Following the 2012 election, the Scottish National Party formed a coalition with the support of the Independents and the Liberal Democrats. The Borders Party also supported this administration. This replaced the previous Conservative-Lib Dem-Independent coalition which existed from 2007-2012.
The council was the first to reveal its administration after the election, with the Conservative group forming a coalition with independents to rule the council. New Tweeddale East councillor Shona Haslam became its leader formally on 18 May. Outgoing independent leader, David Parker, become the council's new convener.[1]
† On 4 December 2017, Selkirkshire Conservative Cllr Michelle Ballantyne resigned her seat upon her election to the Scottish Parliament.[8] A by-election was held on 22 February 2018 and the seat was won by Independent candidate, Caroline Penman.
†† On 9 March 2020, it was announced that Leaderdale and Melrose SNP Cllr Kevin Drum had died over the weekend.[9] A by-election took place a year later in March 2021 and was won by the Scottish Conservatives.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Ward 7 East Berwickshire results information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Ward 8 Kelso and District results information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Ward 9 Jedburgh and District results information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Ward 10 Hawick and Denholm results information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Ward 11 Hawick and Hermitage results information | Scottish Borders Council". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
^"Michelle Ballantyne resigns as Selkirkshire councillor". Border Telegraph.
^"Councillor's death a 'great shock' to colleagues". 9 March 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Local government by-election results". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
^Council, Scottish Borders. "Local government by-election results". www.scotborders.gov.uk.
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Main article 2017 Scottish local elections 2017 Elections to Scottish Borders Council were held on 4 May 2017 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections The election used the 11 wards created as a result of the Local Governance Scotland Act 2004 with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation with 34 councillors elected 2017 Scottish Borders Council election 2012 4 May 2017 2017 05 04 2022 All 34 seats to Scottish Borders Council18 seats needed for a majority First party Second party SNP Leader Michelle Ballantyne Stuart Bell Party Conservative SNP Leader s seat Selkirkshire Tweeddale East Seats before 10 9 Seats after 15 9 Seat change 5 0 Popular vote 19 355 9 954 Percentage 41 6 21 4 Swing 18 4 0 7 Third party Fourth party IND LD Leader David Parker Kris Chapman Party Independent Liberal Democrats Leader s seat Leaderdale and Melrose Tweeddale West Seats before 7 6 Seats after 8 2 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 11 050 3 818 Percentage 23 8 8 2 Swing 1 1 8 3 The 11 multi member wardsCouncil Leader before election David Parker Independent Council Leader after election Shona Haslam Conservative Following the 2012 election the Scottish National Party formed a coalition with the support of the Independents and the Liberal Democrats The Borders Party also supported this administration This replaced the previous Conservative Lib Dem Independent coalition which existed from 2007 2012 The council was the first to reveal its administration after the election with the Conservative group forming a coalition with independents to rule the council New Tweeddale East councillor Shona Haslam became its leader formally on 18 May Outgoing independent leader David Parker become the council s new convener 1 Contents 1 Election results 2 Ward results 2 1 Tweeddale West 2 2 Tweeddale East 2 3 Galashiels and District 2 4 Selkirkshire 2 5 Leaderdale and Melrose 2 6 Mid Berwickshire 2 7 East Berwickshire 2 8 Kelso and District 2 9 Jedburgh and District 2 10 Hawick and Denholm 2 11 Hawick and Hermitage 3 Changes since 2017 4 By elections since 2017 5 References 6 External linksElection results editScottish Borders Local Election Result 2017 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Conservative 15 5 0 5 44 1 41 6 19 355 18 4 SNP 9 1 1 0 26 5 21 4 9 959 0 7 Independent 8 3 2 1 23 5 23 8 11 050 1 1 Liberal Democrats 2 0 4 4 5 9 8 2 3 818 8 3 Labour 0 0 0 2 8 1 283 3 5 Scottish Green 0 0 0 2 2 1 030 1 8Ward results editTweeddale West edit 2012 1xLib Dem 1xCon 1xSNP 2017 1xLib Dem 1xCon 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change No Change