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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | David Parker
(Ind.) 		rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Borders Party/meta/color" | Nicholas Watson
(Borders Party) 		rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | John Paton-Day
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Jim Torrance
(SNP)
2013 rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | Ian Gillespie
(Ind.)
2017 rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" | Tom Miers
(Conservative) 		Kevin Drum
(SNP)


Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election [2]

Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent David Parker (incumbent) 25.2% 1,149            
Conservative Tom Miers 20.5% 934 934.9 950.9 1,014 1,476.5    
SNP Kevin Drum 17.8% 811 812.4 832.5 903.7 910.8 915.5 1,105.3
Independent Iain Gillespie (incumbent) 11.2% 510 513.3 585.7 720.2 744.4 871.1  
Conservative Diana Findlay 11.5% 523 523.6 543.7 529.8      
Liberal Democrats John Paton-Day 9.4% 426 427.5 473.6        
Independent Rebecca Fraser 4.4% 202 202.7          
Electorate: 8,673 (Est.)   Valid: 4,555   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,139   Turnout: 4,633 (53.4%)  

2013 By-election

Leaderdale and Melrose By-election (2 May 2013) - 1 Seat[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Rachael Hamilton 27.57 956 975 982 1,038 1,283  
Borders Iain Gillespie 23.48 814 844 900 1,118 1,444 2,066
Liberal Democrats John Paton-Day 21.46 744 756 816 983    
SNP Harry Cummings 17.68 613 623 666      
Labour Robin Tatler 6.78 235 238        
UKIP Sherry Fowler 3.03 105          
Electorate: 8,386   Valid: 3,467   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,734   Turnout: 3,487 (41.58%)  

2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election [4]

Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent David Parker (incumbent) 36.34 1,304          
Borders Nicholas Watson (incumbent)† 17.31 621 705.9 758.9 929.6    
SNP Jim Torrance†††† 15.55 558 632.4 706.8 742.6 747.6 969.6
Conservative Peter Duncan 12.29 441 488.3 500.2      
Liberal Democrats John Paton-Day (incumbent) 12.24 439 527.1 568.3 715.8 726.8  
Labour Agnes Craig 6.27 225 258.6        
Electorate: 8,292   Valid: 3,588   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 898   Turnout: 3,609 (43.27%)  


2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election [5]

Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Independent David Parker 1,362 29.9 1 1
Conservative John Greenwell 713 15.6
Liberal Democrats John Paton-Day 703 15.3 2 5
Borders Party Nicholas Watson 692 15.1 3 5
SNP Frank McCann 640 14.0
Independent Harry Cummings 394 8.6
Independent John Rae 78 1.7

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.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/file/5927/election_results
  4. ^ https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/433/
  5. ^ https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/433/


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