Local Election Results 2003
Aberdeenshire
Whole council up for election.
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By-elections for Aberdeenshire (may be incomplete): 9th June 2005 (Huntly E.)
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— 5th November 2015 (Huntly, Strathbogie & Howe of Alford)
— 3rd November 2016 (Banff & District; Inverurie & District)
— 12th October 2017 (Inverurie & District)
— 15th October 2020 (Ellon & District)
— 17th June 2021 (East Garioch)
— 19th August 2021 (Mid Formartine)
— 7th November 2024 (Central Buchan; Fraserburgh & District; Mearns)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
27953 |
33.5% |
28 |
| Scottish National Party |
23068 |
27.6% |
18 |
| Conservative |
17511 |
21.0% |
11 |
| Independent |
12086 |
14.5% |
11 |
| Labour |
2743 |
3.3% |
0 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
189 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Kenneth Benzie |
SNP |
598 |
59.4% |
| Sandy Buchan |
C |
409 |
40.6% |
| Peter Argyle |
LD |
853 |
56.8% |
| Anne Harper |
C |
488 |
32.5% |
| Neil Williams |
Ind |
162 |
10.8% |
| Richard Stroud |
LD |
961 |
72.8% |
| Lindsay Ferguson |
C |
359 |
27.2% |
| Jenny Watson |
Ind |
405 |
30.6% |
| Linda Clark |
SNP |
335 |
25.3% |
| Kathryn Watt |
LD |
333 |
25.2% |
| Charles Insch |
C |
249 |
18.8% |
| Norma Makin |
Ind |
1101 |
78.5% |
| Colin Gale |
LD |
302 |
21.5% |
| John Cox |
SNP |
595 |
56.3% |
| Richard Evans |
Ind |
301 |
28.5% |
| Richard Kelbie |
Ind |
83 |
7.9% |
| Scott Coghill |
LD |
77 |
7.3% |
| Jeanette McKee |
SNP |
752 |
73.1% |
| Gwen Walker |
C |
182 |
17.7% |
| Dominique-Paul Lonchay |
LD |
95 |
9.2% |
| Debra Storr |
LD |
490 |
38.3% |
| Jane Macaskill |
SNP |
350 |
27.4% |
| James Gifford |
C |
268 |
21.0% |
| Richard Winchester |
Lab |
170 |
13.3% |
| Anne Fowler |
SNP |
616 |
60.5% |
| Bill Kenny |
C |
261 |
25.6% |
| Helen Mair |
LD |
142 |
13.9% |
| Samuel Coull |
LD |
570 |
50.4% |
| Raymond Matthew |
SNP |
561 |
49.6% |
| Mitchell Burnett |
SNP |
545 |
50.2% |
| Marjory Rennie |
Ind |
306 |
28.2% |
| Wilson Irvine |
Ind |
235 |
21.6% |
| Dennis Duthie |
Ind |
597 |
60.4% |
| Margaret McRae |
SNP |
338 |
34.2% |
| Peter Morgan |
LD |
53 |
5.4% |
| Agnes Strachan |
SNP |
785 |
85.0% |
| Gordon Milne |
LD |
138 |
15.0% |
| Stanley Tennant |
SNP |
678 |
53.4% |
| Edie Chapman |
C |
592 |
46.6% |
| Martin Kitts-Hayes |
LD |
605 |
46.9% |
| Ailish Bell |
C |
342 |
26.5% |
| Jennifer Lawless |
SNP |
189 |
14.7% |
| Ann Thorpe |
Lab |
153 |
11.9% |
| James Davidson |
SNP |
838 |
80.0% |
| Scott Middleton |
LD |
210 |
20.0% |
| James Towers |
SNP |
725 |
63.0% |
| Elizabeth May |
LD |
426 |
37.0% |
| Stuart Pratt |
SNP |
710 |
79.5% |
| Alistair Mason |
LD |
183 |
20.5% |
| Bruce Luffman |
C |
945 |
65.1% |
| Ian Findlay |
LD |
350 |
24.1% |
| John Robertson |
SNP |
156 |
10.8% |
| Jack Mair |
LD |
680 |
53.7% |
| Ian Gray |
SNP |
586 |
46.3% |
| Gurudeo Saluja |
LD |
744 |
54.4% |
| Ronald Wilkie |
