| Willie Scobie | |
| Office: | Councillor for Stranraer and the Rhins |
| Term Start1: | 3 May 2007[1] |
| Office2: | Councillor for Knockcullie (Stranraer South) |
| Term Start2: | 7 May 1992[2] |
| Term End2: | 3 May 2007 |
| Predecessor2: | W D Wallace |
| Birth Date: | 5 September |
| Birth Place: | Stranraer, Scotland |
| Party: | Independent |
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| Alma Mater: | University of Strathclyde |
| Relatives: | William Scobie Sr. (father) |
| Children: | 2 |
William Scobie is a Scottish politician who has served as a councillor in Dumfries and Galloway for the last 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]