Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford (ward)

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.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Joanna Strathdee (SNP)		Richard C Stroud (Liberal Democrats)		Alistair Ross (Liberal Democrats)		Moira Ingleby (Conservative)
2012			John Latham/ (Independent)
2015	Gwyneth Petrie (SNP)			Margo Stewart (Conservative)
2017			Robbie Withey (Conservative/ Independent) [2]		John Latham (Liberal Democrats)
2022				Jeff Goodhall (Liberal Democrats)	Lauren Knight (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford − 4 seats

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
	Scottish Libertarian	Stuart Whitby	0.6	34	58	62
Electorate: 12,148  Valid: 5,635  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,128  Turnout: 47.0%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats

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%)

2015 By-election

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-election (5 November 2015) ^[7] - 2 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Margo Stewart	36.3%	1,469
	SNP	Gwyneth Petrie	35.4%	1,433
	Liberal Democrats	David Millican	22.9%	928
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.8%	196
	Scottish Libertarian	Derek Scott	0.5%	20
Valid: 4,046  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 1,349  Turnout: 4,096 (34.5%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[8]

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats

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 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford

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%

Notes

1. Councillor Robbie Withey was suspended from the Conservative Party in April 2022 after it was alleged he grabbed a man by the throat. As this was after the close of nomination of candidates for the election in May, he still appeared on the ballot as a Conservative candidate. ^[3]

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. "Conservative Councillor Robbie Withey Suspended by the Party".
3. Grant, Alistair (11 April 2022). "Scottish Conservative councillor suspended after 'grabbing man by throat'". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
4. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 14 - Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
6. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
7. "Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-Election". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 9 May 2018.
8. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.