Election results
The votes and percentage of vote share are based on first preference votes.
Dumfries and Galloway Local Election Result 2007
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
18 |
N/A |
N/A |
+7 |
38.3 |
32.2 |
20,815 |
|
|
Labour |
14 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
29.8 |
28.1 |
18,169 |
|
|
SNP |
10 |
N/A |
N/A |
+5 |
21.3 |
19.0 |
12,266 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
–2 |
6.4 |
8.3 |
5,340 |
|
|
Scottish Green |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
619 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
175 |
|
|
Independent |
2 |
N/A |
N/A |
–10 |
4.3 |
11.2 |
7,240 |
|
Ward results
Stranraer and North Rhins (3 seats)
Stranraer and North Rhins |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|
Labour |
Willie Scobie |
25.8 |
1,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Dougan |
23.9 |
932 |
933.46 |
1,018.91 |
|
|
|
SNP |
Iain William Dick |
18.0 |
702 |
703.46 |
805.61 |
812.48 |
1,114.69 |
|
Independent |
Ian McIntyre |
17.2 |
668 |
669.27 |
752.93 |
773.26 |
|
|
Labour |
Tommy Sloan |
15.0 |
584 |
606.93 |
|
|
|
Electorate: 7,350 Valid: 3,892 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 974 Turnout: 54.1% |
Wigtown West (3 seats)
Wigtown West |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 |
|
SNP |
Robert James Higgins |
33.0 |
1,291 |
|
|
|
|
Labour |
Grahame Forster |
31.4 |
1,230 |
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Roberta Tuckfield |
22.1 |
866 |
904.06 |
942.47 |
1,019.30 |
|
Independent |
Ted Adamson |
8.3 |
327 |
395.17 |
449.64 |
559.16 |
|
Scottish Green |
Bob Bauld |
5.2 |
203 |
270.21 |
310.05 |
|
Electorate: 6,914 Valid: 3,917 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 974 Turnout: 57.3% |
Mid Galloway (3 seats)
Mid Galloway |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 |
|
SNP |
Alistair Geddes |
38.7 |
1,654 |
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Graham Nicol |
32.5 |
1,387 |
|
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Sandra McDowall |
15.2 |
650 |
867.51 |
1,008.06 |
1,460.25 |
|
Labour |
Maggie Birch |
13.6 |
581 |
713.63 |
749.85 |
|
Electorate: 7,558 Valid: 4,272 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,069 Turnout: 57.2% |
Dee (3 seats)
Dee |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
Conservative |
Patsy Gilroy |
21.0 |
994 |
1,027 |
1,054 |
1,059.04 |
1,143.39 |
1,736.70 |
|
Independent |
Jane Maitland |
20.9 |
989 |
1,062 |
1,200 |
|
|
|
|
SNP |
Thomas Jacques |
19.5 |
924 |
970 |
1,043 |
1,045.25 |
1,122.86 |
1,188.13 |
|
Conservative |
Chris Walker |
14.8 |
701 |
713 |
766 |
767.85 |
906.59 |
|
|
Independent |
Ian McConchie |
8.8 |
418 |
437 |
490 |
494.56 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Joan Mitchell |
8.1 |
384 |
437 |
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
John Syndney Burt |
6.7 |
319 |
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 7,463 Valid: 4,729 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 64.3% |
Castle Douglas and Glenkens (3 seats)
Castle Douglas and Glenkens |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
Conservative |
Peter Duncan |
32.3 |
1,560 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SNP |
Brian Collins |
23.9 |
1,152 |
1,165.84 |
1,251.30 |
|
|
|
|
Independent |
George Nicol Prentice |
18.7 |
904 |
940.99 |
1,006.35 |
1,016.27 |
1,180.89 |
1,536.89 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Alison Mary Barratt |
9.8 |
471 |
487.57 |
606.47 |
620.16 |
719.30 |
|
|
Labour |
Mike McLurg |
9.4 |
451 |
456.22 |
|
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alex Zimmerman |
5.9 |
285 |
527.80 |
543.62 |
546.82 |
|
|
Electorate: 7,983 Valid: 4,823 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,206 Turnout: 61.5% |
Abbey (4 seats)
Abbey |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
