Location of the ward [1]
Carnoustie and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
Carnoustie and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Peter Murphy (Labour) | Helen Oswald (SNP) | Ralph Palmer (SNP) | |||||
| 2011 by- | Brian Boyd (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2012 | Bill Bowles (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2016 by- | David Cheape (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | Mark McDonald (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Mark McDonald (incumbent) | 35.9 | 1,939 | ||||||
| Independent | David Cheape (incumbent) | 19.1 | 1,034 | 1,108 | 1,148 | 1,212 | 1,326 | 1,684 | |
| Independent | Brian Boyd (incumbent) | 17.7 | 956 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,097 | 1,187 | 1,449 | |
| Conservative | Robert Galloway | 17.3 | 933 | 944 | 949 | 997 | 1,028 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthias Glenday | 4.5 | 242 | 272 | 286 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Robbie Kelly | 3.2 | 174 | 359 | 429 | 504 | |||
| Alba | Laura Tierney | 2.3 | 123 | 202 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,206 Valid: 5,401 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,351 Turnout: 48.8% | |||||||||
2017 Angus Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Mark McDonald | 26.78% | 1,359 | |||||||
| Independent | Brian Boyd (incumbent) | 18.09% | 918 | 930 | 948 | 1,000 | 1,271 | |||
| Independent | David Cheape (incumbent) | 17.91% | 909 | 924 | 937 | 1,014 | 1,224 | 1,226 | 1,643 | |
| Conservative | Terry O'Halloran | 17.71% | 899 | 901 | 919 | 978 | 1,038 | 1,038 | ||
| Independent | Bill Bowles (incumbent) | 11.21% | 569 | 581 | 587 | 647 | ||||
| Labour | Joanne McFadden | 6.92% | 351 | 361 | 380 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Beth Morrison | 1.38% | 70 | 77 | ||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,075 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,269 Turnout: 47.6% | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | David Cheape | 43.5% | 1,401 | 1,420 | 1,477 | 1,737 | |
| SNP | Mark McDonald | 32.1% | 1,033 | 1,043 | 1,078 | 1,117 | |
| Conservative | Derek Shaw | 17.7% | 568 | 586 | 606 | ||
| Labour | Ray Strachan | 4.4% | 141 | 151 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Beth Morrison | 2.3% | 75 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,752 Valid: 3,218 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,610 Turnout: 30.2% | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Brian Boyd (incumbent) | 39.5% | 1,750 | ||||||
| SNP | Helen Oswald (incumbent)††† | 23.23% | 1,029 | 1,135.4 | |||||
| SNP | Fiona Gibb | 13.14% | 582 | 613.2 | 632.8 | 636.9 | 654.4 | 712.5 | |
| Independent | Bill Bowles | 10.9% | 483 | 841.4 | 844.7 | 856.2 | 970.4 | 1,084 | |
| Labour | Hamid Rasheed | 6.19% | 274 | 297.1 | 298.8 | 311.2 | 337.9 | ||
| Conservative | Adam Cormie | 6.12% | 271 | 299.5 | 299.7 | 306.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Barthorpe | 1% | 41.4 | 49.8 | 49.8 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,955 Valid: 4,430 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,108 Turnout: 4,484 (44.5%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Helen Oswald | 1,837 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Peter Murphy | 1,160 | 21.8 | 2 | 4 | |
| Conservative | John Richard Hillman | 863 | 16.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Wilmott | 748 | 14.1 | |||
| SNP | Ralph Palmer | 639 | 12.0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Solidarity | Alan Manley | 62 | 1.2 | |||
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