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Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Neil Copland (SNP) | Freddie John (Conservative) | Lesley Dunbar (Labour) | |||||
| 2022 | Hazel Cameron (SNP) | Deena Tissera (Labour) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Hazel Cameron | 31.1 | 1,333 | |||||||
| Aberdeen Labour | Deena Tissera | 23.8 | 1,022 | 1,033 | 1,050 | |||||
| Conservative | Freddie John (incumbent) | 16.6 | 711 | 713 | 731 | 732 | 748 | 847 | ||
| SNP | Neil Copland (incumbent) | 11.9 | 511 | 762 | 778 | 781 | 875 | 943 | 1,080 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Petchey | 6.1 | 261 | 263 | 277 | 280 | 346 | |||
| Green | Peter Kennedy | 4.9 | 209 | 220 | 240 | 241 | ||||
| Scottish Family | Jakub Tomasz Kurpanik | 2.5 | 107 | 108 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,018 Valid: 4,154 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 38.9% | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Neil Copland * | 25.3% | 1,148 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Freddie John | 19.6% | 889 | 889.2 | 914.2 | 933.2 | 991.2 | 1,019.2 | 1,039.7 | 1,235.2 | |
| Labour | Lesley Dunbar *‡ | 18% | 818 | 818.9 | 843.9 | 870.9 | 913.9 | 1,252.9 | |||
| SNP | Lauren Wards | 16.1% | 729 | 738.9 | 761.09 | 829.4 | 884.5 | 906.7 | 925.03 | ||
| Labour | Lewis MacLeod | 8.1% | 369 | 369.3 | 379.3 | 393.3 | 445.3 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Petchey | 4.8% | 219 | 219.2 | 248.2 | 308.3 | |||||
| Green | Peter Kennedy | 4.1% | 186 | 186.5 | 223.5 | ||||||
| Independent | David Page Henderson | 3.9% | 179 | 179.4 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,537 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 4,674 (40.5%) | |||||||||||
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