# Tweeddale West (ward)

Tweeddale West 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 | | Willie Archibald (SNP) | | Neil Calvert (Conservative) | Catriona Bhatia (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | Nathaniel Buckingham (Conservative) | Willie Archibald (SNP) | | | Catriona Bhatia (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2013 by | Keith Cockburn (Conservative) | Willie Archibald (SNP) | | | Catriona Bhatia (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | Heather Anderson (SNP) | Eric Small (Conservative) | Kris Chapman (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2022 | Viv Thomson (SNP) | Eric Small (Conservative) | Drummond Begg (Liberal Democrats) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election
Tweeddale West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Viv Thomson | 26.2% | 1,266 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Drummond Begg | 22.8% | 1,100 | 1,107.8 | 1,257.6 | | |
| | Conservative | Eric Small (incumbent) | 18.5% | 893 | 894.3 | 915.4 | 926.6 | 1,338.5 |
| | Scottish Green | Dominic Ashmole | 16.4% | 792 | 829.3 | 905.3 | 926.8 | 947.3 |
| | Conservative | John Smith | 9.7% | 466 | 466.4 | 472.4 | 476.2 | |
| | Labour | Julia Reid | 6.5% | 312 | 316.4 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,517 Valid: 4,829 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 4,887 (57.4%) |||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election
Tweeddale 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 | Heather Anderson | 25.2% | 1,160 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Eric Small | 22.5% | 1,036 | 1,036.2 | 1,040.2 | 1,097.2 | 1,115.3 | 1,123.3 | 1,928.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kris Chapman | 16.7% | 768 | 769.2 | 783.2 | 820.2 | 891.4 | 1,073.1 | 1,192.2 |
| | Conservative | John Anderson | 21.3% | 984 | 984.2 | 987.2 | 1,003.2 | 1,018.2 | 1,030.2 | |
| | Scottish Green | Catriona Hamilton | 4.7% | 218 | 221.3 | 238.4 | 262.6 | 332.8 | | |
| | Labour | Julia Reid | 4.4% | 201 | 201.5 | 205.5 | 224.6 | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Davidson | 3.7% | 170 | 170.6 | 190.6 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Needham | 1.6% | 73 | 73.1 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,167 (Est.) Valid: 4,610 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,153 Turnout: 4,688 (57.4%) |||||||||||

### 2013 By-election

Tweeddale West By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Keith Cockburn | 42.65 | 1,155 | 1,165 | 1,176 | 1,193 | 1,255 | 1,288 | 1,616 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Norman | 25 | 677 | 682 | 690 | 759 | 858 | 1,034 | |
| | SNP | Morag Kerr | 13.26 | 359 | 369 | 373 | 409 | 444 | | |
| | Borders | David Pye | 8.4 | 228 | 237 | 245 | 272 | | | |
| | Labour | Veronica McTernan | 7.5 | 203 | 204 | 207 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Mars Goodman | 1.56 | 43 | 44 | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Cox | 1.56 | 43 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,707 Valid: 2,708 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,355 Turnout: 2,729 (35.41%) |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election
Tweeddale West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catriona Bhatia (incumbent) | 25.62 | 919 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Nathaniel Buckingham†† | 24.67 | 885 | 887.4 | 978.6 | | |
| | SNP | Willie Archibald (incumbent) | 21.75 | 780 | 782.1 | 833.4 | 839.6 | 934.3 |
| | Labour | Julia Reid | 9.37 | 336 | 337.2 | 389.3 | 393.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nancy Norman | 9.31 | 334 | 347.9 | 415.5 | 449.4 | 548.9 |
| | Borders | David Pye | 9.28 | 333 | 334.4 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,577 Valid: 3,587 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 897 Turnout: 3,621 (47.34%) |||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Tweeddale West :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Liberal Democrats | Catriona Bhatia | 1,202 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | Neil Calvert | 1,091 | 22.9 | 2 | 4 |
| SNP | Willie Archibald | 784 | 16.4 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | Nancy Norman | 672 | 14.1 | | |
| Independent | Tom Davidson | 667 | 14.0 | | |
| Labour | Eamonn O'Neil | 356 | 7.5 | | |