Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (ward)

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 the ward
Location of Mid Galloway and Wigtown West in Dumfries and Galloway[1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2017 David Inglis
(Conservative)
Graham Nicol
(Conservative)
Katie Hagmann
(SNP)
Jim McColm
(Ind.)
2022 Jackie McCamon
(Conservative)
Sandy Whitelaw
(Labour)
2022 Richard Marsh
(Conservative)

Election results

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2022 by-election

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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]


Mid Galloway and Wigtown West – 1 seat[3]
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   Turnout: 3,380  

2022 election

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2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]

2017 election

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2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[5]

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West - 4 seats
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

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Conservatives pick up Dumfries and Galloway Council seat from Labour". BBC News. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Declaration Mid Galloway Wigtown West By Election December 2022" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council.
  4. ^ "Mid Galloway and Wigtown West election results 2022".
  5. ^ "Council elections - May 2017".