Dumbarton (ward)

Dumbarton is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

The ward covers most of the town of Dumbarton, including the outlying villages of Milton and Bowling on the Firth of Clyde, but excepting northern parts of Dumbarton such as Bellsmyre, Broadmeadow and Lomondgate which are assigned to the Leven ward.[1]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Geoff Calvert
(Labour)
David McBride
(Labour)
Iain Robertson
(SNP)
George Black
(Ind.)
2012 Thomas Rainey
(Labour)
Ian Murray
(SNP)
2017 Geoff Calvert
(Conservative)
Karen Conaghan
(SNP)
Iain McLaren
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election [2]

Dumbarton - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Labour David McBride (incumbent) 26.9 1,762          
SNP Karen Conaghan 22.8 1,499          
Conservative Brian Walker 14.6 957 979.7 980.5 1,009.3 1,147.1 1,388.0
SNP Iain McLaren 12.3 809 827.1 989.8 998.6 1,254.1 1,403.0
West Dunbartonshire Community George Black (incumbent) 12.1 792 821.0 827.1 888.3    
Labour Elizabeth Ruine 8.9 584 910.2 915.0 937.2 1,103.6  
Independent Andrew Muir 2.4 159 168.4 170.9      
Electorate: 13,146   Valid: 6,562   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 51.2%

    2012 Election

    2012 West Dunbartonshire Council election [4]

    Dumbarton - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Labour David McBride (incumbent) 30.59 1,678            
    SNP Ian Murray 18.01 988 1,015.3 1,027.1 1,039.1 1,050.8 1,071.1 1,130.4
    Independent George Black (incumbent) 13.96 766 788.1 803.4 818.6 840.2 905.1 1,146.6
    Labour Thomas Rainey 13.74 754 1,218.9          
    SNP Iain Robertson (incumbent) 10.21 560 568.6 574.9 581.2 583.7 597.1 621.3
    Independent Iain Ellis 6.60 362 368.9 377.8 380.2 418.1 465.1  
    Conservative Sally Page 4.14 227 230.5 233.6 234.7 241.2    
    Independent Andrew Muir 1.55 85 93.3 98 106.6      
    Scottish Socialist Cammy Fyfe 1.20 66 71.9 78        
    Electorate: 12,620   Valid: 5,486   Quota: 1,098   Turnout: 5,600 (44.37%)

      2007 Election

      2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

      West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      Labour Geoff Calvert 1,292 17.7
      SNP Iain Robertson 1,204 16.5
      Labour David McBride 1,107 15.2
      SNP Betty Mitchell 979 13.4
      Conservative Martyn Anthony McIntyre 719 9.9
      Independent George Black 696 9.6
      Scottish Green Rose Harvie 387 5.3
      Independent Linda McColl 351 4.8
      Independent Alistair Tuach 304 4.2
      Scottish Socialist Les Robertson 242 3.3

      References

      1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
      2. "2017 Local Election - Results by Ward | West Dunbartonshire Council". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
      3. "West Dunbartonshire Council Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
      4. "2012 Council Elections Results | West Dunbartonshire Council". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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