# Midlothian West (ward)

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

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Owen Thompson (SNP) | | Russell Imrie (Labour) | Les Thacker (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | Owen Thompson (SNP) | Andrew Coventry (SNP) | Russell Imrie (Labour) |
| 2015 by | Kelly Parry (SNP) | | Andrew Coventry (SNP) | Russell Imrie (Labour) |
| 2017 | Kelly Parry (SNP) | | Pauline Winchester (Conservative) | Russell Imrie (Labour) |
| 2022 | Kelly Parry (SNP) | | Pauline Winchester (Conservative) | Russell Imrie (Labour) |

## Election Results
### 2017 Election

2017 Midlothian Council election
Midlothian West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Winchester | 26.9 | 1,503 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Kelly Parry (incumbent) | 19.5 | 1,091 | 1,092.0 | 1,106.3 | 1,159.7 | 1,679.7 | | |
| | Labour | Russell Imrie (incumbent) | 12.2 | 684 | 698.8 | 737.5 | 817.0 | 837.3 | 867.9 | 1,443.5 |
| | Labour | Stephen Blain | 11.0 | 612 | 620.1 | 650.1 | 700.2 | 707.3 | 724.1 | |
| | SNP | David Temple | 10.4 | 581 | 582.7 | 587.7 | 616.9 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Helen Blackburn | 8.4 | 468 | 473.4 | 552.3 | 680.8 | 715.9 | 835.8 | 889.4 |
| | Independent | Andrew Coventry (incumbent) | 7.4 | 413 | 435.8 | 484.2 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ross Laird | 4.2 | 236 | 256.6 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,588 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,398 Turnout: 47.2% |||||||||||

### 2015 By-election

Midlothian West By-election (10 September 2015) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | SNP | Kelly Parry | 43.2% | 1,540 | 1,558 | 1,701 |
| | Labour | Ian Miller | 26.5% | 945 | 977 | 1,082 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Winchester | 14.7% | 524 | 570 | 618 |
| | Scottish Green | Daya Feldwick | 10.4% | 372 | 420 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Davidson | 4.5% | 162 | | |
| | Independent | David Tedford | 0.7% | 25 | | |
| Electorate: 11,582 Valid: 3,568 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,785 Turnout: 3,617 (31.2%) |||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Midlothian Council election
Midlothian West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Andrew Coventry | 21.5 | 930 | 935 | 943 | 987 | 1,017 | 1,071 | 1,106 |
| | SNP | Owen Thompson (incumbent)†† | 18.20 | 789 | 793 | 805 | 832 | 861 | 900 | 960 |
| | Labour | Russell Imrie (incumbent) | 17.9 | 776 | 778 | 784 | 823 | 872 | 966 | 1,595 |
| | Labour | Alex Jones | 17.58 | 762 | 764 | 773 | 794 | 821 | 856 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 10.7 | 462 | 480 | 497 | 567 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Les Thacker (incumbent) | 5.67 | 246 | 247 | 263 | 309 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Helen Blackburn | 5.2 | 226 | 234 | 258 | | | | |
| | Independent | George McCleery | 2.38 | 103 | 115 | | | | | |
| | TUSC | Lynn Leitch | 0.95 | 41 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,714 Valid: 4,335 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 4,389 (40.46%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Midlothian Council election
Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian West :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Owen Thompson | 1,981 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Russell Imrie | 1,506 | 25.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Les Thacker | 868 | 14.5 | 3 | 10 |
| Conservative | Andrew Hardie | 634 | 10.6 | | |
| Independent | Elizabeth Veitch | 259 | 4.3 | | |
| Independent | George Purcell | 220 | 3.7 | | |
| Independent | Pat Kenny | 188 | 3.2 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Lynn Leitch | 108 | 1.8 | | |
| Had Enough | George McCleery | 105 | 1.8 | | |
| Solidarity | Brian Cranston | 99 | 1.7 | | |