Ind |
366 |
26.8% |
| John Duncan |
C |
258 |
18.9% |
| Alan Cameron |
SNP |
636 |
46.8% |
| Isobel Davidson |
LD |
406 |
29.9% |
| Alan Benton |
C |
216 |
15.9% |
| William McConnach |
Lab |
102 |
7.5% |
| Mark Cullen |
Ind |
638 |
50.6% |
| Alan Findlay |
LD |
436 |
34.6% |
| Charles McKail |
C |
186 |
14.8% |
| Ian Tait |
SNP |
654 |
60.9% |
| Robert Sim |
Ind |
360 |
33.5% |
| Valerie Cameron |
LD |
60 |
5.6% |
| Andrew Ritchie |
SNP |
534 |
54.7% |
| Donaldson Rosie |
Ind |
286 |
29.3% |
| James Milne |
Ind |
156 |
16.0% |
| Helen Fowler |
Ind |
629 |
57.0% |
| Carol Macdonald |
SNP |
475 |
43.0% |
| Brian Topping |
SNP |
683 |
68.3% |
| Michael Watt |
Ind |
317 |
31.7% |
| Elizabeth Robertson |
LD |
786 |
73.5% |
| Alexander Duncan |
SNP |
218 |
20.4% |
| Barrie Bird |
Lab |
66 |
6.2% |
| John Duncan |
C |
685 |
60.3% |
| David Benzie |
SNP |
451 |
39.7% |
| Alexander Buchan |
C |
453 |
35.2% |
| Adrian Reeves |
LD |
408 |
31.7% |
| Robert Ness |
SNP |
294 |
22.8% |
| Dick Carroll |
Lab |
132 |
10.3% |
| Joanna Strathdee |
SNP |
568 |
54.3% |
| Jody Stewart |
LD |
192 |
18.4% |
| Douglas Cowie |
C |
157 |
15.0% |
| Dorothy Norrie |
Lab |
129 |
12.3% |
| Sheena Lonchay |
LD |
621 |
45.5% |
| Peter Donaldson |
C |
459 |
33.6% |
| Amanda Allan |
SNP |
192 |
14.1% |
| Rita Barton |
Lab |
94 |
6.9% |
| David Smith |
LD |
763 |
61.0% |
| William Langdon |
SNP |
286 |
22.9% |
| Brian Bartlett |
C |
202 |
16.1% |
| Heather Bisset |
LD |
764 |
60.7% |
| Fiona Peebles |
C |
198 |
15.7% |
| Archie McDiarmid |
SNP |
144 |
11.4% |
| William Daly |
Lab |
128 |
10.2% |
| Michael Shread |
Ind |
24 |
1.9% |
| Michael Raeburn |
LD |
379 |
38.2% |
| Iain Gifford |
SNP |
212 |
21.4% |
| Richard Cowling |
C |
200 |
20.2% |
| Ellis Thorpe |
Lab |
200 |
20.2% |
| Raymond Bisset |
LD |
778 |
61.5% |
| Susan Gifford |
SNP |
184 |
14.5% |
| Sheila Bousfield |
Lab |
133 |
10.5% |
| Dennis Churcher |
C |
132 |
10.4% |
| John Sangster |
SSP |
39 |
3.1% |
| Alister Leitch |
LD |
784 |
66.2% |
| Sheila Taylor |
C |
401 |
33.8% |
| John McGregor |
LD |
893 |
61.3% |
| William Leslie |
C |
423 |
29.0% |
| James McPherson |
Lab |
141 |
9.7% |
| Douglas Cameron |
C |
614 |
41.3% |
| Gina Ford |
LD |
556 |
37.4% |
| David Gorman |
SNP |
208 |
14.0% |
| Gillian Jones |
Lab |
110 |
7.4% |
| James Anderson |
LD |
500 |
36.3% |
| Robert Merson |
SNP |
461 |
33.5% |
| Charles Wolridge Gordon |
C |
283 |
20.5% |
| Albert McLean-Bullen |
Lab |
134 |
9.7% |
| John Gibbins |
Ind |
1031 |
69.5% |
| Elaine Ward |
SNP |
452 |
30.5% |
| Alexander Wallace |
C |
781 |
56.1% |
| James Piggins |
LD |
407 |
29.2% |
| Stephen McKerron |
SNP |
204 |
14.7% |
| Sydney Mair |
SNP |
686 |
80.3% |
| Sheila Ritchie |
LD |
168 |
19.7% |
| Thomas Fleming |
LD |
609 |
48.3% |
| Susan Speirs |
SNP |
358 |
28.4% |
| Ian Frain |
Ind |
294 |
23.3% |
| George Swapp |
Ind |
1146 |
79.8% |
| Margaret Hille |
LD |
290 |
20.2% |
| William Howatson |
LD |
1040 |
74.1% |
| Alice Bartlett |
C |
363 |
