North East (Dundee ward)

North East is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Dundee City Council. It elects three councillors every five years to the council. The ward currently serves the areas of Ballumbe, Claverhouse, Mill of Mains, Pitkerro, Whitfield and Fintry.

North East
Population11,591 
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNDEE
Postcode districtDD1, DD4
Dialling code01382
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Background

History

The North East ward was created in 2007 after the 29 existing single member wards were merged into 8 multi-member wards, one of which was the North East. In the 2007 election, Brian Gordon, Andy Dawson and Willie Sawers were elected, all three previously served in three of the previous 29 single member wards. At the election in 2012, Brian Gordon was re-elected alongside Willie Sawers with Gregor Murray winning a seat which was previously held by Andy Dawson. In 2017, all three councillors were re-elected.

In 2019, Brian Gordon passed away and a by-election was held which resulted in the SNP gaining the seat from Labour which was won by Steven Rome. Gregor Murray who was elected as an SNP councillor, resigned from the party and sat as an independent for the remainder of the term.

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Brian Gordon
(Labour)		 Andy Dawson
(SNP)		 Willie Sawers
(SNP)
2012 Gregor Murray
(SNP /
Independent)
2017
2019[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Steven Rome
(SNP)
2022


Election Results

2022
Main article: 2022 Dundee City Council election
2022 Dundee City Council election: North East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Labour Jax Finniegan
Conservative Lisa Franchi  
Alba Heather McLean  
SNP Steven Rome (incumbent)  
SNP Willie Sawers (incumbent)  
Liberal Democrats Mark Smith  
Green Stuart White  

    2019 (by-election)
    2019 Dundee City Council North East by-election (2 May 2019)[1]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Steven Rome 46.9% 1,507 1,510 1,534 1,555 1,576 2,045
    Labour Jim Malone 38.1% 1,224 1,229 1,248 1,284 1,388  
    Conservative Robert Lindsay 8.4% 271 274 280 290    
    TUSC Michael Taylor 2.8% 91 109 122      
    Green Alison Orr 2.4% 77 82        
    Citizens First Roger Keech 1.4% 45          
    Electorate: 11,434   Valid: 3,215   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 1,608   Turnout: 28.4%

      2017
      Main article: 2017 Dundee City Council election
      2017 Dundee City Council election: North East (3 seats)[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      SNP Gregor Murray†† (incumbent) 32.8% 1,256  
      Labour Brian Gordon† (incumbent) 26.9% 1,033  
      SNP Willie Sawers (incumbent) 20.9% 800 1,057.6
      Conservative Curtis Large 9.1% 350 351.4
      Independent Alan Beddows 5.8% 223 229.2
      Green Alison Orr 1.6% 62 71
      TUSC Michael Taylor 1.6% 52 56.5
      Liberal Democrats Tracy Mulholland 1.3% 50 51.9
      Electorate: 11,337   Valid: 3,826   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 957   Turnout: 3,924 (34.6%)

        2012
        Main article: 2012 Dundee City Council election
        2012 Dundee City Council election: North East (3 seats)
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12
        SNP Gregor Murray 33.51% 1,143  
        Labour Brian Gordon (incumbent) 27.79% 948  
        SNP Willie Sawers (incumbent) 24.57% 838 1,096.3
        Labour Stephen Massey 8.53% 291 300.4
        Conservative Robert Lindsay 2.87% 98 101.3
        TUSC Sinead Daly 1.2% 41 42
        Liberal Democrats Jennifer Rankin 0.9% 32 35.6
        Liberal Democrats Iqbal Mohammad 0.6% 20 21.3
        Electorate: 10,781   Valid: 3,411   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 853   Turnout: 3,503 (31.64%)

          2007
          Main article: 2007 Dundee City Council election
          2007 Dundee City Council election: North East (3 seats)
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          SNP Andy Dawson 1,956 41.4 1 1
          Labour Brian Gordon 1,392 29.5 2 1
          SNP Willie Sawers 612 13.0 3 5
          Labour Shane Trevor Mochrie-Cox 208 4.4
          Conservative Gladys Ross 184 3.9
          Liberal Democrats Donald Ross MacDonald 162 3.4
          Scottish Socialist Helen Mary Fortune 92 1.9
          Solidarity Leah Ganley 83 1.8
          Independent Raymond Anthony Mennie 30 0.6
          Turnout 45.33

          Footnotes
          1. By-election held following the death of Brian Gordon
          2. Gregor Murray resigned from the Scottish National Party on 15 May 2019

          References
          1. "North East By Election - Election Results". Retrieved 7 May 2019.
          2. "Elections Results 2012 - More Detailed Information". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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