Tweeddale West 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SNP Heather Anderson 25 2 1 160 Conservative Eric Small 22 5 1 036 1 036 2 1 040 2 1 097 2 1 115 3 1 123 3 1 928 3 Liberal Democrats Kris Chapman 16 7 768 769 2 783 2 820 2 891 4 1 073 1 1 192 2 Conservative John Anderson 21 3 984 984 2 987 2 1 003 2 1 018 2 1 030 2 Scottish Green Catriona Hamilton 4 7 218 221 3 238 4 262 6 332 8 Labour Julia Reid 4 4 201 201 5 205 5 224 6 Independent Tommy Davidson 3 7 170 170 6 190 6 Independent Michael Needham 1 6 73 73 1 Electorate 8 167 Est Valid 4 610 Spoilt 78 Quota 1 153 Turnout 4 688 57 4 Tweeddale East edit 2012 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLib Dem 2017 1xCon 1xSNP 1xIndependent 2012 2017 Change Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem Tweeddale East Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 Conservative Shona Haslam 37 6 1 804 SNP Stuart Bell incumbent 20 960 971 7 1 442 7 Independent Robin Tatler 16 5 793 970 4 1 013 7 1 093 4 1 701 3 Liberal Democrats Amanda Kubie 13 6 650 881 7 931 1 1 003 5 SNP Simon Ritchie 12 2 585 590 7 Electorate 8 640 Est Valid 4 792 Spoilt 46 Quota 1 199 Turnout 4 838 56 Galashiels and District edit 2012 2xSNP 1xBP 1xIndependent 2017 1xSNP 1xCon 2xIndependent 2012 2017 Change Independent and Con gain one seat from SNP and BP Galashiels and District 4 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Euan Jardine 28 5 1 292 SNP Andy Anderson 20 907 Independent Sandy Aitchison incumbent 11 9 539 612 9 640 3 732 4 916 2 Independent Harry Scott 10 1 460 517 8 532 4 592 4 753 1 757 988 3 SNP John Mitchell incumbent 11 5 523 530 4 558 9 597 7 647 3 Independent Bill White incumbent 8 7 396 441 3 462 1 522 Liberal Democrats Caledonia Bhatia 5 5 249 316 369 2 Labour David Sharp 3 7 167 188 5 Electorate 10 980 Est Valid 4 533 Spoilt 66 Quota 907 Turnout 4 599 41 9 Selkirkshire edit 2012 1xCon 1xLib Dem 1xIndependent 2017 1xCon 1xSNP 1xIndependent 2012 2017 Change SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Selkirkshire 3 seats 2 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Conservative Michelle Ballantyne incumbent 27 1 081 SNP Elaine Thornton Nicol 22 2 888 889 941 956 983 1 031 Independent Gordon Edgar incumbent 12 8 514 524 531 569 607 646 652 847 1 083 Conservative Trevor Adams 15 1 606 661 663 675 694 713 713 763 Independent Kenneth Gunn 9 8 392 396 403 417 429 456 464 Labour Scott Redpath 3 7 147 148 165 176 219 Liberal Democrats Nancy Norman 3 3 134 136 163 171 Independent David Black 3 1 123 124 125 Scottish Green Barbra Harvie 3 122 123 Electorate 7 752 Est Valid 4 007 Spoilt 86 Quota 1 002 Turnout 4 093 52 8 Leaderdale and Melrose edit 2012 1xIndependent 1xBP 1xSNP 2017 1xIndependent 1xCon 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change Con gain one seat from BP Leaderdale and Melrose 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Independent David Parker incumbent 25 2 1 149 Conservative Tom Miers 20 5 934 934 9 950 9 1 014 1 476 5 SNP Kevin Drum 17 8 811 812 4 832 5 903 7 910 8 915 5 1 105 3 Independent Iain Gillespie incumbent 11 2 510 513 3 585 7 720 2 744 4 871 1 Conservative Diana Findlay 11 5 523 523 6 543 7 529 8 Liberal Democrats John Paton Day 9 4 426 427 5 473 6 Independent Rebecca Fraser 4 4 202 202 7 Electorate 8 673 Est Valid 4 555 Spoilt 78 Quota 1 139 Turnout 4 633 53 4 Mid Berwickshire edit 2012 1xSNP 1xCon 1xLib Dem 2017 2xCon 1xSNP 2012 2017 Change Con gain one seat from Lib Dem Mid Berwickshire 3 seats Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conservative John Greenwell incumbent 35 1 1 592 Conservative Mark Rowley 24 1 1 096 1 434 3 SNP Donald Moffat incumbent 21 2 962 983 2 995 3 1 022 9 1 124 7 1 435 7 Liberal Democrats Frances Renton incumbent 11 9 539 576 5 665 728 6 816 2 Scottish Green Pauline Stewart 3 9 177 181 201 249 Labour David Smith 3 9 175 180 4 199 8 Electorate 8 494 Est Valid 4 541 Spoilt 96 Quota 1 136 Turnout 4 637 54 6 East Berwickshire edit 2012 1 x Independent 1 x Conservative 1 x SNP 2017 2 x Conservative 1 x SNP 2012 2017 Change 1 x Conservative gain from Independent East Berwickshire 3 seats 3 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Jim Fullarton incumbent 35 6 1 505 Conservative Carol Hamilton 23 1 979 1 357 SNP Helen Laing 19 6 831 835 841 893 932 1 001 1 203 Liberal Democrats Danny Robertson 6 5 276 296 352 398 475 627 Labour Eddy Coulson 7 1 301 309 328 359 408 Independent Michael Clift 4 2 178 185 233 259 Scottish Green Kate Duncan 3 8 162 166 178 Electorate TBC Valid 4 232 Spoilt 66 Quota 1 059 Turnout 49 0 Kelso and District edit 2012 2 x Conservative 1 x Liberal Democrat 2017 2 x Conservative 1 x Liberal Democrat 2012 2017 Change