Midlothian West (ward)

Midlothian West is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Owen Thompson
(SNP)		 Russell Imrie
(Labour)		 Les Thacker
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Andrew Coventry
(SNP)
2015 by Kelly Parry
(SNP)
2017 Pauline Winchester
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Midlothian Council election [2]

Midlothian West - 3 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Conservative Pauline Winchester 26.9 1,503            
SNP Kelly Parry (incumbent) 19.5 1,091 1,092.0 1,106.3 1,159.7 1,679.7    
Labour Russell Imrie (incumbent) 12.2 684 698.8 737.5 817.0 837.3 867.9 1,443.5
Labour Stephen Blain 11.0 612 620.1 650.1 700.2 707.3 724.1  
SNP David Temple 10.4 581 582.7 587.7 616.9      
Scottish Green Helen Blackburn 8.4 468 473.4 552.3 680.8 715.9 835.8 889.4
Independent Andrew Coventry (incumbent) 7.4 413 435.8 484.2        
Liberal Democrats Ross Laird 4.2 236 256.6          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,588   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,398   Turnout: 47.2%

    2015 By-election
    Midlothian West By-election (10 September 2015)[4] - 1 Seat
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
    SNP Kelly Parry 43.2% 1,540 1,558 1,701
    Labour Ian Miller 26.5% 945 977 1,082
    Conservative Pauline Winchester 14.7% 524 570 618
    Scottish Green Daya Feldwick 10.4% 372 420  
    Liberal Democrats Jane Davidson 4.5% 162    
    Independent David Tedford 0.7% 25    
    Electorate: 11,582   Valid: 3,568   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,785   Turnout: 3,617 (31.2%)

      2012 Election

      2012 Midlothian Council election

      Midlothian West - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
      SNP Andrew Coventry 21.5 930 935 943 987 1,017 1,071 1,106
      SNP Owen Thompson (incumbent)†† 18.20 789 793 805 832 861 900 960
      Labour Russell Imrie (incumbent) 17.9 776 778 784 823 872 966 1,595
      Labour Alex Jones 17.58 762 764 773 794 821 856  
      Conservative Andrew Hardie 10.7 462 480 497 567      
      Liberal Democrats Les Thacker (incumbent) 5.67 246 247 263 309      
      Scottish Green Helen Blackburn 5.2 226 234 258        
      Independent George McCleery 2.38 103 115          
      TUSC Lynn Leitch 0.95 41            
      Electorate: 10,714   Valid: 4,335   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,084   Turnout: 4,389 (40.46%)

        2007 Election

        2007 Midlothian Council election

        Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian West
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        SNP Owen Thompson 1,981 33.2 1 1
        Labour Russell Imrie 1,506 25.2 2 1
        Liberal Democrats Les Thacker 868 14.5 3 10
        Conservative Andrew Hardie 634 10.6
        Independent Elizabeth Veitch 259 4.3
        Independent George Purcell 220 3.7
        Independent Pat Kenny 188 3.2
        Scottish Socialist Lynn Leitch 108 1.8
        Had Enough George McCleery 105 1.8
        Solidarity Brian Cranston 99 1.7

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
        2. https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/799/elections_and_voting/430/local_government_election_results
        3. https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2143/extended_ward_4_mid_west_results.pdf
        4. http://www.midlothian.gov.uk/news/article/1717/by_election_candidates_announced
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