# Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (ward)

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (Ward 2) is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council in Scotland. It elects four Councillors under the Single transferable vote system.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2017 | | David Inglis (Conservative) | Graham Nicol (Conservative) | Katie Hagmann (SNP) | Jim McColm (Ind.) |
| 2022 | Jackie McCamon (Conservative) | David Inglis (Conservative) | Sandy Whitelaw (Labour) | Katie Hagmann (SNP) |
| 2022 | Jackie McCamon (Conservative) | David Inglis (Conservative) | Richard Marsh (Conservative) | Katie Hagmann (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2022 by-election

Sandy Whitelaw resigned after a few months for personal reasons. Conservative candidate Richard Marsh was elected in the by-election held on 8 December 2022.
Mid Galloway and Wigtown West by-election (8 December 2022) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Marsh | 52.8 | 1,787 |
| | SNP | Ian Gibson | 26.0 | 879 |
| | Labour | John Peter McCutcheon | 9.6 | 326 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain McDonald | 5.6 | 190 |
| | Scottish Green | Daniel Hooper-Jones | 5.1 | 172 |
| Electorate: 10,981 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 30.8% |||||
Source:

### 2022 election

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | David Inglis (incumbent) | 30.8 | 1,529 | | | | |
| | SNP | Katie Hagmann (incumbent) | 30.3 | 1,505 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Jackie McCamon | 19.4 | 964 | 1,428 | | | |
| | Labour | Sandy Whitelaw | 11.3 | 559 | 578 | 681 | 806 | 1,240 |
| | Scottish Green | Kenny Campbell | 8.2 | 405 | 415 | 690 | 736 | |
| Electorate: 10,908 Valid: 4,962 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 993 Turnout: 46.4% |||||||||
Source:

### 2017 election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Mid Galloway and Wigtown West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Conservative | David Inglis | 26.07 | 1,403 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim McColm (incumbent) | 18.13 | 976 | 1,012.01 | 1,027.25 | 1,050.25 | 1,158.41 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Graham Nicol (incumbent) ††††† | 13.43 | 723 | 960.46 | 962.93 | 971.02 | 1,009.64 | 1,032.12 | 1,234.63 | | |
| | SNP | Katie Hagmann | 13.02 | 701 | 703.32 | 708.32 | 733.32 | 806.49 | 811.66 | 860.02 | 867.82 | 1,416.84 |
| | SNP | Steve Norris | 10.63 | 572 | 574.32 | 577.56 | 587.56 | 606.25 | 612.84 | 657.4 | 664.87 | |
| | Independent | Richard Oxley | 8.83 | 475 | 48.01 | 496.24 | 506.24 | 551.94 | 579.43 | | | |
| | Labour | Matthew Curry | 6.84 | 368 | 375.67 | 379.9 | 407.36 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Barbara Bannatyne | 2.16 | 116 | 118.32 | 121.79 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John McCutcheon | 0.89 | 48 | 49.86 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,594 Valid: 5,382 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 57.3 |||||||||||||