Central Buchan (ward)

Last updated December 31, 2024

Location of the ward ^[1]

Central Buchan is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Sandy Stronach (SNP)		Norman Smith (Independent)		Albert Howe (Independent)	Peter Chapman (Conservative)
2012	Jim Ingram (SNP)		Lenny Pirie (SNP)		Edie Chapman (Conservative)
2017	Jim Ingram (SNP)		Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats)		Marion Buchan (Conservative)
2022	David Mair (SNP)			Geoff Crowson (SNP)	Hannah Powell (Conservative)
2024 by-		Peter Chapman (Conservative)		Geoff Crowson (SNP)	Hannah Powell (Conservative)

Election results

2024 by-election

Central Buchan by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	41.3	1,260	1,272	1,292	1,430	1,614
	SNP	Sarah Wilken	28.5	869	879	897	925	1,069
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bailey	14.3	435	452	463	507
	Reform UK	Andrew Curwen	10.8	331	338	358
	Scottish Family	Phil Reynolds	2.7	83	89
	Independent	Dean Ward	2.3	71
Electorate: 11,408 Valid: 3,049 Quota: 1,525 Turnout: 27.0%

Source:^[2]^[3]

2022 election

Central Buchan − 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Hannah Powell	18.7	871	883	885	889	902	1,020
	SNP	David Mair	16.0	744	750	774	797	812	862	864	866	901
	SNP	Geoff Crowson	15.1	705	710	740	788	810	843	844	845	881
	Conservative	Steve Owen	14.6	679	690	693	697	714	759	831	834
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson (incumbent)	13.0	607	613	617	641	715	946
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	11.3	527	535	551	561	597
	Labour	Arif Mahmood	4.6	213	215	223	239
	Scottish Green	Jamie Cole-Hamilton	2.9	135	138	145
	Alba	Charlotte Diana Cross	2.4	111	117
	Scottish Family	Joanna Moore	1.4	65
Electorate: 11,170 Valid: 4,657 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 932 Turnout: 42.5%

Source:^[4]^[5]

2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Central Buchan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Marion Buchan	37.28%	1,808
	SNP	Jim Ingram (incumbent)	24.50%	1,188
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	17.79%	863	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	10.41%	505	760	777	854	1,169
	SNP	Lenny Pirie (incumbent)	10.02%	486	518	700	728
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,850 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 971 Turnout: 44.3%

2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[7]

Central Buchan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jim Ingram	29.23	1,141
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	20.70	808
	Conservative	Edie Chapman	19.9	780	791.7
	SNP	Lenny Pirie	11.68	456	746.9	751.4	752.6	768.1	801.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	5.64	220	233.3	236.6	238.5	258.2	302.8
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.25	205	215.4	216.6	226.4
	Independent	Hugh Livingstone	4.82	188	198.4	206.1	207.9	256.2	302.8
	Independent	David S. Ross	2.72	106	112.6	118.6
Electorate: 10,231 Valid: 3,904 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 781 Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%)

2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Central Buchan
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Sandy Stronach	20.2	1,096
	Independent	Norman Smith	19.4	1,054	1,054	1,080	1,142
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	17.2	933	933	974	1,022	1,031	1,087
	Independent	Albert Howe	14.6	790	790	822	911	933	1,016	1,016	1,283
	SNP	Norma Thomson	13.2	718	726	771	804	812	870	870
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.9	318	318	363	378	381
	Independent	Jim Conn	4.9	265	265	290
	Liberal Democrats	Betty May	4.7	253	253
Electorate: - Valid: 5,427 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,086 Turnout: 55.42%

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References

↑ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Central Buchan" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
↑ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 4 Central Buchan" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
↑ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 4 - Central Buchan". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
↑ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
↑ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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[1] "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[2] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Central Buchan" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[3] "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 4 Central Buchan" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[4] "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 4 - Central Buchan". 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 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[6] "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[7] "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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