Location of the ward [1]
George Street/Harbour is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects four Councillors.
George Street/Harbour is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Andrew May (SNP) | Jim Hunter (Labour) | John Stewart (Liberal Democrats) | 3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Jean Morrison (Labour) | Nathan Morrison (Labour) | ||||||
| 2015 by-election | Michael Hutchison (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Sandra MacDonald (Labour) | Dell Henrickson (SNP) | Ryan Houghton (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Desmond Bouse (Liberal Democrats) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Michael Hutchison (incumbent) | 22.2 | 762 | |||||||
| SNP | Dell Henrickson (incumbent) | 20.0 | 684 | 745 | ||||||
| Labour | Sandra Macdonald (incumbent) | 19.8 | 678 | 682 | 690 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Guy Ingerson | 13.8 | 474 | 478 | 506 | 507 | 521 | 548 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond Bouse | 11.4 | 391 | 392 | 397 | 398 | 417 | 599 | 871 | |
| Conservative | Shane Painter | 10.9 | 375 | 375 | 377 | 377 | 386 | |||
| Independent | Mac Ahmed Chaudry | 1.8 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 66 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,378 Valid: 3,427 Spoilt: 78 Quota: 686 Turnout: 28.3% | ||||||||||
2017 Aberdeen City Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Dell Henrickson | 20.8% | 753 | |||||||||
| SNP | Michael Hutchison (incumbent) | 17.4% | 632 | 650.5 | 653.5 | 676.7 | 866.6 | |||||
| Conservative | Ryan Houghton | 16.2% | 588 | 588.6 | 601.7 | 641.7 | 646.7 | 649.9 | 664.1 | 688.9 | 836.4 | |
| Labour | Sandra MacDonald‡ | 15% | 545 | 545.9 | 549.9 | 578.9 | 582.9 | 596.8 | 864.2 | |||
| Scottish Green | Guy Ingerson | 10% | 364 | 365.04 | 366.04 | 425.1 | 440.3 | 489.7 | 500.2 | 534.8 | ||
| Labour | Mike Scott | 8.1% | 292 | 292.1 | 293.1 | 315.1 | 316.2 | 320.1 | ||||
| SNP | Wendy Stuart | 5.8% | 210 | 215.4 | 216.5 | 222.5 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Waddell | 5.7% | 206 | 206.3 | 211.3 | |||||||
| UKIP | John Stephen | 0.9% | 32 | 32.1 | ||||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,622 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 725 Turnout: 3,725 (30.5%) | ||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Michael Hutchinson | 51.2% | 961 | |
| Labour | Mike Scott | 26.1% | 490 | |
| Conservative | Brian Davidson | 10.4% | 195 | |
| Scottish Green | Alex Jarvis | 7.2% | 136 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Davidson | 5.1% | 96 | |
| Electorate: 12,179 Valid: 1,878 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 940 Turnout: 1,898 (15.58%) | ||||
2012 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Andrew May (incumbent)†††††† | 25.3% | 672 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Jean Morrison | 17.2% | 456 | 456.5 | 457.5 | 457.5 | 458.5 | 475.5 | 521.5 | 534.9 | 597 | 710.2 | |
| Labour | Nathan Morrison | 14.3% | 381 | 381.3 | 382.3 | 385.3 | 386.3 | 391.3 | 414.3 | 443.8 | 494.8 | 570.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kris Chapman | 9.9% | 262 | 262.2 | 262.2 | 263.2 | 265.2 | 328.2 | 383.2 | 419.8 | 464.9 | ||
| SNP | James Wiseman West | 8.4% | 224 | 229.3 | 230.3 | 237.3 | 238.3 | 248.3 | 268.4 | ||||
| Independent | Jim Hunter (incumbent) | 8.4% | 222 | 222.2 | 224.2 | 228.2 | 244.2 | 266.2 | 296.2 | 327.7 | |||
| Scottish Green | Richie Brian | 7.3% | 194 | 194.2 | 195.2 | 197.2 | 203.2 | 217.2 | |||||
| Conservative | Brian George Davidson | 6.7% | 178 | 178.1 | 179.1 | 179.1 | 181.1 | ||||||
| National Front | Ross Alexander Willett | 1.1% | 29 | 29 | 29 | ||||||||
| Independent | Andrew Lovie | 0.9% | 26 | 26 | 32 | 33 | |||||||
| Independent | Andy Rudgely | 0.5% | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 12,991 Valid: 2,658 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 665 Turnout: 2,734 (20.46%) | |||||||||||||
2007 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Andrew May | 32.4 | 1,272 | |||||
| Labour | Jim Hunter†††††† | 24.5 | 960 | 994 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Stewart | 20.4 | 801 | 859 | 860 | 963 | 1,071 | |
| Scottish Green | Clive Kempe | 7.8 | 306 | 364 | 365 | 414 | 492 | |
| Labour | George Penny | 8.2 | 322 | 343 | 351 | 382 | ||
| Conservative | Alexander Olsen | 6.7 | 261 | 282 | 282 | |||
| Electorate: Valid: 3,922 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 981 Turnout: 4,013 | ||||||||
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