Troup (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Troup is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		John Duncan (Conservative)		Mitchell Burnett (SNP)		Sydney Mair (Independent)
2008	Bob Watson (SNP)
2012	Hamish Partridge (SNP/ Independent)		Mark Findlater (Independent/ Conservative)
2014				Ross Cassie (SNP)
2017
2022		Richard Menard (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Troup − 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Mark Findlater (incumbent)	42.5	1,305
	SNP	Ross Cassie (incumbent)	37.3	1,144
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bailey	8.5	260	299	378	546
	Conservative	Richard Menard	7.7	236	647	675	697	894
	Scottish Green	Simon Scott	4.1	125	135	300
Electorate: 7,641  Valid: 3,070  Spoilt: 54  Quota: 768  Turnout: 40.9%

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[4]

Troup - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Mark Findlater (incumbent)	44.79%	1,535
	Independent	Hamish Partridge (incumbent)	14.97%	513	721	759	912
	SNP	Ross Cassie (incumbent)	20.63%	707	740	759	795	804	1,165
	SNP	Ricky Taylor	11.47%	393	406	420	438	443
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Leslie	4.17%	143	278	355
	Labour	Ray Stephen	3.97%	136	201
Electorate: 7,902  Valid: 3,427  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 857  Turnout: 44.20%

2014 By-election

Troup By-election (27 November 2014) - ^[5] 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ross Cassie	46.1%	1,159	1,162	1,183	1,205	1,244	1,352
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	22.8%	574	580	588	604	645	718
	Independent	Alan Still	15.5%	391	408	415	423	446
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	5.6%	141	141	149	180
	Labour	Alan Duffill	5.6%	140	142	148
	Scottish Green	Darren Duncan	2.7%	68	69
	Independent	Philip Mitchell	1.7%	43
Valid: 2,516  Quota: 1,259  Turnout: (32.39%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election ^[6]

Troup - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Hamish Partridge†††††††	25.44	723
	Conservative	John Duncan (incumbent) †††	20.87	593	593.5	604.5	615.5	645.6	709.6	777.6
	Independent	Mark Findlater††††††	15.52	441	441.1	446.2	479.2	520.2	683.3	796.9
	SNP	Bob Watson (incumbent)	14.25	405	414.2	421.2	438.4	467.4	550.6
	Independent	Sydney Mair (incumbent)	12.10	344	344.5	346.5	366.5	393.6
	Labour	Alan Duffill	6.51	185	185.2	195.2	199.2
	Independent	Bill Rebecca	3.34	95	95.5	108.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Leslie	1.97	56	56.1
Electorate: 7,609  Valid: 2,842  Spoilt: 37  Quota: 711  Turnout: 2,879 (37.35%)

2008 By-election

There was a Troup by-election held on 1 May 2008 to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of the SNP's Michael Burnett on 4 February 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's Bob Watson on 1 May 2008

Troup by-election, 1 May 2008 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Bob Watson	62.83	1,721
	Conservative	Lisa Watt	18.80	515
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Acton	18.36	503
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 7,589  Valid: 2,739  Spoilt: 16  Quota: 1,371  Turnout: 2,755 (36.3%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Troup

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SNP	Mitchell Burnett	47.7	1,798
	Conservative	John Duncan	24.3	914	1,060
	Independent	Sydney Mair	20.4	770	975
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Findlay	7.6	286	422
Electorate: -  Valid: 3,768  Spoilt: 53  Quota: 943  Turnout: 50.91%

References

1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
2. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 2 - Troup". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
4. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
5. "Scottish Elections :: Troup By-Election 2014 - election result". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015.
6. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.