Dunblane and Bridge of Allan (ward)
Location of the ward
Dunblane and Bridge of Allan is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Stirling Council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Graham Houston (SNP) |
Colin Finlay (Labour) |
Callum Campbell (Conservative) |
David Goss (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Mike Robbins (Labour) |
Mark Ruskell (Greens) | ||||||
| 2017 | Alastair Majury (Conservative) |
Douglas Dodds (Conservative) |
Alasdair Tollemache (Greens) | |||||
| 2022 | Ewan Dillon (Labour, later Ind.)[1] | |||||||
| 2023 (by-elections) | Robin Kleinman (Conservative) |
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| 2024 (by-elections) | Thomas Heald (Conservative) | |||||||
Election results
[edit]2024 by-elections
[edit]A by-election was held on 25 January 2024 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Douglas Dodds due to health concerns.[2]
Independent (formerly labour) Councillor Ewan Dillon resigned.[3] David Wilson held the seat for Labour.[4]
2023 by-election
[edit]A by-election was held on 16 March 2023 following the death of SNP councillor Graham Houston in December 2022.[5]
2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Conservative | Douglas Dodds (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,536 | ||||||||||
| SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 17.8 | 1,266 | 1,268.0 | 1,269.0 | 1,293.0 | 1,317.3 | 1,815.3 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Alasdair Tollemache (incumbent) | 16.0 | 1,138 | 1,141.0 | 1,147.0 | 1,156.0 | 1,207.5 | 1,260.5 | 1,466.4 | ||||
| Labour | Ewan Dillon | 11.9 | 842 | 846.9 | 850.9 | 856.9 | 901.1 | 910.1 | 957.4 | 971.2 | 1,330.5 | 1,577.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fayzan Rehman | 9.4 | 665 | 669.2 | 674.2 | 674.2 | 748.3 | 760.3 | 785.6 | 799.6 | |||
| Conservative | Willy Stirling | 8.4 | 598 | 686.2 | 701.4 | 705.4 | 819.0 | 819.0 | 823.3 | 824.9 | 956.0 | ||
| SNP | Ahsan Khan | 7.9 | 564 | 564.2 | 564.2 | 569.2 | 581.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Alastair George Majury (incumbent) | 5.3 | 377 | 382.2 | 387.2 | 396.2 | |||||||
| Alba | Bill Cowan | 0.9 | 61 | 61.1 | 64.1 | ||||||||
| Scottish Family | Nickie Willis | 0.7 | 50 | 50.3 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,911 Valid: 7,097 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 60.4% | |||||||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 Stirling Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Alastair Majury | 22.1 | 1,543 | |||||||
| Conservative | Douglas Dodds | 21.5 | 1,502 | |||||||
| SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 17.2 | 1,203 | 1,205.4 | 1,208.3 | 1,250.0 | 1,885.6 | |||
| Scottish Green | Alasdair Tollemache | 10.1 | 706 | 717.2 | 727.1 | 883.5 | 950.6 | 1,218.4 | 1,763.6 | |
| Labour | Mike Robbins (incumbent) | 11.8 | 824 | 849.8 | 866.3 | 1,053.3 | 1,076.4 | 1,143.4 | ||
| SNP | Rosemary Hunter | 10.4 | 723 | 724.4 | 724.6 | 741.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Auld | 6.8 | 476 | 512.0 | 536.0 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,484 Valid: 6,977 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,396 Turnout: 61.8% | ||||||||||
2012 election
[edit]2012 Stirling Council election[9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Graham Houston (incumbent) | 27.31% | 1,494 | |||||
| Conservative | Callum Campbell (incumbent) | 23.07% | 1,262 | |||||
| Labour | Mike Robbins | 21.29% | 1,165 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Mark Ruskell | 16.63% | 910 | 951.1 | 981 | 1,006.1 | 1,251 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Airnes | 6.32% | 346 | 368.4 | 427.1 | 442.4 | ||
| SNP | Ian Smith | 5.37% | 294 | 604.1 | 615.8 | 624.4 | 683.9 | |
| Electorate: 12,193 Valid: 5,471 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 5,547 (44.87%) | ||||||||
2007 election
[edit]2007 Stirling Council election[10]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Graham Houston | 1,794 | 22.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Callum Campbell | 1,455 | 18.5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Labour | Colin Finlay | 1,294 | 16.5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Goss | 1,067 | 13.6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Conservative | Helen McCrea | 801 | 10.2 | |||
| Independent | Bill Baird | 707 | 9.0 | |||
| Scottish Green | Duncan Illingworth | 675 | 8.6 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Jennifer Haston | 69 | 0.9 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stirling-councillor-leaves-labour-become-28276080
- ^ "Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election result 2024". Stirling Council. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Watson, Alex (15 August 2024). "Labour's David Wilson wins Dunblane and Bridge of Allan by-election". The Courier. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Labour win by-election to replace councillor caught with child abuse images". The National. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Tributes paid following the death of Councillor Graham Houston". Stirling Council. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Ward 3 - Dunblane and Bridge of Allan results" (PDF). stirling.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".