2022 Aberdeen City Council election

2022 Aberdeen City Council election

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All 45 seats to Aberdeen City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
Registered	165,847
Turnout	41.2%
First party Second party   SNP Lab Leader Alex Nicoll Jenny Laing Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Kincorth/Nigg/ Cove Midstocket/ Rosemount (retiring) Last election 19 seats, 32.6% 9 seats, 16.9% Seats before 19 9 Seats won 20 11 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 23,472 11,731 Percentage 35.0% 17.5% Swing 2.8% 0.2%   Third party Fourth party   Con LD Leader Ryan Houghton Ian Yuill Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Airyhall/Broomhill/ Garthdee Airyhall/Broomhill/ Garthdee Last election 11 seats, 25.0% 4 seats, 15.4% Seats before 10 3 Seats won 8 4 Seat change 3 Popular vote 14,493 9,404 Percentage 21.6% 14.0% Swing 3.1% 1.2%   Fifth party   Ind Leader Marie Boulton Party Independent Leader's seat Lower Deeside Last election 2 seats, 7.9% Seats before 2 Seats won 2 Seat change Popular vote 3,569 Percentage 5.3% Swing 2.0%
The 13 multi-member wards.
Leader before election Jenny Laing (Aberdeen Labour) No overall control Co-leaders after election Alex Nicoll (SNP) & Ian Yuill (Lib Dem) No overall control

Elections to Aberdeen City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party on the council, increasing their number by one to 20 councillors out of 45. Labour – standing under the Aberdeen Labour moniker – regained some of the ground it had lost at the previous election to overtake the Conservatives for second place with 11 councillors (up two), while the Conservatives lost three seats to return eight councillors. The number of Liberal Democrats (four) and independent candidates (two) elected was unchanged, though there had been four independent councillors immediately prior to the election due to a suspension and a resignation.

Following the election, a coalition between the SNP and Liberal Democrats was formed to run the council, taking over from the incumbent Aberdeen Labour administration; this group had been in control of the council following a deal with the Conservatives in 2017 that was not sanctioned by the party hierarchy and resulted in the group being suspended from Labour. Alex Nicoll, SNP group leader, and Ian Yuill, Liberal Democrat group leader, were elected as co-leaders of the council.

Background

Previous election

Main article: 2017 Aberdeen City Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats on the council for the first time. The SNP gained four seats to hold 19, four shy of an overall majority, while Labour lost eight seats, which left them with nine as they fell from the largest party to third place. The Conservatives gained eight seats to record their best result in Aberdeen since 1980 with 11 seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost one seat to hold four. Two independent councillors were also elected. ^{[1] [2]}

A coalition was formed after the 2017 election between Labour, the Conservatives and independent councillors to run the council. ^[3] This resulted in the suspension of the nine Labour councillors from the national party as its executive had not approved the coalition. The suspended Labour councillors then sat as the "Aberdeen Labour" group on the council. ^{[4] [5]} The Labour Party eventually agreed to re-admit the Aberdeen Labour group in 2021, allowing them to stand as official Labour candidates in the 2022 election. ^[6] In February 2022, the UK Labour Party registered "Aberdeen Labour" as an official alternative description that its candidates could use on the ballot papers. ^[7]

2017 Aberdeen City Council election result

Party		Seats	Vote share
	SNP	19	32.4%
	Conservatives	11	24.7%
	Labour	9	17.7%
	Liberal Democrats	4	15.2%
	Independent	2	7.4%

Source: ^{[1] [2]}

Electoral system

The election used the 13 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 45 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference. ^[8]

Composition

Following the 2017 election, there were two changes in the political composition of the council. Conservative councillor Alan Donnelly was suspended from the party and subsequently resigned after he was convicted of sexual assault, ^[9] and Liberal Democrat councillor Jennifer Stewart resigned from the party to become an independent. ^[10] Following the coalition agreement between Labour and the Conservatives, the nine Labour councillors were suspended and sat as Aberdeen Labour. ^[4]

Three by-elections were held for four seats. These resulted in an SNP/Conservative hold ^[11] and two SNP holds. ^{[12] [13]}

