# Mid and Upper Nithsdale (ward)

Mid and Upper Nithsdale is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jim Dempster (Labour /Ind.) | | John Syme (Labour) | | Gill Dykes (Conservative) | Andrew Stuart Wood (SNP) |
| 2012 | | Jim Dempster (Labour /Ind.) | | John Syme (Labour) | | Gill Dykes (Conservative) | Andrew Stuart Wood (SNP) |
| 2017 | 3 seats | Jim Dempster (Labour /Ind.) | Matthew Ronnie (Conservative) | | | | Andrew Stuart Wood (SNP) |
| 2022 | 3 seats | Jim Dempster (Labour /Ind.) | | Andrew Wood (Conservative) | Tony Berretti (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2017 Election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Ronnie | 27.98 | 1,211 | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Dempster (incumbent) | 24.38 | 1,055 | 1,087.55 | | | |
| | SNP | Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent)†††† | 20.15 | 872 | 876.65 | 876.96 | 1,043.9 | 1,286.21 |
| | Labour | John Syme (incumbent) | 16.73 | 724 | 730.76 | 734.26 | 839.41 | |
| | No description | Graham Watson | 10.77 | 466 | 497.92 | 498.1 | | |
| Electorate: 8,105 Valid: 4,328 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,083 Turnout: 53.4 |||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Mid and Upper Nithsdale - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Jim Dempster (incumbent) | 27.45 | 1,194 | |
| | Conservative | Gill Dykes (incumbent) | 26.53 | 1,154 | |
| | SNP | Andrew Stuart Wood (incumbent) | 20.51 | 892 | |
| | Labour | John Syme (incumbent) | 19.08 | 830 | 1,098.6 |
| | UKIP | Douglas Watters | 4.55 | 198 | 209.1 |
| | Conservative | Elly Hurren | 1.86 | 81 | 88.3 |
| Electorate: 9,239 Valid: 4,349 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 870 Turnout: 4,416 (47.07%) ||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Mid and Upper Nithsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Jim Dempster | 22.0 | 1,261 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gill Dykes | 19.2 | 1,102 | 1,106.10 | 1,117.38 | 1,138.47 | 1,195.83 | | | |
| | Labour | John Syme | 15.3 | 876 | 942.11 | 961.57 | 989.39 | 1,010.03 | 1,011.46 | 1,074.06 | 1,136.04 |
| | SNP | Andrew Stuart Wood | 13.7 | 783 | 790.02 | 816.39 | 842.57 | 899.21 | 901.90 | 996.69 | 1,117.31 |
| | Conservative | Neil McKay | 13.1 | 753 | 757.74 | 766.02 | 794.56 | 836.65 | 870.23 | 985.48 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rog Wood | 6.6 | 378 | 386.66 | 397.03 | 414.48 | 474.85 | 477.80 | | |
| | Independent | Mike Steele | 4.5 | 256 | 258.46 | 294.01 | 317.28 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Douglas Watters | 3.1 | 175 | 178.01 | 181.19 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Moses Kungu | 2.5 | 145 | 149.19 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,354 Valid: 5,729 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,146 Turnout: 62.3% ||||||||||||