Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Mike Sullivan (Liberal Democrats)		Peter Bellarby (Liberal Democrats)		Wendy Agnew (Conservative)		Graeme Clark (SNP)
2012		Raymond Christie (Labour)
2017		Sandy Wallace (Conservative /Independent /Libertarian Party) [2] [3]	Sarah Dickinson (Liberal Democrats)	Dennis Robertson (SNP)
2022	Alan Turner (Conservative)	Dawn Black (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Dickinson (incumbent)	22.7	1,263
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew (incumbent)	20.6	1,147
	SNP	Dawn Black	17.1	951	968	969	1,024	1,104	1,215
	Conservative	Alan Turner	11.3	630	652	677	681	721	852	854	1,018
	SNP	Dennis Robertson (incumbent)	9.9	550	564	564	601	644	721	808
	Independent	Ma Simpson	8.3	462	489	491	518	631
	Labour	Raymond James Christie	6.9	383	412	415	453
	Green	Rachel Katherine Shanks	3.1	173	192	192
Electorate: 11,356  Valid: 5,559  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 1,112  Turnout: 49.7%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew (incumbent)	30.83	1,703
	SNP	Dennis Robertson	23.54	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Dickinson	17.09	944	1,030.38	1,057.08	1,084.63	1,155.68
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace†††	14.85	820	1,196.42
	Labour	Raymond Christie (incumbent)	6.36	351	381.9	403.05	410.4	457.09
	Green	Rachel Shanks	3.84	212	223.24	312.79	316.27	365.31
	Independent	Philip Bishop	3.49	193	217.23	229.83	243.06
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 5,523  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,105  Turnout: 5,610 (49.7%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[7]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew (incumbent)	27.0	1,111
	SNP	Graeme Clark (incumbent)	16.2	667	684.2	713.0	741.3	762.3	1052.7
	Labour	Raymond Christie	9.8	404	414.8	427.8	463.4	486.6	501.9	530.6	590.8	617.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bellarby (incumbent)	8.6	354	380.3	398.8	433.8	617.7	633.9	660.9	735.0	860.6
	SNP	Robert Fergusson	7.5	311	314.9	335.4	353.1	371.7
	Conservative	Jeff Hutchison	6.7	278	404.9	426.5	438.0	458.9	462.9	474.3	526.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Fleming	6.7	275	297.9	319.5	347.5
	Green	Rachel Shanks	6.2	255	263.5	286.8
	Independent	Bob Michie	5.8	241	258.2	321.1	378.2	411.1	425.0	462.8
	Independent	Douglas Samways	5.4	224	243
Electorate: 10,701  Valid: 4,120  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 825  Turnout: 4,167 (38.50%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew	24.9	1,433
	SNP	Graeme Clark	18.9	1,086	1,107	1,112	1,117	1,126	1,154
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sullivan	11.0	636	656	657	668	684	700	701	741	797	931	1,105
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace	10.9	629	730	735	737	751	760	760	779	823	853
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bellarby	9.8	563	590	596	605	620	633	633	723	780	880	980
	Labour	Bridget O'Hare	8.0	463	470	473	479	482	493	493	524	558
	Independent	Bob Michie	4.9	282	299	314	333	366	430	430	470
	Green	Karen Anne Allan	4.2	242	253	258	264	272	285	286
	Independent	George Alexander Forbes Emslie	2.8	160	177	182	189	201
	Independent	Ken Venters	1.9	108	116	132	139
	Independent	Dermot John Hearty	1.5	85	87	89
	Independent	David Wood	1.3	73	79
Electorate:  Valid: 5,760  Spoilt: 90  Quota: 1,153  Turnout: 54.79%

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission .
2. "North-east councillor quits Tory party because he has 'no faith' in council leaders".
3. "Scottish Libertarian Party".
4. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 18 - Stonehaven and Lower Deeside". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
6. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
7. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.