Location of the ward [1]
Lower Deeside is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
Lower Deeside is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Marie Boulton (Ind.) | Aileen Malone (Liberal Democrats) | Alan Milne (Conservative) | |||||
| 2012 | M. Tauqeer Malik (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Philip Bell (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Duncan Massey (Conservative) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent) | 23.8 | 1,640 | 1,698 | 1,804 | |||
| Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent) | 21.7 | 1,496 | 1,524 | 1,622 | 1,651 | 1,733 | |
| Conservative | Duncan Massey | 17.3 | 1,194 | 1,197 | 1,232 | 1,242 | 2,009 | |
| SNP | Ewan Ritchie | 15.3 | 1,051 | 1,192 | 1,234 | 1,247 | 1,252 | |
| Conservative | Gillian Tebberen | 12.8 | 882 | 890 | 910 | 913 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Mulkerrin | 4.6 | 316 | 363 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Daniel Verhamme | 4.5 | 307 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,555 Valid: 6,886 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,722 Turnout: 55.5% | ||||||||
2017 Aberdeen City Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | Philip Bell | 39.8 | 2,714 | ||||||||
| Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent) | 16.4 | 1,119 | 1,449.4 | 1,452.5 | 1,512 | 1,556.09 | 1,822.8 | |||
| Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent)‡ | 15.3 | 1,040 | 1,155.5 | 1,165.09 | 1,211.1 | 1,241.6 | 1,447.9 | 1,497.3 | 1,976.8 | |
| SNP | Pamela McBain | 15.1 | 1,028 | 1,042.9 | 1,049.4 | 1,068.8 | 1,145.9 | 1,224.4 | 1,235.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ken McLeod | 7.9 | 541 | 743.6 | 751.9 | 770.7 | 816.04 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Nir Oren | 2.9 | 195 | 209.5 | 213.3 | 223.8 | |||||
| Independent | Kenneth Pratt | 2.1 | 143 | 202.9 | 205.7 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Robbie Bowman | 0.5 | 31 | 45.9 | |||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,811 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,703 Turnout: 6,863 (57.7%) | |||||||||||
2012 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent) | 30.7% | 1,520 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Aileen Malone (incumbent) | 15.3% | 755 | 814.2 | 823.4 | 992.7 | 1,140.9 | 1,539.9 | |
| Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik | 15.0% | 744 | 779 | 789.4 | 841.2 | 1,007.5 | 1,068.9 | |
| Conservative | Raymond Murchie | 14.4% | 712 | 741.4 | 754.5 | 881.8 | 950.2 | ||
| SNP | Dorothy Janet McCaig | 13.3% | 659 | 677.4 | 684.9 | 739.4 | |||
| Independent | Peter Reiss | 9.9% | 490 | 568.6 | 621.3 | ||||
| Independent | Andy Anderson | 1.3% | 64 | 94.7 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,301 Valid: 4,944 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,237 Turnout: 4,977 (43.75%) | |||||||||
2007 Aberdeen City Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Aileen Malone | 23.9 | 1,536 | 1,660 | ||||
| Conservative | Alan Milne†††† | 24.0 | 1,546 | 1,588 | 1,592 | 1,745 | ||
| Independent | Marie Boulton | 17.1 | 1,097 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,353 | 1,399 | |
| SNP | David Adams | 16.6 | 1,068 | 1,125 | 1,127 | 1,234 | 1,253 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Malone | 9.4 | 603 | 692 | 726 | |||
| Labour | Marianne Stewart | 9.1 | 583 | |||||
| Electorate: Valid: 6,435 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,609 Turnout: 6,504 | ||||||||
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