Aberdeen City Council election, 2017
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All 45 seats to Aberdeen City Council 23 seats needed for a majority |
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Turnout |
37.6% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Stephen Flynn |
Douglas Lumsden |
Jenny Laing |
Party |
SNP |
Conservative |
Labour |
Leader's seat |
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove |
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee |
Midstocket/Rosemount |
Last election |
15 seats, 31.3% |
3 seats, 9.7% |
17 seats, 29.7% |
Seats won |
19 |
11 |
9 |
Seat change |
4 |
8 |
8 |
Popular vote |
22,690 |
17,427 |
11,784 |
Percentage |
32.6% |
25.0% |
16.9% |
Swing |
1.3% |
15.4% |
12.8% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Leader |
Ian Yuill |
Marie Boulton |
Party |
Liberal Democrats |
Independent |
Leader's seat |
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee |
Lower Deeside |
Last election |
5 seats, 15.1% |
3 seats, 11.2% |
Seats won |
4 |
2 |
Seat change |
1 |
1 |
Popular vote |
10,753 |
5,195 |
Percentage |
15.4% |
7.9% |
Swing |
0.3% |
3.3% |
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The 13 multi-member wards |
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The 2017 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council. The election used the 13 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with a total of 45 Councillors elected, an increase in 2 members from 2012.
On 11 May, the Scottish Liberal Democrats ruled out entering into a formal coalition and instead would "consider every issue before the council on its merits on a case-by-case basis."[1]
On 17 May, an agreement was reached to form a coalition between the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, the Scottish Labour Party, and three Independent (politician) councillors.[2] The Tories had 11 seats, Labour contributed 9 and there were 3 independent members. This was after councillor Jennifer Stewart resigned from the Liberal Democrat group to sit as an Independent and give the coalition an overall majority.
The coalition agreed by Aberdeen's Labour councillors was without the party executive's approval and so the councillors were told to withdraw from the deal by 5pm on 17 May or face suspension. The deadline passed without any change to the coalition and as such, all 9 Labour councillors were suspended from the party.[3]
In August, the co-leadership was ratified by a meeting of the full council, appointing Douglas Lumsden (Con) & Jenny Laing (Lab) as co-leaders.
Ward results
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone
- 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
- 2017: 1xCons; 2xSNP; 1XLab
- 2012-2017 Change:-1 Lab; +1 Cons
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
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Conservative |
Avril MacKenzie |
30.4 |
2,012 |
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SNP |
Neil MacGregor (incumbent) |
25.3 |
1,670 |
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SNP |
Gill Samarai (incumbent) |
11.9 |
785 |
798.7 |
1,087.3 |
1,115.5 |
1,176.8 |
1,317.9 |
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Labour |
Barney Crockett (incumbent)‡ |
11.3 |
744 |
806 |
813.5 |
1,141.6 |
1,273.4 |
1,483.7 |
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Independent |
Coral Duthie |
7.7 |
509 |
658.1 |
669.8 |
708.9 |
942.9 |
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Labour |
Graeme Lawrence (incumbent) |
6.9 |
458 |
504.9 |
514.3 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Dorothy Pearce |
6.5 |
430 |
614.5 |
625.5 |
666.2 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,608 Spoilt: 145 Quota: 1,322 Turnout: 6,753 (44.2%) |
Bridge of Don
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xCons; 2xSNP; 1xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: -1 Lab; +1 Cons
Bridge of Don - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
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Conservative |
Brett Hunt |
29.0 |
1,868 |
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SNP |
Alison Alphonse |
25.0 |
1,610 |
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Independent |
John Reynolds (incumbent) |
16.2 |
1,045 |
1,132.2 |
1,137.6 |
1,140.1 |
1,179.6 |
1,327.2 |
1,598.9 |
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SNP |
Sandy Stuart (incumbent) |
13.4 |
862 |
869.9 |
996.7 |
1,000.4 |
1,009.7 |
1,056.04 |
1,130.7 |
1,157.8 |
1,373.4 |
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Labour |
Willie Young (incumbent) |
12.5 |
805 |
849.9 |
854.09 |
856.2 |
856.2 |
871.3 |
1,026.3 |
1,047.03 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Karen Farquhar |
10.4 |
669 |
782.9 |
791.2 |
794.3 |
803.5 |
850.2 |
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Independent |
George Saunders |
4.3 |
279 |
305.8 |
308.5 |
317.7 |
338.9 |
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Independent |
Simon McLean |
1.1 |
70 |
83.3 |
84.07 |
91.9 |
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Solidarity |
James Irving-Lewis |
0.4 |
28 |
32.7 |
35.2 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,236 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,448 Turnout: 7,350 (49.3%) |
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill
- 2017: 1xLDem; 1xSNP; 1xCons
- 2012-2017: New ward
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Steve Delaney * |
36.2 |
1,825 |
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SNP |
David John Cameron * |
17.7 |
895 |
972.5 |
974.8 |
997.8 |
1,668.7 |
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Conservative |
John Wheeler |
15.8 |
797 |
951.8 |
979.9 |
1,000.8 |
1,009 |
1,033.3 |
1,341.6 |
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Labour |
Barry Mitchell |
13.7 |
690 |
767.8 |
779 |
818.1 |
848.7 |
952.7 |
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SNP |
Josh Mennie |
13.4 |
678 |
722.8 |
731.3 |
769.7 |
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Scottish Green |
Pippa Robertson |
1.8 |
90 |
149.6 |
159.4 |
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UKIP |
Philip Clarke |
1.4 |
68 |
77.5 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,043 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,261 Turnout: 5,128 (45.5%) |
- = Sitting Councillors for Kingswells/Sheddocksley Ward.
