Local Election Results 2022

Aberdeenshire

Whole council up for election.

IndScot = Independence for Scotland Party
Libtn = Libertarian Party
ScFam = Scottish Family Party

Other results for Aberdeenshire: 2003 2007 2012 2017
By-elections for Aberdeenshire (may be incomplete): 9th June 2005 (Huntly E.) — 1st May 2008 (Troup) — 23rd April 2009 (Aboyne, Upper Deeside & Donside) — 27th November 2014 (Troup) — 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)

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Consolidated results — Aberdeenshire 2022

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Conservative	30586	33.9%	26
Scottish National Party	27826	30.8%	21
Liberal Democrat	13269	14.7%	14
Independent	11967	13.3%	9
Labour	3717	4.1%	0
Green Party	1815	2.0%	0
Alba Party	775	0.9%	0
Scottish Family Party	270	0.3%	0
Independence for Scotland Party	36	0.0%	0
Libertarian Party	34	0.0%	0

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Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside (3) [1 Ind gain from LD]

Geva Blackett	Ind	1098	22.7%
Anouk Kloppert	SNP	1049	21.7%
Sarah Brown	C	1029	21.3%
Peter Argyle	LD	846	17.5%
Claudia Leith	C	640	13.2%
John Lawson	Lab	179	3.7%

Consolidated results:— C 1669 (34.5%; 1 seat); Ind 1098 (22.7%; 1 seat); SNP 1049 (21.7%; 1 seat); LD 846 (17.5%); Lab 179 (3.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1211)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Geva Blackett	1098	1127	1173	1272	1211
Anouk Kloppert	1049	1091	1098	1104	1117
Sarah Brown	1029	1040	1571	1211	1211
Peter Argyle	846	908	950	1063	1090
Claudia Leith	640	653
John Lawson	179

Banchory and Mid Deeside (3)

Ann Ross	C	1211	25.1%
Eileen Durno	SNP	1158	24.0%
Yi-pei Chou Turvey	LD	1040	21.5%
Harriet Cross	C	852	17.6%
Andy Brown	Lab	536	11.1%
Graeme Craib	ScFam	35	0.7%

Consolidated results:— C 2063 (42.7%; 1 seat); SNP 1158 (24.0%; 1 seat); LD 1040 (21.5%; 1 seat); Lab 536 (11.1%); ScFam 35 (0.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1209)

Stage	I	II	IV
Ann Ross	1211	1209	1209
Eileen Durno	1158	1158	1264
Yi-pei Chou Turvey	1040	1040	1340
Harriet Cross	852	853	923
Andy Brown	536	536
Graeme Craib	35	35

Banff and District (3)

Glen Reynolds	SNP	1265	31.9%
Stewart Adams	C	1103	27.8%
John Cox	Ind	787	19.8%
Mike Roy	Ind	285	7.2%
James Low	Lab	200	5.0%
Sandy Leslie	LD	150	3.8%
Neil Woodward	Grn	105	2.6%
Iain Cameron	Alba	73	1.8%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1265 (31.9%; 1 seat); C 1103 (27.8%; 1 seat); Ind 1072 (27.0%; 1 seat); Lab 200 (5.0%); LD 150 (3.8%); Grn 105 (2.6%); Alba 73 (1.8%)

Transfers (Quota = 993)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Glen Reynolds	1265	993	993	993	993
Stewart Adams	1103	1103	993	993	993
John Cox	787	834	862	892	921
Mike Roy	285	299	318	326	368
James Low	200	224	234	238	294
Sandy Leslie	150	167	181	199
Neil Woodward	105	182	185	214	238
Iain Cameron	73	106	108

Central Buchan (4) [1 SNP gain from Ind]

Hannah Powell	C	871	18.7%
David Mair	SNP	744	16.0%
Geoff Crowson	SNP	705	15.1%
Steve Owen	C	679	14.6%
Anne Simpson	LD	607	13.0%
Norman Smith	Ind	527	11.3%
Arif Mahmood	Lab	213	4.6%
Jamie Cole-Hamilton	Grn	135	2.9%
Charlotte Cross	Alba	111	2.4%
Joanna Moore	ScFam	65	1.4%

Consolidated results:— C 1550 (33.3%; 1 seat); SNP 1449 (31.1%; 2 seats); LD 607 (13.0%; 1 seat); Ind 527 (11.3%); Lab 213 (4.6%); Grn 135 (2.9%); Alba 111 (2.4%); ScFam 65 (1.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 932)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Hannah Powell	871	883	885	889	902	1020	932	932
David Mair	744	750	774	797	812	862	864	866
Geoff Crowson	705	710	740	788	810	843	843	845
Steve Owen	679	690	693	697	714	759	830	833
Anne Simpson	607	613	617	641	715	946	946	932
Norman Smith	527	535	551	561	597
Arif Mahmood	213	215	223	239
Jamie Cole-Hamilton	135	138	145
Charlotte Cross	111	117
Joanna Moore	65

