Leaderdale and Melrose (ward)
Leaderdale and Melrose 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 | David Parker (Ind.) |
Nicholas Watson (Borders Party) |
John Paton-Day (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
2012 | Jim Torrance (SNP) | |||||||
2013 | Ian Gillespie (Ind.) | |||||||
2017 | Tom Miers (Conservative) |
Kevin Drum (SNP) |
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 Scottish Borders Council election [2]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 25.2% | 1,149 | |||||||
Conservative | Tom Miers | 20.5% | 934 | 934.9 | 950.9 | 1,014 | 1,476.5 | |||
SNP | Kevin Drum | 17.8% | 811 | 812.4 | 832.5 | 903.7 | 910.8 | 915.5 | 1,105.3 | |
Independent | Iain Gillespie (incumbent) | 11.2% | 510 | 513.3 | 585.7 | 720.2 | 744.4 | 871.1 | ||
Conservative | Diana Findlay | 11.5% | 523 | 523.6 | 543.7 | 529.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 9.4% | 426 | 427.5 | 473.6 | |||||
Independent | Rebecca Fraser | 4.4% | 202 | 202.7 | ||||||
Electorate: 8,673 (Est.) Valid: 4,555 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,139 Turnout: 4,633 (53.4%) |
2013 By-election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Conservative | Rachael Hamilton | 27.57 | 956 | 975 | 982 | 1,038 | 1,283 | ||
Borders | Iain Gillespie | 23.48 | 814 | 844 | 900 | 1,118 | 1,444 | 2,066 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 21.46 | 744 | 756 | 816 | 983 | |||
SNP | Harry Cummings | 17.68 | 613 | 623 | 666 | ||||
Labour | Robin Tatler | 6.78 | 235 | 238 | |||||
UKIP | Sherry Fowler | 3.03 | 105 | ||||||
Electorate: 8,386 Valid: 3,467 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 1,734 Turnout: 3,487 (41.58%) |
2012 Election
2012 Scottish Borders Council election [4]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 36.34 | 1,304 | ||||||
Borders | Nicholas Watson (incumbent)† | 17.31 | 621 | 705.9 | 758.9 | 929.6 | |||
SNP | Jim Torrance†††† | 15.55 | 558 | 632.4 | 706.8 | 742.6 | 747.6 | 969.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Duncan | 12.29 | 441 | 488.3 | 500.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day (incumbent) | 12.24 | 439 | 527.1 | 568.3 | 715.8 | 726.8 | ||
Labour | Agnes Craig | 6.27 | 225 | 258.6 | |||||
Electorate: 8,292 Valid: 3,588 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 898 Turnout: 3,609 (43.27%) |
2007 Election
2007 Scottish Borders Council election [5]
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Parker | 1,362 | 29.9 | 1 | 1 | |
Conservative | John Greenwell | 713 | 15.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Paton-Day | 703 | 15.3 | 2 | 5 | |
Borders Party | Nicholas Watson | 692 | 15.1 | 3 | 5 | |
SNP | Frank McCann | 640 | 14.0 | |||
Independent | Harry Cummings | 394 | 8.6 | |||
Independent | John Rae | 78 | 1.7 |
References
- https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/download/727/ward_overviews
- https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017
- http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/file/5927/election_results
- https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/433/
- https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/433/
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