Northfield/Mastrick North
- 2017: 2x SNP; 1xLab
- 2012-2017 Change: New ward
Northfield/Mastrick North - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
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SNP |
Jackie Dunbar * |
39.9% |
1,747 |
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Labour |
Gordon Graham *‡ |
15.8% |
692 |
728.1 |
740.5 |
779.9 |
885.5 |
902.8 |
911.07 |
1,551.3 |
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Labour |
Frank Gilfeather |
14.4% |
629 |
655.8 |
661.8 |
693.2 |
788.6 |
798.8 |
809.9 |
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Conservative |
Alan Martin |
8.6% |
376 |
379.7 |
395.7 |
430.6 |
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SNP |
Ciaran McRae |
8.4% |
370 |
742.6 |
748.5 |
764.7 |
776.2 |
1,206.7 |
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SNP |
Jessica Mennie |
7.6% |
333 |
486.5 |
494.01 |
502.9 |
516.2 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Sam Forman |
3.5% |
154 |
169.7 |
188.02 |
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Independent |
Faith Robertson-Foy |
1.8% |
81 |
86.2 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,382 Spoilt: 180 Quota: 1,096 Turnout: 4,562 (37.2%) |
- = Sitting Councillors for Northfield Ward.
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill
- 2017: 1x SNP; 1xLab; 1xCons
- 2012-2017 Change: New ward
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
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SNP |
Neil Copland * |
25.3% |
1,148 |
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Conservative |
Freddie John |
19.6% |
889 |
889.2 |
914.2 |
933.2 |
991.2 |
1,019.2 |
1,039.7 |
1,235.2 |
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Labour |
Lesley Dunbar *‡ |
18% |
818 |
818.9 |
843.9 |
870.9 |
913.9 |
1,252.9 |
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SNP |
Lauren Wards |
16.1% |
729 |
738.9 |
761.09 |
829.4 |
884.5 |
906.7 |
925.03 |
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Labour |
Lewis MacLeod |
8.1% |
369 |
369.3 |
379.3 |
393.3 |
445.3 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Sam Petchey |
4.8% |
219 |
219.2 |
248.2 |
308.3 |
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Scottish Green |
Peter Kennedy |
4.1% |
186 |
186.5 |
223.5 |
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Independent |
David Page Henderson |
3.9% |
179 |
179.4 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,537 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 4,674 (40.5%) |
- = Sitting Councillors for Hilton/Stockethill ward.
