Location of the ward [1]
Mid-Formartine is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors. The ward's name refers to the region of Formartine, north of Aberdeen.
Mid-Formartine is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors. The ward's name refers to the region of Formartine, north of Aberdeen.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Allan Hendry (SNP) | Paul Johnston (Liberal Democrats Independent) | John Kevin Loveday (Liberal Democrats) | Jim Gifford (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Karen Adam (SNP) | Andrew Hassan (Liberal Democrats) | ||||||
| 2022 | Jenny Nicol (SNP) | Derek Ritchie (Conservative) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Jenny Nicol | 19.2 | 971 | 1,597 | ||||
| Independent | Paul Johnston (incumbent) | 18.2 | 916 | 959 | 1,131 | |||
| Conservative | Derek Ritchie | 17.4 | 876 | 879 | 897 | 910 | 1,648 | |
| Conservative | Sheila Powell (incumbent) | 15.9 | 803 | 809 | 827 | 837 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hassan (incumbent) | 14.9 | 752 | 782 | 934 | 1,000 | 1,048 | |
| SNP | Kenny Hutchison | 14.4 | 728 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,612 Valid: 5,046 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 44.2% | ||||||||
2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Jim Gifford (incumbent) | 34.61% | 1,797 | |||||||
| Independent | Paul Johnston (incumbent) | 20.61% | 1,070 | |||||||
| SNP | Karen Adam | 19.99% | 1,038 | 1,057 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hassan | 9.46% | 491 | 724 | 731 | 731 | 860 | 930 | 1,227 | |
| Independent | Jeff Goodhall | 4.79% | 249 | 456 | 467 | 468 | 534 | 627 | ||
| SNP | Cryle Shand (incumbent) | 5.82% | 302 | 310 | 314 | 329 | 358 | |||
| Labour | Kirsten Muat | 4.72% | 245 | 301 | 303 | 303 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,192 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 46.1% | ||||||||||
2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Allan Hendry (incumbent) | 29.12 | 1,293 | |||||||
| Independent | Paul Johnston (incumbent) | 21.12 | 938 | |||||||
| Conservative | Jim Gifford (incumbent) | 16.24 | 721 | 735.1 | 740.8 | 825.9 | 895.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Kevin Loveday (incumbent) | 9.89 | 439 | 458.7 | 467.4 | 542.6 | 658.7 | 661.1 | ||
| Labour | Braden Davy | 8.92 | 396 | 411.9 | 416.9 | 463.8 | ||||
| Independent | Jeff Goodhall | 8.11 | 360 | 371.6 | 387.1 | |||||
| SNP | Cryle Shand | 6.62 | 294 | 606.5 | 612.4 | 679.6 | 753.0 | 753.6 | 938.0 | |
| Electorate: 11,843 Valid: 4,441 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 889 Turnout: 4,480 (37.50%) | ||||||||||
2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Allan Hendry | 33.6 | 2,035 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Johnston††††† | 27.4 | 1,661 | |||||
| Conservative | Jim Gifford | 17.1 | 1,034 | 1,141 | 1,182 | 1,261 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Kevin Loveday | 11.2 | 677 | 855 | 1,134 | 1,210 | 1,227 | |
| Labour | Steve Thomson | 7.7 | 469 | 558 | 586 | 613 | 618 | |
| Independent | Howard Kershaw | 3.1 | 188 | 290 | 306 | |||
| Electorate: - Valid: 6,064 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 55.91% | ||||||||
Following the election of Karen Adam (SNP) to Holyrood at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 6 May and her subsequent resignation as Councillor for Mid-Formartine ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 19 August 2021. [6]
Mid Formartine By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshire Council [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Conservative | Sheila Powell | 45.66% | 1,480 | 1,484 | 1,645 | |
| SNP | Jenny Nicol | 37.18% | 1,205 | 1,281 | 1,409 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeff Goodhall | 12.71% | 412 | 451 | ||
| Green | Peter Kennedy | 4.44% | 144 | |||
| Electorate: 11,670 Valid: 3,241 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 1,621 Turnout: 27.9% | ||||||
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