Fochabers Lhanbryde is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors. As of 2022, it has been represented by Marc Macrae (Conservative), Shona Morrison (SNP) [2] and Ben Williams (Labour).
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Douglas Ross (Conservative) | George McIntyre (Ind.) | Anita McDonald (SNP) | |||||
2012 | Sean Morton (Labour) | Margo Howe (SNP) | ||||||
2017 | Marc Macrae (Conservative) | David Bremner (SNP) | Shona Morrison [2] (SNP) | |||||
2022 | Ben Williams (Labour) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Conservative | Marc Macrae (incumbent) | 39.7% | 1,590 | |||||
SNP | Shona Morrison (incumbent) [2] | 23.5% | 940 | 959.2 | 1005.3 | |||
Labour | Ben Williams | 10.1% | 404 | 534.6 | 830.5 | 830.8 | 1,178.2 | |
SNP | David Bremner (incumbent) | 19.4% | 778 | 791.7 | 811.8 | 816.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Cameron | 7.0% | 284 | 496.2 | ||||
Quota: |
2017 Moray Council election [3]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Conservative | Marc Macrae | 42.7 | 1,747 | |||||||
SNP | Shona Morrison | 16.7 | 682 | 702.3 | 708.3 | 738.1 | 759.2 | 793.5 | 872.3 | |
SNP | David Bremner | 17.4 | 711 | 722.2 | 728.6 | 752.4 | 760.3 | 791.9 | 862.3 | |
Independent | Ian Taylor | 6.7 | 274 | 361.4 | 374.2 | 440.6 | 578.04 | 701.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Cameron | 5.2 | 211 | 317.5 | 393.6 | 444.9 | 511.4 | |||
Independent | Kenneth Gillespie | 4.06 | 166 | 282.04 | 294.3 | 344.2 | ||||
Independent | Sean Morton (incumbent) | 5.3 | 215 | 283.8 | 289.3 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Horton | 2.03 | 83 | 141.8 | ||||||
Electorate: 8,089 Valid: 4,089 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,023 Turnout: 4,160 (51.4%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Conservative | Douglas Ross (incumbent) | 39.5% | 1,318 | ||||
SNP | Margo Howe | 21.82% | 728 | 768.7 | 810.2 | 1,335 | |
SNP | Anita McDonald (incumbent) | 18.34% | 612 | 676.1 | 708.2 | ||
Labour | Sean Morton | 15.34% | 512 | 583.5 | 714.7 | 793.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Horton | 5.0% | 167 | 304.1 | |||
Electorate: 7,717 Valid: 3,337 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 835 Turnout: 3,365 (43.24%) |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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SNP | Anita McDonald | 1,159 | 28.86 | 1 | 1 | |
Conservative | Douglas Ross | 727 | 18.10 | 3 | 7 | |
Independent | George McIntyre | 608 | 15.14 | 2 | 7 | |
Labour | Lans Bangura | 440 | 10.96 | |||
Independent | Eddie Coutts | 374 | 9.31 | |||
Independent | Paul McBain | 333 | 8.29 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Horton | 287 | 7.15 | |||
Independent | Gordon Davidson | 56 | 1.39 | |||
Independent | Alan Bodman | 32 | 0.79 |
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