Leaderdale and Melrose (ward)

Location of the ward

Leaderdale and Melrose is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		David Parker (Ind.)		Nicholas Watson (Borders Party)		John Paton-Day (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Jim Torrance (SNP)
2013				Ian Gillespie (Ind.)
2017			Tom Miers (Conservative)	Kevin Drum (SNP)
2022	Jenny Linehan (Conservative)		John Paton-Day (SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election

Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	David Parker (incumbent)	34.3	1,863
	Conservative	Jenny Linehan	24.4	1,133	1,241.4
	SNP	John Paton-Day	19.7	918	1,003.4	1,004.4	1,006.2	284.3	1,180.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Johnson	12.7	589	686.9	718.7	724.4	791.8	905.9
	Labour	Michael Scott	4.5	207	240.3	247.0	250.2	284.3
	Scottish Green	Michael Needham	4.3	199	227.7	229.4	231.4
	Vanguard	Chris Stefanek	0.2	10	14.6	16.8
Electorate: 9,107   Valid: 4,650   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,163   Turnout: 51.5%

2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election

Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	David Parker (incumbent)	25.2%	1,149
	Conservative	Tom Miers	20.5%	934	934.9	950.9	1,014	1,476.5
	SNP	Kevin Drum	17.8%	811	812.4	832.5	903.7	910.8	915.5	1,105.3
	Independent	Iain Gillespie (incumbent)	11.2%	510	513.3	585.7	720.2	744.4	871.1
	Conservative	Diana Findlay	11.5%	523	523.6	543.7	529.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Paton-Day	9.4%	426	427.5	473.6
	Independent	Rebecca Fraser	4.4%	202	202.7
Electorate: 8,673 (Est.)   Valid: 4,555   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,139   Turnout: 4,633 (53.4%)

2013 By-election

Leaderdale and Melrose By-election (2 May 2013) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Rachael Hamilton	27.57	956	975	982	1,038	1,283
	Borders	Iain Gillespie	23.48	814	844	900	1,118	1,444	2,066
	Liberal Democrats	John Paton-Day	21.46	744	756	816	983
	SNP	Harry Cummings	17.68	613	623	666
	Labour	Robin Tatler	6.78	235	238
	UKIP	Sherry Fowler	3.03	105
Electorate: 8,386   Valid: 3,467   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,734   Turnout: 3,487 (41.58%)

2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election

Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	David Parker (incumbent)	36.34	1,304
	Borders	Nicholas Watson (incumbent)†	17.31	621	705.9	758.9	929.6
	SNP	Jim Torrance††††	15.55	558	632.4	706.8	742.6	747.6	969.6
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	12.29	441	488.3	500.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Paton-Day (incumbent)	12.24	439	527.1	568.3	715.8	726.8
	Labour	Agnes Craig	6.27	225	258.6
Electorate: 8,292   Valid: 3,588   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 898   Turnout: 3,609 (43.27%)

2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	David Parker	1,362	29.9	1	1
	Conservative	John Greenwell	713	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Paton-Day	703	15.3	2	5
	Borders Party	Nicholas Watson	692	15.1	3	5
	SNP	Frank McCann	640	14.0
	Independent	Harry Cummings	394	8.6
	Independent	John Rae	78	1.7