Selkirkshire (ward)

Selkirkshire 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 Kenneth Gunn
(SNP)		 Carolyn Riddelll-Carre
(Conservative)		 Vicky Davidson
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Gordon Edgar
(Ind.)		 Michelle Ballantyne
(Conservative)
2017 Elaine Thornton-Nicol
(SNP)
2018 by Caroline Penman
(Ind.)
2022 Caroline Cochrane
(Ind.)		 Leagh Douglas
(Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]

Selkirkshire - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Caroline Cochrane 35.5 1,423      
Conservative Leagh Douglas 26.2 1,049      
SNP Elaine Thornton-Nicol (incumbent) 21.8 873 943.7 945.1 1,073.2
Labour Scott Redpath 5.6 223 280.7 286.7 336.6
Scottish Green Barbra Harvie 5.5 222 266.1 268.2  
Independent Gordon Edgar (incumbent) 5.4 217 310.2 327.3 371.7
Electorate: 8,018   Valid: 4,007   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 1,002   Turnout: 50.4%  

    2018 by-election
    Selkirkshire By-election (22 February 2018)[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Conservative Trevor Adams 35.7 1,247 1,251 1,262 1,276 1,307 1,342  
    Independent Caroline Penman 29.7 1,040 1,049 1,080 1,125 1,231 1,522 2,028
    SNP John Mitchell 19.8 691 717 729 758 797    
    Independent Kenneth Gunn 6.3 219 226 238 249      
    Labour Scott Redpath 3.8 134 144 158        
    Liberal Democrats Jack Clark 2.7 95 103          
    Scottish Green Barbra Harvie 2.0 70            
    Valid: 3,496   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,749   Turnout: 3,536 (45.1%)  

      2017 Election

      2017 Scottish Borders Council election[4]

      Selkirkshire - 3 seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Conservative Michelle Ballantyne (incumbent) 27% 1,081                
      SNP Elaine Thornton-Nicol 22.2% 888 889 941 956 983 1,031      
      Independent Gordon Edgar (incumbent) 12.8% 514 524 531 569 607 646 652 847 1,083
      Conservative Trevor Adams 15.1% 606 661 663 675 694 713 713 763  
      Independent Kenneth Gunn 9.8% 392 396 403 417 429 456 464    
      Labour Scott Redpath 3.7% 147 148 165 176 219        
      Liberal Democrats Nancy Norman 3.3% 134 136 163 171          
      Independent David Black 3.1% 123 124 125            
      Scottish Green Barbra Harvie 3% 122 123              
      Electorate: 7,752 (Est.)   Valid: 4,007   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,002   Turnout: 4,093 (52.8%)  

        2012 Election

        2012 Scottish Borders Council election[6]

        Selkirkshire - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Conservative Michelle Ballantyne 24.28 799 832      
        SNP Kenneth Gunn (incumbent) 20.39 671 696 696.8 744.9  
        Liberal Democrats Vicky Davidson (incumbent) 19.72 649 708 710.8 821.4 1,042.6
        Independent Gordon Edgar 18.14 597 673 674.1 762.4 983.5
        Borders Leven Brown 9.09 299 340 341.7    
        Independent Gordon Harrison 8.39 276        
        Electorate: 7,714   Valid: 3,291   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 823   Turnout: 3,327 (42.66%)  

          2007 Election

          2007 Scottish Borders Council election[7]

          Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Selkirkshire
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          Liberal Democrats Vicky Davidson 1,313 29.5 1 1
          Conservative Carolyn Riddell-Carre 1,121 25.2 2 1
          SNP Kenneth Gunn 826 18.5 3 5
          Independent Gordon Edgar 558 12.5
          Borders Party Violet Baillie 360 8.1
          Independent Alistair Pattullo 279 6.3

          References
          1. "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
          2. Council, Scottish Borders. "2022 Local Government Election information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
          3. "Local government by-election results".
          4. "Local Government Election 2017 results".
          5. "Ward 4 Selkirkshire results information | Scottish Borders Council".
          6. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
          7. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".


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