# Kelso and District (ward)

Kelso and District 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 | | Tom Weatherson (Ind./ Conservative) | | Alasdair Hutton (Conservative) | Alec Nicol (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | Tom Weatherson (Ind./ Conservative) | Simon Mountford (Conservative) | | Alec Nicol (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | Euan Robson (Liberal Democrats) | Tom Weatherson (Ind./ Conservative) | Simon Mountford (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Euan Robson (Liberal Democrats) | Tom Weatherson (Ind./ Conservative) | Simon Mountford (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election
Kelso and District - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson (incumbent) | 29.8% | 1,169 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent) | 24.0% | 942 | 987.7 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Mountford (incumbent) | 23.1% | 904 | 926.8 | 932.2 | 932.2 | 937.1 | 973.8 | 1,111.3 |
| | Scottish Green | Shelagh King | 13.2% | 518 | 560.9 | 561.1 | 564.6 | 575.2 | 736.2 | |
| | Labour | Wilson George | 7.7% | 301 | 331.2 | 331.4 | 335.7 | 392.3 | | |
| | Labour | Kenryck Lloyd-Jones | 1.8% | 69 | 81.7 | 81.8 | 82.3 | | | |
| | Vanguard Party championing Kelso | Sunny Smith | 0.4% | 17 | 19.3 | 19.3 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,499 Valid: 3,920 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 981 Turnout: 46.9% |||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election
Kelso and District - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent) | 28% | 1,212 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Mountford (incumbent) | 25% | 1,083 | | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Euan Robson | 14.7% | 636 | 675 | 675 | 700 | 741 | 788 | 955 | 1,370 |
| | SNP | Alison Lamond | 16.5% | 713 | 715 | 715 | 731 | 749 | 809 | 850 | |
| | Independent | Ian Aitchison | 7.7% | 333 | 362 | 362 | 389 | 401 | 424 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Colin Shaughnessy | 3% | 129 | 133 | 133 | 144 | 164 | | | |
| | Labour | Sally Prentice | 2.7% | 116 | 119 | 119 | 124 | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin McGrath | 2.4% | 104 | 114 | 114 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,326 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,082 Turnout: 53.1% ||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election
Kelso and District - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Conservative | Tom Weatherston (incumbent) | 23.98 | 777 | 777 | 794 | 824 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alec Nicol (incumbent) | 22.5 | 729 | 756 | 791 | 832 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Mountford | 14.29 | 463 | 471 | 482 | 518 | 522.6 | 529.2 | 610.1 | 703.7 |
| | SNP | Maggie Stanfield | 12.75 | 413 | 444 | 462 | 507 | 510.5 | 511.6 | 590.1 | |
| | Independent | Yvonne Huggins-Haig | 10.0 | 324 | 331 | 365 | 435 | 438.7 | 440.2 | | |
| | Borders | Diana Miers | 7.81 | 253 | 269 | 306 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin McGrath | 5.09 | 165 | 176 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Michael Scott | 3.58 | 116 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,242 Valid: 3,240 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 811 Turnout: 3,264 (39.31%) ||||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Kelso and District :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Nicol | 1,116 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Alasdair Hutton | 982 | 22.7 | 2 | 5 |
| Independent | Tom Weatherston† | 814 | 18.8 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | Trevor Black | 431 | 9.9 | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Thomson | 427 | 9.9 | | |
| SNP | Paul Cartledge | 346 | 8.0 | | |
| Scottish Green | Michael Scott | 218 | 5.0 | | |