Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Tweeddale West is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Willie Archibald
(SNP) 		Neil Calvert
(Conservative) 		Catriona Bhatia
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Nathaniel Buckingham
(Conservative)
2013 by Keith Cockburn
(Conservative)
2017 Heather Anderson
(SNP) 		Eric Small
(Conservative) 		Kris Chapman
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 Viv Thomson
(SNP) 		Drummond Begg
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]

Tweeddale West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Viv Thomson 26.2% 1,266        
Liberal Democrats Drummond Begg 22.8% 1,100 1,107.8 1,257.6    
Conservative Eric Small (incumbent) 18.5% 893 894.3 915.4 926.6 1,338.5
Scottish Green Dominic Ashmole 16.4% 792 829.3 905.3 926.8 947.3
Conservative John Smith 9.7% 466 466.4 472.4 476.2  
Labour Julia Reid 6.5% 312 316.4      
Electorate: 8,517   Valid: 4,829   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 1,208   Turnout: 4,887 (57.4%)  

2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]

Tweeddale West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Heather Anderson 25.2% 1,160            
Conservative Eric Small 22.5% 1,036 1,036.2 1,040.2 1,097.2 1,115.3 1,123.3 1,928.3
Liberal Democrats Kris Chapman 16.7% 768 769.2 783.2 820.2 891.4 1,073.1 1,192.2
Conservative John Anderson 21.3% 984 984.2 987.2 1,003.2 1,018.2 1,030.2  
Scottish Green Catriona Hamilton 4.7% 218 221.3 238.4 262.6 332.8    
Labour Julia Reid 4.4% 201 201.5 205.5 224.6      
Independent Tommy Davidson 3.7% 170 170.6 190.6        
Independent Michael Needham 1.6% 73 73.1          
Electorate: 8,167 (Est.)   Valid: 4,610   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 4,688 (57.4%)  

2013 By-election

Tweeddale West By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Keith Cockburn 42.65 1,155 1,165 1,176 1,193 1,255 1,288 1,616
Liberal Democrats Nancy Norman 25 677 682 690 759 858 1,034  
SNP Morag Kerr 13.26 359 369 373 409 444    
Borders David Pye 8.4 228 237 245 272      
Labour Veronica McTernan 7.5 203 204 207        
UKIP Mars Goodman 1.56 43 44          
Independent David Cox 1.56 43            
Electorate: 7,707   Valid: 2,708   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,355   Turnout: 2,729 (35.41%)  

2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election[5]

Tweeddale West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Liberal Democrats Catriona Bhatia (incumbent) 25.62 919        
Conservative Nathaniel Buckingham†† 24.67 885 887.4 978.6    
SNP Willie Archibald (incumbent) 21.75 780 782.1 833.4 839.6 934.3
Labour Julia Reid 9.37 336 337.2 389.3 393.1  
Liberal Democrats Nancy Norman 9.31 334 347.9 415.5 449.4 548.9
Borders David Pye 9.28 333 334.4      
Electorate: 7,577   Valid: 3,587   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 897   Turnout: 3,621 (47.34%)  

2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election[6]

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Catriona Bhatia 1,202 25.2 1 1
Conservative Neil Calvert 1,091 22.9 2 4
SNP Willie Archibald 784 16.4 3 5
Independent Nancy Norman 672 14.1
Independent Tom Davidson 667 14.0
Labour Eamonn O'Neil 356 7.5

References

  1. ^ "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council". Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ "2022 Local Government Election Information".
  3. ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results". Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Tweeddale West, 2013". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders". Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders". Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.


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