Location of the ward [1]
Midlothian West is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
Midlothian West is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Owen Thompson (SNP) | Russell Imrie (Labour) | Les Thacker (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Andrew Coventry (SNP) | |||||||
| 2015 by | Kelly Parry (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Pauline Winchester (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 [2] | ||||||||
2017 Midlothian Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Pauline Winchester | 26.9 | 1,503 | |||||||
| SNP | Kelly Parry (incumbent) | 19.5 | 1,091 | 1,092.0 | 1,106.3 | 1,159.7 | 1,679.7 | |||
| Labour | Russell Imrie (incumbent) | 12.2 | 684 | 698.8 | 737.5 | 817.0 | 837.3 | 867.9 | 1,443.5 | |
| Labour | Stephen Blain | 11.0 | 612 | 620.1 | 650.1 | 700.2 | 707.3 | 724.1 | ||
| SNP | David Temple | 10.4 | 581 | 582.7 | 587.7 | 616.9 | ||||
| Green | Helen Blackburn | 8.4 | 468 | 473.4 | 552.3 | 680.8 | 715.9 | 835.8 | 889.4 | |
| Independent | Andrew Coventry (incumbent) | 7.4 | 413 | 435.8 | 484.2 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 4.2 | 236 | 256.6 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,588 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,398 Turnout: 47.2% | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Kelly Parry | 43.2% | 1,540 | 1,558 | 1,701 | |
| Labour | Ian Miller | 26.5% | 945 | 977 | 1,082 | |
| Conservative | Pauline Winchester | 14.7% | 524 | 570 | 618 | |
| Green | Daya Feldwick | 10.4% | 372 | 420 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Davidson | 4.5% | 162 | |||
| Independent | David Tedford | 0.7% | 25 | |||
| Electorate: 11,582 Valid: 3,568 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,785 Turnout: 3,617 (31.2%) | ||||||
2012 Midlothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Andrew Coventry | 21.5 | 930 | 935 | 943 | 987 | 1,017 | 1,071 | 1,106 | |
| SNP | Owen Thompson (incumbent)†† | 18.20 | 789 | 793 | 805 | 832 | 861 | 900 | 960 | |
| Labour | Russell Imrie (incumbent) | 17.9 | 776 | 778 | 784 | 823 | 872 | 966 | 1,595 | |
| Labour | Alex Jones | 17.58 | 762 | 764 | 773 | 794 | 821 | 856 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 10.7 | 462 | 480 | 497 | 567 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Les Thacker (incumbent) | 5.67 | 246 | 247 | 263 | 309 | ||||
| Green | Helen Blackburn | 5.2 | 226 | 234 | 258 | |||||
| Independent | George McCleery | 2.38 | 103 | 115 | ||||||
| TUSC | Lynn Leitch | 0.95 | 41 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,714 Valid: 4,335 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 4,389 (40.46%) | ||||||||||
2007 Midlothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Owen Thompson | 1,981 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Russell Imrie | 1,506 | 25.2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Les Thacker | 868 | 14.5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 634 | 10.6 | |||
| Independent | Elizabeth Veitch | 259 | 4.3 | |||
| Independent | George Purcell | 220 | 3.7 | |||
| Independent | Pat Kenny | 188 | 3.2 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Lynn Leitch | 108 | 1.8 | |||
| Had Enough | George McCleery | 105 | 1.8 | |||
| Solidarity | Brian Cranston | 99 | 1.7 | |||
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