Lochee (ward)

Lochee is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Dundee City Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		John Letford (Labour)		Tom Ferguson (Labour)		Bob Duncan (SNP)		Nigel Don (SNP)
2007 by-	Alan Ross (SNP)
2012		Norma McGovern (Labour)
2017		Charlie Malone (Labour)	Michael Marra (Labour)	Roisin Smith (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Dundee City Council election [2]

Lochee - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	SNP	Alan Ross (incumbent)	28.6%	1,661
	Labour	Charlie Malone	15.9%	924	933.3	940.3	943.7	959.9	993.4	1,020.9	1,217.7
	SNP	Roisin Smith	14.1%	818	1,256.9
	Labour	Michael Marra	13.4%	778	785.5	793.2	794.5	812.8	819.4	848.4	968.5	1,012.5	1,241.8
	Conservative	Mason Mcilreavy	12.1%	700	702.4	703.9	708.2	724.5	728.5	739.2	813.2	814.9
	Independent	Tom Ferguson (incumbent)	9.7%	565	574.3	582.4	584.4	597.5	623.6	673.4
	Scottish Green	Gordon Matheson	2.3%	132	137.4	163.6	166.2	185.8	206.5
	TUSC	Leah Ganley	1.8%	102	104.1	108.06	110.06	112.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Hutchison	1.6%	91	91.6	92.2	106.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty McKenzie	0.5%	31	32.5	35.1
Electorate: 14,276   Valid: 5,802   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,161   Turnout: 5,965 (41.8%)

2012 Election

2012 Dundee City Council election

Lochee - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	Bob Duncan (incumbent)	31.57%	1,594
	Labour	Tom Ferguson (incumbent)	25.91%	1,308
	SNP	Alan Ross (incumbent)	14.78%	746	1,220.4
	Labour	Norma McGovern	12.32%	622	650.9	889.2	914.1	914.6	934.9	965.7	997.2	1,149.8
	Independent	Scott Campbell	7.41%	374	394.5	404.5	432.3	434.7	453.5	480.6	577.9
	Conservative	Lewis Anderson	4.89%	247	253.2	254.8	257.4	260.1	274.4	275.9
	TUSC	Rory Malone	1.6%	81	87.6	97.2	109.8	110	113.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eildh Jayne Conacher	1.23%	62	70	73.9	78.4	89.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Derry Setch	0.3%	15	16.5	17.6	20.5
Electorate: 13,439   Valid: 5,049   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 5,213 (37.57%)

2007 By-election

Lochee By-Election (22 November 2007)- 1 seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Alan Ross	48.9	2,005	2,020	2,028	2,055
	Labour	George McIrvine	34.0	1,395	1,412	1,432	1,448
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	10.6	435	437	446	500
	Conservative	Martyn R N Geddes	3.8	154	156	161
	Solidarity	Neil Bell	1.4	57	65
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Albert Graham	1.3	55
Electorate: 13,991   Valid: 4,071   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 2,051   Turnout: 4,101 (29.24%)

2007 Election

2007 Dundee City Council election

2007 Council election: Lochee (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Nigel Don	2,216	31.1	1	1
	Labour	John Letford†	1,385	19.4	3	3
	SNP	Bob Duncan	1,142	16.0	2	2
	Labour	Tom Ferguson	940	13.2	4	9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hall	479	6.7
	Conservative	Philip Varghese	369	5.2
	Labour	Chris Hind	297	4.2
	Solidarity	Neil Bell	218	3.1
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Albert Graham	83	1.2
Turnout				52.36

References

1. https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/childpoverty.pdf
2. https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/elections-results-2012-more-detailed-information
3. http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/lochee.html