Conservatives pick up Dumfries and Galloway Council seat from Labour
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The Conservatives have picked up a council seat from Labour in Dumfries and Galloway.
The by-election in the Mid Galloway and Wigtown West ward was prompted by Sandy Whitelaw standing down after a few months for personal reasons.
Conservative candidate Richard Marsh took more than half the votes cast on a turnout of just over 30%.
It takes the party to 17 seats on the council run by a SNP-Labour-Independent rainbow coalition.
The full result was:
Richard Marsh (Conservative) - 1,787
Ian Gibson (SNP) - 879
John McCutcheon (Labour) - 326
Iain McDonald (Lib Dem) - 190
Daniel Hooper-Jones (Scottish Greens) - 172
The Conservatives remain the party with most councillors on the 43-member local authority but are not part of the ruling administration.
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- Published27 May 2022
