Castle Douglas and Crocketford (ward)

Castle Douglas and Crocketford is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		George Nicol Prentice (Ind.)		Peter Duncan (Conservative)		Brian Collins (SNP)
2012	Finlay Carson (Conservative)
2017	Ian Howie (Ind.)	David James (Conservative)	John Young (SNP)
2022		Pauline Drysdale (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election^[2]

Castle Douglas and Crocketford - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	David James†††	35.79	1,346
	Independent	Iain Howie	23.96	901	1,033.99
	SNP	John Young	20.10	756	761.72	772.23	837.81	928.28	1,099.88
	Independent	George Nicol Prentice (incumbent)	9.70	365	451.66	496.45	522.15	628.9
	Labour	Lucy McKie	7.02	264	307.03	316.87	354.5
	Scottish Green	Paul Taylorson	3.43	129	147.66	155.77
Electorate: 7,433   Valid: 3,761   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 941   Turnout: 50.6

2012 Election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election^[3]

Castle Douglas and Glenkens - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Finlay Carson	27.08	904
	Independent	George Nicol Prentice (incumbent)	23.88	797	813	826.5
	SNP	Brian Collins (incumbent)	23.88	797	800	811.2	811.5	899.6
	Labour	Daniel Scheffer	10.04	335	350.6	376.8	376.9	430.9
	Scottish Green	Paul Taylorson	6.05	202	203.2	229.4	229.6
	Conservative	Gary Wardell	5.90	197	235	249.9	250.2	265
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Metcalf	3.18	106	109
Electorate: 8,014   Valid: 3,338   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 835   Turnout: 3,372 (41.65%)

2007 Election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election^[4]

Castle Douglas and Glenkens

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Peter Duncan	32.3	1,560
	SNP	Brian Collins	23.9	1,152	1,165.84	1,251.30
	Independent	George Nicol Prentice	18.7	904	940.99	1,006.35	1,016.27	1,180.89	1,536.89
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Mary Barratt	9.8	471	487.57	606.47	620.16	719.30
	Labour	Mike McLurg	9.4	451	456.22
	Conservative	Alex Zimmerman	5.9	285	527.80	543.62	546.82
Electorate: 7,983   Valid: 4,823   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,206   Turnout: 61.5%

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
2. "Council elections - May 2017". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Dumfries and Galloway". Andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
4. https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/dumfries-and-galloway-council-elections-1-334191%5B‍%5D