Composition of Aberdeen City Council

	Party	2017 result	Dissolution
	SNP	19	19
	Conservative	11	10
	Labour	9	9
	Liberal Democrats	4	3
	Independents	2	4

Retiring councillors

Retiring councillors

Ward	Party		Retiring councillor
Bridge of Don		Independent	John Reynolds
Northfield/Mastrick North		SNP	Jackie Dunbar
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill		Aberdeen Labour	Lesley Dunbar
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen		SNP	Jim Noble
Midstocket/Rosemount		Aberdeen Labour	Jenny Laing
		Conservative	Tom Mason
Lower Deeside		Conservative	Philip Bell
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells		Conservative	Claire Imrie
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee		Conservative	Douglas Lumsden
Torry/Ferryhill		SNP	Audrey Nicoll
		Aberdeen Labour	Yvonne Allan
		Conservative	Alan Donnelly
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove		Aberdeen Labour	Sarah Duncan
		Conservative	Philip Sellar

Source: ^{[2] [14]}

Candidates

The total number of candidates fell from 101 in 2017 to 99. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 23 (two less than in 2017) across the 13 wards. The Conservatives overtook Labour by fielding 17 candidates – three more than five years previous. Labour, which had put forward 20 candidates in 2017, stood 15 candidates, all of whom used the "Aberdeen Labour" description. The 13 candidates fielded by the Liberal Democrats were one less than in 2017. For the first time in an Aberdeen City election, the Greens contested every ward by fielding 13 candidates – almost double the number they had put forward in 2017. The number of independent candidates fell from 13 to six, while two Libertarian candidates contested the election – an increase of one. Contesting elections in Aberdeen City for the first time were the Alba Party (four candidates), the Scottish Family Party (five) and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) (one). Unlike the 2017 election, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the National Front and Solidarity did not put forward any candidates. ^{[2] [14]}

Results

2022 Aberdeen City Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	20	1	0	1	44.4	35.0	23,472	2.6
	Labour	11	2	0	2	24.4	17.5	11,731	0.2
	Conservative	8	0	3	3	17.8	21.5	14,424	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	1		8.9	14.0	9,404	1.2
	Independent	2	1	1		4.4	5.3	3,569	2.1
	Scottish Green	0	0	0		0	5.1	3,414	2.9
	Alba	0	0	0		0	0.7	464	New
	Scottish Family	0	0	0		0	0.6	419	New
	Libertarian	0	0	0		0	0.1	56	0.1
	TUSC	0	0	0		0	0.0	38	New
Total		45						66,991

Source: ^[15]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils. ^{[16] [17]}

Ward summary

2022 Aberdeen City Council election results by ward

Ward	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	Total
	SNP		Lab		Con		Lib Dem		Ind		Others
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone	41.3	2	17.8	1	26.2	1	8.8	0			5.9	0	4
Bridge of Don	40.4	2	15.3	1	29.1	1	10.9	0			4.4	0	4
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill	33.1	1	13.6	1	12.0	0	37.4	1			3.9	0	3
Northfield/Mastrick North	53.3	2	26.3	1	10.2	0	4.1	0			4.2	0	3
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill	44.4	2	24.6	1	17.1	0	6.3	0			7.6	0	3
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen	43.3	2	25.7	1	13.3	0	4.5	0	2.9	0	9.8	0	3
Midstocket/Rosemount	37.8	1	21.5	1	24.5	1	7.0	0			9.3	0	3
George Street/Harbour	42.2	2	19.8	1	10.9	0	11.4	1	1.8	0	13.8	0	4
Lower Deeside	15.3	0	23.8	1	30.1	1	4.6	0	21.7	1	4.5	0	3
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells	18.4	1	6.3	0	25.4	1	25.4	1	20.9	1	3.6	0	4
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee	27.5	1	10.7	0	21.1	1	36.5	1			4.2	0	3
Torry/Ferryhill	39.8	2	17.3	1	19.4	1	6.4	0	6.3	0	10.8	0	4
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove	45.7	2	18.8	1	21.1	1	6.5	0			7.7	0	4
Total	35.0	20	17.5	11	21.6	8	14.0	4	5.3	2	6.3	0	45

