# Hawick and Hermitage (ward)

Hawick and Hermitage 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 |
| 2007 | David Paterson (Ind./ Alba) | | George Turnbull (Conservative) | Ron Smith (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | David Paterson (Ind./ Alba) | | George Turnbull (Conservative) | Ron Smith (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | David Paterson (Ind./ Alba) | Watson McAteer (Ind.) | George Turnbull (Conservative) |
| 2021 | David Paterson (Ind./ Alba) | Watson McAteer (Ind.) | George Turnbull (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Annette Smart (SNP) | Watson McAteer (Ind.) | Jane Cox (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election
Hawick and Hermitage - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Watson McAteer (incumbent) | 48.5 | 1,477 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Jane Cox | 18.4 | 560 | 674.2 | 681.2 | 692.2 | 732.4 | 904.1 |
| | SNP | Annette Smart | 16.7 | 509 | 565.2 | 607.9 | 638.3 | 671.6 | 765.4 |
| | Independent | Cameron Knox | 6.3% | 191 | 522.6 | 534.4 | 555.7 | 601.2 | |
| | Labour | Robert Leach | 3.7 | 114 | 131.4 | 148.9 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Webster | 3.7 | 113 | 153.2 | 162.6 | 202.4 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Kevin Ferguson | 2.7 | 81 | 101.8 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,070 Valid: 3,045 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 762 Turnout: 43.5 ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Scottish Borders Council election
Hawick and Hermitage - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Independent | Watson McAteer * | 43.2% | 1,496 | |
| | Conservative | George Turnbull (incumbent) | 26.4% | 912 | |
| | Independent | Davie Paterson (incumbent) | 19.2% | 665 | 936 |
| | SNP | Iain Whyte | 11.2% | 386 | 482 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,459 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 865 Turnout: 50.3% ||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Scottish Borders Council election
Hawick and Hermitage - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Davie Paterson (incumbent) | 44.93 | 1,302 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ron Smith (incumbent) | 18.12 | 525 | 676.1 | 687.7 | 706.4 | 785.2 | | |
| | Conservative | George Turnbull (incumbent) | 17.70 | 513 | 614 | 616.5 | 641.2 | 657.6 | 686.3 | 779.9 |
| | SNP | Tommy Stevenson | 8.25 | 239 | 300.2 | 309.5 | 323.9 | 368.9 | 377.2 | |
| | Labour | Bill Cumming | 6.59 | 191 | 246.8 | 258.4 | 270.3 | | | |
| | Borders | Frank Little | 2.83 | 82 | 115.2 | 124.8 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Kevin Ferguson | 1.59 | 46 | 65.5 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,041 Valid: 2,898 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 725 Turnout: 2,932 (41.16%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Scottish Borders Council election
Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Hawick and Hermitage :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | David Paterson | 1,022 | 25.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Conservative | George Turnbull | 953 | 24.1 | 2 | 4 |
| SNP | Jim Rowan | 674 | 17.0 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ron Smith | 475 | 12.0 | 3 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Etta McKean | 380 | 9.6 | | |
| Independent | Jake Irvine | 324 | 8.2 | | |
| Scottish Green | Lesley Wood | 126 | 3.2 | | |