Location of the ward [1]
Nith is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.
Nith is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Allan Martin (Labour) |
Colin Smyth (Labour) |
Jack Groom (Conservative) |
Alistair Witts (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Elaine Murray (Labour) |
Malcolm Johnstone (Conservative) |
John Campbell (SNP) | |||||
| 2022 | Keith Walters (Labour) |
Robert Slater (Ind.) | ||||||
2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Conservative | Malcolm Johnstone | 29.30 | 1,481 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Elaine Murray | 19.01 | 961 | 1,033.2 | |||||||||
| SNP | John Campbell | 16.97 | 858 | 862.75 | 863.32 | 887.71 | 901.77 | 922.72 | 950.35 | 1,379.72 | |||
| SNP | Alastair Witts (incumbent) | 8.66 | 438 | 441.48 | 441.96 | 468.7 | 488.37 | 493.71 | 507.68 | ||||
| Labour | John Martin (incumbent) | 8.39 | 424 | 463.9 | 478.72 | 500.8 | 523.66 | 540.98 | 579.72 | 599.29 | 682.97 | 837.94 | |
| Independent | David Robert Slater | 5.88 | 297 | 362.55 | 363.43 | 380.02 | 401.18 | 459.13 | 586.3 | 606.99 | 676.46 | ||
| Independent | Niall Cowan | 3.88 | 196 | 246.35 | 247.12 | 252.05 | 278.76 | 321.56 | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Crosbie | 3.03 | 153 | 188.15 | 188.47 | 192.81 | 210.46 | ||||||
| Independent | John Dennis | 2.49 | 126 | 151.02 | 151.67 | 168.34 | |||||||
| Scottish Green | Sandy Rogerson | 2.39 | 121 | 133.67 | 134.22 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 10,233 Valid: 5,055 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 49.4 | |||||||||||||
2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | John Allan Martin (incumbent) | 25.93 | 1,079 | |||||||
| Labour | Colin Smyth (incumbent) | 19.20 | 799 | 1,010.3 | ||||||
| SNP | Alastair Witts (incumbent) | 18.84 | 784 | 789.7 | 822 | 830.2 | 850.9 | |||
| Conservative | Jack Groom (incumbent)†† | 15.67 | 652 | 657.5 | 669.5 | 675.9 | 687.8 | 689.9 | 900.9 | |
| Conservative | David Slater | 8.56 | 356 | 361 | 366.5 | 369.5 | 382.5 | 383.6 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Crosbie | 8.36 | 348 | 352.8 | 376.2 | 391.6 | 430.4 | 435.1 | 514.1 | |
| Independent | Nello Paoletti | 2.19 | 91 | 93.1 | 103.1 | 108.4 | ||||
| Independent | Lee Vann-Wakelin | 1.25 | 52 | 53.6 | 59.81 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,844 Valid: 4,161 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 833 Turnout: 4,227 (42.27%) | ||||||||||
2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | John Allan Martin | 23.0 | 1,268 | |||||||
| SNP | Alistair Witts | 20.8 | 1,145 | |||||||
| Conservative | Jack Groom | 14.4 | 794 | 795.56 | 798.13 | 843.68 | 1,304.35 | |||
| Labour | Colin Smyth | 13.0 | 714 | 847.76 | 854.92 | 912.09 | 940.39 | 954.98 | 1,262.99 | |
| Conservative | Frances Hassall | 11.3 | 623 | 624.69 | 626.60 | 662.00 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kerr Little | 10.9 | 598 | 605.55 | 614.02 | 740.42 | 794.05 | 857.23 | ||
| Independent | Robin Wishart | 6.7 | 368 | 370.34 | 378.30 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,021 Valid: 5,510 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 55.8% | ||||||||||