Seats changing hands

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands

Seat	2017			2022
	Party		Member	Party		Member
Bridge of Don		Independent	John Reynolds		Labour	Nurul Hoque Ali
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill		Conservative	John Wheeler		Labour	Kate Blake
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill		Conservative	Freddie John		SNP	Hazel Cameron
George Street/Harbour		Conservative	Ryan Houghton		Liberal Democrats	Desmond Bouse
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells		Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stewart		Independent	Jennifer Stewart [Note 1]

Notes

1. ^
   Note 1: In 2017, Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate but later resigned from the party. ^[10]

Source: ^{[2] [15]}

Ward results

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Gill Al-Samarai (incumbent)	23.3	1,538
	Conservative	Avril MacKenzie (incumbent)	21.0	1,387
	SNP	Neil MacGregor (incumbent)	18.0	1,188	1,362
	Labour	Barney Crockett (incumbent) [note 1]	17.8	1,174	1,184	1,187	1,193	1,207	1,311	1,408
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Heald	8.8	579	584	587	592	608	717	850
	Conservative	Braiden Smith	5.2	341	341	397	398	419	433
	Scottish Green	William Ball	4.5	296	312	312	327	345
	Scottish Family	Amy-Marie Stratton	1.4	95	96	96	98
Electorate: 16,446  Valid: 6,598  Spoilt: 168  Quota: 1,320  Turnout: 41.1%

Source: ^{[19] [20]}

Bridge of Don

The SNP (2) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from an independent.

Bridge of Don – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Alison Alphonse (incumbent)	24.3	1,649
	Conservative	Sarah Cross (incumbent)	23.5	1,594
	SNP	Jessica Mennie (incumbent)	16.1	1,094	1,339	1,341	1,347	1,450
	Labour	Nurul Hoque Ali	15.3	1,040	1,053	1,066	1,076	1,118	1,136	1,246	1,708
	Liberal Democrats	Mevrick Renson Fernandes	10.9	739	748	762	783	833	852	1,033
	Conservative	Matthew Watt	5.6	379	380	564	578	583	585
	Scottish Green	Sylvia Hardie	3.1	210	220	221	226
	Scottish Family	Harald Rainer Bartl	1.3	88	88	90
Electorate: 15,216  Valid: 6,793  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,359  Turnout: 45.5%

Source: ^{[21] [22]}

Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill

The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney (incumbent)	37.4	1,778
	SNP	David John Cameron (incumbent)	26.6	1,265
	Labour	Kate Blake	13.6	644	786	793	802	851	1,033	1,364
	Conservative	John Wheeler (incumbent)	12.0	571	698	699	728	742	758
	SNP	Sam Ochola	6.5	310	390	450	458	534
	Scottish Green	David John McGrath	2.6	124	179	183	199
	Scottish Family	Dawn Smith	1.3	60	76	77
Electorate: 11,504  Valid: 4,752  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,189  Turnout: 42.0%

Source: ^{[23] [24]}

Northfield/Mastrick North

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Northfield/Mastrick North – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Donna Clark	43.2	1,586
	Labour	Gordon Graham (incumbent)	22.6	829	891	901	917	932
	Conservative	Nestor Carlsen-Devereux	10.2	373	383	388	395	400
	SNP	Ciarán McRae (incumbent)	10.1	370	857	860	908	964
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Forman	4.1	151	167	173	177	199
	Labour	Graeme Stephen Lawrence	3.7	136	145	148	153	156
	Scottish Green	Louise McCafferty	2.7	100	114	118	122
	Alba	David Maitland	2.5	91	103	109
	TUSC	Lucas Smith Grant	1.0	38	42
Electorate: 11,686  Valid: 3,674  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 919  Turnout: 32.5%

Source: ^{[25] [26]}

Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill

The SNP retained the seat they won at the previous election and gained one seat from the Conservatives while Labour retained their only seat.

Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Hazel Cameron	31.1	1,333
	Labour	Deena Tissera	23.8	1,022	1,033	1,050
	Conservative	Freddie John (incumbent)	16.6	711	713	731	732	748	847
	SNP	Neil Copland (incumbent)	11.9	511	762	778	781	875	943	1,080
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Petchey	6.1	261	263	277	280	346
	Scottish Green	Peter Kennedy	4.9	209	220	240	241
	Scottish Family	Jakub Tomasz Kurpanik	2.5	107	108
Electorate: 11,018  Valid: 4,154  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,039  Turnout: 38.9%

Source: ^{[27] [28]}

Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Alexander McLellan (incumbent)	34.8	911
	Labour	Ross Grant (incumbent)	22.2	582	602	612	621	635	708
	Conservative	Vish Archer	10.7	281	283	293	301	315	321	327	357	375
	SNP	Kairin Van Sweeden	8.5	222	395	401	415	425	435	442	460	612	665
	Scottish Green	Ashish Malik	7.3	192	205	215	226	237	245	251	282
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Frances Delaney	4.5	118	121	125	130	135	145	154
	Labour	Shona Simpson	3.7	98	104	108	115	127
	Independent	Peter Nicol	2.9	77	85	94	103
	Scottish Family	Graham Charles Elder	2.6	69	72
	Alba	Robert Reid	2.5	66	74	80
Electorate: 8,872  Valid: 2,616  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 655  Turnout: 30.7%

Source: ^{[29] [30]}

Midstocket/Rosemount

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Midstocket/Rosemount – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Bill Cormie (incumbent)	27.0	1,264
	Conservative	Emma Farquhar	24.5	1,150	1,153	1,221
	Labour	Jennifer Bonsell	21.5	1,007	1,014	1,136	1,160	1,334
	SNP	William MacKenzie	10.8	507	571	585	587	815
	Scottish Green	Alex Jarvis	9.3	435	442	514	517
	Liberal Democrats	William Sell	7.0	326	328
Electorate: 10,979  Valid: 4,689  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,173  Turnout: 43.5%

Source: ^{[31] [32]}

George Street/Harbour

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives.

George Street/Harbour – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Michael Hutchison (incumbent)	22.2	762
	SNP	Dell Henrickson (incumbent)	20.0	684	745
	Labour	Sandra Macdonald (incumbent)	19.8	678	682	690
	Scottish Green	Guy Ingerson	13.8	474	478	506	507	521	548
	Liberal Democrats	Desmond Bouse	11.4	391	392	397	398	417	599	871
	Conservative	Shane Painter	10.9	375	375	377	377	386
	Independent	Mac Ahmed Chaudry	1.8	63	63	66	66
Electorate: 12,378  Valid: 3,427  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 686  Turnout: 28.3%

Source: ^{[33] [34]}

Lower Deeside

Labour, the Conservatives and independent candidate Marie Boulton retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Lower Deeside – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent)	23.8	1,640	1,698	1,804
	Independent	Marie Boulton (incumbent)	21.7	1,496	1,524	1,622	1,651	1,733
	Conservative	Duncan Massey	17.3	1,194	1,197	1,232	1,242	2,009
	SNP	Ewan Ritchie	15.3	1,051	1,192	1,234	1,247	1,252
	Conservative	Gillian Tebberen	12.8	882	890	910	913
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Mulkerrin	4.6	316	363
	Scottish Green	Daniel Verhamme	4.5	307
Electorate: 12,555  Valid: 6,886  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,722  Turnout: 55.5%

Source: ^{[35] [36]}

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells

The Liberal Democrats retained one of their two seats and lost one to independent candidate Jennifer Stewart, while the Conservatives and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election. Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor in 2017 but subsequently left her party to join the minority Conservative–Aberdeen Labour administration.

