West Dunbartonshire Council elections
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Local government elections in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.
Results maps
1995 results map
By-elections
2003-2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | George Black[4] | 605 | 34.5 | +34.5 | |
| SNP | 522 | 29.8 | −28.7 | ||
| Labour | 422 | 24.1 | −17.4 | ||
| Conservative | 141 | 8.0 | +8.0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 64 | 3.6 | +3.6 | ||
| Majority | 83 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,754 | ||||
| Independent gain from SNP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Pilkington[6] | 607 | 50.8 | −10.4 | |
| SNP | 287 | 24.0 | +3.4 | ||
| Independent | 141 | 11.8 | +11.8 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 130 | 10.9 | −7.3 | ||
| Conservative | 30 | 2.5 | +2.5 | ||
| Majority | 320 | 26.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,195 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Iain Robertson[8] | 592 | 45.1 | +21.1 | |
| Labour | 588 | 44.8 | −6.0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 75 | 5.7 | −5.2 | ||
| Conservative | 58 | 4.4 | +1.9 | ||
| Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,313 | ||||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2007-2012
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Lawrence O'Neill | 60.0 | 1,382 | |
| SNP | Frank McNiff | 32.9 | 758 | |
| Conservative | Douglas Boyle | 7.0 | 161 | |
| Labour hold | ||||
| Valid: 2,301 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 2,327 | ||||
2022-2027
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Labour | Fiona Hennebry | 49.6 | 1,398 | 1,400 | 1,404 | 1,425 | |
| SNP | Marina Scanlan | 38.9 | 1,095 | 1,099 | 1,118 | 1,127 | |
| Conservative | Ewan McGinnigle | 4.4 | 125 | 126 | 126 | 130 | |
| Independent | Andrew Muir | 3.1 | 87 | 87 | 91 | 98 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kai Pyper | 1.8 | 52 | 56 | 59 | ||
| Communist | Nathan Hennebry | 1.7 | 47 | 47 | |||
| Independent | Kelly Wilson | 0.4 | 12 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||||
| Valid: 2,816 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 2,845 | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | William Rooney | 42.8 | 725 | 731 | 736 | 753 | 782 | 814 | |
| SNP | Marina Scanlan | 30.3 | 514 | 514 | 518 | 523 | 559 | 564 | |
| Reform | David Smith | 10.4 | 176 | 178 | 184 | 186 | 191 | 200 | |
| Conservative | Ewan McGinnigle | 5.7 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 102 | 103 | ||
| Green | Paula Baker | 4.3 | 73 | 83 | 84 | 95 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kai O'Connor | 3.7 | 63 | 64 | 66 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Andrew Muir | 1.5 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Communist | Dylan McAllister | 1.4 | 23 | ||||||
| Labour hold | |||||||||
| Valid: 1,696 Spoilt: 9 Quota: 849 Turnout: 1,705 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Kevin Crawford | 35.6 | 1,039 | 1,042 | 1,061 | 1,095 | 1,098 | 1,123 | 1,331 | |
| Reform | David Smith | 26.3 | 768 | 722 | 780 | 782 | 808 | 840 | 919 | |
| Labour | Maureen McGlinchey | 25.3 | 739 | 742 | 745 | 759 | 770 | 822 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Cameron Eoin Stewart | 4.7 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 154 | 167 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Walker | 2.9 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 87 | ||||
| Green | Eryn Browning | 2.6 | 76 | 77 | 83 | |||||
| Alba | Kristopher Duncan | 1.6 | 47 | 51 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Andrew Muir | 0.9 | 25 | |||||||
| SNP hold | ||||||||||
| Valid: 2,916 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1,459 Turnout: 2,954 | ||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - West Dunbartonshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - West Dunbartonshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL - 27 October 2004 Meeting". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Dumbarton West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL - 30 March 2005 Meeting". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Dumbarton West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Labour loses Scottish council stronghold". The Guardian. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Labour Wins Kilpatrick By-Election". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
- ↑ "New Councillor for Clydebank Central following by election". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Ward 4 - Kilpatrick By-Election on 28 November 2024" (PDF). West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Ward 6 - Clydebank Waterfront By-Election on 15 May 2025" (PDF). West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
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