Editing Dumfries and Galloway (section)

===Elections===
{{main|Dumfries and Galloway Council elections}}
Since 2007 elections have been held every five years under the [[single transferable vote]] system of election. This system was introduced by the [[Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004]] to achieve a reasonably [[proportional representation|proportionately representative]] outcome. Election results since 1995 have been as follows:<ref name=compositions/>

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
!rowspan=2|'''Year'''
!rowspan=2|'''Seats'''
!width="80"|'''[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]'''
!width="80"|[[Scottish National Party|'''SNP''']]
!width="80"|[[Labour Party (UK)|'''Labour''']]
!width="80"|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|'''Liberal Democrats''']]
!width="80"|[[Independent politician|'''Independent''']]
! rowspan="2" |'''Notes'''
|-
!style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
|-
| [[1995 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|1995]]
| 70
| 2
| 9
| 21
| 10
| 28
| align="left" |
|-
| [[1999 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|1999]]
| 47
| 8
| 5
| 13
| 6
| 15
| align="left" |New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998|year=1998|number=3180|accessdate=29 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|2003]]
| 47
| 11
| 5
| 14
| 5
| 12
| align="left" |
|-
| [[2007 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|2007]]
| 47
| 18
| 10
| 14
| 3
| 2
| align="left" |New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation Scotland|type=ssi|ssi=The Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006|year=2006|number=434|accessdate=29 January 2023}}</ref> Conservative and SNP coalition.
|-
| [[2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|2012]]
| 47
| 14
| 10
| 15
| 1
| 7
| align="left" |Conservative / SNP coalition until October 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 September 2013 |title=Dumfries and Galloway Council deadlock meeting planned |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24305344 |access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> Labour / SNP coalition until June 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 2014 |title=SNP quits Dumfries and Galloway Council ruling coalition |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27664574}}</ref> Minority Labour administration 2014–2017.
|-
| [[2017 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|2017]]
| 43
| 16
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 4
| align="left" |New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation Scotland|type=ssi|ssi=The Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016|year=2016|number=269|accessdate=29 January 2023}}</ref> Labour and SNP coalition.
|-
| [[2022 Dumfries and Galloway Council election|2022]]
| 43
| 16
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 6
| align="left" |SNP and Independent Group Coalition with Labour support until February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLean |first=Marc |last2=Standard |first2=Dumfries and Galloway |date=2023-02-07 |title=Council coalition hangs on to power |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/split-dumfries-galloway-coalition-hangs-29147333 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref> Conservative minority administration from March 2023.<ref name=McLean/>
|-
!
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!style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
!
|}