Aberdeenshire Council election, 2012

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Aberdeenshire Council election, 2012
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All 68 seats to Aberdeenshire Council
35 seats needed for a majority

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LeaderRichard Thomson Jim Gifford Karen Clark
Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrat
Last election22 seats, 34.5%14 seats, 20.8%24 seats, 25.2%
Seats won28 14 12
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First preferences27,336 14,907 10,797
First preferences (%)38.9% 21.2% 15.4%
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Leader Norman Smith Alison Evison Martin Ford
Party Independent Labour Scottish Green
Last election8 seats, 12.7%0 seats, 5.4%0 seat, 1.1%
Seats won 11 2 1
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First preferences 10,320 4,785 1,681
First preferences (%) 14.7% 6.8% 2.4%
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Aberdeenshire Council election 2012.svg

Results by ward.
Council Leader before election

Anne Robertson
Liberal Democrats

Council Leader after election

Jim Gifford
Conservative

Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 19 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 68 Councillors being elected.

Aberdeenshire Council area of Scotland

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authorities designated as councils which consist of councillors elected every five years by registered voters in each of the council areas.

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The 2007 election saw the Scottish Liberal Democrats form a coalition on the Council with the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Scotland.

The 2012 election saw the SNP gain an additional 6 seats and become the largest party on the Council, supplanting the Lib Dems. The Tories retained their 14 seats on the Council and as a result became the second largest party. The Lib Dems lost half their Councillors falling from 24 to 12 seats. Independents also increased their overall numbers to 11 seats while Labour and the Scottish Green Party won seats in Aberdeenshire for the first time.

The Scottish Labour Party is the devolved Scottish section of the UK Labour Party.

Scottish Green Party Scottish political party

The Scottish Green Party is a green political party in Scotland. The party has six MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of 2016. After the 2017 local elections, the party also have 19 councillors in six of the 32 Scottish local councils.

Following the election a Tory-Lib Dem-Independent administration was formed and in 2013 they were joined by the 2 Labour members. On 8 June 2015, a new administration was formed by the SNP and a 'Progressive Alliance' between Scottish Labour and 2 Progressive Independent councilors, who had been members of the previous administration.

Results

Aberdeenshire Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 28 7 1 +6 41.18 38.89 27,336 +4.39
  Conservative 14 2 2 - 20.59 21.21 14,907 +0.41
  Liberal Democrats 12 0 12 -12 17.65 15.36 10,797 -9.84
  Independent 11 3 0 +3 16.18 14.68 10,320 +1.98
  Labour 2 2 0 +2 2.94 6.81 4,785 +1.41
  Scottish Green 1 1 0 +1 1.47 2.39 1,681 +1.29
  Scottish Christian 0 - - - 0.65 460 +0.65

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Banff and District

Banff and District - 3 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
SNP John B. Cox (incumbent)††††††††† 31.241,037   
SNP Ian Gray (incumbent)†††††††† 24.19 803959.7  
Conservative Mike Roy 23.13 768780.4 793.5880.3
Liberal Democrats Alistair Francis Mason 11.12 369377.8 405.8508.6
Scottish Christian Colin Murray 10.30 342350.4 375.4 
Electorate: 8,661  Valid: 3,319  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 830  Turnout: 3,369 (38.32%)

    Troup

    Troup - 3 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    SNP Hamish Partridge††††††† 25.44723      
    Conservative John Duncan (incumbent) ††† 20.87 593593.5 604.5615.5645.6709.6777.6
    Independent Mark Findlater†††††† 15.52 441441.1 446.2479.2520.2683.3796.9
    SNP Bob Watson (incumbent) 14.25 405414.2 421.2438.4467.4550.6 
    Independent Sydney Mair (incumbent) 12.10 344344.5 346.5366.5393.6  
    Labour Alan Duffill 6.51 185185.2 195.2199.2   
    Independent Bill Rebecca 3.34 9595.5 108.5    
    Liberal Democrats Sandy Leslie 1.97 5656.1      
    Electorate: 7,609  Valid: 2,842  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 711  Turnout: 2,879 (37.35%)

      Fraserburgh and District

      Fraserburgh and District - 4 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
      SNP Brian Topping (incumbent) 25.11,056        
      SNP Charles Cummin Buchan 16.72 704787.7 792.9802.1817.71,040.6   
      Independent Ian Tait (incumbent) 14.65 617637.2 644.6666.9723.6733.9759.3836.1993.3
      Independent Michael Watt (incumbent) 9.90 417432.3 446.3466.5515.5528.9547.7627.9783.6
      Independent Doreen Mair 8.81 371379.5 410.5436.7470.9483.3498.3625.9 
      Liberal Democrats Ann Bell 7.65 322326.8 334.0361.4420.1427.3446.3  
      Conservative Bob Sim 6.15 259261.6 266.6275.6     
      SNP Ricky Sheaffe-Greene 4.89 206270.3 273.5280.7282.7    
      Labour Ashara Taylor 4.08 172173.6 176.8      
      Independent George Esslemont 2.07 8788.2        
      Electorate: 11,117  Valid: 4,211  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 843  Turnout: 4,276 (37.88%)

