Dumfries and Galloway Council provides general information on local Councillors, including details of who they are, which area they represent and which Committees they sit on.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is run by 47 councillors who are elected by the residents they represent.  Dumfries and Galloway has 13 wards, each with three or four local councillors. 

Currently Councillors are elected every five years to represent your area. They can help if you are dissatisfied with a Council service by advising or directing you to someone who can help sort out your problem and can sometimes progress the case on your behalf.

• Agendas, Committee Reports and Minutes
  Dumfries and Galloway Council records and publishes all decisions taken and recommendations made by the local authority and its committees and panels. In addition to the minutes from meetings, agendas for meetings within the next 7 days as well as reports considered by each committee are also available.
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• Council Diary
  The Council Diary contains the date and time of all meetings of Committees, Sub-Committees, Area Committees, Licensing Boards, Panels and Seminars in Dumfries and Galloway which take place on a fixed rota cycle culminating in a Full Council Meeting.
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• Member, Committee and Outside Body Information
  Find out more about Council Members including the names and photographs of Councillors, details of their roles/responsibilities and relevant contact details.
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• Forward Plan
  View proposed business items for all of the Council's committees. It should be noted that this is for guidance only and is subject to change dependent on business need.
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• Members' Allowances & Expenses
  The Local Government (Allowances and Expenses) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 as amended, require the Council to keep a record of payments made to Members and to publish the information for the preceding financial year (1 April to 31 March) by 1 June.
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• MSPs, MPs and MEPs
  Information about local MSPs, MPs and MEPs (Members of European Parliament). You can find information on who your local representatives are their roles and information on the election process.
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• Political Groupings
  Notification of Political Groups
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• Register of Interests
  Under Section 4 of the Councillors' Code of Conduct, elected Members must record their registrable interests under the following eight categories.
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• Standing Orders and Schemes of Delegation
  View and download Standing Orders and information on various schemes which play a key role in the work undertaken by Councillors and officers.
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• Talk to your local Councillor
  Councillors hold regular surgeries in their ward so that members of the public have regular opportunities to speak with their Councillors about any Council problems or issues that they have.
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• Topic Alerting
  Register your e-mail address to receive alerts as committee papers that interest you are published
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