North West Dumfries (ward)
Electoral ward in Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland
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North West Dumfries is one of the twelve electoral wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 14,705 people.
| North West Dumfries | |
|---|---|
| Dumfries and Galloway | |
Boundary of North West Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017. | |
| Population | 14,705 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 10,203 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Dumfries (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Galloway and West Dumfries |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Andy Ferguson (SNP) |
| Councillor | Graham Bell (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Emma Jordan (Labour) |
| Councillor | Paula Stevenson (Labour) |
| Created from | Criffel Lincluden Lochside Maxwelltown Palmerston |
The area has produced strong results for Labour who have half the seats at each election since the ward's creation.
Boundaries
The ward was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Abbey was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Lincluden, Lochside and Palmerston wards and the majority of the former Maxwelltown as well as part of the former Criffel ward. North West Dumfries takes in the north and west of the town of Dumfries – everything west of the River Nith and north of Park Road/Rotchell Road – in the east of the council area. It includes the neighbourhoods of Lincluden, Lochside, Lochfield, Summerville, Laurieknowe and Suffolk Hill as well as the village of Newbridge to the north of the town.[2] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements conducted by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections.[3]
Councillors
Election results
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Andy Ferguson (incumbent) | 39.5 | 1,561 | |||||
| Conservative | Graham Bell (incumbent) | 28.4 | 1,123 | |||||
| Labour | Emma Jordan | 18.4 | 728 | 919 | ||||
| Labour | Paula Stevenson | 8.8 | 347 | 404 | 495 | 607 | 909 | |
| Green | Ann Johnstone | 4.8 | 191 | 526 | 571 | 579 | ||
| Electorate: 10,203 Valid: 3,950 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 791 Turnout: 39.3% | ||||||||
2017 election
2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | John Graham Bell (incumbent) | 32.54 | 1,374 | |||||
| SNP | Andy Ferguson (incumbent) | 16.41 | 693 | 708.02 | 736.4 | 774.41 | 1,314.26 | |
| Labour | Ronnie Nicholson (incumbent)†† | 16.08 | 679 | 722.51 | 732.59 | 763.44 | 778.6 | |
| Labour | David John McKie (incumbent) | 14.47 | 611 | 694.93 | 720.86 | 784.57 | 809.27 | |
| SNP | Stacy Bradley | 13.60 | 574 | 588.25 | 613.02 | 642.33 | ||
| Independent | Billy Farries | 3.86 | 163 | 268.88 | 304.73 | |||
| Green | Michelle Johnston | 3.03 | 128 | 156.49 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,981 Valid: 4,222 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 845 Turnout: 42.3 | ||||||||
2012 election
2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Ronnie Nicholson (incumbent) | 23.25 | 932 | |||||
| Conservative | John Graham Bell (incumbent) | 22.43 | 899 | |||||
| Labour | David John McKie (incumbent) | 21.38 | 857 | |||||
| SNP | Andy Ferguson | 18.44 | 739 | 746.1 | 768.5 | 773.2 | 982.1 | |
| Labour | Paula Stevenson | 14.50 | 581 | 690.1 | 702.2 | 746.7 | ||
| Electorate: 9,906 Valid: 4,008 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 802 Turnout: 4,074 (40.46%) | ||||||||
2007 election
2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Ronnie Nicholson | 25.6 | 1,327 | |||||||
| Conservative | John Graham Bell | 20.4 | 1,060 | |||||||
| Labour | David John McKie | 19.2 | 996 | 1,132.95 | ||||||
| SNP | Doug Snell | 15.6 | 809 | 819.85 | 824.49 | 827.34 | 864.91 | 950.22 | 1,179.06 | |
| Labour | Stephen David Harman | 12.5 | 650 | 722.49 | 789.41 | 790.64 | 823.31 | 868.90 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Sweeney | 3.6 | 188 | 192.12 | 194.25 | 197.99 | 240.41 | |||
| Independent | Arthur Tremble | 3.1 | 163 | 169.73 | 173.46 | 177.52 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,794 Valid: 5,193 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 54.3% | ||||||||||