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Greig (incumbent)	25.4	1,967
	Independent	Jennifer Stewart (incumbent)	20.9	1,618
	SNP	John Cooke (incumbent)	18.4	1,426	1,476	1,487	1,650
	Conservative	Ken McLeod	13.2	1,021	1,116	1,134	1,139	1,142	1,262	2,238
	Conservative	Lars Frevert	12.2	941	1,003	1,011	1,017	1,020	1,123
	Labour	Mohamed Mosobbir	6.3	486	552	561	661	703
	Scottish Green	Becky Rafferty	3.6	277	319	324
Electorate: 15,281  Valid: 7,736  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,548  Turnout: 51.1%

Source: ^{[37] [38]}

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee

The Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill (incumbent)	36.5	2,146
	SNP	Derek Davidson	27.5	1,615
	Conservative	Ryan Houghton	21.1	1,240	1,455
	Labour	Logan Machell	10.7	627	802
	Scottish Green	Harry Rafferty	4.2	244	345
Electorate: 11,842  Valid: 5,872  Spoilt: 55  Quota: 1,469  Turnout: 50.1%

Source: ^{[39] [40]}

Torry/Ferryhill

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Torry/Ferryhill – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Christian Allard (incumbent)	32.9	1,646
	Conservative	Michael Kusznir	19.4	970	975	982	988	996	1,023
	Labour	Simon Peter Watson	17.3	864	894	897	900	904	966	972	1,138
	Scottish Green	Esme Houston	7.8	390	433	433	438	458	513	514	566
	SNP	Lee Fairfull	6.9	344	824	825	833	891	928	929	950
	Liberal Democrats	Gregor McAbery	6.4	318	327	329	336	339	372	379
	Independent	Simon McLean	4.8	238	247	252	305	331
	Alba	Brian Allan	2.5	123	142	146	148
	Independent	Paul Dawson	1.5	77	85	87
	Libertarian	Oren Katz	0.5	27	27
Electorate: 15,012  Valid: 4,997  Spoilt: 123  Quota: 1,000  Turnout: 34.1%

Source: ^{[41] [42]}

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Alex Nicoll (incumbent)	30.5	1,465
	Conservative	Richard Brooks	21.1	1,014
	Labour	Lynn Thomson	18.9	904	917	949	966
	SNP	Miranda Radley (incumbent)	15.2	731	1,171
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Henderson	6.5	314	321	335	350
	Alba	Charlie Abel	3.8	184	191	222	223
	Scottish Green	Heather Herbert	3.3	156	163	236	237
	Libertarian	Bryce Hope	0.6	29	29	30	31
Electorate: 13,058  Valid: 4,797  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 960  Turnout: 37.4%

Source: ^{[43] [44]}

Aftermath

On 18 May, a partnership was formed between the SNP group and the four Liberal Democrat councillors. ^[45] David Cameron was made Provost, defeating Labour's Lynn Thomson by 25 votes to 9. ^[46] The SNP's Alex Nicoll and the Liberal Democrats' Ian Yuill were named co-leaders of the council. ^[47]

Barney Crockett, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in June 2023 to sit as an independent. ^[18]

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election

Conservative councillor Avril MacKenzie died on 1 December 2022. ^[48] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 23 February 2023 and was won by Labour's Graeme Lawrence. ^[49]

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election (23 February 2023) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Tomasz Brzezinski	30.5	1,455	1,461	1,465	1,513	1,604	1,674	1,729
	Labour	Graeme Lawrence	25.7	1,227	1,233	1,255	1,282	1,306	1,459	1,971	2,596
	Conservative	Akila Kanthaswamy	24.9	1,190	1,192	1,201	1,205	1,216	1,310
	Liberal Democrats	Mevrick Fernandes	9.4	452	460	464	480	491
	Alba	Charlie Abel	3.7	178	181	183	191
	Scottish Green	Sylvia Hardie	2.3	111	116	121
	Scottish Family	Amy-Marie Stratton	1.2	60	68
	Independent	Simon McLean	1.1	52
Electorate: 16,926  Valid: 4,772  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 2,363  Turnout: 28.2%

Source: ^{[50] [51]}

Notes

1. Cllr Crockett resigned from Labour in June 2023 to sit as an independent. ^[18]

References

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