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Chapter 56  Border Councils

56.1  Dumfries and Galloway

Annan Central [No. 38]

Tony Turner  LD  942
Frank McGowan  Lab  215
William Kerr  C  101

Annan East [No. 39]

Ronald Ogilvie  Lab  429
John Ramage  LD  426
Esme Forbes  C  138

Annan West [No. 37]

Wilma Paterson  Lab  497
Alan Thomson  LD  411
Carol Neilson  C  388
Allan Baldwin  SSP  67

Caerlaverock [No. 35]

Billy Little  SNP  657
Alan Moores  Ind  349
Christopher Carruthers  C  298
Ronnie Nicholson  Lab  148

Cairn Valley [No. 19]

Allan Wright  C  779
Johanne Wood  SNP  366
Mike McLurg  Lab  260

Canonbie and Kirtle [No. 43]

Ian Lindsay  Ind  533
Liz Boon  C  492
Jock Dinwoodie  LD  371

Castle Douglas – Dee [No. 14]

Jock Purdie  Ind  633
Robert Fairbairn  SNP  480
Mungo Bryson  C  253

Castle Douglas – Urr [No. 15]

Andrew Campbell  Ind  1,324
Alec Dalziel  C  233

Chapelcross [No. 40]

Sean Marshall  Lab  785
Ian Carruthers  C  417
Joyce Wylie  LD  170

Cree [No. 9]

Joan Mitchell  LD  717
John McNaught  SNP  475
Agnes Kerr  C  250

Criffel [No. 18]

Bruce Hodgson  C  718
Michael Thomson  Ind  563
John Martin  Lab  167
Robert Davidson  SNP  125

Dalbeattie – Craignair [No. 16]

Kathleen Davidson  SNP  806
Renwick Leitch  C  525

Dalbeattie – Milton [No. 17]

Helen Bell  Ind  699
Jo Kemp  C  494
Grant McLennan  SNP  398

Dryfe and Lockerbie East [No. 44]

Lavinia Vaughan  C  557
Edward Brown  Lab  364
Robert Murray  SNP  191

Georgetown [No. 33]

Brian Conchie  Lab  767
Frances Hassall  C  500

Heathhall [No. 31]

Kenneth Cameron  Ind  1,032
Sheena Dunlop  C  270

Hoddom and Kinmount [No. 36]

Andrew Bell-Irving  C  795
Madiha Gemie  LD  172
Jeffrey Leaver  Lab  166

Kirkconnel [No. 21]

Moses Kungu  Lab  621
Jacky Wilson  Ind  269
Mary Gordon  SNP  115
Iain Kennedy-Moffat  C  27

Kirkcudbright – Bengairn [No. 12]

Jane Maitland  Ind  883
Harold Marland  Ind  504
Lorna Thornton  C  169

Kirkcudbright – Tarff [No. 11]

Patsy Gilroy  C  873
Roland Chaplain  SNP  397
David Pennycuick  LD  146

Langholm and Upper Eskdale [No. 42]

Denis Male  LD  654
Alan Rogers  Ind  329
John Telfer  C  146
Gregor Newlands  Lab  49

Lincluden [No. 23]

David McKie  Lab  720
Robert Brack  SSP  141
Thomas Lyness  C  92

Lochar [No. 30]

Beth Gordon  Ind  830
John Charteris  C  365
Deborah Ross  SNP  217

Lochmaben [No. 46]

Michael Dickie  LD  583
Roger Grant  C  322
Ian Pennie  Ind  199
Thomas Docherty  Lab  126
Robert Shannon  SNP  91

Lochside [No. 24]

William Nimmo  Ind  486
Gilbert Fergusson  Lab  412
Elizabeth Shannon  SNP  136
Adrienne Regan  C  30

Lochvale [No. 34]

Ian Callander  Ind  581
Colin Smyth  Lab  514
Valerie Lewis  C  211
David Johnson  LD  75

Lockerbie and Upper Annandale [No. 45]

