Kelso and District (ward)

Location of the ward [1]

Kelso and District is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillors

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2007 |  | Tom Weatherson
(Ind./
Conservative)  |  | Alasdair Hutton
(Conservative)  |  | Alec Nicol
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 |  | Simon Mountford
(Conservative)
2017 | Euan Robson
(Liberal Democrats)
2022

## Election Results

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### 2022 Election

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2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]

Kelso and District - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson (incumbent)  | 29.8%  | 1,169 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent)  | 24.0%  | 942  | 987.7 |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Simon Mountford (incumbent)  | 23.1%  | 904  | 926.8  | 932.2  | 932.2  | 937.1  | 973.8  | 1,111.3
| Scottish Green | Shelagh King  | 13.2%  | 518  | 560.9  | 561.1  | 564.6  | 575.2  | 736.2  |
| Labour | Wilson George  | 7.7%  | 301  | 331.2  | 331.4  | 335.7  | 392.3  |  |
| Labour | Kenryck Lloyd-Jones  | 1.8%  | 69  | 81.7  | 81.8  | 82.3  |  |  |
| Vanguard Party championing Kelso  | Sunny Smith  | 0.4%  | 17  | 19.3  | 19.3  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 8,499  Valid: 3,920  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 981  Turnout: 46.9%

### 2017 Election

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2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]

Kelso and District - 3 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent)  | 28%  | 1,212 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Simon Mountford (incumbent)  | 25%  | 1,083 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 14.7%  | 636  | 675  | 675  | 700  | 741  | 788  | 955  | 1,370
| SNP | Alison Lamond  | 16.5%  | 713  | 715  | 715  | 731  | 749  | 809  | 850  |
| Independent | Ian Aitchison  | 7.7%  | 333  | 362  | 362  | 389  | 401  | 424  |  |
| Scottish Green | Colin Shaughnessy  | 3%  | 129  | 133  | 133  | 144  | 164  |  |  |
| Labour | Sally Prentice  | 2.7%  | 116  | 119  | 119  | 124  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Colin McGrath  | 2.4%  | 104  | 114  | 114  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,326  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,082  Turnout: 53.1%

### 2012 Election

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2012 Scottish Borders Council election[5]

Kelso and District - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent)  | 23.98  | 777  | 777  | 794  | 824 |  |  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Nicol (incumbent)  | 22.5  | 729  | 756  | 791  | 832 |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Simon Mountford | 14.29  | 463  | 471  | 482  | 518  | 522.6  | 529.2  | 610.1  | 703.7
| SNP | Maggie Stanfield  | 12.75  | 413  | 444  | 462  | 507  | 510.5  | 511.6  | 590.1  |
| Independent | Yvonne Huggins-Haig  | 10.0  | 324  | 331  | 365  | 435  | 438.7  | 440.2  |  |
| Borders | Diana Miers  | 7.81  | 253  | 269  | 306  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Colin McGrath  | 5.09  | 165  | 176  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Green | Michael Scott  | 3.58  | 116  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 8,242  Valid: 3,240  Spoilt: 24  Quota: 811  Turnout: 3,264 (39.31%)

### 2007 Election

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2007 Scottish Borders Council election[6]

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District  Party  | Candidate  | FPv% | %  | Seat  | Count

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| Liberal Democrats | Alec Nicol | 1,116  | 25.7  | 1  | 1
| Conservative | Alasdair Hutton | 982  | 22.7  | 2  | 5
| Independent | Tom Weatherston†  | 814  | 18.8  | 3  | 5
| Independent | Trevor Black  | 431  | 9.9  |  |
| Conservative | Andrew Thomson  | 427  | 9.9  |  |
| SNP | Paul Cartledge  | 346  | 8.0  |  |
| Scottish Green | Michael Scott  | 218  | 5.0  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Ward overviews | Scottish Borders Council".
2. ^ "2022 Local Government Election Information".
3. ^ "Local Government Election 2017 results".
4. ^ "Ward 8 Kelso and District results information | Scottish Borders Council".
5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders".
6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders".

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Wards of the Scottish Borders

* Tweeddale West
* Tweeddale East
* Galashiels and District
* Selkirkshire
* Leaderdale and Melrose
* Mid Berwickshire
* East Berwickshire
* Kelso and District
* Jedburgh and District
* Hawick and Denholm
* Hawick and Hermitage

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