        Central Buchan

        Central Buchan - 4 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
        SNP Jim Ingram 29.231,141     
        Independent Norman Smith (incumbent) 20.70808     
        Conservative Edie Chapman 19.9 780791.7    
        SNP Lenny Pirie 11.68 456746.9 751.4752.6768.1801.0
        Liberal Democrats Anne Simpson 5.64 220233.3 236.6238.5258.2302.8
        Labour Carol Donald 5.25 205215.4 216.6226.4  
        Independent Hugh Livingstone 4.82 188198.4 206.1207.9256.2302.8
        Independent David S. Ross 2.72 106112.6 118.6   
        Electorate: 10,231  Valid: 3,904  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 781  Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%)

          Peterhead North and Rattray

          Peterhead North and Rattray - 4 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
          SNP Anne Allan (incumbent) 17.35 618620 628647812    
          Independent Alan S. Buchan (incumbent) 16.47 587592 623676704716.9   
          SNP Fiona McRae (incumbent) 14.9 534544 555561717    
          Independent Alan Gardiner 14.85 529548 569625646654.2654.5656.5827.1
          Conservative Sheena Drunsfield 12.55 447455 470504525531.3531.5532.1 
          SNP Michael Doig 11.01 394400 406430     
          Independent Stephen William Calder 5.42 193203 223      
          Labour Thomas Phillips 4.72 168181        
          Liberal Democrats Graham Smith 2.58 92        
          Electorate: 10,787  Valid: 3,562  Spoilt: 62  Quota: 713  Turnout: 3,624 (33.02%)

            Peterhead South and Cruden

            Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
            SNP Stephen William Smith (incumbent) 34.051,030     
            SNP Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent) 18.64 564765.2    
            Independent Sam Coull (incumbent) 15.17 459477.0 478.6520.7603.6 
            Independent Tom Malone 13.82 418426.5 427.2592.3693.9998.6
            Conservative Steve Owen 9.59 290296.9 297.2319.5  
            Independent Peter Stevenson 8.73 264277.3 278.2   
            Electorate: 8,621  Valid: 3,025  Spoilt: 64  Quota: 757  Turnout: 3,089 (35.09%)

              Turriff and District

              Turriff and District - 3 seats
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
              SNP Sandy Duncan (incumbent) 34.241,165    
              Liberal Democrats Anne Robertson (incumbent) 18.43 627652.6 664.7842.1999.0
              Independent Alisan Keith Norrie (incumbent) 16.58 564590.4 609.9808.81,016.9
              Conservative Jayne James Duff 15.93 542556.6 569.8  
              SNP Colin Graham Mair 12.70 432658.4 667.7742.1 
              Scottish Christian Norman Alexander Ogston 2.12 7274.9    
              Electorate: 9,157  Valid: 3,402  Spoilt: 53  Quota: 851  Turnout: 3,455 (37.15%)

                Mid-Formartine

                Mid-Formartine - 4 seats
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
                SNP Allan Hendry (incumbent) 29.121,293      
                Independent Paul Johnston (incumbent) 21.12938      
                Conservative Jim Gifford (incumbent) 16.24 721735.1 740.8825.9895.3  
                Liberal Democrats John Kevin Loveday (incumbent) 9.89 439458.7 467.4542.6658.7661.1 
                Labour Braden Davy 8.92 396411.9 416.9463.8   
                Independent Jeff Goodhall 8.11 360371.6 387.1    
                SNP Cryle Shand 6.62 294606.5 612.4679.6753.0753.6938.0
                Electorate: 11,843  Valid: 4,441  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 889  Turnout: 4,480 (37.50%)

                  Ellon and District

                  Ellon and District - 4 seats
                  Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
                  SNP Rob Merson (incumbent) 39.041,644    
                  Conservative Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) 16.74 705748.8 761.6839.4867.1
                  Liberal Democrats Isobel Davidson (incumbent) 16.36 689760.6 800.9918.6 
                  SNP Richard Thomson 11.26 4741,055.3   
                  Labour Peter Thomas Smyth 9.48 399426.8 457.8511.5531.5
                  Independent Sandy Allan 7.12 300325.8 361.7  
                  Electorate: 11,173  Valid: 4,211  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 843  Turnout: 4,262 (37.69%)

