Peterhead South and Cruden (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Peterhead South and Cruden is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Stephen Smith (SNP)		Stuart Pratt (SNP)		Sam Coull (Liberal Democrats/ Independent)
2012
2017			Alan Lascelles Fakley (Conservative)	Stephen Calder (Independent)
2022	George Hall (Conservative)			Colin Alexander Simpson (Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Peterhead South and Cruden − 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Stephen William Smith (incumbent)	46.5	1,578
	Conservative	George Hall [note 1]	32.5	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Alexander Simpson	12.2	414	783	796	1,110
	Conservative	Neil Johnstone	8.8	298	371	595
Electorate: 9,135  Valid: 3,395  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 849  Turnout: 37.8%

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[5]

Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Alan Lascelles Fakley	37.00%	1,364
	SNP	Stephen William Smith (incumbent)	21.35%	787	801	828	857	1,384
	Independent	Stephen Calder	15.16%	559	618	719	909	932
	SNP	Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent)	15.16%	559	567	583	616
	Independent	Sam Coull	7.40%	273	351	416
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Simpson	5.07%	187	289
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 3,687  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 922  Turnout: 40.8%

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Stephen William Smith (incumbent)	34.05	1,030
	SNP	Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent)	18.64	564	765.2
	Independent	Sam Coull (incumbent)	15.17	459	477.0	478.6	520.7	603.6
	Independent	Tom Malone	13.82	418	426.5	427.2	592.3	693.9	998.6
	Conservative	Steve Owen	9.59	290	296.9	297.2	319.5
	Independent	Peter Stevenson	8.73	264	277.3	278.2
Electorate: 8,621  Valid: 3,025  Spoilt: 64  Quota: 757  Turnout: 3,089 (35.09%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Peterhead South and Cruden

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Stephen Smith	29.4	1,205
	SNP	Stuart Pratt	21.6	888	1,016	1,032
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Coull††††	21.0	861	870	894	895	1,032
	Independent	Raymond Matthew	13.0	535	542	637	638	767
	Conservative	Steven Owen	10.3	422	425	443	443
	Independent	Veronica Johnston	4.7	193	196
Electorate: -  Valid: 4,104  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,027  Turnout: 48.11%

Notes

1. In 2023, Cllr Hall left the Conservatives to sit as an independent. ^[2]

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
2. "Your councillors Peterhead South and Cruden". Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
3. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 6 - Peterhead South and Cruden". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
5. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
6. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.