Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (ward)
Electoral ward in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Mid Galloway and Wigtown West is one of the twelve electoral wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 13,461 people.
| Mid Galloway and Wigtown West | |
|---|---|
| Dumfries and Galloway | |
Boundary of Mid Galloway and Wigtown West in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017. | |
| Population | 13,461 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 10,981 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Newton Stewart Wigtown |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Galloway and West Dumfries |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | David Inglis (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Katie Hagmann (SNP) |
| Councillor | Jackie McCamon (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Richard Marsh (Conservative) |
| Created from | Mid Galloway Wigtown West |
The area has produced strong results for the Conservatives who have held at least half of the seats since the ward was created in 2017.
Boundaries
The ward was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections. Five of the 13 multi-member wards in Dumfries and Galloway were abolished as a result of the review and replaced by four new ones. Mid Galloway and Wigtown West encompasses an area represented by the former Mid Galloway, Wigtown West and Dee wards. The ward takes in an area in the west of the council area from the boundaries with East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the Machars peninsula between Luce Bay and Wigtown Bay in the Irish Sea. It is situated within Galloway and takes in the western part of the historic county of Wigtownshire. The ward's name is a reference to the historic county and not the town of Wigtown which is wholly included within the ward. The ward also includes the towns of Newton Stewart, Creetown and Whithorn as well as villages including Castle Kennedy, Dunragit, Kirkcowan, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Port William and the Isle of Whithorn.[2]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | David Inglis (Conservative) |
Graham Nicol (Conservative) |
Katie Hagmann (SNP) |
Jim McColm (Ind.) | ||||
| 2022 | Jackie McCamon (Conservative) |
Sandy Whitelaw (Labour) | ||||||
| 2022 by-election |
Richard Marsh (Conservative) | |||||||
Election results
2022 by-election
Sandy Whitelaw resigned after a few months for personal reasons. Conservative candidate Richard Marsh was elected in the by-election held on 8 December 2022.[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Marsh | 52.8 | 1,787 | |
| SNP | Ian Gibson | 26.0 | 879 | |
| Labour | John McCutcheon | 9.6 | 326 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain McDonald | 5.6 | 190 | |
| Green | Daniel Hooper-Jones | 5.1 | 172 | |
| Electorate: 10,981 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 30.8% | ||||
Source:[4]
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | David Inglis (incumbent) | 30.8 | 1,529 | |||||
| SNP | Katie Hagmann (incumbent) | 30.3 | 1,505 | |||||
| Conservative | Jackie McCamon | 19.4 | 964 | 1,428 | ||||
| Labour | Sandy Whitelaw | 11.3 | 559 | 578 | 681 | 806 | 1,240 | |
| Green | Kenny Campbell | 8.2 | 405 | 415 | 690 | 736 | ||
| Electorate: 10,908 Valid: 4,962 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 993 Turnout: 46.4% | ||||||||
2017 election
2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | David Inglis | 26.07 | 1,403 | |||||||||
| Independent | Jim McColm (incumbent) | 18.13 | 976 | 1,012.01 | 1,027.25 | 1,050.25 | 1,158.41 | |||||
| Conservative | Graham Nicol (incumbent) ††††† | 13.43 | 723 | 960.46 | 962.93 | 971.02 | 1,009.64 | 1,032.12 | 1,234.63 | |||
| SNP | Katie Hagmann | 13.02 | 701 | 703.32 | 708.32 | 733.32 | 806.49 | 811.66 | 860.02 | 867.82 | 1,416.84 | |
| SNP | Steve Norris | 10.63 | 572 | 574.32 | 577.56 | 587.56 | 606.25 | 612.84 | 657.4 | 664.87 | ||
| Independent | Richard Oxley | 8.83 | 475 | 48.01 | 496.24 | 506.24 | 551.94 | 579.43 | ||||
| Labour | Matthew Curry | 6.84 | 368 | 375.67 | 379.9 | 407.36 | ||||||
| Green | Barbara Bannatyne | 2.16 | 116 | 118.32 | 121.79 | |||||||
| Independent | John McCutcheon | 0.89 | 48 | 49.86 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 9,594 Valid: 5,382 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 57.3 | ||||||||||||