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Monifieth and Sidlaw is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
Monifieth and Sidlaw is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Margaret Thompson (Labour) | Frank Ellis (SNP) | Rob Murray (SNP) | John R Whyte (Conservative) | ||||
| 2009 by- | Jean Lee (SNP) | |||||||
| 2012 | Sheila Hands (SNP) | Craig Fotheringham (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2017 | Ben Lawrie (Liberal Democrats) | Beth Whiteside (SNP) | ||||||
| 2022 | Heather Doran (Labour) | Lloyd Melville (SNP) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Craig Fotheringham (incumbent) | 23.2 | 1,670 | ||||||||
| SNP | Lloyd Melville | 21.7 | 1,562 | ||||||||
| SNP | Beth Whiteside (incumbent) | 18.0 | 1,294 | 1,297 | 1,401 | 1,427 | 1,557 | ||||
| Labour | Heather Doran | 13.4 | 968 | 980 | 984 | 988 | 1,033 | 1,060 | 1,199 | 1,791 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie (incumbent) | 11.2 | 804 | 825 | 829 | 835 | 907 | 930 | 1,150 | ||
| Conservative | Calum Nicol | 7.5 | 542 | 724 | 724 | 730 | 743 | 745 | |||
| Scottish Green | James Whitehead | 4.0 | 287 | 288 | 292 | 300 | |||||
| Alba | Blake Sharp | 0.9 | 67 | 67 | 68 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,214 Valid: 7,194 Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,439 Turnout: 51.5% | |||||||||||
2017 Angus Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Craig Fotheringham (incumbent) | 43.40% | 2,901 | |||||
| SNP | Sheila Hands (incumbent) | 25.83% | 1,727 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Lawrie | 11.88% | 794 | 1,477 | ||||
| Labour | Ray Strachan | 9.62% | 643 | 863 | 878 | 948 | ||
| SNP | Beth Whiteside | 9.27% | 620 | 660 | 1,005 | 1,021 | 1,254 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,685 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,338 Turnout: 50.8% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Craig Fotheringham | 21.5% | 1,170 | |||||
| SNP | Sheila Hands | 21.32% | 1,160 | |||||
| SNP | Rob Murray (incumbent) | 20.69% | 1,126 | |||||
| Labour | Margaret Thomson (incumbent) | 17.64% | 960 | 970.4 | 973.7 | 975.6 | 1,098.1 | |
| SNP | Sandy Ritchie | 14.5% | 789 | 796.9 | 855.5 | 887.7 | 933.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Petrie | 4.32% | 235 | 266.6 | 269.8 | 270.6 | ||
| Electorate: 12,692 Valid: 5,441 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 5,481 (42.87%) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Frank Ellis | 2,604 | 34.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Rob Murray | 1,496 | 19.8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Conservative | John R Whyte | 1,396 | 18.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Labour | Margaret Thomson | 1,040 | 13.8 | 4 | 6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Petrie | 544 | 7.2 | |||
| Independent | Craig Fotheringham | 473 | 6.3 | |||
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