Leaderdale and Melrose (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Leaderdale and Melrose is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors[edit]
| 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) | ||||||
| 2022 | Jenny Linehan (Conservative) |
John Paton-Day (SNP) | ||||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 34.3 | 1,594 | ||||||
| Conservative | Jenny Linehan | 24.4 | 1,133 | 1,241.4 | |||||
| SNP | John Paton-Day | 19.7 | 918 | 1,003.4 | 1,004.4 | 1,006.2 | 284.3 | 1,180.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Johnson | 12.7 | 589 | 686.9 | 718.7 | 724.4 | 791.8 | 905.9 | |
| Labour | Michael Scott | 4.5 | 207 | 240.3 | 247.0 | 250.2 | 284.3 | ||
| Scottish Green | Michael Needham | 4.3 | 199 | 227.7 | 229.4 | 231.4 | |||
| Vanguard | Chris Stefanek | 0.2 | 10 | 14.6 | 16.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 4,650 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||
2017 Election[edit]
2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
2012 Scottish Borders Council election[5]
| 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[edit]
2007 Scottish Borders Council election[6]
| 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[edit]
- ^ "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
- ^ Council, Scottish Borders. "2022 Local Government Election information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
- ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
- ^ "Election results - Leaderdale and Melrose by-election count reports - Downloads - Scottish Borders Council". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".
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