Editing Clackmannanshire (section)

==Elections==
{{main|Clackmannanshire Council elections}}
Since 2007 elections have been held every five years under the [[single transferable vote]] system, introduced by the [[Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004]]. Election results since 1995 have been as follows:<ref name=compositions/>

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
!rowspan=2|Year
!rowspan=2|Seats
!width="80"|[[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Conservatives|Conservative]]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Greens|Green]]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]]
!width="80"|[[Independent politician|Independent / Other]]
!rowspan=2|Notes
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Greens}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
|-
| [[1995 Clackmannanshire Council election|1995]] || 12 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || align=left|
|-
| [[1999 Clackmannanshire Council election|1999]] || 18 || 9 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Clackmannanshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998|year=1998|number=3101|accessdate=20 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 Clackmannanshire Council election|2003]] || 18 || 6 || 10 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || align=left|
|-
| [[2007 Clackmannanshire Council election|2007]]|| 18 || 7 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref name=2007order>{{cite legislation Scotland|type=ssi|ssi=The Clackmannanshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006|year=2006|number=472|accessdate=20 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Clackmannanshire Council election|2012]] || 18 || 8 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || align=left|
|-
| [[2017 Clackmannanshire Council election|2017]] || 18 || 8 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref name=2016order>{{cite legislation Scotland|type=ssi|ssi=The Clackmannanshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016|year=2016|number=268|accessdate=16 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 Clackmannanshire Council election|2022]] || 18 || 9 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || align=left|
|}

===Wards===
Since 2007, the council area has been divided into five multi-member [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]]:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ward<br>number
! Location
! Ward name
! Settlements
! Seats
! Population<br>(2019)
|-
|1
|[[File:Clackmannanshire West.png|150px]]
|[[Clackmannanshire West]]
| [[Menstrie]], Glenochil, [[Tullibody]], [[Cambus, Clackmannanshire|Cambus]]
|4
|12,606<ref>[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002875 Electoral Ward: Clackmannanshire West], [[Scottish Government]] Statistics</ref> 
|-
|2
|[[File:Clackmannanshire North.png|150px]]
|[[Clackmannanshire North]]
| [[Alva, Clackmannanshire|Alva]], [[Tillicoultry]], [[Coalsnaughton]]
|4
|10,731<ref>[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002876 Electoral Ward: Clackmannanshire North], [[Scottish Government]] Statistics</ref> 
|-
|3
|[[File:Clackmannanshire Central.png|150px]]
|[[Clackmannanshire Central]]
| [[Sauchie]], [[Fishcross]], [[Alloa]]{{efn|Clackmannanshire Central covers north-eastern parts of Alloa (Branshill, Fairfield, Hallpark, Whins, Woodlea).}}
|3
|7,936<ref>[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002877 Electoral Ward: Clackmannanshire Central], [[Scottish Government]] Statistics</ref> 
|-
|4
|[[File:Clackmannanshire South.png|150px]]
|[[Clackmannanshire South]]
| [[Alloa]]{{efn|Clackmannanshire South covers most of Alloa other than north-eastern parts and the modern ''Alloa Park'' development in the south-east.}}
|4
|11,618<ref>[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002878 Electoral Ward: Clackmannanshire South], [[Scottish Government]] Statistics</ref> 
|-
|5
|[[File:Clackmannanshire East.png|150px]]
|[[Clackmannanshire East]]
| [[Clackmannan]], [[Dollar, Clackmannanshire|Dollar]], [[Muckhart]], [[Kennet, Clackmannanshire|Kennet]], [[Forestmill]], [[Solsgirth]], [[Alloa]]{{efn|Clackmannanshire East covers the ''Alloa Park'' development since 2017 – the addition of which was the only boundary change in a 2017 national review.}}
|3
|8,649<ref>[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002879 Electoral Ward: Clackmannanshire East], [[Scottish Government]] Statistics</ref> 
|-
!Total
!
! 
!
!18 
!51,540
|-
|}
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