East Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. Until 2017 three councillors were elected in this ward following the fifth statutory Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland review 2016, now East Garioch elects four Councillors. [2]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Fergie Hood (SNP/ Liberal Democrats) | Nan Cullinane (Liberal Democrats) | Martin Anthony Ford (Liberal Democrats /Greens) | 3 seats | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Glen Reid (SNP) | Dominic Lonchay (Conservative) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | David Keating (Conservative) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Trevor Booth Mason (Liberal Democrats) | Jim Gifford (Independent) | ||||||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Glen Reid (incumbent) | 41.0 | 1,727 | |||||
| Conservative | Dominic Lonchay (incumbent) | 27.4 | 1,156 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Booth Mason | 9.4 | 398 | 564 | 649 | 720 | 1,041 | |
| Labour | Rosanna Dobbin | 7.7 | 323 | 496 | 538 | 595 | ||
| Independent | Jim Gifford [note 1] | 7.6 | 321 | 441 | 502 | 763 | 871 | |
| Independent | Drew Cullinane | 6.9 | 290 | 438 | 476 | |||
| Electorate: 10,414 Valid: 4,215 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 844 Turnout: 40.7% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | David Keating | 45.5 | 1,240 | 1,261 | 1,268 | 1,394 | |
| SNP | Dan Ritchie | 35.3 | 963 | 982 | 1,058 | 1,146 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Mason | 10.3 | 281 | 319 | 365 | ||
| Scottish Green | Jamie Ogilvie | 4.8 | 130 | 143 | |||
| Labour | Andy Brown | 4.1 | 111 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,445 Valid: 2,725 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 1,363 Turnout: 26.2% | |||||||
2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Dominic Lonchay | 31.34 | 1,429 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent) | 18.64 | 850 | 921.27 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fergie Hood (incumbent) | 18.47 | 842 | 1,077.53 | |||||
| SNP | Glen Reid | 15.09 | 688 | 695.96 | 706.30 | 707.68 | 752.38 | 1,360.51 | |
| SNP | Conor McKay | 12.52 | 571 | 577.87 | 590.28 | 591.88 | 658.89 | ||
| Labour | Ann Thorpe | 3.93 | 179 | 228.57 | 294.78 | 297.37 | |||
| Electorate: 10175 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 912 Turnout: 4,596 (45.17%) | |||||||||
2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Fergie Hood (incumbent) † | 35.0 | 1,140 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent) | 20.3 | 660 | 732.1 | 784.8 | 834.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nan Cullinane (incumbent) | 15.9 | 519 | 574.6 | 643.7 | 790.3 | 798.3 | 1,080.3 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Sleigh | 11.0 | 359 | 384.7 | 402.9 | ||||
| Independent | Amanda Louise Clark | 10.4 | 338 | 393.9 | 467.3 | 569.1 | 575.1 | ||
| Labour | Ann Thorpe | 7.4 | 240 | 279.1 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,224 Valid: 3,256 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 815 Turnout: 3,280 (35.56%) | |||||||||
2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Fergie Hood | 31.9 | 1,420 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Anthony Ford††† | 23.7 | 1,054 | 1,118 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nan Cullinane | 21.8 | 968 | 1,025 | 1,030 | 1,206 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Naismith | 15.5 | 687 | 726 | 726 | 769 | |
| Labour | Sheila Henderson | 7.1 | 317 | 345 | 345 | ||
| Electorate: 8195 Valid: 4,446 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 4,502 (54.94%) | |||||||
The by-election was held on 17 June 2021, following the death of Councillor Fergus Hood following a prolonged illness. [8]
East Garioch By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshire Council [9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | David Keating | 45.50% | 1,240 | 1,278 | 1,285 | 1,411 | |
| SNP | Dan Ritchie | 35.34% | 963 | 982 | 1,058 | 1,146 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Booth Mason | 10.31% | 281 | 319 | 365 | ||
| Scottish Green | Jamie Ogilvie | 4.77% | 130 | 143 | |||
| Labour | Andy Brown | 4.07% | 111 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,445 Valid: 2,725 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 1,363 Turnout: 26.2% | |||||||
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