Marjory McQueen  C  936
John Rogerson  Lab  274

Loreburn [No. 28]

Thomas Holmes  Ind  767
Robin Wishart  Lab  220
Haig McCulloch  Ind  89
Alan MacLeod  C  78

Luce [No. 6]

Fred Murray  SNP  785
Roberta Tuckfield  C  389
Colin Arkless  Lab  280

Marchmount [No. 29]

John Forteath  Lab  727
Ian Livingstone  C  419
Carolyn Traill  LD  299

Maxwelltown [No. 26]

Alfred Hannay  Lab  584
Graham Bell  C  519
Donald Urquhart  Ind  217
Irene Lennox  LD  133

Mid Nithsdale [No. 22]

Neil McKay  C  Unop.

Moffat [No. 47]

Safa Ash-Kuri  C  619
William Lockhart  Ind  479
William Millar  SNP  234
Kathryn McCulloch  Lab  214

Nithsdale East [No. 32]

Ivor Hyslop  C  725
Andrew Johnston  Lab  307
John Dowson  Ind  249

Palmerston [No. 25]

George McBurnie  Lab  800
Archibald Wight  C  283

Rhins North [No. 2]

John Agnew  Ind  939
John Dougan  C  335
Sam Scobie  Lab  216

Rhins South [No. 1]

Grahame Forster  Lab  1,004
John Enos  C  393

Sanquhar and District [No. 20]

James Dempster  Lab  1,147
Hugh Wright  C  319

Solway Border [No. 41]

Allan Graham  C  633
Irene Henry  Lab  494
Margaret Wood  SNP  83

Stewartry North [No. 13]

George Prentice  Ind  998
Graham Watson  C  508

Stewartry West [No. 10]

Tony Gilbey  C  867
John McFarlane  SNP  419

Stranraer East [No. 5]

Robert Higgins  SNP  710
Maureen McKinley  C  313
Ian Lightbody  Lab  235

Stranraer North [No. 3]

Tommy Sloan  Lab  589
Billy Kennedy  SNP  392
Nigel Forster  C  146

Stranraer South [No. 4]

Willie Scobie  Lab  635
Bill Gray  SNP  216
Michael Pemberton  C  119

Troqueer [No. 27]

Thomas McAughtrie  Lab  674
Mary Templeton  C  499
John Cassie  SSP  162

Whithorn [No. 7]

Alistair Geddes  SNP  954
Isobel Melville  C  362
Jean Whittaker  LD  151

Wigtown [No. 8]

Sandra McDowall  LD  633
Sheila Stewart  C  331
Christine Weir  SNP  270
Derek McCalman  SSP  59

Consolidated Results — Dumfries and Galloway

Conservative            18,236  30.1%  11 councillors (1 unopposed)
Labour                  14,640  24.1%  14 councillors
Independents            12,952  21.4%  12 councillors
Scottish National Party  8,517  14.0%   5 councillors
Liberal Democrat         5,883   9.7%   5 councillors
Scottish Socialist Party   429   0.7%

56.2  Scottish Borders

Alewater and Denholm [No. 22]

John Houston  LD  706
John Greenwell  C  677

Burnfoot and Mansfield [No. 13]

David Richardson  Ind  401
Norman Pender  LD  375
Harry Stoddart  SNP  122
John Lamont  C  48

Chirnside and District [No. 2]

James Fullarton  C  674
Aileen Orr  SNP  446

Coldstream and District [No. 3]

John Law  Ind  603
Donald Moffat  SNP  556
Robert Kennedy  C  285

Duns and District North [No. 5]

John Elliot  Ind  449
Maureen Ferguson  LD  366
Gavin Calder  C  365

Duns and District South [No. 4]

Margaret McCrave  C  450
Anne de Fernandez  LD  416
Gordon Mathews  SNP  258

Earlston, Gordon and District [No. 19]

Miles Browne  C  Unop.

