Location of the ward [1]
Montrose and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
Montrose and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David May (Liberal Democrats) | Sandy West (SNP) | Paul Valentine (SNP) | Mark Salmond (Ind.) | ||||
| 2012 | Bill Duff (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Tommy Stewart (Ind.) | Ron Sturrock (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Iain Gall (Conservative) | Kenny Braes (SNP) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | Iain Gall | 22.3 | 1,124 | |||||||||
| SNP | Kenny Braes [note 1] | 21.6 | 1,090 | |||||||||
| SNP | Bill Duff (incumbent) | 17.7 | 894 | 896 | 966 | 972 | 976 | 1,059 | ||||
| Independent | Tommy Stewart (incumbent) | 14.5 | 732 | 749 | 750 | 763 | 784 | 808 | 815 | 903 | 1,377 | |
| Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 9.9 | 499 | 532 | 534 | 554 | 587 | 612 | 620 | 729 | ||
| Labour | John Ruddy | 6.5 | 330 | 341 | 342 | 344 | 392 | 426 | 433 | |||
| Scottish Green | Jamie Adams | 3.6 | 180 | 183 | 185 | 192 | 209 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Noble | 2.7 | 139 | 154 | 155 | 163 | ||||||
| Independent | James Boag | 1.2 | 61 | 66 | 66 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,016 Valid: 5,049 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 42.7% | ||||||||||||
2017 Angus Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Ron Sturrock | 27.9% | 1,375 | ||||||
| SNP | Bill Duff (incumbent) | 23.2% | 1,142 | ||||||
| Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 13.9% | 687 | 797 | 809 | 867 | 983 | 1,175 | |
| Independent | Tommy Stewart | 13.2% | 653 | 727 | 732 | 770 | 852 | 1,011 | |
| SNP | Gill Stranock | 11.6% | 570 | 574 | 692 | 715 | 768 | ||
| Labour | Pamela Ruddy | 6.6% | 323 | 358 | 365 | 428 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Avril Simpson | 1.7% | 178 | 240 | 242 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,058 Valid: 4,928 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 986 Turnout: 41.6% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 22.61% | 891 | ||||||
| SNP | Bill Duff | 20.69% | 815 | ||||||
| SNP | Paul Michael Valentine (incumbent) | 18.43% | 726 | 743.1 | 764.1 | 821.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David May (incumbent) | 16.29% | 642 | 678.2 | 680.9 | 757.7 | 765.1 | 1,119.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Boyd | 14.37% | 566 | 588.9 | 589.6 | 617 | 621.2 | ||
| Labour | Ina Paton | 7.61% | 300 | 308.4 | 309.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,434 Valid: 3,940 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 789 Turnout: 3,994 (34.46%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mark Salmond | 1,550 | 28.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Sandy West | 832 | 15.1 | 4 | 5 | |
| SNP | Paul Valentine | 809 | 14.7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David May | 660 | 12.0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Ingram Bruce | 645 | 11.7 | |||
| Labour | James Sinclair | 529 | 9.6 | |||
| Independent | Joe Wishart | 490 | 8.9 | |||
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