Gasoline poverty and poor public transport are two of the massive points dealing with residents of Falkirk Council 's Higher Braes ward.
Whereas different folks have been watching in dismay as their power payments soar, for a lot of residents of the Braes it is nothing new. Certainly, a number of the costs that some residents - together with lots of of Falkirk Council tenants - are round 3 times the common UK power invoice, and have been for years.
With power payments already forcing some folks to depend on foodbanks, there is no doubt that gasoline poverty will proceed to problem councillors. One other sizzling subject within the largely rural space is an absence of public transport and a poor bus service.
Learn extra: Who's standing within the elections for Falkirk Council in Might 2022?
The Higher Braes is one other a part of Falkirk Council the place there are considerations in regards to the giant variety of homes being constructed and the impact that may have on infrastructure - well being companies, colleges and transport, specifically.
Like different components of the council, modifications Falkirk Council has made to grass reducing have sparked debate. whereas there are additionally considerations over the state of the roads. As in lots of different areas, fly tipping and litter additionally stay a precedence challenge for a lot of.
Who received in 2017?
- James Kerr, Scottish Conservative and Unionist (1,701 First Desire votes)
- John McLuckie, Scottish Labour (1,342 FPv)
- Gordon Hughes, Scottish Nationwide Occasion (1028 FPv)
The background
Regardless of the end result, this yr it is going to be all change for the councillors representing Higher Braes. The present Conservative & Unionist get together councillor James Kerr, who topped the ballot in 2017, is standing within the Decrease Braes ward this time spherical.
Hoping to take his place on the council is gasoline poverty campaigner Claire Brown, co-founder of 'Falkirk's Forgotten Villages Marketing campaign'.
SNP councillor Gordon Hughes will not be standing once more - his place as SNP candidate will probably be taken by Jim Robertson, from Slamannan.
And there's a new Labour candidate too in Siobhan Paterson, who works for Glasgow Metropolis Council Social Work and is former chairperson of Falkirk Youngsters’s Panel.
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The previous Labour councillor, John McLuckie, is standing once more however this time as an Impartial. Mr McLuckie spent two years of the five-year time period as in Impartial after being one in every of three males charged with 'planning considerations', till the Procurator Fiscal determined there needs to be no proceedings taken and he was welcomed again to the Labour group.
There are a number of different events and independents vying for votes, together with Rachel Kidd for the Scottish Inexperienced Occasion, Austin Reid for the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Colin Todd of the Alba Occasion for Indepence. Mark Andrew Tunnicliff - who stood as a candidate for the Veterans and Individuals's Occasion within the Normal Election - is standing as an Impartial; and Ian Kennedy can be standing as in Impartial.
Who can I vote for?
Higher Braes (ward 9) - three councillors to be elected
Claire Brown, Scottish Conservative and Unionist;
Ian Kennedy, Impartial;
Rachel Kidd, Scottish Inexperienced Occasion;
John McLuckie, Impartial;
Siobhan Paterson, Scottish Labour Occasion;
Austin Reid, Scottish Liberal Democrats;
Jim Robertson, Scottish Nationwide Occasion (SNP);
Colin Todd, Alba Occasion for Independence;
Mark Andrew Tunnicliff, Impartial.