Tweeddale West (ward)

Tweeddale West is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Willie Archibald (SNP)		Neil Calvert (Conservative)		Catriona Bhatia (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Nathaniel Buckingham (Conservative)
2013 by	Keith Cockburn (Conservative)
2017	Heather Anderson (SNP)	Eric Small (Conservative)	Kris Chapman (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election [2]

Tweeddale West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Heather Anderson	25.2%	1,160
	Conservative	Eric Small	22.5%	1,036	1,036.2	1,040.2	1,097.2	1,115.3	1,123.3	1,928.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Chapman	16.7%	768	769.2	783.2	820.2	891.4	1,073.1	1,192.2
	Conservative	John Anderson	21.3%	984	984.2	987.2	1,003.2	1,018.2	1,030.2
	Scottish Green	Catriona Hamilton	4.7%	218	221.3	238.4	262.6	332.8
	Labour	Julia Reid	4.4%	201	201.5	205.5	224.6
	Independent	Tommy Davidson	3.7%	170	170.6	190.6
	Independent	Michael Needham	1.6%	73	73.1
Electorate: 8,167 (Est.)   Valid: 4,610   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 4,688 (57.4%)

2013 By-election

Tweeddale West By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Keith Cockburn	42.65	1,155	1,165	1,176	1,193	1,255	1,288	1,616
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Norman	25	677	682	690	759	858	1,034
	SNP	Morag Kerr	13.26	359	369	373	409	444
	Borders	David Pye	8.4	228	237	245	272
	Labour	Veronica McTernan	7.5	203	204	207
	UKIP	Mars Goodman	1.56	43	44
	Independent	David Cox	1.56	43
Electorate: 7,707   Valid: 2,708   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,355   Turnout: 2,729 (35.41%)

2012 Election

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election [4]

Tweeddale West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Bhatia (incumbent)	25.62	919
	Conservative	Nathaniel Buckingham††	24.67	885	887.4	978.6
	SNP	Willie Archibald (incumbent)	21.75	780	782.1	833.4	839.6	934.3
	Labour	Julia Reid	9.37	336	337.2	389.3	393.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Norman	9.31	334	347.9	415.5	449.4	548.9
	Borders	David Pye	9.28	333	334.4
Electorate: 7,577   Valid: 3,587   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 897   Turnout: 3,621 (47.34%)

2007 Election

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election [5]

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Bhatia	1,202	25.2	1	1
	Conservative	Neil Calvert	1,091	22.9	2	4
	SNP	Willie Archibald	784	16.4	3	5
	Independent	Nancy Norman	672	14.1
	Independent	Tom Davidson	667	14.0
	Labour	Eamonn O'Neil	356	7.5

References

1. https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/download/727/ward_overviews
2. https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017
3. http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/tweeddalewest.php
4. https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/433/
5. https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/433/