Annandale East and Eskdale (ward)

Annandale East and Eskdale
Dumfries and Galloway
Boundary of Annandale East and Eskdale in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population	9,963 (2021) [1]
Electorate	8,699 (2022)
Major settlements	Langholm
Scottish Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Karen Carruthers (Conservative)
Councillor	Archie Dryburgh (Labour)
Councillor	Denis Male (Independent)
Created from	Canonbie and Kirtle Chapelcross Dryfe and Lockerbie East Hoddom and Kinmount Langholm and Upper Eskdale Solway Border

Annandale East and Eskdale is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Denis Male (Conservative)		Ian Lindsay (Conservative)		Archie Dryburgh (Labour)		Allan Graham (Conservative)
2012	Karen Carruthers (Conservative)			Craig Peacock (Ind.)
2017		Ronnie Tait (Conservative)
2022				Denis Male (Ind.)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

Annandale East and Eskdale - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Karen Carruthers (incumbent)	27.7	1,140
	Labour	Archie Dryburgh (incumbent)	21.4	880	888	908	973	1,260
	Independent	Denis Male	15.4	633	639	649	687	724	875	1,190
	Conservative	Ron Tait (incumbent)	14.9	614	693	699	712	724	751
	SNP	Sylvia Willmot	14.5	597	597	640	660
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Herbst-Gray	3.3	137	141	159
	Scottish Green	Stephen Mattock	2.6	107	108
Electorate: 8,699  Valid: 4,108  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,028  Turnout: 48.2%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[4]

Annandale East and Eskdale - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Karen Carruthers (incumbent)	29.59	1,290
	Conservative	Ronnie Tait	17.06	744	881.45	901.22	983.92	1,266.4
	No description	Denis Raymond Male (incumbent)	16.54	721	732.42	809.57	934.96
	Labour	Archie Dryburgh (incumbent)	14.63	638	652.04	776.35	1,029.74	1,362.05
	Independent	Craig Peacock(incumbent)	11.77	513	529.2	630.51
	SNP	Sylvia Moffat	10.41	454	455.85
Electorate: 8,466  Valid: 4,360  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 1,091  Turnout: 51.5

2012 election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[5]

Annandale East and Eskdale - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Archie Dryburgh (incumbent)	22.20	877
	Conservative	Denis Raymond Male (incumbent)	15.29	604	609.8	609.8	618.9	732.3	778.3	778.9	963.2
	Independent	Craig Peacock	14.98	592	607.3	621.9	654.9	716.8	797.1
	Conservative	Karen Carruthers††	13.92	550	554.8	554.8	560.8	661.2	690.9	691.6	808.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jock Dinwoodie	11.69	462	473.8	479.5	483.7	513.4	587.8	588.9
	SNP	Brian Richardson	10.66	421	430.2	434.4	436.8	447
	Conservative	Stuart Thompson	8.88	351	353.3	356.6	363.9
	Independent	Allan Graham (incumbent)	1.24	49	52.2	68.8
	Independent	Sidney John Elder	1.14	45	50.2
Electorate: 9,663  Valid: 3,951  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 791  Turnout: 4,348 (40.89%)

2007 election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[6]

Annandale East

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Denis Raymond Male	20.6	992
	Conservative	Ian Lindsay	20.4	981
	Labour	Archie Dryburgh	17.3	835	835.88	836.63	879.83	997.11
	Conservative	Allan Graham	15.8	761	777.19	788.38	816.71	873.51	877.49	1,069.86
	SNP	Murray Collins	12.9	619	622.39	623.64	667.93	776.26	784.66
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Burn	7.6	368	369.46	370.49	448.63
	Scottish Green	Nicholas John Jennings	5.3	257	258.55	259.15
Electorate: 9,629  Valid: 4,813  Spoilt: 66  Quota: 963  Turnout: 50.7%

References

1. "Annandale East and Eskdale". Scottish Government. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 12 - Annandale East and Eskdale" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 12 - Annandale East and Eskdale" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
4. "Council elections - May 2017".
5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway".
6. https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/dumfries-and-galloway-council-elections-1-334191%5B‍%5D