Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Jim Dempster
(Labour
/Ind.) 		John Syme
(Labour) 		Gill Dykes
(Conservative) 		Andrew Stuart Wood
(SNP)
2012
2017 3 seats Matthew Ronnie
(Conservative)
2022 Andrew Wood
(Conservative) 		Tony Berretti
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[2]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Matthew Ronnie 27.98 1,211        
Labour Jim Dempster (incumbent) 24.38 1,055 1,087.55      
SNP Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent)†††† 20.15 872 876.65 876.96 1,043.9 1,286.21
Labour John Syme (incumbent) 16.73 724 730.76 734.26 839.41  
No description Graham Watson 10.77 466 497.92 498.1    
Electorate: 8,105   Valid: 4,328   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,083   Turnout: 53.4  

2012 Election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[3]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Jim Dempster (incumbent) 27.45 1,194  
Conservative Gill Dykes (incumbent) 26.53 1,154  
SNP Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent) 20.51 892  
Labour John Syme (incumbent) 19.08 830 1,098.6
UKIP Douglas Watters 4.55 198 209.1
Conservative Elly Hurren 1.86 81 88.3
Electorate: 9,239   Valid: 4,349   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 870   Turnout: 4,416 (47.07%)  

2007 Election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Jim Dempster 22.0 1,261              
Conservative Gill Dykes 19.2 1,102 1,106.10 1,117.38 1,138.47 1,195.83      
Labour John Syme 15.3 876 942.11 961.57 989.39 1,010.03 1,011.46 1,074.06 1,136.04
SNP Andrew Stuart Wood 13.7 783 790.02 816.39 842.57 899.21 901.90 996.69 1,117.31
Conservative Neil McKay 13.1 753 757.74 766.02 794.56 836.65 870.23 985.48  
Liberal Democrats Rog Wood 6.6 378 386.66 397.03 414.48 474.85 477.80    
Independent Mike Steele 4.5 256 258.46 294.01 317.28        
UKIP Douglas Watters 3.1 175 178.01 181.19          
Independent Moses Kungu 2.5 145 149.19            
Electorate: 9,354   Valid: 5,729   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,146   Turnout: 62.3%  

References

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