Midlothian West is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| 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] | ||||||||
Election Results
edit2017 Election
edit2017 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 | ||||
| Scottish 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% | ||||||||||
2015 By-election
edit| 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 | |
| Scottish 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 Election
edit2012 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 | ||||
| Scottish 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 Election
edit2007 Midlothian Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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 | |||
References
edit- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2022".
- ^ Midlothian Council. "2017 local council elections | Local government election results | Midlothian Council". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of results: Ward 4 - Midlothian West" (PDF). Midlothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Midlothian Council (10 August 2015). "By election candidates announced". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2022.