# Lochar (ward)

Lochar is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Dumfries and Galloway Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jeff Leaver (Labour) | | John Anthony Charteris (Conservative) | Ivor Alexander Hyslop (Conservative) | Lorna Jean McGowan (SNP) |
| 2012 | | Jeff Leaver (Labour) | Jeff Leaver (Labour) | Ted Thompson (SNP) | Ivor Alexander Hyslop (Conservative) |
| 2017 | | Jeff Leaver (Labour) | John Anthony Charteris (Conservative) | Tracey Little (SNP) | Ivor Alexander Hyslop (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Linda Dorward (Labour) | Maureen Johnstone (Conservative) | | Tracey Little (SNP) | Ivor Alexander Hyslop (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2017 Election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Lochar - 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 | John Anthony Charteris | 24.19 | 1,208 | | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent) | 16.88 | 843 | 1,000.61 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jeff Leaver (incumbent) | 13.72 | 685 | 688.29 | 688.5 | 701.68 | 833.24 | 875.96 | 899.3 | 916.78 | 1,153.64 |
| | SNP | Tracey Little | 13.20 | 659 | 661.08 | 661.09 | 685.1 | 689.1 | 710.45 | 1,099.98 | | |
| | Independent | Yen Hongmei Jin (incumbent) | 12.13 | 606 | 620.71 | 620.97 | 637.15 | 652.15 | 777.22 | 786.22 | 810.59 | |
| | SNP | Joe McGurk | 8.33 | 416 | 417.21 | 417.23 | 440.58 | 447.58 | 459.75 | | | |
| | Independent | Maureen Johnstone | 5.99 | 299 | 310.94 | 311.21 | 322.73 | 326.73 | | | | |
| | Labour | Keith Walters | 3.16 | 158 | 158.69 | 158.74 | 175.92 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Arthur Ramsay | 2.40 | 120 | 121.38 | 121.43 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,603 Valid: 4,994 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 999 Turnout: 47.1 |||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Lochar - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Yen Hongmei Jin†††† | 28.46 | 1,190 | | | | |
| | Labour | Jeff Leaver (incumbent) | 27.73 | 1,159 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ivor Alexander Hyslop (incumbent) | 15.86 | 663 | 703 | 710.5 | 723.7 | 1,266.4 |
| | Conservative | John Anthony Charteris (incumbent) | 15.05 | 629 | 675.9 | 685.6 | 700.3 | |
| | Labour | Ted Thompson | 12.89 | 539 | 660 | 941.7 | | |
| Electorate: 9,295 Valid: 4,180 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 837 Turnout: 4,242 (44.97%) |||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Lochar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Jeff Leaver | 19.3 | 978 | 983 | 1,010 | 1,522 | | | |
| | Conservative | John Anthony Charteris | 17.2 | 872 | 882 | 916 | 923 | 949.14 | 951.08 | 1,092.25 |
| | SNP | Lorna Jean McGowan | 16.5 | 836 | 843 | 901 | 930 | 1,029.85 | | |
| | Conservative | Ivor Alexander Hyslop | 15.6 | 791 | 799 | 832 | 840 | 860.44 | 861.94 | 1,001.14 |
| | Labour | Alec Martin | 11.8 | 597 | 603 | 636 | | | | |
| | Independent | David Slater | 10.9 | 550 | 593 | 672 | 686. | 764.07 | 768.89 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robertson | 6.3 | 317 | 340 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Graham William Sutherland McLeod | 2.3 | 118 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,900 Valid: 5,059 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 57.7% |||||||||||