Local Election Results 2003
Dumfries and Galloway
Whole council up for election. One Conservative councillor was elected unopposed.
Other results for Dumfries and Galloway:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for Dumfries and Galloway (may be incomplete): 10th June 2004 (Hoddom & Kinmount; Moffat)
— 13th October 2005 (Lochside)
— 1st May 2008 (Abbey)
— 16th June 2011 (Abbey)
— 15th November 2012 (Annandale N.)
— 17th November 2016 (Annandale N.)
— 13th December 2018 (Dee & Glenkens)
— 23rd January 2020 (Mid Galloway & Wigtown W.)
— 8th December 2022 (Mid Galloway & Wigtown W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
18236 |
30.1% |
11 |
| Labour |
14640 |
24.1% |
14 |
| Independent |
12952 |
21.4% |
12 |
| Scottish National Party |
8517 |
14.0% |
5 |
| Liberal Democrat |
5883 |
9.7% |
5 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
429 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Tony Turner |
LD |
942 |
74.9% |
| Frank McGowan |
Lab |
215 |
17.1% |
| William Kerr |
C |
101 |
8.0% |
| Ronald Ogilvie |
Lab |
429 |
43.2% |
| John Ramage |
LD |
426 |
42.9% |
| Esme Forbes |
C |
138 |
13.9% |
| Wilma Paterson |
Lab |
497 |
36.5% |
| Alan Thomson |
LD |
411 |
30.2% |
| Carol Neilson |
C |
388 |
28.5% |
| Allan Baldwin |
SSP |
67 |
4.9% |
| Billy Little |
SNP |
657 |
45.2% |
| Alan Moores |
Ind |
349 |
24.0% |
| Christopher Carruthers |
C |
298 |
20.5% |
| Ronnie Nicholson |
Lab |
148 |
10.2% |
| Allan Wright |
C |
779 |
55.4% |
| Johanne Wood |
SNP |
366 |
26.0% |
| Mike McLurg |
Lab |
260 |
18.5% |
| Ian Lindsay |
Ind |
533 |
38.2% |
| Liz Boon |
C |
492 |
35.2% |
| Jock Dinwoodie |
LD |
371 |
26.6% |
| Jock Purdie |
Ind |
633 |
46.3% |
| Robert Fairbairn |
SNP |
480 |
35.1% |
| Mungo Bryson |
C |
253 |
18.5% |
| Andrew Campbell |
Ind |
1324 |
85.0% |
| Alec Dalziel |
C |
233 |
15.0% |
| Sean Marshall |
Lab |
785 |
57.2% |
| Ian Carruthers |
C |
417 |
30.4% |
| Joyce Wylie |
LD |
170 |
12.4% |
| Joan Mitchell |
LD |
717 |
49.7% |
| John McNaught |
SNP |
475 |
32.9% |
| Agnes Kerr |
C |
250 |
17.3% |
| Bruce Hodgson |
C |
718 |
45.6% |
| Michael Thomson |
Ind |
563 |
35.8% |
| John Martin |
Lab |
167 |
10.6% |
| Robert Davidson |
SNP |
125 |
7.9% |
| Kathleen Davidson |
SNP |
806 |
60.6% |
| Renwick Leitch |
C |
525 |
39.4% |
| Helen Bell |
Ind |
699 |
43.9% |
| Jo Kemp |
C |
494 |
31.0% |
| Grant McLennan |
SNP |
398 |
25.0% |
| Lavinia Vaughan |
C |
557 |
50.1% |
| Edward Brown |
Lab |
364 |
32.7% |
| Robert Murray |
SNP |
191 |
17.2% |
| Brian Conchie |
Lab |
767 |
60.5% |
| Frances Hassall |
C |
500 |
39.5% |
| Kenneth Cameron |
Ind |
1032 |
79.3% |
| Sheena Dunlop |
C |
270 |
20.7% |
| Andrew Bell-Irving |
C |
795 |
70.2% |
| Madiha Gemie |
LD |
172 |
15.2% |
| Jeffrey Leaver |
Lab |
166 |
14.7% |
| Moses Kungu |
Lab |
621 |
60.2% |
| Jacky Wilson |
Ind |
269 |
26.1% |
| Mary Gordon |
SNP |
115 |
11.1% |
| Iain Kennedy-Moffat |
C |
27 |
2.6% |
| Jane Maitland |
Ind |
883 |
56.7% |
| Harold Marland |
Ind |
504 |
32.4% |
| Lorna Thornton |
C |
169 |
10.9% |
| Patsy Gilroy |
C |
873 |
61.7% |
| Roland Chaplain |
SNP |
397 |
