# Kilpatrick (ward)

Kilpatrick is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors.
The ward covers the northern outskirts of Clydebank, namely the adjoining suburban villages of Duntocher, Faifley and Hardgate.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jim Finn (SNP) | | Margaret Bootland (Labour) | Douglas McAllister (Labour) |
| 2012 | Lawrence O'Neill (Labour) | Jim Finn (SNP) | | | Douglas McAllister (Labour) |
| 2017 | Lawrence O'Neill (Labour) | Jim Finn (SNP) | | | Douglas McAllister (Labour) |
| 2022 | Lawrence O'Neill (Labour) | Gordon Scanlan (SNP) | | | Douglas McAllister (Labour) |
| 2024 by-election | Lawrence O'Neill (Labour) | Gordon Scanlan (SNP) | William Rooney (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

In September 2024 Labour councillor and newly elected Member of Parliament Douglas McAllister resigned as a councillor. A by-election was held in the Kilpatrick ward on 28 November 2024.
Kilpatrick by-election (28 November 2024) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | William Rooney | 42.75 | 725 | 731 | 736 | 753 | 782 | 814 |
| | SNP | Marina Scanlan | 30.31 | 514 | 514 | 518 | 523 | 559 | 564 |
| | Reform UK | David Haydn Smith | 10.38 | 176 | 178 | 184 | 186 | 191 | 200 |
| | Conservative | Ewan McGinnigle | 5.72 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 102 | 103 |
| | Scottish Green | Paula Baker | 4.30 | 73 | 83 | 84 | 95 |
| | Scottish Liberal Democrats | Kai O'Connor | 3.71 | 63 | 64 | 66 |
| | Scottish Family | Andrew Muir | 1.47 | 25 | 25 |
| | Communist | Dylan McAllister | 1.36 | 23 |
| Electorate: 8,879 Valid: 1,696 Spoilt: 9 Quota: 849 Turnout: 19.2% ||||||||||

### 2022 election

2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election
Kilpatrick - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Douglas McAllister (incumbent) | 49.1 | 1,903 | |
| | SNP | Gordon Scanlan | 25.4 | 986 | |
| | SNP | Marina Scanlan | 12.5 | 486 | 524.2 |
| | Labour | Lawrence O'Neill (incumbent) | 7.0 | 272 | 1,020.6 |
| | Conservative | David Jardine | 5.9 | 229 | 269.7 |
| Electorate: 8,987 Valid: 4,059 Spoilt: 183 Quota: 970 Turnout: 45.2% ||||||

### 2017 election

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election
Kilpatrick - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Douglas McAllister (incumbent) | 40.7 | 1,704 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Finn (incumbent) | 23.1 | 965 | 1,000.9 | 1,019.5 | 1,023.2 | 1,738.6 |
| | SNP | Claire Gallagher | 19.1 | 800 | 827.4 | 838.6 | 842.7 | |
| | Labour | Lawrence O'Neill (incumbent) | 8.8 | 367 | 886.4 | 1,071.4 | | |
| | Conservative | Hermione Spencer | 8.2 | 346 | 369.2 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,052 Valid: 4,182 Spoilt: 161 Quota: 1,046 Turnout: 48.0 |||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 West Dunbartonshire Council election
Kilpatrick - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Douglas McAllister (incumbent) | 48.01 | 1,717 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Finn (incumbent) | 21.11 | 755 | 785.2 | 811.4 | 823.7 | 839.6 | 1,110.5 |
| | Labour | Lawrence O'Neill (incumbent) | 11.19 | 400 | 1,113.8 | | | | |
| | SNP | Ian Dickson | 7.96 | 285 | 291.2 | 301.4 | 305.5 | 324.4 | |
| | Independent | Walter Graham | 7.27 | 260 | 284.9 | 321.9 | 336.8 | 388.8 | 408.2 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Boyle | 3.38 | 121 | 125.8 | 134.7 | 135.1 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Dawn Fyfe | 1.06 | 38 | 41.8 | 53.8 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,004 Valid: 3,576 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 895 Turnout: 3,662 (40.67%) ||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Kilpatrick :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % |
| Labour | Douglas McAllister | 1,356 | 29.8 |
| Labour | Margaret Bootland | 1,188 | 26.1 |
| SNP | Jim Finn | 1,092 | 24.0 |
| SNP | Frank McNiff | 403 | 8.8 |
| Conservative | Douglas John Boyle | 378 | 8.3 |
| Scottish Socialist | Cammy Fyfe | 138 | 3.0 |