Location of the ward [1]
Abbey is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.
Abbey is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Davie Stitt (Labour) | Ian Blake (Conservative) | Bruce Hodgson (Conservative) | Rob Davidson (SNP) | ||||
| 2008 by | Michael John Thomson (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2011 by | Tom McAughtrie (Labour) | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 3 seats | |||||||
| 2022 | Kim Lowe (SNP) | |||||||
2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Blake (incumbent) | 39.38 | 1,664 | |||||||
| Labour | Davie Stitt (incumbent) | 21.92 | 926 | 1,084.31 | ||||||
| SNP | Rob Davidson (incumbent) | 16.21 | 685 | 698.13 | 703.77 | 738.18 | 932.12 | 988.26 | 1,159.28 | |
| No description | Tom McAughtrie (incumbent) | 10.60 | 448 | 517.31 | 521.99 | 532.31 | 540.35 | 645.66 | ||
| SNP | Kim Lowe | 4.90 | 207 | 209.92 | 211.17 | 235.76 | ||||
| Independent | Belle Doyle | 4.14 | 175 | 268.75 | 271.41 | 314.93 | 324.82 | |||
| Scottish Green | Clare Phillips | 2.84 | 120 | 151.74 | 155.6 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,284 Valid: 4,225 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 51.0 | ||||||||||
2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | Tom McAughtrie (incumbent) | 22.95 | 903 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Blake (incumbent) | 21.75 | 856 | ||
| SNP | Rob Davidson (incumbent) | 20.69 | 814 | ||
| Labour | Davie Stitt (incumbent) | 19.9 | 783 | 870.2 | |
| Conservative | Charles Milroy | 10.29 | 405 | 411.1 | |
| UKIP | Bill Wright | 4.42 | 174 | 178.6 | |
| Electorate: 9,019 Valid: 3,935 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 788 Turnout: 4,000 (43.63%) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Conservative | Kath Lord | 39.46 | 1,236 | 1,391 | |
| Labour | Tom McAughtrie | 38.19 | 1,196 | 1,448 | |
| SNP | Yowann Byghan | 21.65 | 678 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Electorate: 9,249 Valid: 3,132 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 3,154 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Michael John Thomson | 40.08 | 1,713 | 1,749 | 1,804 | 2,006 | |
| Labour | Tom McAughtrie | 33.18 | 1,393 | 1,418 | 1,471 | 1,712 | |
| SNP | John Richard McNaught | 17.98 | 755 | 785 | 833 | ||
| Independent | Graham William Sutherland McLeod | 4.12 | 173 | 216 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Joseph Mycock | 3.91 | 164 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,381 Valid: 4,224 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 2,100 Turnout: 4,250 | |||||||
2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Blake | 19.7 | 1,081 | 1,091 | 1,126 | |||||||
| SNP | Rob Davidson | 17.8 | 976 | 996 | 1,010 | 1,010.90 | 1,056.97 | 1,097.97 | 1,153.02 | |||
| Conservative | Bruce Hodgson | 14.2 | 778 | 825 | 834 | 851.27 | 883.96 | 924.15 | 990.59 | 995.94 | 1,052.65 | |
| Labour | Tom McAughtrie | 14.1 | 777 | 794 | 797 | 797.39 | 812.44 | 856.44 | 874.46 | 881.32 | ||
| Labour | Davie Stitt | 14.0 | 770 | 777 | 806 | 807.08 | 843.22 | 881.22 | 943.36 | 953.57 | 1,479.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Robertson | 4.9 | 267 | 280 | 290 | 290.37 | 316.42 | |||||
| Independent | John White | 4.3 | 239 | 266 | 304 | 304.90 | 372.27 | 418.34 | ||||
| Independent | Stuart Martin Clement | 3.8 | 211 | 226 | 269 | 270.85 | ||||||
| Independent | Ian Stewart McMickan | 3.7 | 203 | 211 | ||||||||
| Independent | Michael John Thomson | 3.5 | 194 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 9,347 Valid: 5,496 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,100 Turnout: 59.7% | ||||||||||||
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