Dee and Glenkens (ward)

Dee and Glenkens
Dumfries and Galloway
Boundary of Dee and Glenkens in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population	10,594 (2021) [1]
Electorate	8,406 (2022)
Major settlements	Kirkcudbright
Scottish Parliament constituency	Galloway and West Dumfries
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
Current ward
Created	2017 (2017)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Andy McFarlane (SNP)
Councillor	John Denerley (Conservative)
Councillor	Dougie Campbell (Independent)
Created from	Castle Douglas and Glenkens Dee

Dee and Glenkens is one of the twelve electoral wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,594 people.

The area has produced strong results for the Conservatives who have won more than a third of the vote at each election.

Boundaries

The ward was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections. Five of the 13 multi-member wards in Dumfries and Galloway were abolished as a result of the review and replaced by four new ones. Dee and Glenkens encompasses an area represented by the former Dee and Castle Douglas and Glenkens wards. The ward takes in an area in the centre of the council area from the boundary with East Ayrshire at Loch Doon to Kirkcudbright Bay in the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth. It is situated within Galloway and takes in part of the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. The ward includes the towns of Kirkcudbright, St John's Town of Dalry, New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet as well as the villages of Carsphairn, Balmaclellan, Laurieston, Ringford, Twynholm, Dundrennan and Auchencairn. The ward takes its name from The Glenkens – an area within the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire centred around the River Ken and Loch Ken – and the River Dee which flows through the south of the ward. ^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		Patsy Gilroy (Conservative)		Dougie Campbell (SNP/Ind.)		Jane Maitland (Ind.)
2022	John Denerley (Conservative)				Andy McFarlane (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

Dee and Glenkens - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Andy McFarlane	25.4	1,139
	Conservative	John Denerley	20.3	912	912	927	942	963	1,603
	Conservative	Susan Murdoch	17.6	791	791	801	835	859
	Independent	Dougie Campbell (incumbent)	14.6	655	657	721	809	1,108	1,227
	Scottish Green	Laura Moodie	11.3	508	517	556	651
	Labour	Graham Trickey	6.0	271	272	320
	Independent	Anthony Bird	4.5	202	203
Electorate: 8,406  Valid: 4,478  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 1,120  Turnout: 53.9%

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

2017 election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[5]

Dee and Glenkens- 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Patsy Gilroy (incumbent)†	33.47	1,547
	SNP	Dougie Campbell	19.56	904	909.31	916.81	921.32	934.82	967.08	1,121.83	1,250.09
	Independent	Douglas Swan	15.84	732	788.11	804.12	817.64	844.2	886.49	925.55
	Independent	Jane Maitland (incumbent)	14.37	664	824.49	833.27	850.57	937.7	983.26	1,096.79	1,522.66
	Scottish Green	Laura Moodie	6.32	292	303.88	305.88	321.67	333.43	402.21
	Labour	Elizabeth Maxwell	4.69	217	237.72	238.98	258.26	262.28
	Independent	Andi Holmes	2.60	120	144.52	157.28	174.57
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Metcalf	1.84	85	106.74	111.99
	No description	John Thorn	1.32	61	70.6
Electorate: 8,239  Valid: 4,622  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 1,156  Turnout: 56.5

References

1. "Dee and Glenkens". Scottish Government. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; Dumfroes and Galloway Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
3. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
5. "Council elections - May 2017". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 20 April 2025.