Location of the ward [1]
Leaderdale and Melrose is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.
Leaderdale and Melrose is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Parker (Ind.) | Nicholas Watson (Borders Party) | John Paton-Day (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Jim Torrance (SNP) | |||||||
| 2013 | Ian Gillespie (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | Tom Miers (Conservative) | Kevin Drum (SNP) | ||||||
| 2022 | Jenny Linehan (Conservative) | John Paton-Day (SNP) | ||||||
2022 Scottish Borders Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 34.3 | 1,594 | ||||||
| Conservative | Jenny Linehan | 24.4 | 1,133 | 1,241.4 | |||||
| SNP | John Paton-Day | 19.7 | 918 | 1,003.4 | 1,004.4 | 1,006.2 | 284.3 | 1,180.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Johnson | 12.7 | 589 | 686.9 | 718.7 | 724.4 | 791.8 | 905.9 | |
| Labour | Michael Scott | 4.5 | 207 | 240.3 | 247.0 | 250.2 | 284.3 | ||
| Scottish Green | Michael Needham | 4.3 | 199 | 227.7 | 229.4 | 231.4 | |||
| Vanguard | Chris Stefanek | 0.2 | 10 | 14.6 | 16.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 4,650 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||
2017 Scottish Borders Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 25.2% | 1,149 | |||||||
| Conservative | Tom Miers | 20.5% | 934 | 934.9 | 950.9 | 1,014 | 1,476.5 | |||
| SNP | Kevin Drum | 17.8% | 811 | 812.4 | 832.5 | 903.7 | 910.8 | 915.5 | 1,105.3 | |
| Independent | Iain Gillespie (incumbent) | 11.2% | 510 | 513.3 | 585.7 | 720.2 | 744.4 | 871.1 | ||
| Conservative | Diana Findlay | 11.5% | 523 | 523.6 | 543.7 | 529.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 9.4% | 426 | 427.5 | 473.6 | |||||
| Independent | Rebecca Fraser | 4.4% | 202 | 202.7 | ||||||
| Electorate: 8,673 (Est.) Valid: 4,555 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 4,633 (53.4%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Rachael Hamilton | 27.57 | 956 | 975 | 982 | 1,038 | 1,283 | ||
| Borders | Iain Gillespie | 23.48 | 814 | 844 | 900 | 1,118 | 1,444 | 2,066 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 21.46 | 744 | 756 | 816 | 983 | |||
| SNP | Harry Cummings | 17.68 | 613 | 623 | 666 | ||||
| Labour | Robin Tatler | 6.78 | 235 | 238 | |||||
| UKIP | Sherry Fowler | 3.03 | 105 | ||||||
| Electorate: 8,386 Valid: 3,467 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,734 Turnout: 3,487 (41.58%) | |||||||||
2012 Scottish Borders Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 36.34 | 1,304 | ||||||
| Borders | Nicholas Watson (incumbent)† | 17.31 | 621 | 705.9 | 758.9 | 929.6 | |||
| SNP | Jim Torrance†††† | 15.55 | 558 | 632.4 | 706.8 | 742.6 | 747.6 | 969.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Duncan | 12.29 | 441 | 488.3 | 500.2 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day (incumbent) | 12.24 | 439 | 527.1 | 568.3 | 715.8 | 726.8 | ||
| Labour | Agnes Craig | 6.27 | 225 | 258.6 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,292 Valid: 3,588 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 898 Turnout: 3,609 (43.27%) | |||||||||
2007 Scottish Borders Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Parker | 1,362 | 29.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | John Greenwell | 713 | 15.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 703 | 15.3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Borders Party | Nicholas Watson | 692 | 15.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| SNP | Frank McCann | 640 | 14.0 | |||
| Independent | Harry Cummings | 394 | 8.6 | |||
| Independent | John Rae | 78 | 1.7 | |||
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