# Nith (ward)

Nith 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 | Councillors |
| 2007 | | John Allan Martin (Labour) | | Colin Smyth (Labour) | | Jack Groom (Conservative) | Alistair Witts (SNP) |
| 2012 | | John Allan Martin (Labour) | | Colin Smyth (Labour) | | Jack Groom (Conservative) | Alistair Witts (SNP) |
| 2017 | Elaine Murray (Labour) | John Allan Martin (Labour) | Malcolm Johnstone (Conservative) | John Campbell (SNP) |
| 2022 | Keith Walters (Labour) | | Malcolm Johnstone (Conservative) | John Campbell (SNP) | Robert Slater (Ind.) |

## Election Results
### 2017 Election

2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Nith - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Johnstone | 29.30 | 1,481 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Elaine Murray | 19.01 | 961 | 1,033.2 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | John Campbell | 16.97 | 858 | 862.75 | 863.32 | 887.71 | 901.77 | 922.72 | 950.35 | 1,379.72 | | |
| | SNP | Alastair Witts (incumbent) | 8.66 | 438 | 441.48 | 441.96 | 468.7 | 488.37 | 493.71 | 507.68 | | | |
| | Labour | John Martin (incumbent) | 8.39 | 424 | 463.9 | 478.72 | 500.8 | 523.66 | 540.98 | 579.72 | 599.29 | 682.97 | 837.94 |
| | Independent | David Robert Slater | 5.88 | 297 | 362.55 | 363.43 | 380.02 | 401.18 | 459.13 | 586.3 | 606.99 | 676.46 | |
| | Independent | Niall Cowan | 3.88 | 196 | 246.35 | 247.12 | 252.05 | 278.76 | 321.56 | | | | |
| | Independent | Andrew Crosbie | 3.03 | 153 | 188.15 | 188.47 | 192.81 | 210.46 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Dennis | 2.49 | 126 | 151.02 | 151.67 | 168.34 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Sandy Rogerson | 2.39 | 121 | 133.67 | 134.22 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,233 Valid: 5,055 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 49.4 ||||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Nith - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | John Allan Martin (incumbent) | 25.93 | 1,079 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Colin Smyth (incumbent) | 19.20 | 799 | 1,010.3 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Alastair Witts (incumbent) | 18.84 | 784 | 789.7 | 822 | 830.2 | 850.9 | | |
| | Conservative | Jack Groom (incumbent)†† | 15.67 | 652 | 657.5 | 669.5 | 675.9 | 687.8 | 689.9 | 900.9 |
| | Conservative | David Slater | 8.56 | 356 | 361 | 366.5 | 369.5 | 382.5 | 383.6 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Crosbie | 8.36 | 348 | 352.8 | 376.2 | 391.6 | 430.4 | 435.1 | 514.1 |
| | Independent | Nello Paoletti | 2.19 | 91 | 93.1 | 103.1 | 108.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Lee Vann-Wakelin | 1.25 | 52 | 53.6 | 59.81 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,844 Valid: 4,161 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 833 Turnout: 4,227 (42.27%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election
Nith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | John Allan Martin | 23.0 | 1,268 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Alistair Witts | 20.8 | 1,145 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Jack Groom | 14.4 | 794 | 795.56 | 798.13 | 843.68 | 1,304.35 | | |
| | Labour | Colin Smyth | 13.0 | 714 | 847.76 | 854.92 | 912.09 | 940.39 | 954.98 | 1,262.99 |
| | Conservative | Frances Hassall | 11.3 | 623 | 624.69 | 626.60 | 662.00 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kerr Little | 10.9 | 598 | 605.55 | 614.02 | 740.42 | 794.05 | 857.23 | |
| | Independent | Robin Wishart | 6.7 | 368 | 370.34 | 378.30 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,021 Valid: 5,510 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 55.8% |||||||||||