North West Dumfries (ward)

North West Dumfries
Dumfries and Galloway
Boundary of North West Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population14,705 (2021)[1]
Electorate10,203 (2022)
Major settlementsDumfries (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyGalloway and West Dumfries
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyDumfries and Galloway
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorAndy Ferguson (SNP)
CouncillorGraham Bell (Conservative)
CouncillorEmma Jordan (Labour)
CouncillorPaula Stevenson (Labour)
Created fromCriffel
Lincluden
Lochside
Maxwelltown
Palmerston

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.

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 Councillors
2007 Ronnie Nicholson
(Labour) 		John Graham Bell
(Conservative) 		David John McKie
(Labour) 		Doug Snell
(SNP)
2012 Andy Ferguson
(SNP)
2017
2022 Paula Stevenson
(Labour) 		Emma Jordan
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
- 4 seats
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
Scottish Green Ann Johnstone 4.8 191 526 571 579  
Electorate: 10,203   Valid: 3,950   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 791   Turnout: 39.3%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[6]

North West Dumfries - 4 seats
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    
Scottish 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]

North West Dumfries - 4 seats
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]

North West Dumfries
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%  

References

  1. ^ "North West Dumfries". Scottish Government. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; Dumfries and Galloway Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; Dumfries and Galloway Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 - North West Dumfries" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 - North West Dumfries" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Council elections - May 2017". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  7. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  8. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Dumfries and Galloway". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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