Location of the ward [1]
Forfar and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
Forfar and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Colin Brown (Ind.) | Glennis Middleton (SNP) | William Middleton (SNP) | John Rymer (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | Lynne Devine (SNP) | Ian McLaren (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2017 | Braden Davy (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Linda Clark (SNP) | Ross Greig (Conservative) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Linda Clark | 23.4 | 1,270 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Ross Greig | 21.4 | 1,158 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ian McLaren (incumbent) | 16.0 | 869 | 872 | 893 | 925 | 959 | 961 | 1,082 | 1,709 | |
| SNP | Lynne Devine (incumbent) | 14.9 | 810 | 973 | 976 | 984 | 1,098 | ||||
| Independent | Colin Brown (incumbent) | 12.9 | 698 | 702 | 716 | 727 | 754 | 756 | 833 | ||
| Labour | Ed McAdam | 5.5 | 298 | 300 | 309 | 334 | 366 | 368 | |||
| Scottish Green | Marley Hunter | 4.2 | 228 | 235 | 237 | 249 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Struth | 1.7 | 90 | 91 | 99 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,325 Valid: 5,421 Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,085 Turnout: 44.9% | |||||||||||
2017 Angus Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Braden Davy | 24.14% | 1,333 | |||||||
| Independent | Colin Brown (incumbent) | 19.66% | 1,086 | 1,144 | ||||||
| SNP | Lynne Devine (incumbent) | 17.64% | 974 | 978 | 980 | 997 | 1,025 | 1,086 | 1,105 | |
| Independent | Ian McLaren (incumbent) | 14.63% | 808 | 861 | 883 | 920 | 990 | 1,253 | ||
| SNP | Glennis Middleton (incumbent) | 10.47% | 578 | 581 | 582 | 589 | 597 | 644 | 656 | |
| Independent | Ian Whyte | 7.82% | 432 | 452 | 459 | 476 | 516 | |||
| Labour | Ed McAdam | 3.58% | 198 | 213 | 214 | 250 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Glen Barclay | 2.06% | 114 | 137 | 138 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,523 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 47.1% | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Lynne Devine | 21.8% | 986 | |||||
| SNP | Glennis Middleton (incumbent) | 20.52% | 928 | |||||
| Independent | Ian McLaren | 18.59% | 841 | 855.5 | 859.5 | 890.2 | 972 | |
| Independent | Colin Brown (incumbent) | 17.4% | 787 | 798.3 | 802.4 | 820.9 | 1,050.4 | |
| Conservative | John Rymer (incumbent) | 10.78% | 487 | 490.2 | 491.1 | 526.6 | 546.1 | |
| Independent | Charlie Brown | 7.89% | 357 | 367 | 369.3 | 383.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Avril Simpson | 3.03% | 137 | 141.4 | 142.6 | |||
| Electorate: 11,218 Valid: 4,523 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 905 Turnout: 4,578 (40.32%) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Colin Brown | 1,782 | 30.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Glennis Middleton | 1,111 | 18.8 | 2 | 3 | |
| SNP | William Middleton | 1,053 | 17.8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Conservative | John Rymer | 878 | 14.8 | 4 | 7 | |
| Labour | Mitch Cameron | 526 | 8.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Avril Simpson | 495 | 8.4 | |||
| Independent | John Phillip | 76 | 1.3 | |||
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