Kelso and District (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Kelso and District is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Tom Weatherson (Ind./ Conservative)		Alasdair Hutton (Conservative)		Alec Nicol (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Simon Mountford (Conservative)
2017	Euan Robson (Liberal Democrats)
2022

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election ^[2]

Kelso and District - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Robson (incumbent)	29.8%	1,169
	Conservative	Tom Weatherston (incumbent)	24.0%	942	987.7
	Conservative	Simon Mountford (incumbent)	23.1%	904	926.8	932.2	932.2	937.1	973.8	1,111.3
	Green	Shelagh King	13.2%	518	560.9	561.1	564.6	575.2	736.2
	Labour	Wilson George	7.7%	301	331.2	331.4	335.7	392.3
	Labour	Kenryck Lloyd-Jones	1.8%	69	81.7	81.8	82.3
	Vanguard Party championing Kelso	Sunny Smith	0.4%	17	19.3	19.3
Electorate: 8,499  Valid: 3,920  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 981  Turnout: 46.9%

2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election ^[3]

Kelso and District - 3 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Tom Weatherston (incumbent)	28%	1,212
	Conservative	Simon Mountford (incumbent)	25%	1,083
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Robson	14.7%	636	675	675	700	741	788	955	1,370
	SNP	Alison Lamond	16.5%	713	715	715	731	749	809	850
	Independent	Ian Aitchison	7.7%	333	362	362	389	401	424
	Green	Colin Shaughnessy	3%	129	133	133	144	164
	Labour	Sally Prentice	2.7%	116	119	119	124
	Independent	Colin McGrath	2.4%	104	114	114
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,326  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,082  Turnout: 53.1%

2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election ^[5]

Kelso and District - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Tom Weatherston (incumbent)	23.98	777	777	794	824
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Nicol (incumbent)	22.5	729	756	791	832
	Conservative	Simon Mountford	14.29	463	471	482	518	522.6	529.2	610.1	703.7
	SNP	Maggie Stanfield	12.75	413	444	462	507	510.5	511.6	590.1
	Independent	Yvonne Huggins-Haig	10.0	324	331	365	435	438.7	440.2
	Borders	Diana Miers	7.81	253	269	306
	Independent	Colin McGrath	5.09	165	176
	Green	Michael Scott	3.58	116
Electorate: 8,242  Valid: 3,240  Spoilt: 24  Quota: 811  Turnout: 3,264 (39.31%)

2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election ^[6]

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Nicol	1,116	25.7	1	1
	Conservative	Alasdair Hutton	982	22.7	2	5
	Independent	Tom Weatherston†	814	18.8	3	5
	Independent	Trevor Black	431	9.9
	Conservative	Andrew Thomson	427	9.9
	SNP	Paul Cartledge	346	8.0
	Green	Michael Scott	218	5.0

References

1. "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
2. "2022 Local Government Election Information".
3. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
4. "Ward 8 Kelso and District results information | Scottish Borders Council".
5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
6. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".