No Change Kelso and District 3 seats 4 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Conservative Tom Weatherston incumbent 28 1 212 Conservative Simon Mountford incumbent 25 1 083 Liberal Democrats Euan Robson 14 7 636 675 675 700 741 788 955 1 370 SNP Alison Lamond 16 5 713 715 715 731 749 809 850 Independent Ian Aitchison 7 7 333 362 362 389 401 424 Scottish Green Colin Shaughnessy 3 129 133 133 144 164 Labour Sally Prentice 2 7 116 119 119 124 Independent Colin McGrath 2 4 104 114 114 Electorate TBC Valid 4 326 Spoilt 89 Quota 1 082 Turnout 53 1 Jedburgh and District edit 2012 1 x SNP 1 x Conservative 1 x Independent 2017 2 x Conservative 1 x SNP 2012 2017 Change 1 x Conservative from Independent Jedburgh and District 3 seats 5 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Sandy Scott incumbent 28 5 1 094 Conservative Scott Hamilton 26 8 1 026 SNP Jim Brown incumbent 19 7 755 759 760 768 795 877 1 150 Independent Rory Stewart incumbent 15 6 600 633 657 708 747 801 Scottish Green Charles Strang 4 5 171 179 183 185 218 Labour Kenryck Lloyd Jones 3 1 119 128 133 135 Independent Harvey Oliver 1 8 70 82 90 Electorate TBC Valid 3 835 Spoilt 56 Quota 959 Turnout 54 4 Hawick and Denholm edit 2012 1 x Independent 1 x Conservative 1 x SNP 2017 1 x Independent 1 x Conservative 1 x SNP 2012 2017 Change No Change Hawick and Denholm 3 seats 6 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Independent Stuart Marshall incumbent 63 3 2 283 Conservative Neil Richards 16 5 596 952 SNP Clair Ramage 13 3 478 696 697 738 764 905 Liberal Democrats Ian Turnbull 3 9 140 393 410 432 471 Labour David Byrne 1 6 57 98 101 114 Scottish Green Kevin Ferguson 1 4 51 93 95 Electorate TBC Valid 3 605 Spoilt 26 Quota 902 Turnout 50 9 Hawick and Hermitage edit 2012 1 x Independent 1 x Liberal Democrat 1 x Conservative 2017 2 x Independent 1 x Conservative 2012 2017 Change 1 x Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Hawick and Hermitage 3 seats 7 Party Candidate FPv Count 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 Sitting Councillor from Hawick and Denholm Ward Changes since 2017 edit On 4 December 2017 Selkirkshire Conservative Cllr Michelle Ballantyne resigned her seat upon her election to the Scottish Parliament 8 A by election was held on 22 February 2018 and the seat was won by Independent candidate Caroline Penman On 9 March 2020 it was announced that Leaderdale and Melrose SNP Cllr Kevin Drum had died over the weekend 9 A by election took place a year later in March 2021 and was won by the Scottish Conservatives By elections since 2017 editSelkirkshire By election 22 February 2018 10 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Trevor Adams 39 9 1 380 1 251 1 262 1 276 1 307 1 342 Independent Caroline Penman 29 7 1 040 1 049 1 080 1 125 1 231 1 522 2 028 SNP John Mitchell 19 8 691 717 729 758 797 Independent Kenneth Gunn 6 3 219 226 238 249 Labour Scott Redpath 3 8 134 144 158 Liberal Democrats Jack Clark 2 7 95 103 Scottish Green Barbra Harvie 2 0 70 Valid 3 496 Spoilt 44 Quota 1 749 Turnout 3 536 45 1 Leaderdale and Melrose By election 11 March 2021 11 Party Candidate FPv Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conservative Jenny Linehan 39 9 1 380 1 389 1 399 1 406 1 451 1 653 1 969 SNP John Paton Day 30 2 1 042 1 051 1 069 1 120 1 156 1 297 Liberal Democrats Jonny Adamson 15 6 538 542 566 615 682 Independent Mary Douglas 4 6 159 177 194 224 Scottish Green Michael Needham 4 4 152 155 175 Labour Scott Redpath 3 3 115 120 Independent Karen Wilks 2 0 69 Electorate TBC Quota 1 728 Turnout 38 2 References edit Conservatives and independents to run Scottish Borders Council 9 May 2017 Retrieved 9 May 2017 Council Scottish Borders Ward 4 Selkirkshire results information Scottish Borders Council www scotborders gov uk Council Scottish Borders Ward 7 East Berwickshire results information Scottish Borders Council www scotborders gov uk Council Scottish Borders Ward 8 Kelso and District results information Scottish Borders Council www scotborders gov uk Council Scottish Borders Ward 9 Jedburgh and District results information Scottish Borders Council www scotborders gov uk Council Scottish Borders Ward 10 Hawick and Denholm results information Scottish Borders Council www scotborders gov uk Council Scottish Borders Ward 11 Hawick and Hermitage results information Scottish Borders Council www scotborders gov uk Michelle Ballantyne resigns as Selkirkshire councillor Border Telegraph Councillor s death a great shock to colleagues 9 March 2020 via www bbc co uk Council Scottish Borders Local government by election results www scotborders gov uk Council 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