Kelso and District (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Kelso and District is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Tom Weatherson
(Ind./
Conservative) 		Alasdair Hutton
(Conservative) 		Alec Nicol
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Simon Mountford
(Conservative)
2017 Euan Robson
(Liberal Democrats)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]

Kelso and District - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Liberal Democrats Euan Robson (incumbent) 29.8% 1,169            
Conservative Tom Weatherston (incumbent) 24.0% 942 987.7          
Conservative Simon Mountford (incumbent) 23.1% 904 926.8 932.2 932.2 937.1 973.8 1,111.3
Scottish Green Shelagh King 13.2% 518 560.9 561.1 564.6 575.2 736.2  
Labour Wilson George 7.7% 301 331.2 331.4 335.7 392.3    
Labour Kenryck Lloyd-Jones 1.8% 69 81.7 81.8 82.3      
Vanguard Party championing Kelso Sunny Smith 0.4% 17 19.3 19.3        
Electorate: 8,499   Valid: 3,920   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 981   Turnout: 46.9%  

2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]

Kelso and District - 3 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Tom Weatherston (incumbent) 28% 1,212              
Conservative Simon Mountford (incumbent) 25% 1,083              
Liberal Democrats Euan Robson 14.7% 636 675 675 700 741 788 955 1,370
SNP Alison Lamond 16.5% 713 715 715 731 749 809 850  
Independent Ian Aitchison 7.7% 333 362 362 389 401 424    
Scottish Green Colin Shaughnessy 3% 129 133 133 144 164      
Labour Sally Prentice 2.7% 116 119 119 124        
Independent Colin McGrath 2.4% 104 114 114          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,326   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,082   Turnout: 53.1%  

2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election[5]

Kelso and District - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Tom Weatherston (incumbent) 23.98 777 777 794 824        
Liberal Democrats Alec Nicol (incumbent) 22.5 729 756 791 832        
Conservative Simon Mountford 14.29 463 471 482 518 522.6 529.2 610.1 703.7
SNP Maggie Stanfield 12.75 413 444 462 507 510.5 511.6 590.1  
Independent Yvonne Huggins-Haig 10.0 324 331 365 435 438.7 440.2    
Borders Diana Miers 7.81 253 269 306          
Independent Colin McGrath 5.09 165 176            
Scottish Green Michael Scott 3.58 116              
Electorate: 8,242   Valid: 3,240   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 811   Turnout: 3,264 (39.31%)  

2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election[6]

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Alec Nicol 1,116 25.7 1 1
Conservative Alasdair Hutton 982 22.7 2 5
Independent Tom Weatherston† 814 18.8 3 5
Independent Trevor Black 431 9.9
Conservative Andrew Thomson 427 9.9
SNP Paul Cartledge 346 8.0
Scottish Green Michael Scott 218 5.0

References

  1. ^ "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
  2. ^ "2022 Local Government Election Information".
  3. ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
  4. ^ "Ward 8 Kelso and District results information | Scottish Borders Council".
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".


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