Location of the ward [1]
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells (previously known as Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross) is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells (previously known as Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross) is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Martin Greig (Liberal Democrats) | Jennifer Stewart (Liberal Democrats) | Jim Farquharson (Conservative) | John West (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Ross Thomson (Conservative) | John Munro Corall (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017 | Claire Imrie (Conservative) | John Cooke (SNP) | ||||||
| 2022 | Ken McLeod (Conservative) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Greig (incumbent) | 25.4 | 1,967 | |||||||
| Independent | Jennifer Stewart (incumbent) | 20.9 | 1,618 | |||||||
| SNP | John Cooke (incumbent) | 18.4 | 1,426 | 1,476 | 1,487 | 1,650 | ||||
| Conservative | Ken McLeod | 13.2 | 1,021 | 1,116 | 1,134 | 1,139 | 1,142 | 1,262 | 2,238 | |
| Conservative | Lars Frevert | 12.2 | 941 | 1,003 | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,020 | 1,123 | ||
| Labour | Mohamed Mosobbir | 6.3 | 486 | 552 | 561 | 661 | 703 | |||
| Scottish Green | Becky Rafferty | 3.6 | 277 | 319 | 324 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,281 Valid: 7,736 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,548 Turnout: 51.1% | ||||||||||
2017 Aberdeen City Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stewart (incumbent) ‡ | 23.0 | 1,725 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Greig (incumbent) | 21.2 | 1,592 | |||||
| Conservative | Claire Imrie | 17.7 | 1,326 | 1,380.5 | 1,395.4 | 1,448 | 2,614.1 | |
| Conservative | Steve Robertson | 16.2 | 1,214 | 1,251.4 | 1,273.8 | 1,345.4 | ||
| SNP | John Cooke | 16.1 | 1,210 | 1,239.9 | 1,251.8 | 1,371.9 | 1,396.4 | |
| Labour | John McLeod | 5.9 | 441 | 470.2 | 481.1 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,508 Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,502 Turnout: 7,639 (54.3%) | ||||||||
2012 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stewart (incumbent) | 25.5% | 1,498 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Greig (incumbent) | 23.8% | 1,399 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Ross Thomson | 15.3% | 899 | 962.9 | 1,005.7 | 1,012.9 | 1,017.2 | 1,186.1 | |||
| Labour | Sandra MacDonald | 12.5% | 738 | 777.9 | 805.6 | 864.1 | 873.6 | 922.3 | 923.3 | ||
| SNP | John Munro Corall * | 10.8% | 634 | 654.6 | 667.1 | 691.4 | 931.6 | 975.2 | 975.8 | 1,139.5 | |
| Independent | Jim Farquharson (incumbent) | 5.6% | 328 | 379.6 | 414.9 | 439.6 | 441.4 | ||||
| SNP | Stephen Mark Flynn | 4.2% | 248 | 262.8 | 269.1 | 274 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Peter Alexander Kennedy | 2.4% | 140 | 158.6 | 173.6 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,658 Valid: 5,884 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,177 Turnout: 5,949 (43.08%) | |||||||||||
2007 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Greig | 24.0 | 1,901 | |||||||
| Conservative | Jim Farquharson††† | 21.8 | 1,728 | 1,728 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stewart | 20.4 | 1,614 | 1,614 | 1,614 | |||||
| SNP | John West | 14.2 | 1,126 | 1,168 | 1,172 | 1,175 | 1,195 | 1,273 | 1,352 | |
| Labour | Timothy Harris | 10.8 | 855 | 904 | 906 | 910 | 917 | 972 | 1,041 | |
| Conservative | Fraser Forsyth | 5.1 | 406 | 457 | 573 | 578 | 583 | 614 | ||
| Scottish Green | Rachel Shanks | 2.8 | 220 | 264 | 266 | 270 | 285 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Howard Chandler | 0.8 | 65 | 69 | 69 | 70 | ||||
| Electorate: Valid: 7,915 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,584 Turnout: 7,998 | ||||||||||
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