Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (Ward 2) is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors under the Single transferable vote system.
Location of Mid Galloway and Wigtown West in Dumfries and Galloway[1]
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | David Inglis (Conservative) |
Graham Nicol (Conservative) |
Katie Hagmann (SNP) |
Jim McColm (Ind.) | ||||
| 2022 | Jackie McCamon (Conservative) |
Sandy Whitelaw (Labour) | ||||||
| 2022 | Jackie McCamon (Conservative) |
Richard Marsh (Conservative) | ||||||
Election results edit
2022 by-election edit
Sandy Whitelaw resigned after a few months for personal reasons. Conservative candidate Richard Marsh was elected in the by-election held on 8 December 2022.[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Marsh | 52.86 | 1,787 | |
| SNP | Ian Gibson | 26.00 | 879 | |
| Labour | John Peter McCutcheon | 9.64 | 326 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain McDonald | 5.62 | 190 | |
| Scottish Green | Daniel Hooper-Jones | 5.08 | 172 | |
| Electorate: 10,981 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,678.00 Turnout: 3,380 | ||||
2022 election edit
2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]
2017 election edit
2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | David Inglis | 26.07 | 1,403 | |||||||||
| Independent | Jim McColm (incumbent) | 18.13 | 976 | 1,012.01 | 1,027.25 | 1,050.25 | 1,158.41 | |||||
| Conservative | Graham Nicol (incumbent) ††††† | 13.43 | 723 | 960.46 | 962.93 | 971.02 | 1,009.64 | 1,032.12 | 1,234.63 | |||
| SNP | Katie Hagmann | 13.02 | 701 | 703.32 | 708.32 | 733.32 | 806.49 | 811.66 | 860.02 | 867.82 | 1,416.84 | |
| SNP | Steve Norris | 10.63 | 572 | 574.32 | 577.56 | 587.56 | 606.25 | 612.84 | 657.4 | 664.87 | ||
| Independent | Richard Oxley | 8.83 | 475 | 48.01 | 496.24 | 506.24 | 551.94 | 579.43 | ||||
| Labour | Matthew Curry | 6.84 | 368 | 375.67 | 379.9 | 407.36 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Barbara Bannatyne | 2.16 | 116 | 118.32 | 121.79 | |||||||
| Independent | John McCutcheon | 0.89 | 48 | 49.86 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 9,594 Valid: 5,382 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 57.3 | ||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- ^ "Conservatives pick up Dumfries and Galloway Council seat from Labour". BBC News. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Declaration Mid Galloway Wigtown West By Election December 2022" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council.
- ^ "Mid Galloway and Wigtown West election results 2022".
- ^ "Council elections - May 2017".