Mid and Upper Nithsdale (ward)

Mid and Upper Nithsdale
Dumfries and Galloway
Boundary of Mid and Upper Nithsdale in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017.
Population	10,448 (2021) [1]
Electorate	8,242 (2022)
Major settlements	Sanquhar
Scottish Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Dumfries and Galloway
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Tony Berretti (SNP)
Councillor	Jim H. Dempster (Independent)
Councillor	Andrew S. Wood (Conservative)
Created from	Cairn Valley Kirkconnel Lochar Mid Nithsdale Sanquhar and District

Mid and Upper Nithsdale is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Year	Councillors
2007		Jim Dempster (Labour/ Ind.)		Gill Dykes (Conservative)		Andrew Wood (SNP/ Conservative)		John Syme (Labour)
2012
2017	Matthew Ronnie (Conservative)
2020
2022					Tony Berretti (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election

Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Tony Berretti	29.2	1,161
	Independent	Jim H. Dempster (incumbent)	27.4	1,087
	Conservative	Andrew S. Wood (incumbent)	15.8	629	631	642	1,139
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	14.8	591	596	612
	Labour	Callum Jamieson	12.7	504	595	630	664
Electorate: 8,242  Valid: 3,972  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 994  Turnout: 48.8%

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2017 election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[4]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Matthew Ronnie	27.98	1,211
	Labour	Jim Dempster (incumbent)	24.38	1,055	1,087.55
	SNP	Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent)††††	20.15	872	876.65	876.96	1,043.9	1,286.21
	Labour	John Syme (incumbent)	16.73	724	730.76	734.26	839.41
	No description	Graham Watson	10.77	466	497.92	498.1
Electorate: 8,105  Valid: 4,328  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 1,083  Turnout: 53.4

2012 Election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[5]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Jim Dempster (incumbent)	27.45	1,194
	Conservative	Gill Dykes (incumbent)	26.53	1,154
	SNP	Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent)	20.51	892
	Labour	John Syme (incumbent)	19.08	830	1,098.6
	UKIP	Douglas Watters	4.55	198	209.1
	Conservative	Elly Hurren	1.86	81	88.3
Electorate: 9,239  Valid: 4,349  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 870  Turnout: 4,416 (47.07%)

2007 Election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election ^[6]

Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Jim Dempster	22.0	1,261
	Conservative	Gill Dykes	19.2	1,102	1,106.10	1,117.38	1,138.47	1,195.83
	Labour	John Syme	15.3	876	942.11	961.57	989.39	1,010.03	1,011.46	1,074.06	1,136.04
	SNP	Andrew Stuart Wood	13.7	783	790.02	816.39	842.57	899.21	901.90	996.69	1,117.31
	Conservative	Neil McKay	13.1	753	757.74	766.02	794.56	836.65	870.23	985.48
	Liberal Democrats	Rog Wood	6.6	378	386.66	397.03	414.48	474.85	477.80
	Independent	Mike Steele	4.5	256	258.46	294.01	317.28
	UKIP	Douglas Watters	3.1	175	178.01	181.19
	Independent	Moses Kungu	2.5	145	149.19
Electorate: 9,354  Valid: 5,729  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,146  Turnout: 62.3%

References

1. "Mid and Upper Nithsdale". Scottish Government. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 - Mid and Upper Nithsdale" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 - Mid and Upper Nithsdale" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
4. "Council elections - May 2017".
5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway".
6. https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/dumfries-and-galloway-council-elections-1-334191 ^{[ dead link ‍]}