Aberdeenshire Council elections

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

Council elections

Year	Conservative	SNP	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Green	Independent
1995	4	15	15	0	0	13
1999 [a]	7	23	28	0	0	10
2003	11	18	28	0	0	11
2007 [b]	14	22	24	0	0	8
2012	14	28	12	2	1	11
2017 [c]	23	21	14	1	1	10
2022	26	21	14	0	0	9

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

Results maps

• 
  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

Huntley East By-Election 9 June 2005 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Moira Ingleby	419	34.3	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Anderson	360	29.5	−2.2
	SNP	Robert Ness	224	18.3	−4.5
	Independent	Hamish Jolly	181	14.8	+14.8
	Labour	Bryan Begg	38	3.1	−7.2
Majority			59	4.8
Turnout			1,222
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2012

Troup By-Election 1 May 2008 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Bob Watson	62.8	1,721
	Conservative	Lisa Watt	18.8	515
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Acton	18.4	503
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,739  Spoilt: 16  Quota: 1,371  Turnout: 2,755

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside By-Election 23 April 2009 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce	26.7	969	975	981	1,180	1,566
	Conservative	Jo Pick	31.5	1,144	1,148	1,152	1,241	1,468
	Independent	William Forbes	23.2	842	845	855	1,003
	SNP	George Parkinson	17.0	617	621	636
	BNP	Roy Jones	1.2	44	44
	Independent	David Hutchison	0.5	19
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,635  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 1,819  Turnout: 3,655

2012-2017

Troup By-Election 27 November 2014 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ross Cassie	46.1	1,159	1,162	1,183	1,205	1,244	1,352
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	22.8	574	580	588	604	645	718
	Independent	Alan Still	15.5	391	408	415	423	446
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	5.6	141	141	149	180
	Labour	Alan Duffill	5.6	140	142	148
	Scottish Green	Darren Duncan	2.7	68	69
	Independent	Philip Mitchell	1.7%	43
	SNP gain from Conservative
Valid: 2,516  Spoilt: 25  Quota: 1,259  Turnout: 2,541

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-Election 5 November 2015 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Scottish Libertarian	Derek Scott	0.5	20
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	SNP hold
Valid: 4,046  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 1,349  Turnout: 4,096

Banff and District By-election 3 November 2016 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	44.0	1,170	1,378
	SNP	Glen Reynolds	36.2	962	1,097
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mason	19.8	526
	Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 2,658  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,330  Turnout: 2,684

Inverurie and District By-Election 3 November 2016 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Conservative	Colin Clark	38.8	1,302	1,319	1,701
	SNP	Neil Baillie	34.6	1,164	1,192	1,341
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Auld	22.5	755	795
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.1	139
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Valid: 3,360  Spoilt: 18  Quota: 1,681  Turnout: 3,378

2017-2022

Inverurie and District By-Election 12 October 2017 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Lesley Berry	48.5	1,672	1,679	1,715	1,871
	SNP	Elaine Mitchell	33.3	1,146	1,161	1,234	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Bremner	8.6	295	309	412
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	8.0	276	290
	Scottish Green	Craig Stewart	1.6	56
	Conservative hold
Valid: 3,445  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,723  Turnout: 3,471

Ellon and District By-Election 15 October 2020 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Louise Mcallister	42.4	1,683	1,725	1,757	1,916
	Conservative	John Crawley	41.7	1,658	1,663	1,679	1,840
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Mason	10.2	405	443	485
	Labour	John Bennett	2.9	114	126
	Scottish Green	Peter Kennedy	2.8	112
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,972  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 1,987  Turnout: 4,006

East Garioch By-Election 17 June 2021 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	David Keating	45.5	1,240	1,261	1,268	1,394
	SNP	Dan Ritchie	35.3	963	982	1,058	1,146
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Mason	10.3	281	319	365
	Scottish Green	Jamie Ogilvie	4.8	130	143
	Labour	Andy Brown	4.1	111
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Valid: 2,725  Spoilt: 15  Quota: 1,363  Turnout: 2,740

Mid-Formartine By-Election 19 August 2021 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Conservative	Sheila Powell	45.7	1,480	1,484	1,645
	SNP	Jenny Nicol	37.2	1,205	1,281	1,409
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Goodhall	12.7	412	451
	Scottish Green	Peter Kennedy	4.4	144
	Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 3,241  Quota: 1,621

2022-2027

Central Buchan By-Election 7 November 2024 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	41.3	1,260	1,272	1,292	1,430	1,614
	SNP	Sarah Wilken	28.5	869	879	897	925	1,069
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bailey	14.3	435	452	463	507
	Reform UK	Andrew Curwen	10.8	331	338	358
	Scottish Family	Phil Reynolds	2.7	83	89
	Independent	Dean Ward	2.3	71
	Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 3,049  Quota: 1,525  Turnout: 3,076

Fraserburgh and District By-Election 7 November 2024 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Iain Sutherland	36.3	1,145	1,158	1,225	1,556	1,884
	SNP	Mike McDonald	28.4	895	915	966	1,113
	Reform UK	Conrad Ritchie	25.9	817	829	864
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Leslie	7.0	222	233
	Scottish Family	Dawn Smith	2.2	71
	Conservative hold
Valid: 3,150  Quota: 1,576  Turnout: 3,174

Mearns by-election 7 November 2024 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Tracey Smith	39.2	1,347	1,350	1,494	1,768
	SNP	Hannah Scott	24.0	823	891	928	1,181
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Knights	21.7	745	788	851
	Reform UK	Claudia Leith	10.9	375	384
	Scottish Green	William Linegar	4.0	136
	Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 3,435  Quota: 1,718  Turnout: 3,457

References

1. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Aberdeenshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Aberdeenshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
3. "Election of Member to Aberdeenshire Council for the Huntly East ward" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
6. "Declaration of Results Troup Ward 28/11/2014" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
7. "Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-Election". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 9 May 2018.
8. "Transfers Report - Banff and District Ward" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
9. "Transfers Report - Inverurie and District Ward" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
10. "Inverurie and District By-Election". aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017.
11. "Ellon and District By-Election 2020".
12. "East Garioch By-Election 2021".
13. "Breakdown of transfer of votes at each stage - Aberdeenshire Council". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
14. "Local Government By-Election 2024". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 9 February 2025.