See main article: 2012 Scottish local elections.
| Election Name: | 2012 Falkirk Council election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Falkirk Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | Falkirk Council election, 2017 |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Seats For Election: | All 32 seats to Falkirk Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 14 seats, 43.8% |
| Leaders Seat1: | Carse, Kinnaird & Tryst |
| Seats Before1: | 14 |
| Seats Needed1: | 3 |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seat Change1: | 0 |
| Leader2: | David Alexander |
| Party2: | Scottish National Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Falkirk North |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats, 40.6% |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats Needed2: | 4 |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 0 |
| Leader4: | Billy Buchannan |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Bonnybridge and Larbert |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 9.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats Needed4: | 14 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Leader5: | John Patrick |
| Party5: | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
| Leaders Seat5: | Falkirk South |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 6.3% |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats Needed5: | 15 |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 0 |
| Swing5: | Independent GroupLeader – Robert SpearsSeat – GrangemouthSeats – 2 |
| Council Leader | |
| Before Election: | Craig Martin |
| Before Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Posttitle: | Council Leader after election |
| After Election: | Craig Martin |
| After Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
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.
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.
Scottish Local Government Elections 2012