Banchory and Mid-Deeside (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Banchory and Mid-Deeside is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Karen Clark (Liberal Democrats)		Jill Webster (Conservative)		Linda Clark (SNP)
2012
2017	Rosemary Bruce (Liberal Democrats)	Ann Ross (Conservative)	Eileen Durno (SNP)
2022	Yi-Pei Chou Turvey (Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Banchory and Mid-Deeside − 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Ann Ross (incumbent) [note 1]	25.1	1,211
	SNP	Eileen Durno (incumbent)	24.0	1,158	1,158	1,161	1,264
	Liberal Democrats	Yi-Pei Chou Turvey	21.5	1,040	1,040	1,049	1,340
	Conservative	Harriet Cross	17.6	852	854	867	924
	Labour	Andy Brown	11.1	536	536	542
	Scottish Family	Graeme Craib	0.7	35	35
Electorate: 9,105  Valid: 4,832  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,209  Turnout: 53.5%

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[5]

Banchory and Mid-Deeside - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Ann Ross	52.8	2,525
	SNP	Eileen Durno	21.89	1,046	1,088.11	1,162.35	1,417.64
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce	20.25	968	1,689.6
	Labour	Iain Gillies	5.04	241	352.58	596.12
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,780  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,196  Turnout: 4,813 (54.6%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Banchory and Mid-Deeside - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Jill Webster (incumbent)	36.0	1,185
	SNP	Linda Clark (incumbent)	29.1	956
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Clark (incumbent)	23.0	757	952.8
	Labour	Lesley Young	8.4	278
	Green	Matt Wickham	3.5	114
Electorate: 8,296  Valid: 3,290  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 823  Turnout: 3,309 (39.66%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Banchory and Mid-Deeside

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Jill Webster	35.6	1,570
	SNP	Linda Clark	24.2	1,068	1,140
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Clark	18.0	795	876	885	1,029	1,691
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Henretty	15.3	676	790	798	857
	Labour	Andy Brown	6.8	300	326	331
Electorate:  Valid: 4,409  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,103  Turnout: 56.32%

Notes

1. In 2024, Cllr Ross quit the Conservatives to sit as an independent. ^[2]

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. "Conservative councillor quits party during Aberdeenshire budget meeting". BBC. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 16 - Banchory and Mid Deeside". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
6. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.