Councillors

Dumfries and Galloway Council is run by 43 councillors who are elected every five years by the residents they represent. The council area is made up of 12 wards with either three or four Councillors in each ward.

Our current councillors were elected at the last Local Government elections on Thursday 4 May 2017 for a term of five years (until May 2022).

Your councillors

You can talk to your local councillors by contacting them directly or by dropping in to one of their public consultation sessions which are known as surgeries.

Find out who your local councillors are
(Councillors for your ward are listed in the 'Council and Democracy' section)

Political control

Our administration is a partnership between the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Councillor Elaine Murray (Scottish Labour) is Council Leader with Councillor Rob Davidson (SNP) as Depute Leader and Civic Head.

Councillor Tracey Little (SNP) is Provost of Dumfries and Nithsdale.

There are currently 6 political groups:

Dumfries and Galloway Conservative and Unionist Group - 16 members
Scottish National Party (SNP) - 11 members
Scottish Labour Party - 10 members
Independent Group - 3 members
Scottish Liberal Democrats - 1 member
Non Aligned - 2 members

An Independent Grouping is formed by Councillor Richard Brodie (Scottish Liberal Democrats) and the 3 members of the Independent Group.

Committee meetings

Elected members are part of council committees which meet regularly and you're welcome to attend most meetings. We publish a committee diary and meeting papers online online so you can see what will be discussed or what decisions were made.

View upcoming meeting agendas and reports

Further information

Councillor surgeries

Payments to councillors

Council procedures and regulations

Page last updated: 07/05/2019