Lochee (ward)

Lochee is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Dundee City Council. It elects four Councillors.

Lochee
Population15,376 
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNDEE
Postcode districtDD2
Dialling code01382
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 John Letford
(Labour)		 Tom Ferguson
(Labour)		 Bob Duncan
(SNP)		 Nigel Don
(SNP)
Nov 2007[lower-alpha 1] Alan Ross
(SNP/
Alba)
2012 Norma McGovern
(Labour)
2017 Charlie Malone
(Labour)		 Michael Marra
(Labour)		 Roisin Smith
(SNP)
Feb 2022[lower-alpha 2]
2022

Election Results

2022
Main article: 2022 Dundee City Council election
Lochee - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Liberal Democrats Johnathan Bremmer
Scottish Family James Hosie
Conservative Gavin MacKenzie
Labour Charlie Malone (incumbent)
Alba Alan Ross (incumbent)
Labour Wendy Sculin
SNP Roisin Smith (incumbent)
SNP Siobhan Tolland
Green Kate Treharne

    2017
    Main article: 2017 Dundee City Council election
    Lochee - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    SNP Alan Ross (incumbent) 28.6% 1,661                  
    Labour Charlie Malone 15.9% 924 933.3 940.3 943.7 959.9 993.4 1,020.9 1,217.7    
    SNP Roisin Smith 14.1% 818 1,256.9                
    Labour Michael Marra 13.4% 778 785.5 793.2 794.5 812.8 819.4 848.4 968.5 1,012.5 1,241.8
    Conservative Mason Mcilreavy 12.1% 700 702.4 703.9 708.2 724.5 728.5 739.2 813.2 814.9  
    Independent Tom Ferguson (incumbent) 9.7% 565 574.3 582.4 584.4 597.5 623.6 673.4      
    Green Gordon Matheson 2.3% 132 137.4 163.6 166.2 185.8 206.5        
    TUSC Leah Ganley 1.8% 102 104.1 108.06 110.06 112.2          
    Liberal Democrats Lynn Hutchison 1.6% 91 91.6 92.2 106.5            
    Liberal Democrats Kirsty McKenzie 0.5% 31 32.5 35.1              
    Electorate: 14,276   Valid: 5,802   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,161   Turnout: 5,965 (41.8%)

      2012
      Main article: 2012 Dundee City Council election
      Lochee - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SNP Bob Duncan (incumbent) 31.57% 1,594                
      Labour Tom Ferguson (incumbent) 25.91% 1,308                
      SNP Alan Ross (incumbent) 14.78% 746 1,220.4              
      Labour Norma McGovern 12.32% 622 650.9 889.2 914.1 914.6 934.9 965.7 997.2 1,149.8
      Independent Scott Campbell 7.41% 374 394.5 404.5 432.3 434.7 453.5 480.6 577.9  
      Conservative Lewis Anderson 4.89% 247 253.2 254.8 257.4 260.1 274.4 275.9    
      TUSC Rory Malone 1.6% 81 87.6 97.2 109.8 110 113.8      
      Liberal Democrats Eildh Jayne Conacher 1.23% 62 70 73.9 78.4 89.9        
      Liberal Democrats Joe Derry Setch 0.3% 15 16.5 17.6 20.5          
      Electorate: 13,439   Valid: 5,049   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 5,213 (37.57%)

        2007 (by-election)
        Lochee By-Election (22 November 2007)- 1 seat[1]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        SNP Alan Ross 48.9 2,005 2,020 2,028 2,055
        Labour George McIrvine 34.0 1,395 1,412 1,432 1,448
        Liberal Democrats Christopher Hall 10.6 435 437 446 500
        Conservative Martyn R N Geddes 3.8 154 156 161  
        Solidarity Neil Bell 1.4 57 65    
        Scottish Socialist Alan Albert Graham 1.3 55      
        Electorate: 13,991   Valid: 4,071   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 2,051   Turnout: 4,101 (29.24%)

          2007
          Main article: 2007 Dundee City Council election
          2007 Council election: Lochee (4 seats)
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          SNP Nigel Don 2,216 31.1 1 1
          Labour John Letford† 1,385 19.4 3 3
          SNP Bob Duncan 1,142 16.0 2 2
          Labour Tom Ferguson 940 13.2 4 9
          Liberal Democrats Chris Hall 479 6.7
          Conservative Philip Varghese 369 5.2
          Labour Chris Hind 297 4.2
          Solidarity Neil Bell 218 3.1
          Scottish Socialist Alan Albert Graham 83 1.2
          Turnout 52.36

          Footnotes
          1. By-election held
          2. Alan Ross, who was originally elected as a Scottish National Party councillor, defected to the Alba Party on 5 February 2022

          References
          1. "Alba Money – Financial news and budgeting advice".
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