                    West Garioch

                    West Garioch - 3 seats
                    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
                    SNP Allison Grant (incumbent) 42.51,327   
                    Conservative Patricia Oddie 20.8 651716.3 774.3826.9
                    Liberal Democrats Sheena Margaret Lonchay (incumbent) †† 14.0 439555.6 645.31,052.7
                    Liberal Democrats Hazel Linda Al-Kowarri (incumbent) 13.6 426495.4 601.1 
                    Scottish Green Richard Paul Openshaw 9.1 283407.0   
                    Electorate: 8,621  Valid: 3,126  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 782  Turnout: 3,153 (36.26%)

                      Inverurie and District

                      Inverurie and District - 4 seats
                      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
                      SNP Bryan Hunter Stuart (incumbent) 19.7 688701     
                      SNP Hamish Vernal 17.5 612621 621.8643.8685.8690.2806.2
                      Conservative Richard Cowling (incumbent) 17.4 608614 614.0636.0684.0692.1771.4
                      Liberal Democrats Martin Christopher Kitts-Hayes (incumbent) †† 17.3 606632 632.0660.0730.0  
                      Labour Ellis Thorpe 13.2 463477 477.1503.1562.1568.9 
                      Independent Mike Raeburn (incumbent) 6.0 211225 225.0300.0   
                      Independent Ron Reid 5.6 196212 212.0    
                      Scottish Green Karen A. MacKenzie 3.2 113      
                      Electorate: 10,034  Valid: 3,497  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 700  Turnout: 3,556 (34.85%)

                        East Garioch

                        East Garioch - 3 seats
                        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                        SNP Fergie Hood (incumbent) † 35.01,140     
                        Scottish Green Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent) 20.3 660732.1 784.8834.9  
                        Liberal Democrats Nan Cullinane (incumbent) 15.9 519574.6 643.7790.3798.31,080.3
                        Conservative Patrick Sleigh 11.0 359384.7 402.9   
                        Independent Amanda Louise Clark 10.4 338393.9 467.3569.1575.1 
                        Labour Ann Thorpe 7.4 240279.1     
                        Electorate: 9,224  Valid: 3,256  Spoilt: 24  Quota: 815  Turnout: 3,280 (35.30%)

                          Westhill and District

                          Westhill and District - 4 seats
                          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
                          Conservative Ron McKail (incumbent) 29.35%1,163    
                          Liberal Democrats Iris Margaret Walker 24.08%954    
                          SNP Amanda Allan (incumbent) 17.99% 713780.1 813.0  
                          SNP David Robert Aitchison 17.74% 703735.5 749.8766.6974.2
                          Labour Peter Young 10.83% 429503.1 560.5561.5 
                          Electorate: 10,882  Valid: 3,962  Spoilt: 32  Quota: 793  Turnout: 3,994 (36.41%)

                            Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford

                            Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats
                            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                            Conservative Moira Ingleby (incumbent) 26.47%1,091     
                            SNP Joanna Strathdee (incumbent)†††† 20.14%830     
                            Liberal Democrats Alastair Ross (incumbent)††††† 18.24% 752831.2    
                            SNP Tom Murray 14.56% 600620.2 620.97624.8683.8 
                            Independent John Latham 14.39% 593650.8 653.2653.4760.6995.9
                            Scottish Green Jake Williams 6.21% 256274.3 275.6275.9  
                            Electorate: 11,265  Valid: 4,122  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 825  Turnout: 4,170 (36.59%)

                              Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

                              Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside - 3 seats
                              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
                              Conservative Katrina Farquhar 34.62%1,332    
                              SNP Geva Blackett 28.36%1,091    
                              Liberal Democrats Peter Argyle (incumbent) 16.64% 640756.9 780.7852.71,443.3
                              Liberal Democrats Rosemary Bruce (incumbent) 14.11% 543629.1 649.8734.7 
                              Labour Beverly Cochran 5.48% 241267.1 294.4  
                              Electorate: 8,597  Valid: 3,847  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 962  Turnout: 3,876 (44.75%)

                                Banchory and Mid-Deeside

                                Banchory and Mid-Deeside - 3 seats
                                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
                                Conservative Jill Webster (incumbent) 36.01,185 
                                SNP Linda Clark (incumbent) 29.1956 
                                Liberal Democrats Karen Clark (incumbent) 23.0 757952.8
                                Labour Lesley Young 8.4 278 
                                Scottish Green Matt Wickham 3.5 114 
                                Electorate: 8,296  Valid: 3,290  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 823  Turnout: 3,309 (39.66%)

