Location of the ward [1]
Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.
Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Joanna Strathdee (SNP) | Richard C Stroud (Liberal Democrats) | Alistair Ross (Liberal Democrats) | Moira Ingleby (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | John Latham/ (Independent) | |||||||
| 2017 | Gwyneth Petrie (SNP) | Robbie Withey (Conservative/ Independent) [2] | John Latham (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2022 | Jeff Goodhall (Liberal Democrats) | Lauren Knight (Conservative) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Gwyneth Petrie (incumbent) | 34.5 | 1,945 | |||||||
| Conservative | Lauren Knight | 26.5 | 1,491 | |||||||
| Conservative | Robbie Withey (incumbent) [note 1] | 14.0 | 788 | 820 | 1,047 | 1,055 | 1,092 | 1,094 | 1,277 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeff Goodhall | 13.9 | 784 | 976 | 1,021 | 1,033 | 1,143 | |||
| Labour | Bryan Scott Begg | 7.8 | 441 | 630 | 651 | 655 | 728 | 735 | ||
| Independent | Rosie Leagas | 2.7 | 152 | 264 | 276 | 298 | ||||
| Libertarian | Stuart Whitby | 0.6 | 34 | 58 | 62 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,148 Valid: 5,635 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,128 Turnout: 47.0% | ||||||||||
2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Moira Ingleby (incumbent) | 30.69 | 1,741 | ||||||
| Conservative | Robbie Withey | 20.43 | 1,159 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Latham (incumbent) | 17.54 | 995 | 1,212.54 | |||||
| SNP | Gwyneth Petrie (incumbent) | 15.78 | 895 | 924.24 | 930.54 | 931.06 | 994.03 | 1,639.02 | |
| SNP | Kate Monahan | 10.38 | 589 | 594.92 | 601.66 | 602.01 | 701.6 | ||
| Labour | Bryan Begg | 5.18 | 294 | 363.27 | 390.63 | 396.05 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,673 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 5,785 (47.8%) | |||||||||
2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Moira Ingleby (incumbent) | 26.47% | 1,091 | ||||||
| SNP | Joanna Strathdee (incumbent)†††† | 20.14% | 830 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alastair Ross (incumbent)††††† | 18.24% | 752 | 831.2 | |||||
| SNP | Tom Murray | 14.56% | 600 | 620.2 | 620.97 | 624.8 | 683.8 | ||
| Independent | John Latham | 14.39% | 593 | 650.8 | 653.2 | 653.4 | 760.6 | 995.9 | |
| Green | Jake Williams | 6.21% | 256 | 274.3 | 275.6 | 275.9 | |||
| Electorate: 11,265 Valid: 4,122 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 825 Turnout: 4,170 (36.59%) | |||||||||
2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Joanna Strathdee | 30.7 | 1,839 | |||||||
| Conservative | Moira Ingleby | 27.3 | 1,635 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard C Stroud | 16.4 | 978 | 1,077 | 1,145 | 1,170 | 1,280 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Ross | 13.6 | 812 | 907 | 979 | 1,012 | 1,088 | 1,143 | 1,378 | |
| Labour | Bryan Begg | 6.3 | 375 | 424 | 444 | 456 | 501 | 508 | ||
| Green | Jake Williams | 4.2 | 251 | 340 | 376 | 421 | ||||
| Independent | David Hutchison | 1.5 | 91 | 135 | 177 | |||||
| Electorate: Valid: 5,981 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,197 Turnout: 54.68% | ||||||||||
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