Dee and Glenkens (ward)
| Dee and Glenkens | |
|---|---|
| Dumfries and Galloway | |
 Boundary of Dee and Glenkens in Dumfries and Galloway from 2017. | |
| Population | 10,594 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 8,406 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Kirkcudbright |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Galloway and West Dumfries |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Andy McFarlane (SNP) |
| Councillor | John Denerley (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Dougie Campbell (Independent) |
| Created from | Castle Douglas and Glenkens Dee |
Dee and Glenkens is one of the twelve electoral wards of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,594 people.
The area has produced strong results for the Conservatives who have won more than a third of the vote at each election.
Boundaries
[edit]The ward was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections. Five of the 13 multi-member wards in Dumfries and Galloway were abolished as a result of the review and replaced by four new ones. Dee and Glenkens encompasses an area represented by the former Dee and Castle Douglas and Glenkens wards. The ward takes in an area in the centre of the council area from the boundary with East Ayrshire at Loch Doon to Kirkcudbright Bay in the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth. It is situated within Galloway and takes in part of the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. The ward includes the towns of Kirkcudbright, St John's Town of Dalry, New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet as well as the villages of Carsphairn, Balmaclellan, Laurieston, Ringford, Twynholm, Dundrennan and Auchencairn. The ward takes its name from The Glenkens – an area within the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire centred around the River Ken and Loch Ken – and the River Dee which flows through the south of the ward.[2]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Patsy Gilroy (Conservative) |
Dougie Campbell (SNP/Ind.) |
Jane Maitland (Ind.) | |||||
| 2022 | John Denerley (Conservative) |
Andy McFarlane (SNP) | ||||||
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Andy McFarlane | 25.4 | 1,139 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Denerley | 20.3 | 912 | 912 | 927 | 942 | 963 | 1,603 | |
| Conservative | Susan Murdoch | 17.6 | 791 | 791 | 801 | 835 | 859 | ||
| Independent | Dougie Campbell (incumbent) | 14.6 | 655 | 657 | 721 | 809 | 1,108 | 1,227 | |
| Scottish Green | Laura Moodie | 11.3 | 508 | 517 | 556 | 651 | |||
| Labour | Graham Trickey | 6.0 | 271 | 272 | 320 | ||||
| Independent | Anthony Bird | 4.5 | 202 | 203 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,406 Valid: 4,478 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 53.9% | |||||||||
2017 election
[edit]2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Patsy Gilroy (incumbent)† | 33.47 | 1,547 | ||||||||
| SNP | Dougie Campbell | 19.56 | 904 | 909.31 | 916.81 | 921.32 | 934.82 | 967.08 | 1,121.83 | 1,250.09 | |
| Independent | Douglas Swan | 15.84 | 732 | 788.11 | 804.12 | 817.64 | 844.2 | 886.49 | 925.55 | ||
| Independent | Jane Maitland (incumbent) | 14.37 | 664 | 824.49 | 833.27 | 850.57 | 937.7 | 983.26 | 1,096.79 | 1,522.66 | |
| Scottish Green | Laura Moodie | 6.32 | 292 | 303.88 | 305.88 | 321.67 | 333.43 | 402.21 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Maxwell | 4.69 | 217 | 237.72 | 238.98 | 258.26 | 262.28 | ||||
| Independent | Andi Holmes | 2.60 | 120 | 144.52 | 157.28 | 174.57 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Metcalf | 1.84 | 85 | 106.74 | 111.99 | ||||||
| No description | John Thorn | 1.32 | 61 | 70.6 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,239 Valid: 4,622 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 56.5 | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Dee and Glenkens". Scottish Government. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; Dumfroes and Galloway Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
- ^ "Council elections - May 2017". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 20 April 2025.