Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (ward)

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Dumfries and Galloway
Boundary of Mid Galloway and Wigtown West in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population	13,461 (2021) [1]
Electorate	10,981 (2022)
Major settlements	Newton Stewart Wigtown
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	4
Councillor	David Inglis (Conservative)
Councillor	Katie Hagmann (SNP)
Councillor	Jackie McCamon (Conservative)
Councillor	Richard Marsh (Conservative)
Created from	Mid Galloway Wigtown West

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West is one of the twelve electoral wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 13,461 people.

The area has produced strong results for the Conservatives who have held at least half of the seats since the ward was created in 2017.

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. Mid Galloway and Wigtown West encompasses an area represented by the former Mid Galloway, Wigtown West and Dee wards. The ward takes in an area in the west of the council area from the boundaries with East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the Machars peninsula between Luce Bay and Wigtown Bay in the Irish Sea. It is situated within Galloway and takes in the western part of the historic county of Wigtownshire. The ward's name is a reference to the historic county and not the town of Wigtown which is wholly included within the ward. The ward also includes the towns of Newton Stewart, Creetown and Whithorn as well as villages including Castle Kennedy, Dunragit, Kirkcowan, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Port William and the Isle of Whithorn. ^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		David Inglis (Conservative)		Graham Nicol (Conservative)		Katie Hagmann (SNP)		Jim McColm (Ind.)
2022	Jackie McCamon (Conservative)			Sandy Whitelaw (Labour)
2022 by-election				Richard Marsh (Conservative)

Election results

2022 by-election

Sandy Whitelaw resigned after a few months for personal reasons. Conservative candidate Richard Marsh was elected in the by-election held on 8 December 2022. ^[3]

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West by-election (8 December 2022) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Richard Marsh	52.8	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
Electorate: 10,981  Valid: 3,354  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,678  Turnout: 30.8%

Source: ^[4]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	David Inglis (incumbent)	30.8	1,529
	SNP	Katie Hagmann (incumbent)	30.3	1,505
	Conservative	Jackie McCamon	19.4	964	1,428
	Labour	Sandy Whitelaw	11.3	559	578	681	806	1,240
	Scottish Green	Kenny Campbell	8.2	405	415	690	736
Electorate: 10,908  Valid: 4,962  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 993  Turnout: 46.4%

Source: ^{[5] [6]}

2017 election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[7]

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	David Inglis	26.07	1,403
	Independent	Jim McColm (incumbent)	18.13	976	1,012.01	1,027.25	1,050.25	1,158.41
	Conservative	Graham Nicol (incumbent) †††††	13.43	723	960.46	962.93	971.02	1,009.64	1,032.12	1,234.63
	SNP	Katie Hagmann	13.02	701	703.32	708.32	733.32	806.49	811.66	860.02	867.82	1,416.84
	SNP	Steve Norris	10.63	572	574.32	577.56	587.56	606.25	612.84	657.4	664.87
	Independent	Richard Oxley	8.83	475	48.01	496.24	506.24	551.94	579.43
	Labour	Matthew Curry	6.84	368	375.67	379.9	407.36
	Scottish Green	Barbara Bannatyne	2.16	116	118.32	121.79
	Independent	John McCutcheon	0.89	48	49.86
Electorate: 9,594  Valid: 5,382  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 1,076  Turnout: 57.3

References

1. "Mid Galloway and Wigtown West". 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. "Conservatives pick up Dumfries and Galloway Council seat from Labour". BBC News. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. "Declaration Mid Galloway Wigtown West By Election December 2022" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
5. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
6. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
7. "Council elections - May 2017". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 20 April 2025.