Lochar (ward)

Lochar
Lochar
Dumfries and Galloway
	Boundary of Lochar in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population	12,270 (2021)
Electorate	11,299 (2022)
Major settlements	Locharbriggs
Scottish Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale; Dumfries and Galloway
Current ward
Created	1980
Number of councillors	4
Councillor	Tracey Little (SNP)
Councillor	Ivor Hyslop (Conservative)
Councillor	Linda Dorward (Labour)
Councillor	Maureen Johnstone (Conservative)
Created from	Dalswinton; Heathhall

Population12,270 (2021)^[1]

Electorate11,299 (2022)

Major settlementsLocharbriggs

Lochar is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.

Election	Councillors
2007		Jeff Leaver (Labour)		Lorna Jean McGowan (SNP)	John Anthony Charteris (Conservative)	Ivor Alexander Hyslop (Conservative)
2012	Ted Thompson (SNP)			Jeff Leaver (Labour)
2017	Tracey Little (SNP)			John Anthony Charteris (Conservative)
2022	Tracey Little (SNP)	Linda Dorward (Labour)	Maureen Johnstone (Conservative)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	Tracey Little (incumbent)	33.7	1,787
	Conservative	Ivor Hyslop (incumbent)	25.4	1,348
	Labour	Linda Dorward	21.6	1,146
	Conservative	Maureen Johnstone	14.5	772	810	1,058	1,078
	Scottish Green	Sandy Rogerson	4.8	253	733	740
Electorate: 11,299 Valid: 5,306 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 47.7%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	John Anthony Charteris	24.19	1,208
	Conservative	Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent)	16.88	843	1,000.61
	Labour	Jeff Leaver (incumbent)	13.72	685	688.29	688.5	701.68	833.24	875.96	899.3	916.78	1,153.64
	SNP	Tracey Little	13.20	659	661.08	661.09	685.1	689.1	710.45	1,099.98
	Independent	Yen Hongmei Jin (incumbent)	12.13	606	620.71	620.97	637.15	652.15	777.22	786.22	810.59
	SNP	Joe McGurk	8.33	416	417.21	417.23	440.58	447.58	459.75
	Independent	Maureen Johnstone	5.99	299	310.94	311.21	322.73	326.73
	Labour	Keith Walters	3.16	158	158.69	158.74	175.92
	Scottish Green	Arthur Ramsay	2.40	120	121.38	121.43
Electorate: 10,603 Valid: 4,994 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 999 Turnout: 47.1

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Yen Hongmei Jin††††	28.46	1,190
	Labour	Jeff Leaver (incumbent)	27.73	1,159
	Conservative	Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent)	15.86	663	703	710.5	723.7	1,266.4
	Conservative	John Anthony Charteris (incumbent)	15.05	629	675.9	685.6	700.3
	Labour	Ted Thompson	12.89	539	660	941.7
Electorate: 9,295 Valid: 4,180 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 837 Turnout: 4,242 (44.97%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jeff Leaver	19.3	978	983	1,010	1,522
	Conservative	John Anthony Charteris	17.2	872	882	916	923	949.14	951.08	1,092.25
	SNP	Lorna Jean McGowan	16.5	836	843	901	930	1,029.85
	Conservative	Ivor Alexander Hyslop	15.6	791	799	832	840	860.44	861.94	1,001.14
	Labour	Alec Martin	11.8	597	603	636
	Independent	David Slater	10.9	550	593	672	686.	764.07	768.89
	Liberal Democrats	John Robertson	6.3	317	340
	Independent	Graham William Sutherland McLeod	2.3	118
Electorate: 8,900 Valid: 5,059 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 57.7%

Election results

v t e Wards of Dumfries and Galloway
2017–present	Stranraer and the Rhins Mid Galloway and Wigtown West Dee and Glenkens Castle Douglas and Crocketford Abbey North West Dumfries Mid and Upper Nithsdale Lochar Nith Annandale South Annandale North Annandale East and Eskdale
2007–2017	Stranraer and North Rhins Wigtown West Mid Galloway Dee Castle Douglas and Glenkens Abbey North West Dumfries Mid and Upper Nithsdale Lochar Nith Annandale South Annandale North Annandale East