Willie Scobie
Councillor
for Stranraer and the Rhins
Assumed office
3 May 2007[1]
Councillor for Knockcullie (Stranraer South)
In office
7 May 1992[2] – 3 May 2007
Preceded byW D Wallace
Personal details
BornStranraer, Scotland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Children2
RelativesWilliam Scobie Sr. (father)
Alma materUniversity of Strathclyde

William Scobie is a Scottish politician who has served as a councillor in Dumfries and Galloway for the last 31 years. He has served as a councillor for Stranraer and the Rhins since 3 May 2007. Prior to the introduction of Single transferable vote in 2007, he served as a ward councillor for Knockcullie (Stranraer South) for Wigtownshire District Council from 1992 to 1995, and for Dumfries and Galloway Council from 1995 to 2007.

Political views

Scobie is a self-described socialist[5] and a member of the A75/A77 Lobbying Action Group.[6] He quit the Scottish Labour Party in 2012 over election contract rules imposed by the local party.[3] In 2023, Scobie formed the Democratic Alliance alongside two other independent councillors following the collapse of the 2022 "rainbow coalition" between the Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour groups.[4] In 2021, Scobie declared a seagull "epidemic", which lead to the introduction of new "gull-proof" public bins.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Dumfries and Galloway". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  2. ↑ Scottish District Elections 1992 electionscentre.co.uk
  3. 1 2 Robertson, Craig (8 May 2012). "Split deepens between Labour and rebel councillors". Daily Record.
  4. 1 2 Gillespie, Stuart (10 March 2023). "New group formed at council". Daily Record.
  5. ↑ www.dng24.co.uk, DnG24-; Reid, Fiona (11 May 2022). "There could be trouble ahead".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Councillor details - Willie Scobie". Dumfries and Galloway Council. 9 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Gillespie, Stuart (17 September 2021). "Seagull problem branded "epidemic"". Daily Record.
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