Lochar is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Jeff Leaver
(Labour)
John Anthony Charteris
(Conservative)
Ivor Alexander Hyslop
(Conservative)
Lorna Jean McGowan
(SNP)
2012 Jeff Leaver
(Labour)
Ted Thompson
(SNP)
2017 John Anthony Charteris
(Conservative)
Tracey Little
(SNP)
2022 Linda Dorward
(Labour)
Maureen Johnstone
(Conservative)

Election Results

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2017 Election

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2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[2]

Lochar - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Conservative John Anthony Charteris 24.19 1,208                
Conservative Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent) 16.88 843 1,000.61              
Labour Jeff Leaver (incumbent) 13.72 685 688.29 688.5 701.68 833.24 875.96 899.3 916.78 1,153.64
SNP Tracey Little 13.20 659 661.08 661.09 685.1 689.1 710.45 1,099.98    
Independent Yen Hongmei Jin (incumbent) 12.13 606 620.71 620.97 637.15 652.15 777.22 786.22 810.59  
SNP Joe McGurk 8.33 416 417.21 417.23 440.58 447.58 459.75      
Independent Maureen Johnstone 5.99 299 310.94 311.21 322.73 326.73        
Labour Keith Walters 3.16 158 158.69 158.74 175.92          
Scottish Green Arthur Ramsay 2.40 120 121.38 121.43            
Electorate: 10,603   Valid: 4,994   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 999   Turnout: 47.1  

2012 Election

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2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[3]

Lochar - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Yen Hongmei Jin†††† 28.46 1,190        
Labour Jeff Leaver (incumbent) 27.73 1,159        
Conservative Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent) 15.86 663 703 710.5 723.7 1,266.4
Conservative John Anthony Charteris (incumbent) 15.05 629 675.9 685.6 700.3  
Labour Ted Thompson 12.89 539 660 941.7    
Electorate: 9,295   Valid: 4,180   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 837   Turnout: 4,242 (44.97%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[4]

Lochar
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Jeff Leaver 19.3 978 983 1,010 1,522      
Conservative John Anthony Charteris 17.2 872 882 916 923 949.14 951.08 1,092.25
SNP Lorna Jean McGowan 16.5 836 843 901 930 1,029.85    
Conservative Ivor Alexander Hyslop 15.6 791 799 832 840 860.44 861.94 1,001.14
Labour Alec Martin 11.8 597 603 636        
Independent David Slater 10.9 550 593 672 686. 764.07 768.89  
Liberal Democrats John Robertson 6.3 317 340          
Independent Graham William Sutherland McLeod 2.3 118            
Electorate: 8,900   Valid: 5,059   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,012   Turnout: 57.7%  

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Council elections - May 2017".
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway".
  4. ^ https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/dumfries-and-galloway-council-elections-1-334191 [dead link]