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The 2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Dumfries and Galloway Council representing the Local Authority area of Dumfries and Galloway. It resulted in a council composition with no party receiving a majority of seats. The election used the twelve wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 43 councillors being elected.
Many prominent elected members stood down at this election, including the Leader of the Council, and former Dumfriesshire MSP, Elaine Murray. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.21 | 38.76 | 21,462 | 0.06 | |
SNP | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.58 | 28.17 | 15,602 | 6.61 | |
Labour | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20.93 | 16.55 | 9,169 | 1.9 | |
Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.95 | 8.60 | 4,762 | 8.66 | |
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.51 | 2,496 | 2.64 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | 3.26 | 1,810 | 0.79 | |
Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 68 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Andrew Giusti (incumbent) | 32.87 | 1,518 | |||||||
SNP | Ben Dashper | 23.26 | 1,074 | |||||||
Independent | Willie Scobie (incumbent) | 22.76 | 1,051 | |||||||
Labour | John McCutcheon | 9.92 | 458 | 478.74 | 511.28 | 523.0 | 582.42 | 660.68 | ||
Conservative | Chrissie Hill | 7.32 | 338 | 804.04 | 806.97 | 816.64 | 833.1 | 861.45 | 1,025.86 | |
Scottish Green | Peter Barlow | 2.60 | 120 | 126.65 | 180.98 | 187.14 | ||||
Independent | Tommy Sloan | 1.28 | 59 | 98.92 | 118.89 | 198.15 | 239.43 | |||
Electorate: 11,398 Valid: 4,618 (41.5%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 924 Turnout: 4,726 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | David Inglis | 30.81 | 1,529 | |||||
SNP | Katie Hagmann | 30.33 | 1,505 | |||||
Conservative | Jackie McCamon | 19.43 | 964 | 1,428.50 | ||||
Labour | Sandy Whitelaw | 11.27 | 559 | 578.28 | 681.36 | 806.35 | 1,240.1 | |
Scottish Green | Kenny Campbell | 8.16 | 405 | 415.17 | 690.72 | 736.31 | ||
Electorate: 10,908 Valid: 4,962 (46.4%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 993 Turnout: 5,060 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Andy McFarlane | 25.44 | 1,139 | ||||||
Conservative | John Denerley | 20.37 | 912 | 912.37 | 927.43 | 942.45 | 963.52 | 1,603.68 | |
Conservative | Susan Murdoch | 17.66 | 791 | 791.47 | 801.52 | 835.52 | 859.71 | ||
Independent | Dougie Campbell | 14.63 | 655 | 657.74 | 721.92 | 809.37 | 1,108.76 | 1,227.96 | |
Scottish Green | Laura Moodie | 11.34 | 508 | 517.76 | 556.07 | 651.93 | |||
Labour | Graham Trickey | 6.05 | 271 | 272.94 | 320.22 | ||||
Independent | Anthony Bird | 4.51 | 202 | 203.05 | |||||
Electorate: 8,406 Valid: 4,478 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 4,529 |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Conservative | Pauline Drysdale | 30.25 | 1,220 | ||||||||
SNP | John Young | 25.09 | 1,012 | ||||||||
Independent | Iain Clark Howie | 9.99 | 403 | 425.31 | 425.73 | 468.15 | 521.73 | 582.37 | 827.87 | 1,115.45 | |
Independent | Gill Dykes | 9.57 | 386 | 409.35 | 409.43 | 432.59 | 463.7 | 550.84 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Iain McDonald | 7.76 | 313 | 329.6 | 329.94 | 382.21 | 495.45 | 553.27 | 633.43 | ||
Scottish Green | Liz Ashburn | 6.03 | 243 | 244.21 | 245.53 | ||||||
Labour | Keith Heron | 5.98 | 241 | 246.71 | 247.09 | 316.52 | |||||
Conservative | Iain Kennedy-Moffat | 5.33 | 215 | 341.95 | 341.97 | 349.93 | 361.55 | ||||
Electorate: 7,751 Valid: 4,033 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,009 Turnout: 4,092 (52.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SNP | Kim Lowe | 31.13 | 1,267 | |||
Labour | Davie Stitt | 25.87 | 1,053 | |||
Conservative | Ian Blake | 24.69 | 1,005 | 1,014.24 | 1,020.15 | |
Conservative | Robin Wishart | 12.01 | 489 | 493.91 | 496.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Pumphrey | 6.29 | 256 | 375.09 | 390.24 | |
Electorate: 8,592 Valid: 4,070 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 4,146 (48.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Andy Ferguson | 39.52 | 1,561 | |||||
Conservative | Graham Bell | 28.43 | 1,123 | |||||
Labour | Emma Jordan | 18.43 | 728 | 919.88 | ||||
Labour | Paula Stevenson | 8.78 | 347 | 404.22 | 495.86 | 607.94 | 909.1 | |
Scottish Green | Ann Johnstone | 4.84 | 191 | 526.42 | 571.95 | 579.27 | ||
Electorate: 10,203 Valid: 3,950 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 791 Turnout: 4,012 (39.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Tony Berretti | 29.23 | 1,161 | ||||
Independent | Jim Dempster | 27.37 | 1,087 | ||||
Conservative | Andrew Wood | 15.84 | 629 | 631.88 | 642.83 | 1,139.94 | |
Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 14.88 | 591 | 596.61 | 612.95 | ||
Labour | Callum Jamieson | 12.69 | 504 | 595.34 | 630.2 | 664.05 | |
Electorate: 8,242 Valid: 3,972 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 994 Turnout: 4,018 (48.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SNP | Tracey Little | 33.68 | 1,787 | ||||
Conservative | Ivor Hyslop | 25.41 | 1,348 | ||||
Labour | Linda Dorward | 21.60 | 1,146 | ||||
Conservative | Maureen Johnstone | 14.55 | 772 | 810.33 | 1,058.85 | 1,078.40 | |
Scottish Green | Sandy Rogerson | 4.77 | 253 | 733.92 | 740.62 | ||
Electorate: 11,299 Valid: 5,306 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 5,386 (47.7%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | John Gillespie Campbell | 33.35 | 1,670 | |||||||
Conservative | Malcolm Johnstone | 18.05 | 904 | 920 | 923 | 937.74 | 1,386.79 | |||
Labour | Keith Walters | 16.68 | 835 | 949.4 | 1,291.2 | |||||
Conservative | Alastair Muir | 10.29 | 515 | 521.0 | 523.4 | 539.12 | ||||
Independent | David Slater | 9.75 | 488 | 546 | 562.8 | 621.97 | 642.89 | 785.24 | 1,029.72 | |
Labour | Angie Whitelaw | 7.09 | 355 | 409 | ||||||
Scottish Green | Ann McLauchlan | 4.79 | 240 | 540.4 | 559 | 624.58 | 629.76 | 655.28 | ||
Electorate: 10,573 Valid: 5,007 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 5,079 (48.0%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Conservative | Ian Carruthers | 21.90 | 1,118 | ||||||
SNP | George Jamieson | 21.63 | 1,104 | ||||||
Labour | Sean Marshall | 19.10 | 975 | 982.4 | 1,003.12 | 1,063.84 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Brodie | 17.67 | 902 | 911.2 | 924.35 | 995.49 | 1,017.45 | 1,396.61 | |
Conservative | Alan Weild | 16.44 | 839 | 909.1 | 910.97 | 921.46 | 926.58 | ||
Scottish Green | Cameron Garrett | 3.25 | 166 | 166.7 | 195.86 | ||||
Electorate: 11,245 Valid: 5,104 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 5,198 (46.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SNP | Stephen Thompson (incumbent) | 30.05 | 1,725 | |||||
Conservative | Gail MacGregor | 20.08 | 1,153 | |||||
Conservative | Lynne Davis | 19.40 | 1,114 | 1,134.03 | 1,135.51 | 1,142.51 | 1,165.86 | |
Labour | Carolyne Wilson | 13.88 | 797 | 951.27 | 951.42 | 973.11 | 1,266.7 | |
Conservative | Doug Fairbairn | 10.82 | 621 | 634.5 | 636.25 | 638.92 | 647.94 | |
Scottish Green | Jennifer Norris | 4.58 | 263 | 487.72 | 487.76 | 548.49 | ||
Alba | Marion Collins | 1.18 | 68 | 123.1 | 123.2 | |||
Electorate: 11,910 Valid: 5,741 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,149 Turnout: 5,815 (48.8%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Karen Carruthers | 27.75 | 1,140 | |||||||
Labour | Archie Dryburgh | 21.42 | 880 | 888.45 | 908.65 | 973.11 | 1,260.22 | |||
Independent | Denis Male | 15.41 | 633 | 639.1 | 649.1 | 687.47 | 724.95 | 875.1 | 1,190.62 | |
Conservative | Ron Tait | 14.95 | 614 | 693.1 | 699.67 | 712.75 | 724.95 | 751.84 | ||
SNP | Sylvia Willmot | 14.53 | 597 | 597.88 | 640.98 | 660.98 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Herbst-Gray | 3.33 | 137 | 141.62 | 159.81 | |||||
Scottish Green | Stephen Mattock | 2.60 | 107 | 108.28 | ||||||
Electorate: 8,699 Valid: 4,108 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,028 Turnout: 4,190 (48.2%) |
Over the 2017–2022 term, the SNP and Labour ran a coalition, while the Conservatives were the largest party. Following this election, the SNP under Cllr Stephen Thompson, Labour under Cllr Linda Dorward and the Independent Group (including 6 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat) under Cllr Richard Brodie agreed to work together and form a "Rainbow Coalition". [4] Thompson and Dorward became co-leaders of the council.
Despite the collaboration between the SNP and Labour, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar claimed that the deal was an interim arrangement and "not for the duration of the entire council term". [5] Ultimately, the coalition agreement lasted only 8 months [6] and the Conservatives (with Independent support) took control of the administration.
In October 2022, Labour councillor Sandy Whitelaw resigned, triggering a by-election in Ward 2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, which was held on 8 December 2022. [7]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Conservative | Richard Marsh | 52.86 | 1,787 | |
SNP | Ian Gibson | 26.00 | 879 | |
Labour | John Peter McCutcheon | 9.64 | 326 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain McDonald | 5.62 | 190 | |
Scottish Green | Daniel Hooper-Jones | 5.08 | 172 | |
Electorate: 10,981 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,678.00 Turnout: 3,380 |
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