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
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)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]

Kelso and District - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Liberal Democrats Euan Robson (incumbent) 29.8% 1,169            
Conservative Tom Weatherston (incumbent) 24.0% 942 987.7          
Conservative Simon Mountford (incumbent) 23.1% 904 926.8 932.2 932.2 937.1 973.8 1,111.3
Scottish Green Shelagh King 13.2% 518 560.9 561.1 564.6 575.2 736.2  
Labour Wilson George 7.7% 301 331.2 331.4 335.7 392.3    
Labour Kenryck Lloyd-Jones 1.8% 69 81.7 81.8 82.3      
Vanguard Party championing Kelso Sunny Smith 0.4% 17 19.3 19.3        
Electorate: 8,499   Valid: 3,920   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 981   Turnout: 46.9%  

    2017 Election

    2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]

    Kelso and District - 3 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    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[5]

      Kelso and District - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      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 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[6]

        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

        References
        1. "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
        2. "2022 Local Government Election Information".
        3. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
        4. "Ward 8 Kelso and District results information | Scottish Borders Council".
        5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
        6. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".


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