East Garioch (4) [1 Ind gain from Grn]

Glen Reid	SNP	1727	41.0%
Dominic Lonchay	C	1156	27.4%
Trevor Mason	LD	398	9.4%
Rosanna Dobbin	Lab	323	7.7%
Jim Gifford	Ind	321	7.6%
Drew Cullinane	Ind	290	6.9%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1727 (41.0%; 1 seat); C 1156 (27.4%; 1 seat); Ind 611 (14.5%; 1 seat); LD 398 (9.4%; 1 seat); Lab 323 (7.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 844)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Glen Reid	1727	844	844	844
Dominic Lonchay	1156	1156	844	844
Trevor Mason	398	563	649	719
Rosanna Dobbin	323	496	538	595
Jim Gifford	321	441	502	763
Drew Cullinane	290	437	476

Ellon and District (4) [1 C gain from SNP]

Isobel Davidson	LD	1205	22.0%
Louise McAllister	SNP	1139	20.8%
John Crawley	C	1050	19.1%
Gillian Owen	C	906	16.5%
Josh Gall	SNP	599	10.9%
Mark Lappin	Lab	348	6.3%
Craig Stewart	Grn	241	4.4%

Consolidated results:— C 1956 (35.6%; 2 seats); SNP 1738 (31.7%; 1 seat); LD 1205 (22.0%; 1 seat); Lab 348 (6.3%); Grn 241 (4.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 1098)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Isobel Davidson	1205	1098	1098	1098	1098
Louise McAllister	1139	1139	1098	1098	1098
John Crawley	1050	1063	1063	1069	1140
Gillian Owen	906	934	936	945	993
Josh Gall	599	611	645	771	871
Mark Lappin	348	369	371	443
Craig Stewart	241	255	257

Fraserburgh and District (4) [1 LD gain from SNP]

James Adams	C	1526	32.4%
Doreen Mair	Ind	1509	32.1%
Seamus Logan	SNP	941	20.0%
Brian Topping	Alba	274	5.8%
Ann Bell	LD	228	4.8%
Paul Greenall	Ind	182	3.9%
John McColl	ScFam	43	0.9%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1691 (36.0%; 1 seat); C 1526 (32.4%; 1 seat); SNP 941 (20.0%; 1 seat); Alba 274 (5.8%); LD 228 (4.8%; 1 seat); ScFam 43 (0.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 941)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
James Adams	1526	941	941	941	941
Doreen Mair	1509	1509	941	941	941
Seamus Logan	941	941	941	941	941
Brian Topping	274	312	385	396
Ann Bell	228	402	557	574	650
Paul Greenall	182	269	423	444	553
John McColl	43	75	94

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford (4)

Gwyneth Petrie	SNP	1945	34.5%
Lauren Knight	C	1491	26.5%
Robbie Withey	C	788	14.0%
Jeff Goodhall	LD	784	13.9%
Bryan Begg	Lab	441	7.8%
Rosie Leagas	Ind	152	2.7%
Stuart Whitby	Libtn	34	0.6%

Consolidated results:— C 2279 (40.4%; 2 seats); SNP 1945 (34.5%; 1 seat); LD 784 (13.9%; 1 seat); Lab 441 (7.8%); Ind 152 (2.7%); Libtn 34 (0.6%)

Transfers (Quota = 1128)

Stage	I	II	III
Gwyneth Petrie	1945	1128	1128
Lauren Knight	1491	1491	1128
Robbie Withey	788	820	1046
Jeff Goodhall	784	975	1020
Bryan Begg	441	629	650
Rosie Leagas	152	263	275
Stuart Whitby	34	57	61

Inverurie and District (4)

David Keating	C	1276	25.7%
Neil Baillie	SNP	1200	24.1%
Judy Whyte	Ind	1120	22.5%
Marion Ewenson	LD	843	17.0%
Archie Peebles	SNP	343	6.9%
Denise Rothnie	Grn	187	3.8%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1543 (31.1%; 1 seat); C 1276 (25.7%; 1 seat); Ind 1120 (22.5%; 1 seat); LD 843 (17.0%; 1 seat); Grn 187 (3.8%)

Transfers (Quota = 994)

Stage	I	II
David Keating	1276	994
Neil Baillie	1200	1200
Judy Whyte	1120	1120
Marion Ewenson	843	1003
Archie Peebles	343	348
Denise Rothnie	187	194

Mearns (4) [1 Ind gain from LD]

