Aberdeen City Council elections

Aberdeen City Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal [a]	Independent
1974	0	29	17	2	0
1977	2	22	16	7	1
1980	0	27	13	8	0
1984 [b]	0	28	8	14	0
1988 [c]	1	28	9	14	0
1992	2	27	10	13	0

1. SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988.
2. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
3. Some new ward boundaries. ^[2]

As a unitary authority

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Independent
1995	1	30	9	10	0
1999 [a]	3	22	6	12	0
2003	6	14	3	20	0
2007 [b]	12	10	5	15	1
2012	15	17	3	5	3
2017 [c]	19	9	11	4	2
2022	20	11	8	4	2

1. New ward boundaries. ^[3]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[4]

Results maps

• 
  1974 results map
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  1977 results map
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  1980 results map
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  1984 results map
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  1988 results map
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  1992 results map
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  1995 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2022 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Queens Cross By-Election 1 April 2004 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		669	46.8	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats		611	42.8	+6.8
	Labour		63	4.4	−6.3
	SNP		51	3.6	−5.5
	Scottish Socialist		25	1.8	+1.8
	National Front		9	0.6	+0.6
Majority			58	4.1
Turnout			1,428
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2012

Midstocket/Rosemount By-Election 16 August 2007 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	John Corall	29.5	873	984	1,258
	Conservative	Fraser Forsyth	27.8	821	873	1,122
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	23.4	693	869
	Labour	Allan McIntosh	17.5	518
	Solidarity	Stephen Haddan	1.0	31
	Independent	Dennis Grattan	0.7	20
	SNP gain from Conservative
Valid: 2,956  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 1,479  Turnout: 2,977

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone By-Election 19 May 2011 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Neil MacGregor	51.4	2,090
	Labour	Graeme Lawrence	23.1	941
	Liberal Democrats	Kristian Chapman	11.0	446
	Conservative	Ross Thomson	8.7	352
	Independent	Angela Joss	3.7	150
	Scottish Green	Rhonda Reekie	2.2	88
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
Valid: 4,067  Spoilt:  Quota: 2,034

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee By-Election 23 June 2011 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Gordon Townson	33.2	1,112	1,115	1,120	1,136	1,161	1,263	1,441	1,792
	Labour	Angela Taylor	23.3	783	783	784	810	829	956	1,068
	Conservative	Bill Berry	19.4	649	652	654	656	676	801
	Liberal Democrats	Gregor McAbery	16.5	554	558	562	584	599
	Independent	Graham Bennett	2.9	98	99	109	122
	Scottish Green	Richie Brian	3.0	101	103	104
	Independent	Hamish Hay Mackay	1.0	32	34
	National Front	Dave Macdonald	0.7	25
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
Electorate: 11,623  Valid: 3,354  Spoilt: 32  Quota: 1,678  Turnout: 3,386

2012-2017

Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill By-Election 30 July 2015 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Neil Copland	54.5	1,690
	Labour	Charlie Pirie	24.9	771
	Conservative	Roy Begg	11.3	350
	Scottish Green	Peter Kennedy	4.2	130
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Waddell	4.1	125
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,099  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,534  Turnout: 3,132

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove By-Election 30 July 2015 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Stephen Flynn	60.5	1,939
	Labour	Donna Clark	18.9	606
	Conservative	Philip Sellar	9.8	313
	Liberal Democrats	Ken McLeod	6.5	207
	Scottish Green	Dan Yeats	3.6	114
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,205  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,590  Turnout: 3,231

George Street/Harbour By-Election 1 October 2015 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Michael Hutchison	51.2	961
	Labour	Mike Scott	26.1	490
	Conservative	Brian Davidson	10.4	195
	Scottish Green	Alex Jarvis	7.2	136
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Davidson	5.1	96
	SNP hold
Valid: 1,878  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 940  Turnout: 1,898

Midstocket/Rosemount By-Election 1 October 2015 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Alex Nicoll	40.9	1,168	1,225	1,275	1,433
	Conservative	Tom Mason	23.6	672	687	771	927
	Labour	Howard Gemmell	21.2	605	629	692
	Liberal Democrats	Ken McLeod	8.3	238	270
	Scottish Green	Jennifer Phillips	6.0	170
	SNP gain from Conservative
Valid: 2,853  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1,427  Turnout: 2,872

2017-2022

Bridge of Don By-Election 3 October 2019 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Sarah Cross	36.2	1,857
	SNP	Jessica Mennie	35.0	1,797
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Skoczykloda	18.1	929
	Labour	Graeme Lawrence	5.9	305
	Scottish Green	Sylvia Hardie	2.7	140
	Independent	Simon McLean	0.8	43
	Red Party of Scotland	Max McKay	0.2	9
	Conservative hold
	SNP hold
Valid: 5,135  Spoilt: 66  Quota: 1,712  Turnout: 5,201

Torry/Ferryhill By-Election 21 November 2019 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Audrey Nicoll	43.2	1,618	1,620	1,624	1,673	1,819	1,989
	Conservative	Neil Murray	26.0	972	983	996	1,049	1,083	1,151
	Labour	Willie Young	10.6	395	396	402	462	533
	Scottish Green	Betty Lyon	8.1	304	320	347	429
	Liberal Democrats	Gregor McAbery	8.4	315	320	324
	Independent	Simon McLean	2.3	86	89
	UKIP	Roy Hill	1.4	53
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,743  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 1,872  Turnout: 3,783

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove By-election 5 November 2020 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Miranda Radley	47.4	1,661	1,661	1,663	1,672	1,691	1,697	1,716	1,785
	Conservative	Christopher Wyles	20.2	709	710	712	713	714	725	746	834
	Labour	Shona Simpson	12.2	429	430	430	431	441	446	471	529
	Independent	Andy Finlayson	10.5	367	368	368	374	383	419	451
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Henderson	3.6	128	132	132	133	140	148
	Independent	Simon McLean	2.5	92	93	97	99	104
	Scottish Green	Daniel Verhamme	1.7	58	60	61	63
	Independent	Lizette Belizzi Houston	0.9	31	32	34
	Independent	Sochima Iroh	0.5	16
	Scottish Libertarian	Bryce Hope	0.5	16
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,540  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,754  Turnout: 3,573

2022-2027

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone By-Election 23 February 2023 ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Graeme Lawrence	25.7	1,227	1,233	1,255	1,282	1,306	1,459	1,971	2,596
	SNP	Tomasz Brzezinski	30.5	1,455	1,461	1,465	1,513	1,604	1,674	1,729
	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
Valid: 4,725  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 2,363  Turnout: 4,772

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