Location of the ward [1]
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Scott Cassie (Liberal Democrats) | Ian Yuill (Liberal Democrats) | Jill Wisely (Conservative) | |||||
| 2011 by-election | Gordon Scott Townson (SNP) | |||||||
| 2012 | Angela Taylor (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Douglas Lumsden (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Derek Davidson (SNP) | Ryan Houghton (Conservative) | ||||||
| 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 | |
| Aberdeen Labour | Logan Machell | 10.7 | 627 | 802 | |
| Green | Harry Rafferty | 4.2 | 244 | 345 | |
| Electorate: 11,842 Valid: 5,872 Spoilt: 55 Quota: 1,469 Turnout: 50.1% | |||||
2017 Aberdeen City Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Yuill (incumbent) | 40.2 | 2,458 | ||
| Conservative | Douglas Lumsden | 25.1 | 1,533 | ||
| SNP | Gordon Townson (incumbent) | 23.2 | 1,417 | 1,596.7 | |
| Labour | Angela Taylor (incumbent) | 11.6 | 708 | 1,076.8 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,116 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,530 Turnout: 6,170 (51.9%) | |||||
2012 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Yuill (incumbent) | 34.0% | 1,626 | ||||
| Labour | Angela Taylor | 22.4% | 1,073 | 1,157.6 | 1,193.9 | 1,260.9 | |
| SNP | Gordon Scott Townson (incumbent) | 22.3% | 1,065 | 1,139 | 1,164.9 | 1,222.6 | |
| Conservative | Bill Berry | 15.2% | 728 | 843 | 871.3 | 896.7 | |
| Green | Bex Holmes | 3.1% | 149 | 182.3 | 221.6 | ||
| Independent | Paul Briggs | 2.9% | 140 | 166.4 | |||
| Electorate: 11,858 Valid: 4,781 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 4,828 (40.32%) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Gordon Scott 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 Murray Bennett | 2.9 | 98 | 99 | 109 | 122 | |||||
| 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 | Swing | 18.5% | |||||||||
| Electorate: 11,623 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 3,386 (29.1%) | |||||||||||
2007 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Jill Wisely | 27.4 | 1,911 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Cassie | 19.6 | 1,365 | 1,381 | 1,446 | 1,695 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Yuill | 18.0 | 1,257 | 1,310 | 1,385 | 1,565 | |
| SNP | Rigg Robertson | 17.3 | 1,207 | 1,220 | 1,296 | 1,399 | |
| Labour | Allan McIntosh | 12.8 | 894 | 901 | 940 | ||
| Independent | Graham Bennett | 4.8 | 332 | 352 | |||
| Electorate: Valid: 6,966 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,742 Turnout: 7,046 | |||||||
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