Kevin Stelfox	SNP	1677	29.0%
George Carr	C	1217	21.0%
Alison Evison	Ind	623	10.8%
Laurie Carnie	C	619	10.7%
Dave Stewart	Ind	513	8.9%
Shona Ewen	LD	377	6.5%
Yvonne Allan	Lab	336	5.8%
Douglas Fraser	Grn	194	3.4%
Leigh Wilson	Alba	99	1.7%
David Neill	Ind	75	1.3%
Diane Laurenson	ScFam	52	0.9%

Consolidated results:— C 1836 (31.8%; 2 seats); SNP 1677 (29.0%; 1 seat); Ind 1211 (20.9%; 1 seat); LD 377 (6.5%); Lab 336 (5.8%); Grn 194 (3.4%); Alba 99 (1.7%); ScFam 52 (0.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 1157)

Stage	I	II	III	VI	VII	VIII	IX
Kevin Stelfox	1677	1157	1157	1157	1157	1157	1157
George Carr	1217	1217	1157	1157	1157	1157	1157
Alison Evison	623	662	667	729	791	893	1111
Laurie Carnie	619	624	668	694	723	741	824
Dave Stewart	513	546	549	591	621	671
Shona Ewen	377	412	414	430	561	679	788
Yvonne Allan	336	392	393	412
Douglas Fraser	194	375	375	446	506
Leigh Wilson	99	170	170
David Neill	75	85	86
Diane Laurenson	52	56	56

Mid Formartine (4)

Jenny Nicol	SNP	971	19.2%
Paul Johnston	Ind	916	18.2%
Derek Ritchie	C	876	17.4%
Sheila Powell	C	803	15.9%
Andrew Hassan	LD	752	14.9%
Kenny Hutchison	SNP	728	14.4%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1699 (33.7%; 1 seat); C 1679 (33.3%; 1 seat); Ind 916 (18.2%; 1 seat); LD 752 (14.9%; 1 seat)

Transfers (Quota = 1010)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Jenny Nicol	971	1597	1010	1010
Paul Johnston	916	959	1131	1010
Derek Ritchie	876	879	897	910
Sheila Powell	803	809	827	837
Andrew Hassan	752	782	934	999
Kenny Hutchison	728

North Kincardine (4) [1 SNP gain from Lab]

David Aitchison	SNP	1182	21.6%
Shirley Burnett	C	855	15.6%
Mel Sullivan	LD	850	15.5%
Catherine Victor	SNP	799	14.6%
Jeff Hutchison	C	620	11.3%
Colin Pike	Ind	527	9.6%
Louise Ross	Grn	314	5.7%
Alastair Bews	Ind	255	4.7%
Elizabeth Leslie	ScFam	75	1.4%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1981 (36.2%; 2 seats); C 1475 (26.9%; 1 seat); LD 850 (15.5%; 1 seat); Ind 782 (14.3%); Grn 314 (5.7%); ScFam 75 (1.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 1096)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
David Aitchison	1182	1096	1096	1096	1096	1096	1096
Shirley Burnett	855	856	863	897	905	1457	1096
Mel Sullivan	850	852	864	895	992	1015	1125
Catherine Victor	799	865	870	903	1052	1053	1058
Jeff Hutchison	620	620	625	632	636
Colin Pike	527	528	534	649	683	717	804
Louise Ross	314	319	335	347
Alastair Bews	255	259	269
Elizabeth Leslie	75	75

Peterhead North and Rattray (4)

Leeann McWhinnie	SNP	1222	29.1%
Dianne Beagrie	Ind	974	23.2%
Matthew James	C	599	14.3%
Alan Buchan	Ind	548	13.0%
Iain Sutherland	C	523	12.5%
Kevin Anderson	LD	156	3.7%
Trish McPherson	Alba	99	2.4%
Sharon Bradford	Ind	79	1.9%

Consolidated results:— Ind 1601 (38.1%; 2 seats); SNP 1222 (29.1%; 1 seat); C 1122 (26.7%; 1 seat); LD 156 (3.7%); Alba 99 (2.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 841)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Leeann McWhinnie	1222	841	841	841	841	841
Dianne Beagrie	974	974	841	841	841	841
Matthew James	599	609	626	633	637	664
Alan Buchan	548	604	631	678	740	823
Iain Sutherland	523	536	554	563	570	589
Kevin Anderson	156	201	207	225	257
Trish McPherson	99	189	194	215
Sharon Bradford	79	116	141

Peterhead South and Cruden (3) [1 LD gain from Ind]

Stephen Smith	SNP	1578	46.5%
George Hall	C	1105	32.5%
Colin Simpson	LD	414	12.2%
Neil Johnstone	C	298	8.8%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1578 (46.5%; 1 seat); C 1403 (41.3%; 1 seat); LD 414 (12.2%; 1 seat)

Transfers (Quota = 849)

