West Dunbartonshire Council elections

West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

Year	Labour	SNP	WDCP	Socialist	Conservative	Independent
1995	14	7	0	0	0	1
1999 [a]	14	7	0	0	0	1
2003	17	3	0	1	0	1
2007 [b]	10	9	0	1	0	2
2012	12	6	0	1	0	3
2017 [c]	8	10	1	0	2	1
2022	12	9	1	0	0	0

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[2]

Results maps

• 
  1995 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick By-Election 14 October 2004 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Black [4]	605	34.5	+34.5
	SNP		522	29.8	−28.7
	Labour		422	24.1	−17.4
	Conservative		141	8.0	+8.0
	Scottish Socialist		64	3.6	+3.6
Majority			83	4.7
Turnout			1,754
	Independent gain from SNP		Swing

Dumbarton West By-Election 17 March 2005 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Pilkington [6]	607	50.8	−10.4
	SNP		287	24.0	+3.4
	Independent		141	11.8	+11.8
	Scottish Socialist		130	10.9	−7.3
	Conservative		30	2.5	+2.5
Majority			320	26.8
Turnout			1,195
	Labour hold		Swing

Dumbarton West By-Election 15 June 2006 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Iain Robertson [8]	592	45.1	+21.1
	Labour		588	44.8	−6.0
	Scottish Socialist		75	5.7	−5.2
	Conservative		58	4.4	+1.9
Majority			4	0.3
Turnout			1,313
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

2007-2012

Kilpatrick By-Election 3 March 2011 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Lawrence O'Neill	60.0	1,382
	SNP	Frank McNiff	32.9	758
	Conservative	Douglas Boyle	7.0	161
	Labour hold
Valid: 2,301  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,151  Turnout: 2,327

2022-2027

Clydebank Central By-Election 13 June 2024 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Fiona Hennebry	49.6	1,398	1,400	1,404	1,425
	SNP	Marina Scanlan	38.9	1,095	1,099	1,118	1,127
	Conservative	Ewan McGinnigle	4.4	125	126	126	130
	Independent	Andrew Muir	3.1	87	87	91	98
	Liberal Democrats	Kai Pyper	1.8	52	56	59
	Communist	Nathan Hennebry	1.7	47	47
	Independent	Kelly Wilson	0.4	12
	Labour hold
Valid: 2,816  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,409  Turnout: 2,845

Kilpatrick By-Election 28 November 2024 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	William Rooney	42.8	725	731	736	753	782	814
	SNP	Marina Scanlan	30.3	514	514	518	523	559	564
	Reform	David Smith	10.4	176	178	184	186	191	200
	Conservative	Ewan McGinnigle	5.7	97	97	97	102	103
	Green	Paula Baker	4.3	73	83	84	95
	Liberal Democrats	Kai O'Connor	3.7	63	64	66
	Scottish Family	Andrew Muir	1.5	25	25
	Communist	Dylan McAllister	1.4	23
	Labour hold
Valid: 1,696  Spoilt: 9  Quota: 849  Turnout: 1,705

Clydebank Waterfront By-Election 15 May 2025 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Kevin Crawford	35.6	1,039	1,042	1,061	1,095	1,098	1,123	1,331
	Reform	David Smith	26.3	768	722	780	782	808	840	919
	Labour	Maureen McGlinchey	25.3	739	742	745	759	770	822
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Eoin Stewart	4.7	138	138	138	154	167
	Conservative	Brian Walker	2.9	84	85	85	87
	Green	Eryn Browning	2.6	76	77	83
	Alba	Kristopher Duncan	1.6	47	51
	Scottish Family	Andrew Muir	0.9	25
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,916  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,459  Turnout: 2,954

References

1. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - West Dunbartonshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - West Dunbartonshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
4. "WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL - 27 October 2004 Meeting". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Dumbarton West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
6. "WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL - 30 March 2005 Meeting". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Dumbarton West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
8. "Labour loses Scottish council stronghold". The Guardian. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
9. "Labour Wins Kilpatrick By-Election". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
10. "New Councillor for Clydebank Central following by election". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
11. "Ward 4 - Kilpatrick By-Election on 28 November 2024" (PDF). West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
12. "Ward 6 - Clydebank Waterfront By-Election on 15 May 2025" (PDF). West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2025.