craig C Martin, Provost is Cllr Reid and the Depute Provost Cllr Patrick.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.