Tweeddale West (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.

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)	Eric Small (Conservative)	Drummond Begg (Liberal Democrats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Election results

	Candidate	FPv%	%	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