Dee and Glenkens (ward)
| Dee and Glenkens | |
|---|---|
| Dumfries and Galloway | |
 Boundary of Dee and Glenkens in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017. | |
| Population | 10,594 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 8,406 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Kirkcudbright |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Galloway and West Dumfries |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Andy McFarlane (SNP) |
| Councillor | John Denerley (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Dougie Campbell (Independent) |
| Created from | Castle Douglas and Glenkens Dee |
Dee and Glenkens is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Patsy Gilroy (Conservative) |
Dougie Campbell (SNP/Ind.) |
Jane Maitland (Ind.) | |||||
| 2022 | John Denerley (Conservative) |
Andy McFarlane (SNP) | ||||||
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Andy McFarlane | 25.4 | 1,139 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Denerley | 20.3 | 912 | 912 | 927 | 942 | 963 | 1,603 | |
| Conservative | Susan Murdoch | 17.6 | 791 | 791 | 801 | 835 | 859 | ||
| Independent | Dougie Campbell (incumbent) | 14.6 | 655 | 657 | 721 | 809 | 1,108 | 1,227 | |
| Scottish Green | Laura Moodie | 11.3 | 508 | 517 | 556 | 651 | |||
| Labour | Graham Trickey | 6.0 | 271 | 272 | 320 | ||||
| Independent | Anthony Bird | 4.5 | 202 | 203 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,406 Valid: 4,478 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 53.9% | |||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Patsy Gilroy (incumbent)† | 33.47 | 1,547 | ||||||||
| SNP | Dougie Campbell | 19.56 | 904 | 909.31 | 916.81 | 921.32 | 934.82 | 967.08 | 1,121.83 | 1,250.09 | |
| Independent | Douglas Swan | 15.84 | 732 | 788.11 | 804.12 | 817.64 | 844.2 | 886.49 | 925.55 | ||
| Independent | Jane Maitland (incumbent) | 14.37 | 664 | 824.49 | 833.27 | 850.57 | 937.7 | 983.26 | 1,096.79 | 1,522.66 | |
| Scottish Green | Laura Moodie | 6.32 | 292 | 303.88 | 305.88 | 321.67 | 333.43 | 402.21 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Maxwell | 4.69 | 217 | 237.72 | 238.98 | 258.26 | 262.28 | ||||
| Independent | Andi Holmes | 2.60 | 120 | 144.52 | 157.28 | 174.57 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Metcalf | 1.84 | 85 | 106.74 | 111.99 | ||||||
| No description | John Thorn | 1.32 | 61 | 70.6 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,239 Valid: 4,622 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 56.5 | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Dee and Glenkens". Scottish Government. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Council elections - May 2017".