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 [1]
Councillors
edit| 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
edit2017 Election
edit2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[2]
| 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
edit2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[3]
| 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
edit2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]
| 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
edit- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
- ^ "Council elections - May 2017".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway".
- ^ https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/dumfries-and-galloway-council-elections-1-334191 [dead link]