Bonnyrigg (ward)

Bonnyrigg is one of the six wards used to elect members of Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Bob Constable
(SNP) 		Jack Aitchison
(Labour) 		Derek Milligan
(Labour)
2012 Ian Baxter
(Greens)
2017 Dianne Alexander
(SNP) 		Janet Lay-Douglas
(Conservative)
2022[1] David Virgo
(Conservative)

Election results

2017 election

2017 Midlothian Council election[2]

Bonnyrigg - 3 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Derek Milligan (incumbent) 29.0 1,901          
Conservative Janet Lay-Douglas 21.6 1,415 1,425.6 1,515.9 1,521.3 1,524.7 1,708.1
SNP Dianne Alexander 18.4 1,203 1,210.0 1,222.4 1,778.9    
Scottish Green Ian Baxter (incumbent) 10.7 701 713.7 763.8 799.9 870.2 1,037.0
SNP Colin Lawrie 9.4 617 623.3 632.6      
Labour Louie Lorraine Milliken 7.1 466 665.6 715.8 728.1 741.4  
Independent George McIntyre 3.8 250 257.4        
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,553   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,639   Turnout: 48.5%  

2012 election

2012 Midlothian Council election

Bonnyrigg - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Derek Milligan (incumbent) 30.67 1,574            
SNP Bob Constable (incumbent) 24.49 1,257 1,272.1 1,566.5        
Scottish Green Ian Baxter 13.07 671 681.3 704.2 787.1 930.4 1,079.9 1,407.4
Labour Louie Lorraine Milliken 10.23 525 749.4 768.5 809.4 864.9 1,020.4  
Independent Jack Aitchison (incumbent) 7.44 382 396.9 406.5 430.3 474.1    
Conservative Emma Cummings 7.11 365 368.5 373.5 386.8      
SNP Thomas Munro 6.98 358 366.5          
Electorate: 12,007   Valid: 5,132   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,284   Turnout: 5,205 (42.74%)  

2007 election

2007 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian council election, 2007: Bonnyrigg
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Bob Constable 1,905 30.3 1 1
Labour Jack Aitchison†† 1,530 24.4 2 2
Labour Derek Milligan 1,383 22.0 3 7
Scottish Green Ian Baxter 650 10.4
Conservative John Stoddart 600 9.6
Scottish Socialist Neil Bennet 138 2.2
Solidarity Chris Moyers 71 1.1

References

  1. ^ "Local Government Election 2022".
  2. ^ "Local government election results". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Declaration of results: Ward 2 - Bonnyrigg" (PDF). Midlothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.