Midlothian South (ward)

Midlothian South is one of the six wards used to elect members of the Midlothian Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Colin Beattie (SNP)		Wilma Chalmers (Labour)		James Muirhead (Labour)
2012	Cath Johnstone (SNP)	Bryan Pottinger (Labour)
2017			Kieran Munro (Conservative)
2022[2]	Douglas Bowen (SNP)		Ellen Scott (SNP)	Kelly Drummond (Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Midlothian Council election^[3]

Midlothian South - 3 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jim Muirhead (incumbent)	24.6	1,218	1,257
	SNP	Cath Johnstone (incumbent)	21.6	1,067	1,104	1,104.9	1,164.8	1,295.1
	Conservative	Kieran Munro	15.8	781	801	802.0	867.0	1,048.4	1,050.7	1,249.7
	SNP	Ellen Scott	13.3	658	721	721.9	748.3	797.5	844.1
	Independent	Jason Ferry	9.7	478	541	541.9	625.5
	Labour	Bryan Pottinger (incumbent)	9.4	464	497	510.8
	Scottish Green	Malcolm Spaven	5.7	283
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,949   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,238   Turnout: 45.2%

2012 Election

2012 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jim Muirhead (incumbent)	36.0	1,305
	SNP	Cath Johnstone	21.7	786	807.9	845.1	855.7	1538.5
	SNP	Dougie Crawford	19.1	693	706.1	729.7	732.3
	Labour	Bryan Pottinger	15.4	559	870.9	947.9
	Conservative	Peter Smaill	7.8	283	293.9
Electorate: 9,288   Valid: 3,626   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 907   Turnout: 3,694 (39.04%)

2007 Election

2007 Midlothian Council election

Midlothian council election, 2007: Midlothian South

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Colin Beattie	1,892	37.4	1	1
	Labour	Wilma Chalmers	1,336	26.4	2	1
	Labour	James Muirhead	1,184	23.4	3	2
	Conservative	Peter Smaill	486	9.6
	Solidarity	Willie Duncan	84	1.7
	Scottish Socialist	John Carroll	80	1.6