Location of the ward [1]
West Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.
West Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alison Grant (SNP) | Sheena Margaret Lonchay (Liberal Democrats) | Hazel Al-Kowarri (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Patricia Odie (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2017 | Victoria Harper (SNP) | Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats) | Sebastian Leslie (Conservative/ Independent) [2] | |||||
| 2022 | Moray Grant (SNP) | Sam Payne (Conservative) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Moray Grant | 29.4 | 1,247 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Sam Payne | 27.1 | 1,150 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Smith (incumbent) | 12.7 | 539 | 561 | 588 | 598 | 683 | 736 | 956 | 1,318 | |
| Independent | Sheena Lonchay | 10.6 | 451 | 468 | 480 | 493 | 536 | 696 | 773 | ||
| Labour | Sasha Brydon | 7.6 | 324 | 348 | 357 | 365 | 425 | 451 | |||
| Independent | Sebastian Leslie (incumbent) [note 1] | 6.4 | 273 | 282 | 299 | 306 | 326 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Anne Mansfield | 4.3 | 182 | 251 | 253 | 279 | |||||
| Alba | Elaine Mitchell | 1.7 | 71 | 88 | 89 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,227 Valid: 4,237 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 46.4% | |||||||||||
2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Sebastian Leslie†† | 42.49 | 1,809 | ||||||
| SNP | Victoria Harper | 19.73 | 840 | 858.10 | 874.33 | 879.02 | 979.03 | 1,487.26 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Smith | 15.64 | 666 | 1,011.06 | 1,155.76 | ||||
| SNP | Elaine Mitchell | 10.31 | 439 | 450.52 | 460.75 | 465.65 | 577.54 | ||
| Scottish Green | Richard Paul Openshaw | 7.19 | 306 | 353.71 | 401.52 | 436.47 | |||
| Labour | Peter Young | 4.63 | 197 | 266.5 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,257 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 4,310 (47.6%) | |||||||||
2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Allison Grant (incumbent) | 42.5 | 1,327 | ||||
| Conservative | Patricia Oddie | 20.8 | 651 | 716.3 | 774.3 | 826.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheena Margaret Lonchay (incumbent) †† | 14.0 | 439 | 555.6 | 645.3 | 1,052.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Linda Al-Kowarri (incumbent) | 13.6 | 426 | 495.4 | 601.1 | ||
| Scottish Green | Richard Paul Openshaw | 9.1 | 283 | 407.0 | |||
| Electorate: 8,621 Valid: 3,126 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 782 Turnout: 3,153 (36.26%) | |||||||
2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Alison Grant | 35.5 | 1,555 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheena Margaret Lonchay | 22.2 | 973 | 1,063 | 1,085 | 1,169 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Al-Kowarri | 18.4 | 807 | 884 | 899 | 981 | 1,027 | 1,358 | |
| Conservative | David Clucas | 15.8 | 694 | 746 | 775 | 821 | 830 | ||
| Labour | Ricky Simpson | 6.0 | 263 | 293 | 303 | ||||
| Independent | Terry Rigby | 2.1 | 93 | 125 | |||||
| Electorate: - Valid: 4,385 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 55.68% | |||||||||
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