Council by-election · Thursday, 1 October 2026

Stirling: Forth and Endrick ward

7 candidates. Same page for each, in ballot-paper order.

7candidates for one seat

1sourced positions

1with something published

1named sources

1. Andrew Adam
Scottish Green Party

2. Robert Davies
Independent

3. Mhairi Duncan
Scottish National Party (SNP)

4. Paul Godzik
Labour Party

5. Katie Harrison
Conservative and Unionist Party JM6. James MacLaren
Liberal Democrats

7. Jeremy McDonald
Reform UK

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In this ward 7 candidates from 7 parties or independent slots are standing. Parties do not stand everywhere; here is how to find out whether yours stands nearby.

This is a council seat. A councillor's win changes what the council decides: council tax, housing repairs and allocations, planning, social care, schools admissions, parking, bins, libraries. It does not change national tax, benefits or NHS policy, so this page shows only positions published for this council election, and no national party pledges are implied.

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Your local councillor

Councillors sit on the council that runs services where you live. They set the council's budget and council tax, and decide local planning applications. Here, for Stirling: Forth and Endrick ward.

What this office decides

Planning. Whether new homes, extensions and developments get permission.
Waste and streets. Bins, recycling, street cleaning, fly-tipping.
Council tax. The level you pay, within limits set nationally.
Social care. In county and unitary councils, care for older and disabled people.
Parks and libraries. Opening, funding, closing.
Council housing. Repairs, allocations and, in many areas, homelessness.

What it does not

NHS policy and waiting times. Parliament and the NHS.
Income tax and benefits. Parliament.
Immigration. Parliament.
Policing policy. The Home Office and your Police and Crime Commissioner or mayor.
Schools' curriculum. Government and, for academies, their trusts.

Candidates often campaign on things their office cannot change. That is not dishonest in itself — an MP can press a council, a councillor can lobby government — but it is worth knowing which is which. Summarised from the Local Government Association and UK Parliament descriptions of each role.

How this vote is counted: single transferable vote. You rank candidates 1, 2, 3… as far as you like.Worked example

Each ballot starts with its first choice. To win, a candidate needs a quota: votes ÷ (seats + 1), plus one. If nobody reaches the quota, the candidate with fewest votes is excluded and their ballots move to each voter's next choice. If someone passes the quota, their surplus moves on in the same way. It continues until the seats are filled.

Example: 1,000 votes, one seat, quota 501. Round one: A 400, B 350, C 250. Nobody has 501, so C is excluded; C's ballots go to their second choices, say 150 to B and 100 to A. B now has 500, A 500, and the count continues on remaining preferences. A second choice is never wasted and never harms your first.

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1Andrew Adam

Scottish Greens

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In their own words

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Stood before

Scottish Parliament, Mid Scotland And Fife, May 2026 (Scottish Green Party) — not elected
Stirling council, Stirling East ward (by-election), December 2024 (Scottish Green Party)
Stirling council, Dunblane And Bridge Of Allan ward (by-election), August 2024 (Scottish Green Party)
UK Parliament, Stirling And Strathallan, July 2024 (Scottish Green Party) — not elected

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Where this information comes from

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Published positions on the nine topics

Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.

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1Andrew Adam

Scottish Green Party

2Robert Davies

Independent

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In their own words

Rob has been a Councillor since 2007 and living in the ward means that he knows firsthand just how disruptive the two bridge failures have been. He also aware of how bad the roads are in this rural ward. As an Independent candidate his only loyalty is to his constituents and therefore can put their interests first rather than that of a political party that has its own agenda. Rural wards have not had a meaningful representation on Council committees in the past and, if re-elected, Rob will work hard to make sure that the Council is fully aware of rural issues. He undertakes to work in full collaboration with all Councillors to ensure the best outcome for Forth & Endrick. In the short-term that means getting the bridges repaired and, in the longer-term, doing everything possible to promote economic development in the Ward through better infrastructure.

Statement to voters supplied by the candidate to Democracy Club, retrieved 2026-09-19. Reproduced unedited.

Stood before

Stirling council, Forth And Endrick ward, May 2022 (Independent) — not elected
Stirling council, Forth And Endrick ward, May 2017 (Conservative and Unionist Party) — elected

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Published positions on the nine topics

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Money and cost of living

What this candidate says

Candidate's own words · Robert Davies (candidate), via Democracy Club · Statement to voters: Robert Davies

Their position

In the short-term that means getting the bridges repaired and, in the longer-term, doing everything possible to promote economic development in the Ward through better infrastructure.

What that means

Says the short-term priority is getting the two failed bridges repaired, and longer-term promoting economic development through better infrastructure.

Retrieved 2026-09-19.