Eyemouth and District North [No. 6]

George Russell  LD  615
Andrew Morgan  C  504

Eyemouth and District South [No. 1]

Michael Cook  Ind  779
Michael Norcott  C  166

Forest [No. 24]

Vicky Davidson  LD  669
Christopher Renton  SNP  514
Kevin Newton  C  243

Galawater and Lauderdale [No. 18]

Douglas Younger  C  465
Alexander Aitchison  Ind  415
Graeme Donald  Ind  374
John Runciman  LD  328

Hermitage [No. 12]

Val Robson  Ind  424
Anne Borthwick  LD  389
Hubert Rutherford  C  196

Innerleithen and Walkerburn [No. 30]

Patricia Purves  LD  862
William Cox  SNP  317
John Ballantine  C  160
Norman Lockhart  SSP  150

Jedburgh and District East [No. 10]

Sandy Scott  C  487
Natasha York  SNP  316
Ian Tunnah  LD  248

Jedburgh and District West [No. 11]

John Wight  C  738
James Brown  SNP  460

Kelso and District North [No. 7]

David Lindores  LD  735
Meriel Smith  C  486

Kelso and District South [No. 9]

Alexander Nicol  LD  796
Andrew Thomson  C  646

Kelso Central [No. 8]

Alasdair Hutton  C  Unop.

Kilnknowe and Clovenfords [No. 28]

Thomas Dumble  Ind  462
Graham Fleming  SNP  296
Willie Hall  C  236
Joy McLelland  SSP  110

Lower Langlee and Tweedbank [No. 26]

David Parker  Ind  1,113
Scott Smith  C  69

Melrose and District [No. 20]

William Smith  Ind  831
Jonathan Hill  C  590

Mossilee and Central [No. 29]

William Lamb  LD  355
William Herd  SNP  271
Carolyne Thomson  Lab  160
Brian Jones  C  94
Lesley McIver  SSP  48

Netherdale [No. 25]

Fiona Moore  C  317
Angus Mackay  Ind  293
John Robertson  Ind  261
Graeme McIver  SSP  249

Old Selkirk [No. 23]

Gordon Edgar  Ind  618
John Thomson  Ind  544
Kerry Gentleman  SSP  143
Alexander McKie  SNP  127
Guy Lee  C  87

Peebles and District East [No. 32]

Catriona Bhatia  LD  829
George Cowan  SNP  267
Hilary Ballantine  C  178
John Thomson  Lab  139
Joan Rowley  SSP  68

Peebles and District South [No. 31]

Graham Garvie  LD  813
Charles Cormack  C  460
Hector Black  Ind  341

Peebles and Upper Tweed [No. 33]

Nancy Norman  Ind  971
Hugh Seymour  C  335
Julia Reid  Lab  260

Scott's View [No. 21]

Carolyn Riddell-Carre  C  729
Barbara Wright  LD  543

Silverbuthall [No. 14]

Mary Beck  Ind  526
John Scott  LD  502
Jake Irvine  C  110

Teviot and Central [No. 16]

David Paterson  Ind  728
Ronald Smith  LD  325
Andrew Loyd  C  98

Upper Langlee and Ladhope [No. 27]

John Mitchell  SNP  585
Robert Strang  C  312

Weensland [No. 15]

Kenneth McCartney  Ind  664
James Scott  LD  369
Alexandra Elliot  C  299
Richard Cain  SNP  90

West Linton and District [No. 34]

Neil Calvert  C  722
David Small  Ind  634
Robert Bond  Ind  259

Wilton [No. 17]

Andrew Farquhar  Ind  526
Oliver Angus  LD  320
George Turnbull  C  264

Consolidated Results — Scottish Borders

Independents            12,216  30.4%  14 councillors
Conservative            11,490  28.6%  10 councillors
Liberal Democrat        10,561  26.3%   9 councillors
Scottish National Party  4,625  11.5%   1 councillor
Scottish Socialist Party   768   1.9%
Labour                     559   1.4%

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