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Fifth election to Borders Regional Council
The 1990 Borders Regional Council election , the fifth election to Borders Regional Council , was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections . The election saw the Independents gain a majority on the 23 seat council.
Aggregate results [ edit ]
Borders Regional election, 1990[1]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Independent
12
2
4
2
32.3
11,165
SSLD
6
5
0
5
21.2
7,335
Conservative
3
0
3
3
24.4
8,421
SNP
2
1
0
1
19.3
6,651
Labour
0
0
0
0
0.0
3.1
1,067
Ward results [ edit ]
1990 Borders Regional Council election[2]
Ward
Councillor
Result
1
Peebles South
A. S. Watt
Independent hold
2
Tweeddale East
R. Walley
SSLD gain from Independent
3
Tweeddale West
A. D. Burnett
Independent hold
4
Old Selkirk
P. A. Johnson
SNP gain from Independent
5
Forest
L. G. W. Thomson
Independent hold
6
Eildon
J. M. Barron
SSLD gain from Conservative
7
Scott's View
A. J. Hewat
Independent hold
8
Galawater/Lauder
B. D. Baker
Conservative hold
9
Galashiels West
T. R. Dumble
Independent hold
10
Galashiels East
S. W. Lamb
Independent gain from SNP
11
Galashiels South
A. L. Tully
Independent hold
12
Hawick North
G. Jackson
SSLD gain from Independent
13
Hawick West
J. R. Scott
SSLD gain from SDP
14
Hawick East
G. Turnbull
Conservative hold
15
Hawick South
E. M. Kirkpatrick
Conservative hold
16
Hermitage
Earl of Minto
Independent hold
17
Kelso
D. C. Lindores
SSLD gain from Independent
18
Jedforest
G. B. Doward
Independent hold
19
Cheviot
T. Armstrong
Independent gain from Conservative
20
Eyewater
P. Fishbourne
Independent hold
21
Whiteadder
J. A. Johnston
SSLD hold
22
Blackadder
A. L. Wood
Independent hold
23
Leetwater
D. Moffat
SNP gain from Conservative
References [ edit ]