|
Conservative |
Ian Blake |
19.7 |
1,081 |
1,091 |
1,126 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SNP |
Rob Davidson |
17.8 |
976 |
996 |
1,010 |
1,010.90 |
1,056.97 |
1,097.97 |
1,153.02 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Bruce Hodgson |
14.2 |
778 |
825 |
834 |
851.27 |
883.96 |
924.15 |
990.59 |
995.94 |
1,052.65 |
|
Labour |
Tom McAughtrie |
14.1 |
777 |
794 |
797 |
797.39 |
812.44 |
856.44 |
874.46 |
881.32 |
|
|
Labour |
Davie Stitt |
14.0 |
770 |
777 |
806 |
807.08 |
843.22 |
881.22 |
943.36 |
953.57 |
1,479.11 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Josephine Robertson |
4.9 |
267 |
280 |
290 |
290.37 |
316.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
John White |
4.3 |
239 |
266 |
304 |
304.90 |
372.27 |
418.34 |
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Stuart Martin Clement |
3.8 |
211 |
226 |
269 |
270.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Ian Stewart McMickan |
3.7 |
203 |
211 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael John Thomson |
3.5 |
194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 9,347 Valid: 5,496 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,100 Turnout: 59.7% |
North West Dumfries (4 seats)
North West Dumfries |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 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% |
Mid and Upper Nithsdale (4 seats)
Mid and Upper Nithsdale |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
|
Labour |
Jim Dempster |
22.0 |
1,261 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Gill Dykes |
19.2 |
1,102 |
1,106.10 |
1,117.38 |
1,138.47 |
1,195.83 |
|
|
|
|
Labour |
John Syme |
15.3 |
876 |
942.11 |
961.57 |
989.39 |
1,010.03 |
1,011.46 |
1,074.06 |
1,136.04 |
|
SNP |
Andrew Stuart Wood |
13.7 |
783 |
790.02 |
816.39 |
842.57 |
899.21 |
901.90 |
996.69 |
1,117.31 |
|
Conservative |
Neil McKay |
13.1 |
753 |
757.74 |
766.02 |
794.56 |
836.65 |
870.23 |
985.48 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Rog Wood |
6.6 |
378 |
386.66 |
397.03 |
414.48 |
474.85 |
477.80 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Mike Steele |
4.5 |
256 |
258.46 |
294.01 |
317.28 |
|
|
|
|
|
UKIP |
Douglas Watters |
3.1 |
175 |
178.01 |
181.19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Moses Kungu |
2.5 |
145 |
149.19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 9,354 Valid: 5,729 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 62.3% |
Lochar (4 seats)
Lochar |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Jeff Leaver |
19.3 |
978 |
983 |
1,010 |
1,522 |
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Anthony Charteris |
17.2 |
872 |
882 |
916 |
923 |
949.14 |
951.08 |
1,092.25 |
|
SNP |
Lorna Jean McGowan |
16.5 |
836 |
843 |
901 |
930 |
1,029.85 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ivor Alexander Hyslop |
15.6 |
791 |
799 |
832 |
840 |
860.44 |
861.94 |
1,001.14 |
|
Labour |
Alec Martin |
11.8 |
597 |
603 |
636 |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
David Slater |
10.9 |
550 |
593 |
672 |
686. |
764.07 |
768.89 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Robertson |
6.3 |
317 |
340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
Graham William Sutherland McLeod |
2.3 |
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 8,900 Valid: 5,059 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 57.7% |
Nith (4 seats)
Nith |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 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% |
Annandale South (4 seats)
Annandale South |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Sean William Marshall |
23.1 |
1,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Richard John Brodie |
16.9 |
970 |
1,001.63 |
1,139.01 |
1,183.28 |
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ian Brian Carruthers |
16.4 |
936 |
939.92 |
983.60 |
