Nith (ward)

Nith
Nith
Dumfries and Galloway
	Boundary of Nith in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population	10,448 (2021)
Electorate	8,242 (2022)
Major settlements	Dumfries (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
Current ward
Created	2007
Number of councillors	4
Councillor	John Campbell (SNP)
Councillor	Malcolm Johnstone (Conservative)
Councillor	Keith Walters (Labour)
Councillor	David R. Slater (Independent)
Created from	Caerlaverock; Criffel; Georgetown; Lochvale; Loreburn; Marchmount; Nithsdale East

Population10,448 (2021)^[1]

Electorate8,242 (2022)

Major settlementsDumfries (part of)

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)		Alistair Witts (SNP)		Jack Groom (Conservative)	Colin Smyth (Labour)
2012				Alistair Witts (SNP)		Jack Groom (Conservative)	Colin Smyth (Labour)
2017	John Campbell (SNP)		Malcolm Johnstone (Conservative)	Elaine Murray (Labour)
2022	John Campbell (SNP)	Keith Walters (Labour)	Malcolm Johnstone (Conservative)		Robert Slater (Ind.)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	John Campbell (incumbent)	33.3	1,670
	Conservative	Malcolm Johnstone (incumbent)	18.0	904	920	923	937	1,386
	Labour	Keith Walters	16.7	835	949	1,291
	Conservative	Alastair Muir	10.2	515	521	523	539
	Independent	David R. Slater	9.7	488	546	562	621	642	785	1,029
	Labour	Angie Whitelaw	7.1	355	409
	Green	Ann McLauchlan	4.8	240	540	559	624	629	655
Electorate: 10,573 Valid: 5,007 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 48.0%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Green	Sandy Rogerson	2.39	121	133.67	134.22
Electorate: 10,233 Valid: 5,055 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 49.4

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

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