Dunoon (ward)

Dunoon is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	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)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

Dunoon − 3 seats

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%

Source:^[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Argyll and Bute Council election^[4]

Dunoon - 3 seats

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^[5]

Dunoon - 3 seats *

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^[6]

Dunoon

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