1,406.95 |
|
|
|
|
Labour |
Ronnie Ogilvie |
14.1 |
807 |
903.93 |
1,001.72 |
1,016.26 |
1,040.12 |
1,049.86 |
1,315.73 |
|
SNP |
John McNaught |
11.6 |
665 |
674.33 |
743.73 |
766.00 |
804.06 |
812.86 |
|
|
Conservative |
Sharon Jane Ledger |
9.2 |
527 |
530.24 |
582.65 |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent |
John Ramage |
8.6 |
494 |
504.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 10,833 Valid: 5,723 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 53.9% |
Annandale North (4 seats)
Annandale North |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Conservative |
Roger Brian Grant |
18.5 |
1,011 |
1,019 |
1,146 |
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
Ted Brown |
15.0 |
818 |
843 |
848 |
848.95 |
889.04 |
1,002.09 |
1,095.45 |
|
Conservative |
Gail MacGregor |
13.7 |
751 |
754 |
834 |
866.58 |
907.39 |
959.48 |
1,089.89 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Michael Dickie |
13.7 |
749 |
786 |
805 |
808.86 |
862.00 |
1,043.31 |
1,328.72 |
|
SNP |
Johanne Lydia Wood |
13.0 |
710 |
733 |
739 |
739.82 |
775.95 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Billy Lockhart |
10.0 |
547 |
559 |
578 |
583.85 |
796.26 |
934.26 |
|
|
Independent |
Jean Hamilton Purves |
8.2 |
446 |
461 |
467 |
470.72 |
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Neil MacInnes |
5.1 |
277 |
278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Alis Ballance |
2.9 |
159 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 9,951 Valid: 5,468 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,094 Turnout: 55.8% |
Annandale East (4 seats)
Annandale East |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Conservative |
Denis Raymond Male |
20.6 |
992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ian Lindsay |
20.4 |
981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour |
Archie Dryburgh |
17.3 |
835 |
835.88 |
836.63 |
879.83 |
997.11 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Allan Graham |
15.8 |
761 |
777.19 |
788.38 |
816.71 |
873.51 |
877.49 |
1,069.86 |
|
SNP |
Murray Collins |
12.9 |
619 |
622.39 |
623.64 |
667.93 |
776.26 |
784.66 |
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Peter James Burn |
7.6 |
368 |
369.46 |
370.49 |
448.63 |
|
|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Nicholas John Jennings |
5.3 |
257 |
258.55 |
259.15 |
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 9,629 Valid: 4,813 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 963 Turnout: 50.7% |
By-Elections since 3 May 2007
- On 1 May 2008, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Bruce Hodgson who had resigned. Michael John Thomson retained the seat for the Conservative Party.[3]
Abbey by-election May 1, 2008 - 1 Seat[4] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 |
|
Conservative |
Michael John Thomson |
40.08 |
1,713 |
1,749 |
1,804 |
2,006 |
|
Labour |
Tom McAughtrie |
33.18 |
1,393 |
1,418 |
1,471 |
1,712 |
|
SNP |
John Richard McNaught |
17.98 |
755 |
785 |
833 |
|
|
Independent |
Graham William Sutherland McLeod |
4.12 |
173 |
216 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats |
Keith Joseph Mycock |
3.91 |
164 |
|
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 9,381 Valid: 4,224 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 2,100 Turnout: 4,250 |
- On 16 June 2011, a by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Michael John Thomson who had resigned. Tom McAughtrie won the seat for the Labour Party.[5]
Abbey by-election June 16, 2011 - 1 Seat[6] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 |
|
Conservative |
Kath Lord |
39.46 |
1,236 |
1,391 |
|
Labour |
Tom McAughtrie |
38.19 |
1,196 |
1,448 |
|
SNP |
Yowann Byghan |
21.65 |
678 |
|
|
Labour gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 9,249 Valid: 3,132 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 3,154 |