25.9% |
| John Loveday |
LD |
529 |
39.4% |
| James Milton |
SNP |
366 |
27.3% |
| Sebastian Leslie |
C |
352 |
26.2% |
| Harold Milne |
Lab |
95 |
7.1% |
| Jill Webster |
C |
798 |
46.3% |
| Trevor Field |
LD |
635 |
36.8% |
| Graeme Clark |
SNP |
207 |
12.0% |
| Gary Urquhart |
Lab |
84 |
4.9% |
| Norman Smith |
Ind |
653 |
50.1% |
| Ian Sutherland |
C |
374 |
28.7% |
| Alice Macleod |
SNP |
277 |
21.2% |
| Albert Howie |
Ind |
666 |
56.2% |
| Denis McHugh |
SNP |
418 |
35.2% |
| Jane Bellamy |
LD |
102 |
8.6% |
| Martin Ford |
LD |
630 |
43.5% |
| Fergus Hood |
SNP |
548 |
37.9% |
| Roderick Fenton |
C |
174 |
12.0% |
| Richard Anderson |
Lab |
95 |
6.6% |
| Carl Nelson |
C |
690 |
49.2% |
| David Mackintosh |
LD |
487 |
34.7% |
| Brendan McCabe |
SNP |
226 |
16.1% |
| George Barnes |
SNP |
522 |
63.7% |
| Kevin Slessor |
SSP |
150 |
18.3% |
| Christine Sutherland |
C |
147 |
17.9% |
| Sheila Thomson |
LD |
469 |
38.7% |
| Alastair Bews |
SNP |
397 |
32.8% |
| Edna Leavitt |
C |
189 |
15.6% |
| James Milne |
Lab |
156 |
12.9% |
| Paul Melling |
LD |
558 |
48.8% |
| Craig Butler |
SNP |
384 |
33.6% |
| Sandra Macmillan |
C |
201 |
17.6% |
| Norma Thomson |
SNP |
528 |
46.9% |
| Anne Brodie-Allan |
Ind |
357 |
31.7% |
| David Smith |
LD |
240 |
21.3% |
| John Morrison |
LD |
783 |
61.4% |
| Derek Stewart |
C |
492 |
38.6% |
| Michael Sullivan |
LD |
859 |
56.9% |
| Jeffrey Hutchison |
C |
650 |
43.1% |
| Wendy Agnew |
C |
411 |
34.1% |
| Peter Bellarby |
LD |
337 |
28.0% |
| David Berrisford |
Ind |
230 |
19.1% |
| Graeme Macdonald |
SNP |
227 |
18.8% |
| George Lumsden |
C |
458 |
38.4% |
| Lynn Millar |
LD |
427 |
35.8% |
| Hamish Jolly |
SNP |
174 |
14.6% |
| James Henderson |
Lab |
70 |
5.9% |
| Jake Williams |
Ind |
64 |
5.4% |
| Paul Johnston |
LD |
541 |
35.9% |
| Elrick Mackie |
Ind |
375 |
24.9% |
| Alexander Allan |
SNP |
214 |
14.2% |
| Martin Sisley |
C |
194 |
12.9% |
| Elaine Taylor |
Lab |
184 |
12.2% |
| Alisan Norrie |
Ind |
384 |
42.9% |
| Sandy Stronach |
SNP |
253 |
28.2% |
| Lorna Harris |
LD |
197 |
22.0% |
| Stewart Ritchie |
C |
62 |
6.9% |
| Stuart Mair |
Ind |
551 |
54.3% |
| Ronald Broughall |
SNP |
177 |
17.5% |
| Pearl Gray |
LD |
131 |
12.9% |
| Roger Grogan |
C |
83 |
8.2% |
| Sharon Duncan |
Lab |
72 |
7.1% |
| James Sheridan |
LD |
594 |
44.3% |
| Roderick Diack |
C |
401 |
29.9% |
| Michael Lockhart |
SNP |
210 |
15.7% |
| Robert Forsyth |
Lab |
135 |
10.1% |
| James Humphrey |
C |
971 |
66.2% |
| Rosemary Bruce |
LD |
314 |
21.4% |
| Elizabeth Kennedy |
SNP |
181 |
12.3% |
| Alistair Strachan |
C |
393 |
36.8% |
| Harald Cormack |
Ind |
369 |
34.6% |
| Gerald Ingram |
SNP |
134 |
12.5% |
| John Picken |
LD |
131 |
12.3% |
| Janet Tuckwood |
Lab |
41 |
3.8% |
| Audrey Findlay |
LD |
1227 |
77.1% |
| Doris Nicholson |
C |
365 |
22.9% |
| Alison McInnes |
LD |
710 |
59.3% |
| Jacquie Lafferty |
SNP |
368 |
30.7% |
| Alexander Rennie |
Lab |
119 |
9.9% |
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