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Council elections - May 2022

Local government elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 and 43 councillors were elected for the 12 wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council.

Overall result

  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist - 16
  • Scottish National Party - 11
  • Scottish Labour Party - 9
  • Scottish Liberal Democrats - 1
  • Independent - 6

Detailed results

12 wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council
WardCouncillors
1 - Stranraer and the Rhins

Ben Dashper (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Andrew Giusti (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Chrissie Hill (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Willie Scobie

2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Katie Hagmann (Scottish National Party (SNP))
David Inglis (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Jackie McCamon (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Sandy Whitelaw (Scottish Labour Party)

3 - Dee and Glenkens

Dougie Campbell (Independent)
John Denerley (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Andy McFarlane (Scottish National Party (SNP))

4 - Castle Douglas and Crocketford

Pauline Drysdale (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Iain Clark Howie (Independent)
John Lachlan Young (Scottish National Party)

5 - Abbey

Ian Blake (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Kim Lowe (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Davie Stitt (Scottish Labour Party)

6 - North West Dumfries

Graham Bell (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Andy Ferguson (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Emma Jordan (Scottish Labour Party)
Paula Stevenson (Scottish Labour Party)

7 - Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Tony Berretti (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Jim Dempster (Independent)
Andrew Wood (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)

8 - Lochar

Linda Dorward (Scottish Labour Party)
Ivor Hyslop (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Maureen Johnstone (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Tracey Little (Scottish National Party (SNP))

9 - Nith

John Gillespie Campbell (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Malcolm Johnstone (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
David Robert Slater (Independent)
Keith Walters (Scottish Labour Party)

10 - Annandale South

Richard John Brodie (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
Ian Carruthers (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
George Jamieson (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Sean Marshall (Scottish Labour Party)

11 - Annandale North

Lynne Davis (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Gail MacGregor (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Stephen Thompson (Scottish National Party (SNP))
Carolyne Wilson (Scottish Labour Party)

12 - Annandale East and Eskdale

Karen Carruthers (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
Archie Dryburgh (Scottish Labour Party)
Denis Raymond Male (Independent)

Page last updated: 10/05/2022
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