# Milngavie (ward)

Milngavie is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. Its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the entire burgh of Milngavie, and a sparsely populated hinterland to its north-west, bordering the West Dunbartonshire and Stirling local authority areas. In 2020, the ward had a population of 13,572.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jim Gibbons (SNP) | | Bill Binks (Conservative) | Eric Gotts (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | Jim Gibbons (SNP) | Maureen Henry (Labour) | | Eric Gotts (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | | Jim Gibbons (SNP) | Graeme McGinnigle (Conservative) | Jim Goodall (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2022 | Alix Mathieson (Conservative) | Jim Gibbons (SNP) | Aileen Polson (Liberal Democrats) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Milngavie – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Jim Gibbons (incumbent) | 24.89% | 1,566 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Alix Mathieson | 20.69% | 1,293 | 1,293.05 | 1,303.06 | 1,448.07 | 1,586.08 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aileen Polson | 16.49% | 1,031 | 1,031.26 | 1,217.49 | 1,449.63 | 2,159.10 |
| | Labour | Thomas Shepherd | 13.49% | 869 | 869.37 | 1,100.79 | 1,364.99 | |
| | Independent | Julie Duncan | 13.28% | 830 | 830.29 | 948.69 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Emma Sheppard | 10.56% | 660 | 661.59 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,661 Valid: 6,249 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,563 Turnout: 59.1% |||||||||

### 2017 election

2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Milngavie – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Graeme McGinnigle | 27.69% | 1,701 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jim Goodall | 27.64% | 1,698 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Gibbons (incumbent) | 22.38% | 1,375 | 1,381 | 1,393 | 1,486 | 1,957 |
| | Labour | Maureen Henry (incumbent) | 9.29% | 571 | 624 | 684 | 796 | 838 |
| | SNP | Kate Waddell | 7.68% | 472 | 473 | 478 | 560 | |
| | Scottish Green | Gordon Masterton | 5.32% | 327 | 342 | 372 | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,144 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,537 Turnout: 58.7% |||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Milngavie – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Gotts (incumbent) | 36.6 | 1,751 | | |
| | SNP | Jim Gibbons (incumbent) | 28.0 | 1,338 | | |
| | Labour | Maureen Henry | 20.0 | 955 | 1,177 | 1,283 |
| | Conservative | Bill Binks (incumbent) | 14.6 | 696 | 866 | 889 |
| Electorate: 10,289 Valid: 4,740 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,186 Turnout: 46.07% |||||||

### 2007 election

2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Milngavie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Jim Gibbons | 20.1 | 1,310 | 1,327 | 1,388 | 1,475 | 1,581 | 1,637 | | |
| | Conservative | Bill Binks | 18.8 | 1,230 | 1,234 | 1,277 | 1,305 | 1,372 | 1,436 | 1,436 | 1,742 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Gotts | 18.8 | 1,226 | 1,229 | 1,257 | 1,304 | 1,951 | | | |
| | Labour | Peter Ritchie | 17.8 | 1,161 | 1,175 | 1,217 | 1,263 | 1,336 | 1,400 | 1,400 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Risk | 14.1 | 919 | 924 | 962 | 1,051 | | | | |
| | EDIA | Pat Ryan | 4.7 | 308 | 314 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Emma Sheppard | 4.7 | 307 | 319 | 364 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Bill Newman | 1.1 | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate:  Valid: 6,532 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,634 Turnout: 65.12% ||||||||||||