28.0% |
| David Pennycuick |
LD |
146 |
10.3% |
| Denis Male |
LD |
654 |
55.5% |
| Alan Rogers |
Ind |
329 |
27.9% |
| John Telfer |
C |
146 |
12.4% |
| Gregor Newlands |
Lab |
49 |
4.2% |
| David McKie |
Lab |
720 |
75.6% |
| Robert Brack |
SSP |
141 |
14.8% |
| Thomas Lyness |
C |
92 |
9.7% |
| Beth Gordon |
Ind |
830 |
58.8% |
| John Charteris |
C |
365 |
25.8% |
| Deborah Ross |
SNP |
217 |
15.4% |
| Michael Dickie |
LD |
583 |
44.1% |
| Roger Grant |
C |
322 |
24.4% |
| Ian Pennie |
Ind |
199 |
15.1% |
| Thomas Docherty |
Lab |
126 |
9.5% |
| Robert Shannon |
SNP |
91 |
6.9% |
| William Nimmo |
Ind |
486 |
45.7% |
| Gilbert Fergusson |
Lab |
412 |
38.7% |
| Elizabeth Shannon |
SNP |
136 |
12.8% |
| Adrienne Regan |
C |
30 |
2.8% |
| Ian Callander |
Ind |
581 |
42.1% |
| Colin Smyth |
Lab |
514 |
37.2% |
| Valerie Lewis |
C |
211 |
15.3% |
| David Johnson |
LD |
75 |
5.4% |
| Marjory McQueen |
C |
936 |
77.4% |
| John Rogerson |
Lab |
274 |
22.6% |
| Thomas Holmes |
Ind |
767 |
66.5% |
| Robin Wishart |
Lab |
220 |
19.1% |
| Haig McCulloch |
Ind |
89 |
7.7% |
| Alan MacLeod |
C |
78 |
6.8% |
| Fred Murray |
SNP |
785 |
54.0% |
| Roberta Tuckfield |
C |
389 |
26.8% |
| Colin Arkless |
Lab |
280 |
19.3% |
| John Forteath |
Lab |
727 |
50.3% |
| Ian Livingstone |
C |
419 |
29.0% |
| Carolyn Traill |
LD |
299 |
20.7% |
| Alfred Hannay |
Lab |
584 |
40.2% |
| Graham Bell |
C |
519 |
35.7% |
| Donald Urquhart |
Ind |
217 |
14.9% |
| Irene Lennox |
LD |
133 |
9.2% |
| Safa Ash-Kuri |
C |
619 |
40.0% |
| William Lockhart |
Ind |
479 |
31.0% |
| William Millar |
SNP |
234 |
15.1% |
| Kathryn McCulloch |
Lab |
214 |
13.8% |
| Ivor Hyslop |
C |
725 |
56.6% |
| Andrew Johnston |
Lab |
307 |
24.0% |
| John Dowson |
Ind |
249 |
19.4% |
| George McBurnie |
Lab |
800 |
73.9% |
| Archibald Wight |
C |
283 |
26.1% |
| John Agnew |
Ind |
939 |
63.0% |
| John Dougan |
C |
335 |
22.5% |
| Sam Scobie |
Lab |
216 |
14.5% |
| Grahame Forster |
Lab |
1004 |
71.9% |
| John Enos |
C |
393 |
28.1% |
| James Dempster |
Lab |
1147 |
78.2% |
| Hugh Wright |
C |
319 |
21.8% |
| Allan Graham |
C |
633 |
52.3% |
| Irene Henry |
Lab |
494 |
40.8% |
| Margaret Wood |
SNP |
83 |
6.9% |
| George Prentice |
Ind |
998 |
66.3% |
| Graham Watson |
C |
508 |
33.7% |
| Tony Gilbey |
C |
867 |
67.4% |
| John McFarlane |
SNP |
419 |
32.6% |
| Robert Higgins |
SNP |
710 |
56.4% |
| Maureen McKinley |
C |
313 |
24.9% |
| Ian Lightbody |
Lab |
235 |
18.7% |
| Tommy Sloan |
Lab |
589 |
52.3% |
| Billy Kennedy |
SNP |
392 |
34.8% |
| Nigel Forster |
C |
146 |
13.0% |
| Willie Scobie |
Lab |
635 |
65.5% |
| Bill Gray |
SNP |
216 |
22.3% |
| Michael Pemberton |
C |
119 |
12.3% |
| Thomas McAughtrie |
Lab |
674 |
50.5% |
| Mary Templeton |
C |
499 |
37.4% |
| John Cassie |
SSP |
162 |
12.1% |
| Alistair Geddes |
SNP |
954 |
65.0% |
| Isobel Melville |
C |
362 |
24.7% |
| Jean Whittaker |
LD |
151 |
10.3% |
| Sandra McDowall |
LD |
633 |
49.0% |
| Sheila Stewart |
C |
331 |
25.6% |
| Christine Weir |
SNP |
270 |
20.9% |
| Derek McCalman |
SSP |
59 |
4.6% |
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