Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Peter Argyle (Liberal Democrats)		Marcus Humphrey (Conservative)		Bruce Luffman (Conservative)
2009			Rosemary Bruce (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Katrina Farquhar (Conservative)			Geva Blackett (SNP/ Ind.) [2]
2017	Paul Gibb (Conservative)
2022		Anouk Kloppert (SNP)	Sarah Brown (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside − 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Geva Blackett (incumbent) [note 1]	22.7	1,098	1,127	1,173	1,272
	SNP	Anouk Kloppert [note 2]	21.7	1,049	1,091	1,098	1,104	1,118	1,459
	Conservative	Sarah Brown	21.3	1,029	1,040	1,571
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Argyle (incumbent)	17.5	846	908	950	1,064	1,091
	Conservative	Claudia Leith	13.2	640	653
	Labour	John Lawson	3.7	179
Electorate: 9,066  Valid: 4,841  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 1,211  Turnout: 53.8%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Paul Gibb	43.97	2,093
	SNP	Geva Blackett (incumbent)	29.66	1,364
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Argyle (incumbent)	18.91	900	1,307.70
	Independent	Anne Reid	4.74	226	338.17
	Labour	Claire Miller	3.7	176	238.99
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,759  Spoilt: 32  Quota: 1,190  Turnout: 4,791 (53.2%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[7]

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Katrina Farquhar	34.62%	1,332
	SNP	Geva Blackett	28.36%	1,091
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Argyle (incumbent)	16.64%	640	756.9	780.7	852.7	1,443.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce (incumbent)	14.11%	543	629.1	649.8	734.7
	Labour	Beverly Cochran	5.48%	241	267.1	294.4
Electorate: 8,597  Valid: 3,847  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 962  Turnout: 3,876 (44.75%)

2009 By-election

There was an Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside by-election held on 23 April 2009 to fill the vacancy which arose with the resignation of the Conservative's Bruce Luffman in 2009. The by-election was won by the Liberal Democrat's Rosemary Bruce on 23 April 2009

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside by-election, 23 April 2009 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Jo Pick	31.47	1,144	1,148	1,152	1,241	1,468
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce	26.66	969	975	981	1,180	1,566
	Independent	William Forbes	23.16	842	845	855	1,003
	SNP	George Parkinson	16.97	617	621	636
	BNP	Roy Jones	1.21	44	44
	Independent	David Hutchison	0.52	19
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
Electorate: 8,357  Valid: 3,635  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 1,819  Turnout: 3,655 (43.7%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Marcus Humphrey	29.3	1,444
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Argyle	26.1	1,286
	Conservative	Bruce Luffman	20.5	1,009	1,160	1,172	1,218	1,625
	SNP	Carol Douglas	20.1	991	1,009	1,021	1,078
	Labour	Angus Murdoch	4.0	196	202	213
Electorate:  Valid: 4,926  Spoilt: 75  Quota: 1,232  Turnout: 59.51%

Notes

1. In August 2021, Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside SNP councillor Geva Blackett resigned from the party. ^[3]
2. Sitting councillor for Ellon and District.

References

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2. "SNP-Greens deal: Aberdeenshire councillor resigns from party". The National. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
3. "SNP-Greens deal: Aberdeenshire councillor resigns from party". The National. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
4. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 15 - Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
6. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
7. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". 12 May 2007. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.