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Midlothian West (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Midlothian West is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Owen Thompson
(SNP) 		Russell Imrie
(Labour) 		Les Thacker
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Andrew Coventry
(SNP)
2015 by Kelly Parry
(SNP)
2017 Pauline Winchester
(Conservative)
2022[2]

Election Results

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2017 Election

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2017 Midlothian Council election[3]

Midlothian West - 3 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Pauline Winchester 26.9 1,503            
SNP Kelly Parry (incumbent) 19.5 1,091 1,092.0 1,106.3 1,159.7 1,679.7    
Labour Russell Imrie (incumbent) 12.2 684 698.8 737.5 817.0 837.3 867.9 1,443.5
Labour Stephen Blain 11.0 612 620.1 650.1 700.2 707.3 724.1  
SNP David Temple 10.4 581 582.7 587.7 616.9      
Scottish Green Helen Blackburn 8.4 468 473.4 552.3 680.8 715.9 835.8 889.4
Independent Andrew Coventry (incumbent) 7.4 413 435.8 484.2        
Liberal Democrats Ross Laird 4.2 236 256.6          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,588   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,398   Turnout: 47.2%  

2015 By-election

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Midlothian West By-election (10 September 2015)[5] - 1 Seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Kelly Parry 43.2% 1,540 1,558 1,701
Labour Ian Miller 26.5% 945 977 1,082
Conservative Pauline Winchester 14.7% 524 570 618
Scottish Green Daya Feldwick 10.4% 372 420  
Liberal Democrats Jane Davidson 4.5% 162    
Independent David Tedford 0.7% 25    
Electorate: 11,582   Valid: 3,568   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,785   Turnout: 3,617 (31.2%)  

2012 Election

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2012 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Andrew Coventry 21.5 930 935 943 987 1,017 1,071 1,106
SNP Owen Thompson (incumbent)†† 18.20 789 793 805 832 861 900 960
Labour Russell Imrie (incumbent) 17.9 776 778 784 823 872 966 1,595
Labour Alex Jones 17.58 762 764 773 794 821 856  
Conservative Andrew Hardie 10.7 462 480 497 567      
Liberal Democrats Les Thacker (incumbent) 5.67 246 247 263 309      
Scottish Green Helen Blackburn 5.2 226 234 258        
Independent George McCleery 2.38 103 115          
TUSC Lynn Leitch 0.95 41            
Electorate: 10,714   Valid: 4,335   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,084   Turnout: 4,389 (40.46%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian West
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Owen Thompson 1,981 33.2 1 1
Labour Russell Imrie 1,506 25.2 2 1
Liberal Democrats Les Thacker 868 14.5 3 10
Conservative Andrew Hardie 634 10.6
Independent Elizabeth Veitch 259 4.3
Independent George Purcell 220 3.7
Independent Pat Kenny 188 3.2
Scottish Socialist Lynn Leitch 108 1.8
Had Enough George McCleery 105 1.8
Solidarity Brian Cranston 99 1.7

References

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  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Government Election 2022".
  3. ^ Midlothian Council. "2017 local council elections | Local government election results | Midlothian Council". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Declaration of results: Ward 4 - Midlothian West" (PDF). Midlothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. ^ Midlothian Council (10 August 2015). "By election candidates announced". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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