Dumfries and Galloway Council elections

Dumfries and Galloway 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.

Council elections

As a regional council

Year	Conservative	SNP	Labour	Liberal [a]	Independent
1974	0	0	2	0	33
1978	5	1	2	0	27
1982	4	3	4	2	22
1986 [b]	0	5	7	4	19
1990	0	4	10	2	19 [c]
1994	3	3	11	6	12

1. SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988.
2. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
3. Includes 1 Independent Labour.

As a unitary authority

Year	Conservative	SNP	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Independent
1995	2	9	21	10	28
1999 [a]	8	5	14	6	14 [b]
2003	11	5	14	5	12
2007 [c]	18	10	14	3	2
2012	14	10	15	1	7
2017 [d]	16	11	11	1	4
2022	16	11	9	1	6

1. New ward boundaries. ^[2]
2. Includes 1 Independent Labour.
3. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
4. New ward boundaries. ^[3]

Results maps

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  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2022 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Hoddom and Kinmount By-Election 10 June 2004 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		653	63.1	−7.1
	Labour		138	13.3	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats		122	11.8	−3.4
	Independent		56	5.4	+5.4
	SNP		44	4.3	+4.3
	Scottish Socialist		22	2.1	+2.1
Majority			515	49.8
Turnout			1,035
	Conservative hold

Moffat By-Election 10 June 2004 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		590	41.0	+1.0
	Independent		558	38.8	+38.8
	Labour		189	13.1	−0.7
	SNP		73	5.1	−10.0
	Scottish Socialist		30	2.1	+2.1
Majority			32	2.2
Turnout			1,440
	Conservative hold

Lochside By-Election 13 October 2005 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		676	76.4	+37.7
	Independent		89	10.1	+10.1
	SNP		73	6.3	−6.5
	Scottish Socialist		41	4.6	+4.6
	Independent		17	1.9	+1.9
	Conservative		6	0.7	−2.1
Majority			587	66.3
Turnout			885
	Labour gain from Independent

2007-2012

Abbey By-Election 1 May 2008 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Michael 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 McNaught	17.98	755	785	833
	Independent	Graham McLeod	4.1	173	216
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Mycock	3.9	164
	Conservative hold
Valid: 4,224  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 2,100  Turnout: 4,250

Abbey By-Election 16 June 2011 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Tom McAughtrie	38.2	1,196	1,448
	Conservative	Kath Lord	39.5	1,236	1,391
	SNP	Yowann Byghan	21.7	678
	Labour gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,132  Spoilt: 22  Quota: 1,566  Turnout: 3,154

2012-2017

Annandale North By-Election 15 November 2012 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Graeme Tait	46.0	1,819	1,857	1,922	1,980
	Labour	Peter Glanton	25.3	1,002	1,008	1,053	1,149
	Scottish Green	Alis Ballance	11.7	464	475	508	617
	SNP	Frank MacGregor	9.4	371	375	399
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Young	5.3	208	211
	UKIP	Bill Wright	2.3	89
	Conservative gain from Labour
Valid: 3,953  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 1,977  Turnout: 3,980

Annandale North By-Election 17 November 2016 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Douglas Fairbairn	57.4	2,041
	SNP	Sylvia Moffat	21.1	749
	Labour	Adam Wilson	17.2	611
	Scottish Green	Chris Ballance	4.3	152
	Conservative hold
Valid: 3,553  Spoilt: 35  Quota: 1,777  Turnout: 3,588

2017-2022

Dee and Glenkens By-Election 13 December 2018 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Pauline Drysdale	45.9	1,682	1,704	1,740	1,956
	SNP	Glen Murray	28.0	1,024	1,026	1,183	1,357
	Independent	Colin Wyper	15.5	569	575	651
	Scottish Green	Laura Elizabeth Moodie	9.3	342	349
	UKIP	Jennifer Blue	1.3	42
	Conservative hold
Valid: 3,663  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,832  Turnout: 3,692

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West By-Election 23 January 2020 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Jackie McCamon	61.8	2,177
	SNP	Tony Berretti	25.5	898
	Scottish Green	Peter Barlow	6.4	225
	Labour	Gill Hay	6.3	220
	Conservative hold
Valid: 3,520  Spoilt: 17  Quota: 1,761  Turnout: 3,537

2022-2027

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West By-Election 8 December 2022 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Richard Marsh	52.9	1,787
	SNP	Ian Gibson	26.0	879
	Labour	John Peter McCutcheon	9.6	326
	Liberal Democrats	Iain McDonald	5.6	190
	Scottish Green	Daniel Hooper-Jones	5.1	172
	Conservative gain from Labour
Valid: 3,354  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,678  Turnout: 3,380

References

1. "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
2. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Dumfries and Galloway Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Dumfries and Galloway Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hoddom and Kinmount Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Moffat Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
6. "Local Elections Archive Project — Lochside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
7. "Abbey (Dumfries & Galloway) 1 st May 2008". Alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
8. "Dumfries and Galloway Council : Abbey Ward By-Election". Dumgal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
9. "Dumfries and Galloway Council – Local Government by-Election – Annandale North Electoral Ward – 15 November 2012". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
10. "Election of One Councillor – Electoral Ward 12 – Annandale North". dumgal.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016.
11. "Ward 03 - Dee & Glenkens By-Election 13 December 2018" (PDF). dumgal.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
12. "Result - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West By-Election". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
13. "Declaration Mid Galloway Wigtown West By Election December 2022" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council.