Jump to content

Penicuik (ward)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Penicuik is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

[edit]
Election Councillors
2007 Margaret Wilson
(SNP)
Adam Montgomery
(Labour)
Ken Brown
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Derek George Rosie
(SNP)
Joe Wallace
(SNP)
2017 Debbi McCall
(SNP)
Andrew Hardie
(Conservative)
2018 by Joe Wallace
(SNP)
2022[2] Conor McManus
(SNP)
Willie McEwan
(Labour)

Election results

[edit]

2018 by-election

[edit]
Penicuik By-election (22 March 2018)[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Joe Wallace 35.0 1,663 1,803 2,307
Conservative Murdo MacDonald 30.2 1,433 1,469 1,788
Labour Vivienne Wallace 27.6 1,310 1,414  
Scottish Green Helen Armstrong 7.2 344    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,781   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 2,376   Turnout: 4,812 (42.9%)  

2017 election

[edit]

2017 Midlothian Council election[4]

Penicuik - 3 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Andrew Hardie 26.2 1,517        
Labour Adam Montgomery (incumbent)† 25.6 1,482        
SNP Debbi McCall 21.0 1,212 1,214.5 1,217.9 1,336.4 1,472.8
SNP Joe Wallace (incumbent) 14.3 828 829.7 832.8 886.1 940.0
Liberal Democrats Ken Brown 7.3 425 455.7 466.9 571.6  
Scottish Green Jim Garry 5.6 329 333.1 336.5    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,793   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,449   Turnout: 52.3%  

2012 election

[edit]

2012 Midlothian Council election

Penicuik - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Derek George Rosie 29.9 1,427          
Labour Adam Montgomery (incumbent) 28.6 1,363          
SNP Joe Wallace 14.8 706 915.6 950.6 1,009.1 1,057.9 1,343.9
Liberal Democrats Sheila Thacker 11.8 562 571.5 601.6 721.8 993.1  
Conservative Sandy Forrest 9.9 474 476.5 489.8 505.9    
Scottish Green Gary Christopher Bell 5.0 237 242.6 269.5      
Electorate: 10,693   Valid: 4,769   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,193   Turnout: 4,845 (44.6%)  

2007 election

[edit]

2007 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian council election, 2007: Penicuik
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Margaret Wilson 2,307 34.7 1 1
Labour Adam Montgomery 1,554 23.3 2 4
Liberal Democrats Ken Brown 1,001 15.0 3 7
Liberal Democrats Shiela Thacker 974 14.6
Conservative Sandy Forrest 694 10.4
Solidarity Jackie Moyers 64 1.0
Scottish Socialist Norman Gilfillan 62 0.9

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Government Election 2022".
  3. ^ Cochrane, Lynn. "Penicuik by-election result". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Local government election results". Midlothian Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Declaration of results: Ward 1 - Pencuik" (PDF). Midlothian Council. 5 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.