Galashiels and District (ward)
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Galashiels and District is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Sandy Aitchison (Borders Party /Ind.) | John Mitchell (SNP) | Fiona Lackenby (Conservative) | Jim Hume (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
2012 | Bill Herd (SNP) | Bill White (Ind.) | ||||||
2017 | Andy Anderson (SNP) | Euan Jardine (Conservative) | Harry Scott (Ind.) | |||||
2022 | Neil MacKinnon (Green) | Fay Sinclair (SNP) | Hannah Steel (Liberal Democrats) |
Election Results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Fay Sinclair | 35.9% | 1,637 | ||||||||
Conservative | Euan Jardine (incumbent) | 26.4% | 1,205 | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Steel | 10.6% | 483 | 581.8 | 658.6 | 662.8 | 667.1 | 697.1 | 777.4 | 995.6 | |
Scottish Green | Neil MacKinnon | 9.0% | 412 | 786.2 | 796.7 | 809.9 | 814.8 | 855.9 | 889.8 | 984.4 | |
Independent | Bill White | 6.9% | 315 | 364.6 | 415.9 | 416.2 | 426.6 | 509 | 706.3 | ||
Independent | Harry Redpath Scott (incumbent) | 5.4% | 246 | 272.6 | 314.6 | 318.8 | 321.3 | 398.6 | |||
Independent | Duck Frater | 4.4% | 199 | 230 | 252.6 | 257.5 | 272.5 | ||||
Vanguard Party championing Galashiels | Michael Banks | 0.8% | 36 | 43.5 | 47.9 | 49.8 | |||||
Scottish Eco-Federalist Party (SEFP) | James D W Clark | 0.5% | 24 | 30.2 | 32.9 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,639 Valid: 4,557 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 912 Turnout: 4,600 (39.5%) |
2017 Election
[edit]2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Euan Jardine | 28.5% | 1,292 | |||||||
SNP | Andy Anderson | 20% | 907 | |||||||
Independent | Sandy Aitchison (incumbent) | 11.9% | 539 | 612.9 | 640.3 | 732.4 | 916.2 | |||
Independent | Harry Scott | 10.1% | 460 | 517.8 | 532.4 | 592.4 | 753.1 | 757 | 988.3 | |
SNP | John Mitchell (incumbent) | 11.5% | 523 | 530.4 | 558.9 | 597.7 | 647.3 | |||
Independent | Bill White (incumbent) | 8.7% | 396 | 441.3 | 462.1 | 522 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Caledonia Bhatia | 5.5% | 249 | 316 | 369.2 | |||||
Labour | David Sharp | 3.7% | 167 | 188.5 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,980 (Est.) Valid: 4,533 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 907 Turnout: 4,599 (41.9%) |
2012 Election
[edit]2012 Scottish Borders Council election[4]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Borders | Sandy Aitchison (incumbent) | 22.45 | 822 | ||||||
SNP | Bill Herd * | 20.95 | 766 | ||||||
Independent | Bill White | 13.69 | 501 | 522.9 | 524.6 | 590.6 | 701 | 894.8 | |
SNP | John Mitchell (incumbent) | 13.45 | 492 | 506 | 532.5 | 593.5 | 639.9 | 762 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rick Kenney | 11.40 | 417 | 432.9 | 434.8 | 490.3 | 609.4 | ||
Conservative | Fiona Lackenby (incumbent) | 10.56 | 386 | 402.5 | 403.2 | 409.6 | |||
Labour | Robbie Tatler | 7.47 | 273 | 280.8 | 281.7 | ||||
Electorate: 10,813 Valid: 3,657 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 732 Turnout: 3,726 (33.82%) |
2007 Election
[edit]2007 Scottish Borders Council election[5]
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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SNP | John Mitchell | 1,519 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Hume | 1,466 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 | |
Conservative | Fiona Lackenby | 735 | 13.6 | 4 | 6 | |
Borders Party | Sandy Aitchison | 693 | 12.9 | 3 | 6 | |
Independent | Bill White | 453 | 8.4 | |||
Solidarity | Graeme McIver | 210 | 3.9 | |||
Independent | David Smail | 173 | 3.2 | |||
Independent | Alistair Lings | 136 | 2.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ward overviews". Scottish Borders Council.
- ^ "Local Government Election Information". Scottish Borders Council.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders". www.andrewteale.me.uk.