Leaderdale and Melrose (ward)
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{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}
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}}Leaderdale and Melrose is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
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2007
|rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | |rowspan=5|David Parker |rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Borders Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Nicholas Watson |rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}" | |rowspan=1|John Paton-Day |
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2012
|rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Jim Torrance |
2013
|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | |rowspan=1|Ian Gillespie |
2017
|rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Tom Miers |rowspan=1|Kevin Drum |
2022
|rowspan=1|Jenny Linehan |rowspan=1|John Paton-Day |
Election Results
=2022 Election=
2022 Scottish Borders Council election{{cite web |last1=Council |first1=Scottish Borders |title=2022 Local Government Election information {{!}} Scottish Borders Council |url=https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/download/1471/2022_local_government_election_information |website=www.scotborders.gov.uk |language=en}}
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|title=Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats
|numcounts= 6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Parker (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,594
|percentage = 34.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Jenny Linehan
|count1 = 1,133
|percentage = 24.4
|count2 = 1,241.4
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = John Paton-Day
|count1 = 918
|percentage = 19.7
|count2 = 1,003.4
|count3 = 1,004.4
|count4 = 1,006.2
|count5 = 284.3
|count6 = 1,180.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Simon Johnson
|count1 = 589
|percentage = 12.7
|count2 = 686.9
|count3 = 718.7
|count4 = 724.4
|count5 = 791.8
|count6 = 905.9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Scott
|count1 = 207
|percentage = 4.5
|count2 = 240.3
|count3 = 247.0
|count4 = 250.2
|count5 = 284.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Green Party
|candidate = Michael Needham
|count1 = 199
|percentage = 4.3
|count2 = 227.7
|count3 = 229.4
|count4 = 231.4
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Vanguard
|candidate = Chris Stefanek
|count1 = 10
|percentage = 0.2
|count2 = 14.6
|count3 = 16.8
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 9,107
|valid = 4,650
|spoilt = 40
|quota = 1,163
|turnout = 51.5%
}}
=2017 Election=
2017 Scottish Borders Council election{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13907/local-government-election-results-2017|title = Local Government Election 2017 results}}
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats
|numcounts= 7
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Parker (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,149
|percentage = 25.2%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Tom Miers
|count1 = 934
|percentage = 20.5%
|count2 = 934.9
|count3 = 950.9
|count4 = 1,014
|count5 = 1,476.5
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Kevin Drum
|count1 = 811
|percentage = 17.8%
|count2 = 812.4
|count3 = 832.5
|count4 = 903.7
|count5 = 910.8
|count6 = 915.5
|count7 = 1,105.3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Iain Gillespie (incumbent)
|count1 = 510
|percentage = 11.2%
|count2 = 513.3
|count3 = 585.7
|count4 = 720.2
|count5 = 744.4
|count6 = 871.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Diana Findlay
|count1 = 523
|percentage = 11.5%
|count2 = 523.6
|count3 = 543.7
|count4 = 529.8
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = John Paton-Day
|count1 = 426
|percentage = 9.4%
|count2 = 427.5
|count3 = 473.6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rebecca Fraser
|count1 = 202
|percentage = 4.4%
|count2 = 202.7
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 7
|electorate = 8,673 (Est.)
|valid = 4,555
|spoilt = 78
|quota = 1,139
|turnout = 4,633 (53.4%)
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=2013 By-election=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Leaderdale and Melrose By-election (2 May 2013) - 1 Seat{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/file/5927/election_results |title=Election results - Leaderdale and Melrose by-election count reports - Downloads - Scottish Borders Council |access-date=2020-03-07 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121835/http://www.scotborders.gov.uk/downloads/file/5927/election_results |url-status=dead }}
|numcounts= 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|candidate = Rachael Hamilton
|count1 = 956
|percentage = 27.57
|count2 = 975
|count3 = 982
|count4 = 1,038
|count5 = 1,283
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Borders Party
|candidate = Iain Gillespie
|count1 = 814
|percentage = 23.48
|count2 = 844
|count3 = 900
|count4 = 1,118
|count5 = 1,444
|count6 = 2,066
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = John Paton-Day
|count1 = 744
|percentage = 21.46
|count2 = 756
|count3 = 816
|count4 = 983
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Harry Cummings
|count1 = 613
|percentage = 17.68
|count2 = 623
|count3 = 666
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Robin Tatler
|count1 = 235
|percentage = 6.78
|count2 = 238
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Sherry Fowler
|count1 = 105
|percentage = 3.03
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 8,386
|valid = 3,467
|spoilt = 20
|quota = 1,734
|turnout = 3,487 (41.58%)
}}
=2012 Election=
2012 Scottish Borders Council election{{Cite web|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2012/433/|title = Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders}}
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Leaderdale and Melrose - 3 seats
|numcounts= 6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Parker (incumbent)
|count1 = 1,304
|percentage = 36.34
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Borders Party
|candidate = Nicholas Watson (incumbent)†
|count1 = 621
|percentage = 17.31
|count2 = 705.9
|count3 = 758.9
|count4 = 929.6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Jim Torrance††††
|count1 = 558
|percentage = 15.55
|count2 = 632.4
|count3 = 706.8
|count4 = 742.6
|count5 = 747.6
|count6 = 969.6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|candidate = Peter Duncan
|count1 = 441
|percentage = 12.29
|count2 = 488.3
|count3 = 500.2
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = John Paton-Day (incumbent)
|count1 = 439
|percentage = 12.24
|count2 = 527.1
|count3 = 568.3
|count4 = 715.8
|count5 = 726.8
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Agnes Craig
|count1 = 225
|percentage = 6.27
|count2 = 258.6
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 8,292
|valid = 3,588
|spoilt = 21
|quota = 898
|turnout = 3,609 (43.27%)
}}
=2007 Election=
2007 Scottish Borders Council election{{Cite web|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2007/433/|title = Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders}}
{{Irish Election box begin|
|title=Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Leaderdale and Melrose}}
{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Parker
|votes = 1,362
|percentage = 29.9
|seat = 1
|count = 1
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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = John Greenwell
|votes = 713
|percentage = 15.6
|seat =
|count =
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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = John Paton-Day
|votes = 703
|percentage = 15.3
|seat = 2
|count = 5
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{{Irish Election box candidate|
|party = Borders Party
|candidate = Nicholas Watson
|votes = 692
|percentage = 15.1
|seat = 3
|count = 5
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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Frank McCann
|votes = 640
|percentage = 14.0
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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Harry Cummings
|votes = 394
|percentage = 8.6
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{{Irish Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Rae
|votes = 78
|percentage = 1.7
|seat =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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