# Dumbarton (ward)

Dumbarton is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects four Councillors.
The ward covers most of the town of Dumbarton, including the outlying villages of Milton and Bowling on the Firth of Clyde, but excepting northern parts of Dumbarton such as Bellsmyre, Broadmeadow and Lomondgate which are assigned to the Leven ward.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Geoff Calvert (Labour) | | David McBride (Labour) | | Iain Robertson (SNP) | George Black (Ind.) |
| 2012 | Thomas Rainey (Labour) | Ian Murray (SNP) | | David McBride (Labour) | | | George Black (Ind.) |
| 2017 | | Brian Walker (Conservative) | Karen Conaghan (SNP) | David McBride (Labour) | | Iain McLaren (SNP) |
| 2022 | | Gurpreet Singh Johal (Labour) | Karen Conaghan (SNP) | David McBride (Labour) | Chris Pollock (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election
Dumbarton - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Karen Conoghan (incumbent) | 33.8 | 2,171 | | | | | |
| | Labour | David McBride (incumbent) | 31.8 | 2,045 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Gurpreet Singh Johal | 14.5 | 950 | 987 | 1,546.5 | | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Walker (incumbent) | 9.4 | 601 | 602.9 | 642.4 | 682.5 | 686.5 | 696.4 |
| | SNP | Chris Pollock | 8.2 | 592 | 1,246.2 | 1,265.4 | 1,291.8 | 1,295.8 | 1,305.8 |
| | TUSC | Lynda McEwan | 1.1 | 73 | 86.9 | 99.9 | 123.0 | 127.7 | 137.4 |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Jonathan Rainey | 0.7 | 45 | 49.7 | 54.8 | 62.3 | 68.5 | |
| | Sovereignty | Kelly Wilson | 0.5 | 30 | 30.8 | 32.2 | 34.3 | | |
| Electorate: 13,336 Valid: 6,524 Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,305 Turnout: 50.1% ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election
Dumbarton - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | David McBride (incumbent) | 26.9 | 1,762 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Karen Conaghan | 22.8 | 1,499 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Walker | 14.6 | 957 | 979.7 | 980.5 | 1,009.3 | 1,147.1 | 1,388.0 |
| | SNP | Iain McLaren | 12.3 | 809 | 827.1 | 989.8 | 998.6 | 1,254.1 | 1,403.0 |
| | West Dunbartonshire Community | George Black (incumbent) | 12.1 | 792 | 821.0 | 827.1 | 888.3 | | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Ruine | 8.9 | 584 | 910.2 | 915.0 | 937.2 | 1,103.6 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Muir | 2.4 | 159 | 168.4 | 170.9 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,146 Valid: 6,562 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 51.2% ||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 West Dunbartonshire Council election
Dumbarton - 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 | David McBride (incumbent) | 30.59 | 1,678 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Ian Murray | 18.01 | 988 | 1,015.3 | 1,027.1 | 1,039.1 | 1,050.8 | 1,071.1 | 1,130.4 |
| | Independent | George Black (incumbent) | 13.96 | 766 | 788.1 | 803.4 | 818.6 | 840.2 | 905.1 | 1,146.6 |
| | Labour | Thomas Rainey | 13.74 | 754 | 1,218.9 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Iain Robertson (incumbent) | 10.21 | 560 | 568.6 | 574.9 | 581.2 | 583.7 | 597.1 | 621.3 |
| | Independent | Iain Ellis | 6.60 | 362 | 368.9 | 377.8 | 380.2 | 418.1 | 465.1 | |
| | Conservative | Sally Page | 4.14 | 227 | 230.5 | 233.6 | 234.7 | 241.2 | | |
| | Independent | Andrew Muir | 1.55 | 85 | 93.3 | 98 | 106.6 | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Cammy Fyfe | 1.20 | 66 | 71.9 | 78 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,620 Valid: 5,486 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 5,600 (44.37%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Dumbarton :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % |
| Labour | Geoff Calvert | 1,292 | 17.7 |
| SNP | Iain Robertson | 1,204 | 16.5 |
| Labour | David McBride | 1,107 | 15.2 |
| SNP | Betty Mitchell | 979 | 13.4 |
| Conservative | Martyn Anthony McIntyre | 719 | 9.9 |
| Independent | George Black | 696 | 9.6 |
| Scottish Green | Rose Harvie | 387 | 5.3 |
| Independent | Linda McColl | 351 | 4.8 |
| Independent | Alistair Tuach | 304 | 4.2 |
| Scottish Socialist | Les Robertson | 242 | 3.3 |