The Council
As with all local authorities in Scotland, Stirling Council has a number of multi-member wards electing representatives under the Single transferable vote System.
| Party | Councillors | |
| Scottish National Party | 9 | |
| Labour | 8 | |
| Conservative | 4 | |
| Green Party | 1 |
The wards and their councillors are:
- Bannockburn (3 Councillors): Margaret Brisley (Lab), Alasdair MacPherson (SNP), Violet Weir (Lab)
- Castle (3 Councillors): Johanna Boyd (Lab), John Hendry (Lab), Jim Thompson (SNP)
- Dunblane & Bridge of Allan (4 Councillors): Callum Campbell (Con), Graham Houston (SNP), Mike Robbins (Lab), Mark Ruskell (Green)
- Forth & Endrick (3 Councillors): Alistair Berrill (Con), Graham Lambie (SNP), Ian Muirhead (SNP)
- Stirling East (3 Councillors): Danny Gibson (Lab), Corrie McChord (Lab), Stephen Paterson (SNP)
- Stirling West (3 Councillors): Neil Benny (Con), Scott Farmer (SNP), Christine Simpson (Lab)
- Trossachs and Teith (3 Councillors): Martin Earl (Con), Alycia Hayes (SNP), Fergus Wood (SNP)
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