Dunoon (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Dunoon is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.
History
On 26 January 2026, Daniel Hampsey defected to Reform UK.[2]
Councillors
| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dick Walsh (Ind.) |
Jimmy McQueen (Ind.) |
Alister MacAlister (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | Michael Breslin (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Jim Anderson (Ind.) |
Bobby Good (Conservative) |
Audrey Forrest (SNP) | |||||
| 2022 | Ross Moreland (Liberal Democrats) |
Daniel Hampsey (Conservative/ Reform UK) | ||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||
Election results
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Audrey E. Forrest (incumbent) | 40.9 | 1,126 | |||||||
| Conservative | Daniel Hampsey | 17.9 | 493 | 501 | 512 | 528 | 556 | 560 | 747 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Moreland | 16.9 | 464 | 539 | 544 | 646 | 710 | |||
| Independent | Gordon Graham McKinven | 10.1 | 279 | 324 | 336 | 365 | 485 | 492 | ||
| Labour | Kaitlin Wallace | 6.5 | 180 | 247 | 254 | |||||
| Independent | George Darroch | 6.1 | 168 | 249 | 266 | 296 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Susan Watling | 1.6 | 43 | 62 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,613 Valid: 2,753 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 689 Turnout: 49.7% | ||||||||||
2017 election
2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Audrey Forrest | 19.66 | 575 | 580 | 593 | 600 | 616 | 638 | 670 | 1,064 | |
| Conservative | Bobby Good | 18.26 | 534 | 539 | 557 | 584 | 602 | 643 | 732 | ||
| SNP | Keir Low | 14.05 | 411 | 421 | 423 | 437 | 455 | 467 | 487 | ||
| Independent | Jim Anderson | 10.70 | 313 | 339 | 353 | 391 | 412 | 542 | 658 | 687 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Moreland | 9.03 | 264 | 275 | 286 | 306 | 372 | 406 | |||
| Independent | John Allison | 7.38 | 216 | 237 | 256 | 305 | 330 | ||||
| Labour | Mick Rice | 6.67 | 195 | 203 | 216 | 227 | |||||
| Independent | Gordon McKinven | 5.26 | 154 | 164 | 195 | ||||||
| Independent | Jimmy McQueen (incumbent) | 4.85 | 142 | 150 | |||||||
| Independent | Brian Logan | 4.14 | 121 | ||||||||
| Electorate: Valid: 2,925 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 732 Turnout: 2,997 (53.1%) | |||||||||||
2012 election
2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Dick Walsh (incumbent) | 32.83 | 777 | |||||
| SNP | Michael Breslin | 28.01 | 663 | |||||
| Independent | Jimmy McQueen (incumbent) | 18.25 | 432 | 527.5 | 544.8 | 590.7 | 638 | |
| Labour | Mick Rice | 12.51 | 296 | 315.5 | 324.7 | 337.8 | 381.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Miles | 4.44 | 105 | 128.1 | 137.3 | 160.1 | ||
| Conservative | William Green | 3.97 | 94 | 106.9 | 111.1 | |||
| Electorate: 5,715 Valid: 2,367 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 592 Turnout: 2,405 (41.42%) | ||||||||
2007 election
2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dick Walsh | 855 | 24.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| SNP | Alister MacAlister†††††† | 821 | 23.6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Independent | Jimmy McQueen | 754 | 21.7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Labour | David Graham | 358 | 10.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Miles | 257 | 7.4 | |||
| Conservative | Sandy MacPherson | 239 | 6.9 | |||
| Independent | Gordon McKinven | 193 | 5.6 | |||
References
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
- ^ "Scottish Conservative councillor defects to Reform UK". The National. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Dunoon" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Dunoon" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result: Argyll and Bute Council - Dunoon electoral ward" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012.