Kincorth/Nigg/Cove (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2015 by-election		Stephen Flynn (SNP)		Neil Cooney (Labour)		Andy Finlayson (Independent)
2017				Alex Nicoll (SNP)		Philip Sellar (Conservative)		Sarah Duncan (Labour)
2020 by-election	Miranda Radley (SNP)
2022		Richard Brooks (Conservative)	Lynn Thomson (Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeen City Council election

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Alex Nicoll (incumbent)	30.5	1,465
	Conservative	Richard Brooks	21.1	1,014
	Labour	Lynn Thomson	18.9	904	917	949	966
	SNP	Miranda Radley (incumbent)	15.2	731	1,171
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Henderson	6.5	314	321	335	350
	Alba	Charlie Abel	3.8	184	191	222	223
	Scottish Green	Heather Herbert	3.3	156	163	236	237
	Scottish Libertarian	Bryce Hope	0.6	29	29	30	31
Electorate: 13,058  Valid: 4,797  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 960  Turnout: 37.4%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2020 by-election

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove By-election (5 November 2020)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Miranda Radley	47.4	1,661	1,661	1,663	1,672	1,691	1,697	1,716	1,785
	Conservative	Christopher Wyles	20.2	709	710	712	713	714	725	746	834
	Labour	Shona Simpson	12.2	429	430	430	431	441	446	471	529
	Independent	Andy Finlayson	10.5	367	368	368	374	383	419	451
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Henderson	3.6	128	132	132	133	140	148
	Independent	Simon McLean	2.5	92	93	97	99	104
	Scottish Green	Daniel Verhamme	1.7	58	60	61	63
	Independent	Lizette Belizzi Houston	0.9	31	32	34
	Independent	Sochima Iroh	0.5	16
	Scottish Libertarian	Bryce Hope	0.5	16
Electorate: 13,130  Valid: 3,540  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,754  Turnout: 3,573 (27%)

2017 election

2017 Aberdeen City Council election ^[4]

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Stephen Flynn	27.0	1,396
	Conservative	Philip Sellar	21.5	1,113
	SNP	Alex Nicoll	13.7	707	1,020.3	1,023.08	1,041.9
	Labour	Sarah Duncan	11.4	590	595.7	601.9	615.5	615.9	670.9	960.07	1,198.6
	Independent	Andy Finlayson	10.9	562	571.5	585.9	719.5	720.8	812.07	845.5
	Labour	Lynn Thomson	6.1	318	322.1	329.5	343.7	344.08	388.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Finnie	5.2	270	273.09	286.2	305.3	305.9
	Independent	Finlay Crossan	4.3	220	224.1	232.9
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 5,176  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 1,036  Turnout: 5,296 (40.9%)

2015 by-election

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove By-election (30 July 2015) - 1 Seat ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Stephen Flynn	60.5%	1,939
	Labour	Donna Clark	18.9%	606
	Conservative	Philip Patrick Sellar	9.8%	313
	Liberal Democrats	Ken McLeod	6.5%	207
	Scottish Green	Dan Yeats	3.6%	114
Electorate: 12,693  Valid: 3,205  Spoilt: 26  Quota: 1,590  Turnout: 3,231 (25.3%)

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". boundaries.scot.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Kincorth/Nigg/Cove" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
3. "Candidate votes per stage Kincorth/Nigg/Cove" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
4. "Local government election 2017: Results | Aberdeen City Council". www.aberdeencity.gov.uk. 29 June 2021.
5. "Local Government By-Election – 30 July 2015". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.