                                  North Kincardine

                                  North Kincardine - 4 seats
                                  Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                                  SNP Alastair Bews (incumbent) 24.94%988     
                                  Labour Alison Evison 21.53%853     
                                  Conservative Carl Nelson (incumbent) 19.74% 782785.7 790.3812.7  
                                  Liberal Democrats Ian Mollison (incumbent) 11.71% 464466.8 472.8478.1484.7833.2
                                  Liberal Democrats Paul Melling (incumbent) 10.48% 415423.1 434.9437.4441.7 
                                  SNP Alan Inglis 10.43% 413585.3 598.4607.4609.1644.7
                                  Scottish Christian Tom Morrow 1.16% 4646.8 49.6   
                                  Electorate: 10,563  Valid: 3,961  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 793  Turnout: 3,997 (37.50%)

                                    Stonehaven and Lower Deeside

                                    Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats
                                    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
                                    Conservative Wendy Agnew (incumbent) 27.01,111        
                                    SNP Graeme Clark (incumbent) 16.2 667684.2 713.0741.3762.31052.7   
                                    Labour Raymond Christie 9.8 404414.8 427.8463.4486.6501.9530.6590.8617.8
                                    Liberal Democrats Peter Bellarby (incumbent) 8.6 354380.3 398.8433.8617.7633.9660.9735.0860.6
                                    SNP Robert Fergusson 7.5 311314.9 335.4353.1371.7   
                                    Conservative Jeff Hutchison 6.7 278404.9 426.5438.0458.9462.9474.3526.8 
                                    Liberal Democrats David Fleming 6.7 275297.9 319.5347.5     
                                    Scottish Green Rachel Shanks 6.2 255263.5 286.8      
                                    Independent Bob Michie 5.8 241258.2 321.1378.2411.1425.0462.8  
                                    Independent Douglas Samways 5.4 224243        
                                    Electorate: 10,701  Valid: 4,120  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 825  Turnout: 4,167 (38.50%)

                                      Mearns

                                      Mearns - 4 seats
                                      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
                                      Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 20.73%868      
                                      SNP Jean Dick (incumbent) 20.70%867      
                                      Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 20.03%839      
                                      SNP Robert Forbes 10.91% 457458.3 482.2482.4564.1595.9 
                                      Independent Dave Stewart 10.29% 431433.2 434.5434.7530.9684.8890.5
                                      Conservative David Nelson 8.93% 374394.1 395.1395.3423.8  
                                      Labour Gill Bayfield 8.40% 352353.2 354.5354.7   
                                      Electorate: 10,963  Valid: 4,188  Spoilt: 35  Quota: 838  Turnout: 4,223 (38.20%)

                                        Post-Election Changes

                                        By-elections

                                        Troup By-election (27 November 2014) - [1] 1 Seat
                                        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                                        SNP Ross Cassie 46.1% 1,1591,162 1,1831,2051,2441,352
                                        Conservative Iain Taylor 22.8% 574580 588604645718
                                        Independent Alan Still 15.5% 391408 415423446 
                                        Liberal Democrats Ann Bell 5.6% 141141 149180  
                                        Labour Alan Duffill 5.6% 140142 148   
                                        Scottish Green Darren Duncan 2.7% 6869     
                                        Independent Philip Mitchell 1.7% 43     
                                          Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-election (5 November 2015) [2] - 2 Seats
                                          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
                                          Conservative Margo Stewart 36.3%1,469
                                          SNP Gwyneth Petrie 35.4%1,433
                                          Liberal Democrats David Millican 22.9% 928
                                          Labour Sarah Flavell 4.8% 196
                                          Libertarian Derek Scott 0.5% 20
                                            Banff By-election (3 November 2016) [3] - 1 Seat
                                            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
                                            Conservative Iain Taylor 44.0%1170
                                            SNP Glen Reynolds 36.2% 962
                                            Liberal Democrats Alistair Mason 19.8% 526
                                              Inverurie and District By-election (3 November 2016) [4] - 1 Seats
                                              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
                                              Conservative Colin Clark 38.8%1,302
                                              SNP Neil Baillie 34.6% 1,164
                                              Liberal Democrats Alison Auld 22.5% 755
                                              Labour Sarah Flavell 4.1% 139

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                                                The Aberdeenshire Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election will use the 19 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 70 councillors being elected, an increase of one member compared to 2012.

                                                The 2017 Highland Council election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Highland Council. The election used the 21 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004; each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system. A total of 74 councillors were elected, six less than in 2012.

                                                References

                                                1. ↑ http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/troup2.php
                                                2. ↑ https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/huntly-strathbogie-and-howe-of-alford-by-election/
                                                3. ↑ https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/by-elections-results-for-banff-and-district-and-inverurie-and-district/
                                                4. ↑ https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/by-elections-results-for-banff-and-district-and-inverurie-and-district/
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