Kelso and District (ward)

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

Location of the ward [1]

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

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election [2]

Kelso and District - 3 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 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 [4]

    Kelso and District - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 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 Party 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 [5]

      Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % 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
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      References
      1. https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/download/727/ward_overviews
      2. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017
      3. https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/download/710/ward_8_kelso_and_district_results_information
      4. https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/433/
      5. https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/433/


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