Location of the ward [1]
Forres is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.
Forres is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Irene Ogilvie (SNP) | Jeff Hamilton (Ind.) | Lee Bell (Ind.) | Iain Young (Conservative) | ||||
| 2010 by | Lorna Creswell (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2012 | Aaron McLean (SNP) | George Alexander (Ind.) | Anne Audrew Skene (Ind.) | |||||
| 2017 | Claire Feaver (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Scott Lawrence (SNP) | Paul McBain (Conservative) | Kathleen Robertson (Conservative) | Draeyk Van Der Horn (Green) | ||||
| Candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| James Hynam | Labour | |
| Gary Shaw | SNP | |
| Steve Borden | Conservative | |
| Shaun Moat | Independent | |
| Kathleen Robertson | Conservative | |
| Draeyk van der Horn | Green | |
2017 Moray Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Claire Feaver | 35.4 | 2,094 | |||||||
| SNP | Aaron McLean (incumbent) | 23.5 | 1,389 | |||||||
| Independent | George Alexander (incumbent) | 16.6 | 981 | 1,247.3 | ||||||
| Independent | Lorna Creswell (incumbent) | 9.4 | 555 | 738.6 | 779.08 | 814.9 | 840.5 | 1,015.2 | 1,504.6 | |
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 10.4 | 613 | 671.3 | 767.4 | 773.2 | 777.9 | 834.9 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 4.1 | 243 | 334.8 | 349.3 | 359.5 | 380.7 | |||
| Independent | Terry Monaghan | 0.61 | 36 | 54.3 | 59.8 | 62.3 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,116 Valid: 5,911 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 5,958 (49.2%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | George Alexander | 25.19% | 1,134 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Lorna Creswell (incumbent) | 12.77% | 575 | 650.4 | 675.5 | 690.1 | 814.9 | 866.5 | 870.6 | 987.2 | |||
| SNP | Aaron McLean | 12.15% | 547 | 559.1 | 568.5 | 574.7 | 588.4 | 924.1 | |||||
| Conservative | Paul McBain | 10.35% | 466 | 483.5 | 486.7 | 507.1 | 529.4 | 540.2 | 541 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 10.15% | 457 | 474.7 | 488.1 | 492.1 | 524.2 | 548.6 | 551.9 | 614.2 | 630.7 | ||
| SNP | Irene Ogilvie (incumbent) | 9.53% | 429 | 440.3 | 443.7 | 446.9 | 478.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Anne Audrey Skene | 9.11% | 410 | 441.2 | 450.8 | 468.7 | 549.9 | 569.3 | 571.7 | 731.6 | 764.2 | 1,072.5 | |
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton (incumbent) | 6.98% | 314 | 343.8 | 349.8 | 356.2 | |||||||
| UKIP | Ian Meiklejohn | 2.02% | 91 | 96.1 | 98.5 | ||||||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 1.73% | 78 | 85.4 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,999 Valid: 4,501 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 901 Turnout: 4,551 (40.92%) | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Aaron John McLean | 24.1 | 773 | 774 | 789 | 800 | 837 | 899 | 950 | 1,045 | |
| Independent | Lorna Creswell | 17.5 | 562 | 576 | 615 | 686 | 726 | 878 | 999 | 1,399 | |
| Independent | Anne Audrey Skene | 14.4 | 463 | 464 | 491 | 541 | 572 | 695 | 860 | ||
| Conservative | Paul McBain | 14.4 | 463 | 464 | 476 | 486 | 491 | 511 | |||
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 12.5 | 401 | 405 | 419 | 433 | 459 | ||||
| Labour | Mark Cascarino | 6.1 | 195 | 195 | 201 | 205 | |||||
| Independent | Janet Kennedy | 6.0 | 192 | 194 | 201 | ||||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 4.1 | 132 | 135 | |||||||
| Independent | Jane Elizabeth Cotton | 0.9 | 30 | ||||||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,224 Valid: 3,210 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,606 Turnout: 3,233 (28.8%) | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Irene Ogilvie | 1,602 | 29.83 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Iain Young | 1,546 | 28.78 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 716 | 13.33 | 3 | 5 | |
| Independent | Lee Bell | 482 | 8.97 | 4 | 5 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Thomas Anderson | 438 | 8.15 | |||
| Independent | Pat Carroll | 326 | 6.07 | |||
| Independent | Rick Walker | 261 | 4.86 | |||
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