Location of the ward [1]
Buckie is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council in Scotland. It elects three Councillors.
Buckie is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council in Scotland. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Anne McKay (Ind.) | Joe McKay (Ind.) | Gordon McDonald (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2014 by | Gordon Cowie (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2015 by | Sonya Warren (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Tim Eagle (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | vacant (vacant) | Neil McLennan (Independent) | ||||||
| 2022 by | John Stuart (SNP) | |||||||
A by-election was called following Lib Dem councillor Christopher Price's resignation after just three months in the role. [2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | John Stuart | 48.67 | 1,172 | 1,181 | 1,192 | 1,269 | |
| Conservative | Tim Eagle | 36.5 | 879 | 884 | 904 | 989 | |
| Labour | Keighly Goudie | 9.92 | 239 | 247 | 276 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Les Tarr | 2.78 | 67 | 78 | |||
| Independent | Neil Houlden | 1.57 | 38 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,139 Valid: 2,395 Spoilt: 13 Quota: 1,199 Turnout: 2,408 (29.6%) | |||||||
2022 Moray Council election [4]
This election was uncontested because the number of candidates who stood was equal to the number of available seats. There are three seats in Buckie ward, and only three candidates' names were registered.
| Candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Neil McLennan | Conservative | |
| Christopher Thomas Price | Liberal Democrat | |
| Sonya Warren (incumbent) | SNP | |
2017 Moray Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Tim Eagle | 33.8 | 1,060 | ||||
| Independent | Gordon Cowie (incumbent) | 21.4 | 673 | 826.3 | |||
| SNP | Sonya Warren (incumbent) | 22.8 | 716 | 728.1 | 734.4 | 1,369.4 | |
| SNP | Gordon McDonald (incumbent) | 22.0 | 691 | 701.6 | 710.3 | ||
| Electorate: 7,962 Valid: 3,140 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 786 Turnout: 3,187 (40%) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Sonya Warren | 59.5% | 1,485 | |
| Independent | Norman Calder | 27.9% | 696 | |
| Conservative | Tim Eagle | 12.6% | 315 | |
| Electorate: 7,798 Valid: 2,496 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,249 Turnout: 2,521 (32.3%) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Independent | Gordon Cowie | 43.94 | 830 | 907 | 1,034 | |
| SNP | Linda McDonald | 35.47 | 670 | 679 | 710 | |
| Independent | Marc Macrae | 11.65 | 220 | 248 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Gambles | 7.57 | 143 | |||
| Electorate: 7,872 Valid: 1,889 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 933 Turnout: 1,915 (24.33%) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Gordon McDonald (incumbent) | 38.37% | 967 | ||||
| Independent | Anne McKay (incumbent) †† | 25.71% | 648 | ||||
| Independent | Joe Mackay (incumbent) †††† | 22.10% | 557 | 596.9 | 607.2 | 728.6 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Gambles | 7.1% | 179 | 183.2 | 184.9 | ||
| SNP | Linda Scobie McDonald | 6.71% | 169 | 449.1 | 451.7 | 457.5 | |
| Electorate: 7,336 Valid: 2,520 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 631 Turnout: 2,559 (34.35%) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Gordon McDonald | 1,188 | 32.40 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Anne McKay | 708 | 19.31 | 2 | 4 | |
| Independent | Joe Mackay | 698 | 19.03 | 3 | 4 | |
| Labour | John Leslie | 507 | 13.83 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Moir | 397 | 10.83 | |||
| Independent | Bruce Smith | 169 | 4.61 | |||
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