North West Dumfries (ward)

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North West Dumfries is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors edit

Election Councillors
2007 Ronnie Nicholson
(Labour)
David John McKie
(Labour)
John Graham Bell
(Conservative)
Doug Snell
(SNP)
2012 Andy Ferguson
(SNP)
2017
2022 Paula Stevenson
(Labour)
Emma Jordan
(Labour)

Election Results edit

2017 Election edit

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[2]

North West Dumfries - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative John Graham Bell (incumbent) 32.54 1,374        
SNP Andy Ferguson (incumbent) 16.41 693 708.02 736.4 774.41 1,314.26
Labour Ronnie Nicholson (incumbent)†† 16.08 679 722.51 732.59 763.44 778.6
Labour David John McKie (incumbent) 14.47 611 694.93 720.86 784.57 809.27
SNP Stacy Bradley 13.60 574 588.25 613.02 642.33  
Independent Billy Farries 3.86 163 268.88 304.73    
Scottish Green Michelle Johnston 3.03 128 156.49      
Electorate: 9,981   Valid: 4,222   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 845   Turnout: 42.3  

2012 Election edit

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[3]

North West Dumfries - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Ronnie Nicholson (incumbent) 23.25 932        
Conservative John Graham Bell (incumbent)†† 22.43 899        
Labour David John McKie (incumbent) 21.38 857        
SNP Andy Ferguson 18.44 739 746.1 768.5 773.2 982.1
Labour Paula Stevenson 14.50 581 690.1 702.2 746.7  
Electorate: 9,906   Valid: 4,008   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 802   Turnout: 4,074 (40.46%)  

2007 Election edit

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]

North West Dumfries
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Ronnie Nicholson 25.6 1,327            
Conservative John Graham Bell 20.4 1,060            
Labour David John McKie 19.2 996 1,132.95          
SNP Doug Snell 15.6 809 819.85 824.49 827.34 864.91 950.22 1,179.06
Labour Stephen David Harman 12.5 650 722.49 789.41 790.64 823.31 868.90  
Liberal Democrats Joe Sweeney 3.6 188 192.12 194.25 197.99 240.41    
Independent Arthur Tremble 3.1 163 169.73 173.46 177.52      
Electorate: 9,794   Valid: 5,193   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 54.3%  

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Council elections - May 2017".
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway".
  4. ^ https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/dumfries-and-galloway-council-elections-1-334191 [dead link]