Location of the ward [1]
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Lumgair (Conservative) | Alex King (SNP) | David Fairweather (Ind.) | Peter Nield (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2012 | Ewan Smith (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Richard Moore (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| 2022 | Louise Nicol (Conservative) | Serena Cowdy (SNP) | Martin Shephard (SNP) | |||||
2022 Angus Council election [2] [3] [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Green | Anne Campbell | 3.29% | 214 | 216 | 227 | 241 | |||||||
| SNP | Serena Cowdy | 22.14% | 1,440 | ||||||||||
| Independent | David Fairweather (incumbent) | 8.06% | 524 | 538 | 541 | 556 | 589 | 635 | 752 | 1,013 | 1,021 | 1,320 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rod Falconer | 4.40% | 286 | 297 | 299 | 302 | 338 | ||||||
| Alba | Lisa Keogh | 1.32% | 86 | 86 | 89 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Louise Nicol | 25.57% | 1,663 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Pamela Ruddy | 6.50% | 423 | 433 | 434 | 438 | 464 | 560 | |||||
| SNP | Martin Shephard | 14.04% | 913 | 915 | 1,027 | 1,058 | 1,136 | 1,161 | 1,236 | 1,337 | |||
| Conservative | Juliet Vivers | 5.78% | 376 | 671 | 671 | 674 | 683 | 729 | 807 | 895 | 896 | ||
| Independent | Ian Wren | 8.89% | 578 | 585 | 587 | 599 | 617 | 665 | 749 | ||||
| Electorate: 14,052 Valid: 6,503 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 47.0% [6] | |||||||||||||
2017 Angus Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | David Lumgair (incumbent) | 42.32% | 2,585 | |||||
| Independent | David Fairweather (incumbent) | 23.98% | 1,465 | |||||
| SNP | Alex King (incumbent) | 19.75% | 1,206 | 1,251 | ||||
| SNP | Donald Morrison (incumbent) * | 8.61% | 526 | 545 | 589 | 614 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Moore | 5.34% | 326 | 979 | 1,076 | 1,077 | 1,323 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,108 Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,222 Turnout: 45.2% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Alex King (incumbent) | 23.57% | 1,033 | |||||||
| Conservative | David Lumgair (incumbent) | 21.91% | 960 | |||||||
| Independent | David Fairweather (incumbent) | 17.05% | 747 | 751.8 | 768.2 | 829.5 | 883.8 | |||
| SNP | Ewan Smith † | 14.90% | 653 | 785.7 | 791.3 | 812.9 | 851.8 | 852.7 | 894.4 | |
| Labour | Alec Mollison | 9.65% | 423 | 426.8 | 431.1 | 446.5 | 487.1 | 487.9 | 537.4 | |
| Independent | Peter Nield (incumbent) | 4.36% | 191 | 194.2 | 201.4 | 238.6 | 268.9 | 271.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Barthorpe | 4.36% | 191 | 193.7 | 205.7 | 223.5 | ||||
| Independent | Ian Watson | 4.2% | 184 | 185.2 | 192.9 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,230 Valid: 4,382 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 877 Turnout: 4,441 (39.02%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Lumgair | 1,322 | 21.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Alex King | 1,169 | 18.9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent | David Fairweather | 1,117 | 18.1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Nield | 857 | 13.9 | 4 | 8 | |
| Labour | Joan Warren | 627 | 10.2 | |||
| SNP | Brian Milne | 565 | 9.1 | |||
| Independent | Anne Marie Sim | 485 | 7.9 | |||
| Independent | Rob Pearce | 35 | 0.6 | |||
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