Dumbarton (ward)

Dumbarton is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

The ward covers most of the town of Dumbarton, including the outlying villages of Milton and Bowling on the Firth of Clyde, but excepting northern parts of Dumbarton such as Bellsmyre, Broadmeadow and Lomondgate which are assigned to the Leven ward.^[1]

Councillors[]

Election	Councillors
2007		Geoff Calvert (Labour)		David McBride (Labour)	Iain Robertson (SNP)	George Black (Ind.)
2012	Thomas Rainey (Labour)	Ian Murray (SNP)				George Black (Ind.)
2017		Geoff Calvert (Conservative)	Karen Conaghan (SNP)		Iain McLaren (SNP)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election^[2]

Dumbarton - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	David McBride (incumbent)	26.9	1,762
	SNP	Karen Conaghan	22.8	1,499
	Conservative	Brian Walker	14.6	957	979.7	980.5	1,009.3	1,147.1	1,388.0
	SNP	Iain McLaren	12.3	809	827.1	989.8	998.6	1,254.1	1,403.0
	West Dunbartonshire Community	George Black (incumbent)	12.1	792	821.0	827.1	888.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Ruine	8.9	584	910.2	915.0	937.2	1,103.6
	Independent	Andrew Muir	2.4	159	168.4	170.9
Electorate: 13,146 Valid: 6,562 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 51.2%

2012 Election[]

2012 West Dunbartonshire Council election^[4]

Dumbarton - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	David McBride (incumbent)	30.59	1,678
	SNP	Ian Murray	18.01	988	1,015.3	1,027.1	1,039.1	1,050.8	1,071.1	1,130.4
	Independent	George Black (incumbent)	13.96	766	788.1	803.4	818.6	840.2	905.1	1,146.6
	Labour	Thomas Rainey	13.74	754	1,218.9
	SNP	Iain Robertson (incumbent)	10.21	560	568.6	574.9	581.2	583.7	597.1	621.3
	Independent	Iain Ellis	6.60	362	368.9	377.8	380.2	418.1	465.1
	Conservative	Sally Page	4.14	227	230.5	233.6	234.7	241.2
	Independent	Andrew Muir	1.55	85	93.3	98	106.6
	Scottish Socialist	Cammy Fyfe	1.20	66	71.9	78
Electorate: 12,620 Valid: 5,486 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 5,600 (44.37%)

2007 Election[]

2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton
	Candidate	1st Pref	%
Labour	Geoff Calvert	1,292	17.7
SNP	Iain Robertson	1,204	16.5
Labour	David McBride	1,107	15.2
SNP	Betty Mitchell	979	13.4
Conservative	Martyn Anthony McIntyre	719	9.9
Independent	George Black	696	9.6
Green	Rose Harvie	387	5.3
Independent	Linda McColl	351	4.8
Independent	Alistair Tuach	304	4.2
Scottish Socialist	Les Robertson	242	3.3

References[]

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
^ "2017 Local Election - Results by Ward | West Dunbartonshire Council". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
^ "West Dunbartonshire Council Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
^ "2012 Council Elections Results | West Dunbartonshire Council". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-31.

[west-dunbarton-2] "2017 Local Election - Results by Ward | West Dunbartonshire Council". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[west-dunbarton2-3] "West Dunbartonshire Council Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

[west-dunbarton3-4] "2012 Council Elections Results | West Dunbartonshire Council". west-dunbarton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

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