# Leaderdale and Melrose (ward)

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 | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David Parker (Ind.) | | Nicholas Watson (Borders Party) | John Paton-Day (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | David Parker (Ind.) | Jim Torrance (SNP) | Nicholas Watson (Borders Party) |
| 2013 | | David Parker (Ind.) | Jim Torrance (SNP) | Ian Gillespie (Ind.) |
| 2017 | | David Parker (Ind.) | Tom Miers (Conservative) | Kevin Drum (SNP) |
| 2022 | Jenny Linehan (Conservative) | David Parker (Ind.) | John Paton-Day (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election
Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | David Parker (incumbent) | 34.3 | 1,594 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Jenny Linehan | 24.4 | 1,133 | 1,241.4 | | | | |
| | SNP | John Paton-Day | 19.7 | 918 | 1,003.4 | 1,004.4 | 1,006.2 | 284.3 | 1,180.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Johnson | 12.7 | 589 | 686.9 | 718.7 | 724.4 | 791.8 | 905.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Scott | 4.5 | 207 | 240.3 | 247.0 | 250.2 | 284.3 | |
| | Scottish Green | Michael Needham | 4.3 | 199 | 227.7 | 229.4 | 231.4 | | |
| | Vanguard | Chris Stefanek | 0.2 | 10 | 14.6 | 16.8 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 4,650 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 51.5% ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election
Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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
Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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
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 | | |