Nith 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

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Election Councillors
2007 John Allan Martin
(Labour)
Colin Smyth
(Labour)
Jack Groom
(Conservative)
Alistair Witts
(SNP)
2012
2017 Elaine Murray
(Labour)
Malcolm Johnstone
(Conservative)
John Campbell
(SNP)
2022 Keith Walters
(Labour)
Robert Slater
(Ind.)

Election Results

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2017 Election

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2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[2]

Nith - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Conservative Malcolm Johnstone 29.30 1,481                  
Labour Elaine Murray 19.01 961 1,033.2                
SNP John Campbell 16.97 858 862.75 863.32 887.71 901.77 922.72 950.35 1,379.72    
SNP Alastair Witts (incumbent) 8.66 438 441.48 441.96 468.7 488.37 493.71 507.68      
Labour John Martin (incumbent) 8.39 424 463.9 478.72 500.8 523.66 540.98 579.72 599.29 682.97 837.94
Independent David Robert Slater 5.88 297 362.55 363.43 380.02 401.18 459.13 586.3 606.99 676.46  
Independent Niall Cowan 3.88 196 246.35 247.12 252.05 278.76 321.56        
Independent Andrew Crosbie 3.03 153 188.15 188.47 192.81 210.46          
Independent John Dennis 2.49 126 151.02 151.67 168.34            
Scottish Green Sandy Rogerson 2.39 121 133.67 134.22              
Electorate: 10,233   Valid: 5,055   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,012   Turnout: 49.4  

2012 Election

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2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[3]

Nith - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour John Allan Martin (incumbent) 25.93 1,079            
Labour Colin Smyth (incumbent) 19.20 799 1,010.3          
SNP Alastair Witts (incumbent) 18.84 784 789.7 822 830.2 850.9    
Conservative Jack Groom (incumbent)†† 15.67 652 657.5 669.5 675.9 687.8 689.9 900.9
Conservative David Slater 8.56 356 361 366.5 369.5 382.5 383.6  
Independent Andrew Crosbie 8.36 348 352.8 376.2 391.6 430.4 435.1 514.1
Independent Nello Paoletti 2.19 91 93.1 103.1 108.4      
Independent Lee Vann-Wakelin 1.25 52 53.6 59.81        
Electorate: 9,844   Valid: 4,161   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 833   Turnout: 4,227 (42.27%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]

Nith
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour John Allan Martin 23.0 1,268            
SNP Alistair Witts 20.8 1,145            
Conservative Jack Groom 14.4 794 795.56 798.13 843.68 1,304.35    
Labour Colin Smyth 13.0 714 847.76 854.92 912.09 940.39 954.98 1,262.99
Conservative Frances Hassall 11.3 623 624.69 626.60 662.00      
Liberal Democrats Kerr Little 10.9 598 605.55 614.02 740.42 794.05 857.23  
Independent Robin Wishart 6.7 368 370.34 378.30        
Electorate: 10,021   Valid: 5,510   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,103   Turnout: 55.8%  

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he 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]