Location of the ward [1]
Penicuik is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
Penicuik is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Margaret Wilson (SNP) | Adam Montgomery (Labour) | Ken Brown (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Derek George Rosie (SNP) | Joe Wallace (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017 | Debbi McCall (SNP) | Andrew Hardie (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2018 by | Joe Wallace (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 [2] | Conor McManus (SNP) | Willie McEwan (Labour) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Joe Wallace | 35.0 | 1,663 | 1,803 | 2,307 | |
| Conservative | Murdo MacDonald | 30.2 | 1,433 | 1,469 | 1,788 | |
| Labour | Vivienne Wallace | 27.6 | 1,310 | 1,414 | ||
| Green | Helen Armstrong | 7.2 | 344 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,781 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 2,376 Turnout: 4,812 (42.9%) | ||||||
2017 Midlothian Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 26.2 | 1,517 | |||||
| Labour | Adam Montgomery (incumbent)† | 25.6 | 1,482 | |||||
| SNP | Debbi McCall | 21.0 | 1,212 | 1,214.5 | 1,217.9 | 1,336.4 | 1,472.8 | |
| SNP | Joe Wallace (incumbent) | 14.3 | 828 | 829.7 | 832.8 | 886.1 | 940.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ken Brown | 7.3 | 425 | 455.7 | 466.9 | 571.6 | ||
| Green | Jim Garry | 5.6 | 329 | 333.1 | 336.5 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,793 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,449 Turnout: 52.3% | ||||||||
2012 Midlothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Derek George Rosie | 29.9 | 1,427 | ||||||
| Labour | Adam Montgomery (incumbent) | 28.6 | 1,363 | ||||||
| SNP | Joe Wallace | 14.8 | 706 | 915.6 | 950.6 | 1,009.1 | 1,057.9 | 1,343.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Thacker | 11.8 | 562 | 571.5 | 601.6 | 721.8 | 993.1 | ||
| Conservative | Sandy Forrest | 9.9 | 474 | 476.5 | 489.8 | 505.9 | |||
| Green | Gary Christopher Bell | 5.0 | 237 | 242.6 | 269.5 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,693 Valid: 4,769 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,193 Turnout: 4,845 (44.6%) | |||||||||
2007 Midlothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Margaret Wilson | 2,307 | 34.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Adam Montgomery | 1,554 | 23.3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ken Brown | 1,001 | 15.0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shiela Thacker | 974 | 14.6 | |||
| Conservative | Sandy Forrest | 694 | 10.4 | |||
| Solidarity | Jackie Moyers | 64 | 1.0 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Norman Gilfillan | 62 | 0.9 | |||
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