Stage	I	II
Stephen Smith	1578	849
George Hall	1105	1105
Colin Simpson	414	783
Neil Johnstone	298	370

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (4)

Sarah Dickinson	LD	1263	22.7%
Wendy Agnew	C	1147	20.6%
Dawn Black	SNP	951	17.1%
Alan Turner	C	630	11.3%
Dennis Robertson	SNP	550	9.9%
Ma Simpson	Ind	462	8.3%
Raymond Christie	Lab	383	6.9%
Rachel Shanks	Grn	173	3.1%

Consolidated results:— C 1777 (32.0%; 2 seats); SNP 1501 (27.0%; 1 seat); LD 1263 (22.7%; 1 seat); Ind 462 (8.3%); Lab 383 (6.9%); Grn 173 (3.1%)

Transfers (Quota = 1112)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Sarah Dickinson	1263	1112	1112	1112	1112	1112
Wendy Agnew	1147	1147	1112	1112	1112	1112
Dawn Black	951	968	969	1023	1104	1214
Alan Turner	630	651	677	681	721	852
Dennis Robertson	550	563	564	601	643	721
Ma Simpson	462	488	490	517	630
Raymond Christie	383	412	414	453
Rachel Shanks	173	191	192

Troup (3) [1 C gain from Ind]

Mark Findlater	C	1305	42.5%
Ross Cassie	SNP	1144	37.3%
Ian Bailey	LD	260	8.5%
Richard Menard	C	236	7.7%
Simon Scott	Grn	125	4.1%

Consolidated results:— C 1541 (50.2%; 2 seats); SNP 1144 (37.3%; 1 seat); LD 260 (8.5%); Grn 125 (4.1%)

Transfers (Quota = 768)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Mark Findlater	1305	768	768	768
Ross Cassie	1144	1144	768	768
Ian Bailey	260	299	378	546
Richard Menard	236	647	675	696
Simon Scott	125	135	300

Turriff and District (4) [1 C gain from Ind]

Iain Taylor	C	1075	23.8%
Anne Stirling	LD	1059	23.5%
Alastair Forsyth	SNP	792	17.5%
Susan Dubois	SNP	740	16.4%
Gordon Lang	C	690	15.3%
Kathryn Vincent	Grn	159	3.5%

Consolidated results:— C 1765 (39.1%; 2 seats); SNP 1532 (33.9%; 1 seat); LD 1059 (23.5%; 1 seat); Grn 159 (3.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 904)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Iain Taylor	1075	904	904	904
Anne Stirling	1059	1059	904	904
Alastair Forsyth	792	798	824	868
Susan Dubois	740	741	750	822
Gordon Lang	690	838	881	894
Kathryn Vincent	159	160	186

West Garioch (3)

Moray Grant	SNP	1247	29.4%
Sam Payne	C	1150	27.1%
Hazel Smith	LD	539	12.7%
Sheena Lonchay	Ind	451	10.6%
Sasha Brydon	Lab	324	7.6%
Sebastian Leslie	Ind	273	6.4%
Anne Mansfield	Grn	182	4.3%
Elaine Mitchell	Alba	71	1.7%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1247 (29.4%; 1 seat); C 1150 (27.1%; 1 seat); Ind 724 (17.1%); LD 539 (12.7%; 1 seat); Lab 324 (7.6%); Grn 182 (4.3%); Alba 71 (1.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1060)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Moray Grant	1247	1060	1060	1060	1060	1060	1060
Sam Payne	1150	1150	1060	1060	1060	1060	1060
Hazel Smith	539	560	587	598	683	736	956
Sheena Lonchay	451	468	479	492	536	695	773
Sasha Brydon	324	347	357	364	424	450
Sebastian Leslie	273	281	298	306	326
Anne Mansfield	182	251	253	278
Elaine Mitchell	71	88	89

Westhill and District (4)

Ron McKail	C	1655	29.0%
Iris Walker	LD	1498	26.3%
Fatima Joji	SNP	1430	25.1%
Craig Miller	C	605	10.6%
Lesley Young	Lab	434	7.6%
Colin McKay	Alba	48	0.8%
Stephen Cameron	IndScot	36	0.6%

Consolidated results:— C 2260 (39.6%; 2 seats); LD 1498 (26.3%; 1 seat); SNP 1430 (25.1%; 1 seat); Lab 434 (7.6%); Alba 48 (0.8%); IndScot 36 (0.6%)

Transfers (Quota = 1142)

Stage	I	II	III
Ron McKail	1655	1142	1142
Iris Walker	1498	1498	1142
Fatima Joji	1430	1430	1430
Craig Miller	605	1050	1134
Lesley Young	434	454	604
Colin McKay	48	52	61
Stephen Cameron	36	38	46

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