Councillors

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)

• View a full list of councillors
• View dates and times for councillor surgeries
• View the role description for Councillors
• View the information sheet showing Councillors by ward
• View the information sheet showing Councillors by Political party
• View the Standards Commission Scotland Councillor's Code of Conduct

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.

There are currently 7 political groups:

• Dumfries and Galloway Conservative and Unionist Group  - 15 members
• Scottish National Party (SNP)  - 10 members
• Scottish Labour Party  - 9 members
• Independent Group  - 4 members
• Scottish Liberal Democrats  - 1 member
• Non Aligned  - 1 members
• Dumfries and Galloway Socialist Group - 2 members
• Non Affiliated - 1 member

An Independent Grouping is formed by Councillor Richard Brodie  (Scottish Liberal Democrats) and the 4 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