Location of the ward [1]
Heldon & Laich is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.
Heldon & Laich is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Allan Wright (Conservative) | Eric McGillivray (Ind.) | John Hogg (Ind.) | David Stewart (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | Chris Tuke (Ind.) | Carolle Ralph (SNP) | ||||||
| 2013 by | John Cowe (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2015 by | Dennis Slater (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | James Allan (Conservative) | Ryan Edwards (Ind.) | Amy Patience (SNP) | |||||
| 2022 | Bridget Mustard (Conservative) | Neil Cameron (SNP) | ||||||
| Candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| James Allan (incumbent) | Conservative | |
| Calum Cameron | Liberal Democrat | |
| Neil Cameron | SNP | |
| John Cowe (incumbent) | Independent | |
| Bridget Mustard | Conservative | |
| Andrew O'Neill | Labour | |
2017 Moray Council election [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | James Allan | 37.9 | 1,953 | |||||||
| Independent | John Cowe (incumbent) | 15.3 | 789 | 1,044.9 | ||||||
| SNP | Amy Patience | 18.9 | 976 | 995.9 | 996.5 | 1,013.9 | 1,110.3 | |||
| Independent | Ryan Edwards | 10.5 | 541 | 662.1 | 667.9 | 706.01 | 769.04 | 788.4 | 1,169.5 | |
| Independent | Dennis Slater (incumbent) | 10.2 | 527 | 657.6 | 662.8 | 692.6 | 760.3 | 778.2 | ||
| Green | James Mackessack-Leitch | 4.7 | 240 | 286.8 | 287.8 | 346.8 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Mitchell | 2.3 | 116 | 200.7 | 201.3 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,737 Valid: 5,142 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,029 Turnout: 5,186 (48.3%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Independent | Dennis Slater | 41.1% | 1,323 | 1,382 | 1,775 | |
| SNP | Joyce O'Hara | 31.1% | 1,003 | 1,054 | 1,100 | |
| Conservative | Pete Bloomfield | 21.8% | 703 | 725 | ||
| Green | James Edward Mackessack-Leitch | 6% | 192 | |||
| Electorate: 11,070 Valid: 3,221 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 1,612 Turnout: 3,248 (29.3%) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | John Cowe | 31.36% | 972 | 1,020 | 1,058 | 1,273 | 1,507 | |
| SNP | Stuart Crowther | 26.88% | 833 | 844 | 891 | 960 | 1,005 | |
| Conservative | Pete Bloomfield | 15.26% | 473 | 490 | 516 | 558 | ||
| Independent | Nick Traynor | 13.49% | 418 | 459 | 496 | |||
| Green | James Edward Mackessack-Leitch | 7.36% | 228 | 242 | ||||
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 5.65% | 175 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 3,099 Spoilt: 38 (1.21%) Quota: 1,550 Turnout: 3,137 (29.65%) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Carolle Ralph† | 20.0% | 797 | 807 | |||||
| Independent | Eric McGillivray (incumbent)††††† | 18.44% | 735 | 828 | |||||
| Conservative | Allan Wright (incumbent) | 17.26% | 688 | 699 | 703.4 | 703.5 | 763.7 | 835.8 | |
| SNP | David Stewart (incumbent) | 17.01% | 678 | 687 | 692.1 | 699.4 | 740.9 | ||
| Independent | Chris Tuke | 14.65% | 584 | 659 | 670 | 670.4 | 764.1 | 921.7 | |
| Green | James Mackessack-Leitch | 6.57% | 262 | 279 | 281.3 | 281.7 | |||
| Independent | John Gordon | 6.05% | 241 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,287 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,041 (38.74%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | David Stewart | 1,646 | 31.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Eric McGillivray | 813 | 15.31 | 2 | 7 | |
| Independent | John Hogg | 744 | 14.01 | 3 | 8 | |
| Conservative | Allan Wright | 606 | 11.41 | 4 | 8 | |
| Independent | Chris Tuke | 531 | 10.0 | |||
| Independent | Harry Halkett | 354 | 6.67 | |||
| Independent | Eric Paton | 254 | 4.78 | |||
| Independent | Des Donaldson | 155 | 2.92 | |||
| Independent | Martyn Harris | 114 | 2.15 | |||
| Independent | Neil Hutchinson | 92 | 1.73 | |||
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