Dunoon is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Dick Walsh
(Ind.)
Jimmy McQueen
(Ind.)
Alister MacAlister
(SNP)
2012 Michael Breslin
(SNP)
2017 Jim Anderson
(Ind.)
Bobby Good
(Conservative)
Audrey Forrest
(SNP)
2022 Ross Moreland
(Liberal Democrats)
Daniel Hampsey
(Conservative)

Election results

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2022 election

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Dunoon − 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Audrey E. Forrest (incumbent) 40.9 1,126            
Conservative Daniel Hampsey 17.9 493 501 512 528 556 560 747
Liberal Democrats Ross Moreland 16.9 464 539 544 646 710    
Independent Gordon Graham McKinven 10.1 279 324 336 365 485 492  
Labour Kaitlin Wallace 6.5 180 247 254        
Independent George Darroch 6.1 168 249 266 296      
Scottish Family Susan Watling 1.6 43 62          
Electorate: 5,613   Valid: 2,753   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 689   Turnout: 49.7%  

Source:[2][3]

2017 election

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2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[4]

Dunoon - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Audrey Forrest 19.66 575 580 593 600 616 638 670 1,064
Conservative Bobby Good 18.26 534 539 557 584 602 643 732  
SNP Keir Low 14.05 411 421 423 437 455 467 487  
Independent Jim Anderson 10.70 313 339 353 391 412 542 658 687
Liberal Democrats Ross Moreland 9.03 264 275 286 306 372 406    
Independent John Allison 7.38 216 237 256 305 330      
Labour Mick Rice 6.67 195 203 216 227        
Independent Gordon McKinven 5.26 154 164 195          
Independent Jimmy McQueen (incumbent) 4.85 142 150            
Independent Brian Logan 4.14 121              
Electorate:     Valid: 2,925   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 732   Turnout: 2,997 (53.1%)  

2012 election

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2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[5]

Dunoon - 3 seats *
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Dick Walsh (incumbent) 32.83 777        
SNP Michael Breslin 28.01 663        
Independent Jimmy McQueen (incumbent) 18.25 432 527.5 544.8 590.7 638
Labour Mick Rice 12.51 296 315.5 324.7 337.8 381.4
Liberal Democrats Tony Miles 4.44 105 128.1 137.3 160.1  
Conservative William Green 3.97 94 106.9 111.1    
Electorate: 5,715   Valid: 2,367   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 592   Turnout: 2,405 (41.42%)  

2007 election

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2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[6]

Dunoon
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent Dick Walsh 855 24.6 1 2
SNP Alister MacAlister†††††† 821 23.6 3 4
Independent Jimmy McQueen 754 21.7 2 4
Labour David Graham 358 10.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Miles 257 7.4
Conservative Sandy MacPherson 239 6.9
Independent Gordon McKinven 193 5.6

References

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  1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Dunoon" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Dunoon" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result: Argyll and Bute Council - Dunoon electoral ward" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012.