East Garioch (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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]

Councillors

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/ Reform UK)
2021		David Keating (Conservative)
2022		Trevor Booth Mason (Liberal Democrats)			Jim Gifford (Independent)
2025

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

East Garioch − 4 seats

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%

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

2021 By-election

East Garioch By-election (17 June 2021) - 1 Seat ^[5]

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
	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 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

East Garioch - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Dominic Lonchay	31.34	1,429
	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 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[7]

East Garioch - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Fergie Hood (incumbent) †	35.0	1,140
	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 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

East Garioch

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%)

By-election

The by-election was held on 17 June 2021, following the death of Councillor Fergus Hood following a prolonged illness. ^[8]

2021 By-election

East Garioch By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshire Council ^[9]

East Garioch - 1 seat

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
	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%

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Mid-Formartine.

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
2. Aberdeenshire report boundaries.scot
3. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 12 - East Garioch". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
5. "East Garioch By-Election 2021".
6. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
7. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
8. Beattie, Kieran (24 March 2021). "Aberdeenshire Councillor Fergus Hood dies after prolonged illness" . Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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