Willie Scobie

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William Scobie is a Scottish politician who has served as a councillor in Dumfries and Galloway for the last 32 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.

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]