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen
- 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1Lab
- 2012-2017 Change: -1 Lab; +1 SNP
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
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Labour |
Ross Grant (incumbent)‡ |
27% |
867 |
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SNP |
Alexander McLellan |
25.6% |
825 |
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SNP |
Jim Noble (incumbent) |
16.9% |
545 |
549.6 |
566.9 |
569.9 |
582.9 |
595.2 |
682.9 |
774.5 |
839.7 |
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Conservative |
Emma Farquhar |
10.6% |
342 |
344.3 |
344.5 |
350.5 |
372.5 |
408.7 |
432.1 |
471.2 |
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Labour |
Ramsay Milne (incumbent) |
7.6% |
245 |
288.3 |
288.8 |
293.01 |
296.4 |
326.9 |
379.9 |
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Scottish Green |
Alex Arthur |
5.5% |
178 |
180.5 |
181.06 |
182.06 |
188.3 |
231.3 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Jenny Wilson |
4.1% |
133 |
134.3 |
134.5 |
137.5 |
142.6 |
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UKIP |
Stephen Adams |
1.6% |
53 |
53.9 |
54.02 |
60.03 |
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National Front |
Dave MacDonald |
0.9% |
29 |
29.3 |
29.3 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,217 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 805 Turnout: 3,350 (36.4%) |
Midstocket/Rosemount
- 2012: 1xCons; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xCons; 1xSNP; 1xLab
- 2007-2012 Change: No change
Midstocket/Rosemount - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Conservative |
Tom Mason |
27.7% |
1,318 |
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SNP |
Bill Cormie (incumbent) |
25.1% |
1,195 |
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Labour |
Jenny Laing (incumbent)‡ |
19.7% |
935 |
960.05 |
960.4 |
971.05 |
1,040.2 |
1,154.2 |
1,283.3 |
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SNP |
Derek Davidson |
8.4% |
398 |
399.2 |
403.8 |
403.8 |
491.1 |
524.9 |
604.5 |
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Independent |
Dustin MacDonald |
6.5% |
311 |
323.8 |
323.9 |
379.3 |
419.7 |
492.4 |
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Scottish Green |
Alex Jarvis |
5.4% |
256 |
260.5 |
260.8 |
268.4 |
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Liberal Democrats |
William Sell |
5.2% |
245 |
270.01 |
272.1 |
292.9 |
332.05 |
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Independent |
Bill Robb |
2% |
97 |
117.4 |
117.5 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,755 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,189 Turnout: 4,835 (44.3%) |
George Street/Harbour
- 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCons
- 2012-2017 Change: +1 Cons; +1 SNP; -1 Lab; 1 extra seat compared to 2012.
George Street/Harbour - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
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SNP |
Dell Henrickson |
20.8% |
753 |
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SNP |
Michael Hutchison (incumbent) |
17.4% |
632 |
650.5 |
653.5 |
676.7 |
866.6 |
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Conservative |
Ryan Houghton |
16.2% |
588 |
588.6 |
601.7 |
641.7 |
646.7 |
649.9 |
664.1 |
688.9 |
836.4 |
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Labour |
Sandra MacDonald‡ |
15% |
545 |
545.9 |
549.9 |
578.9 |
582.9 |
596.8 |
864.2 |
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Scottish Green |
Guy Ingerson |
10% |
364 |
365.04 |
366.04 |
425.1 |
440.3 |
489.7 |
500.2 |
534.8 |
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Labour |
Mike Scott |
8.1% |
292 |
292.1 |
293.1 |
315.1 |
316.2 |
320.1 |
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SNP |
Wendy Stuart |
5.8% |
210 |
215.4 |
216.5 |
222.5 |
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Liberal Democrats |
John Waddell |
5.7% |
206 |
206.3 |
211.3 |
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UKIP |
John Stephen |
0.9% |
32 |
32.1 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,622 Spoilt: 103 Quota: 725 Turnout: 3,725 (30.5%) |
Lower Deeside
- 2012: 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
- 2017: 1xCons; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
- 2012-2017 Change: -1 LibDem; +1 Con
Lower Deeside - 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
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Conservative |
Philip Bell |
39.8 |
2,714 |
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Independent |
Marie Boulton (incumbent) |
16.4 |
1,119 |
1,449.4 |
1,452.5 |
1,512 |
1,556.09 |
1,822.8 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Ken McLeod |
7.9 |
541 |
743.6 |
751.9 |
770.7 |
816.04 |
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Scottish Green |
Nir Oren |
2.9 |
195 |
209.5 |
213.3 |
223.8 |
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Independent |
Kenneth Pratt |
2.1 |
143 |
202.9 |
205.7 |
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Libertarian |
Robbie Bowman |
0.5 |
31 |
45.9 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,811 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,703 Turnout: 6,863 (57.7%) |
Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross
- 2012 2xLDem; 1xCons; 1xSNP
- 2017 2xLDem; 1xCons; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: No change
Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross – 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Jennifer Stewart (incumbent) ‡ |
23.0 |
1,725 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Martin Greig (incumbent) |
21.2 |
1,592 |
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Conservative |
Claire Imrie |
17.7 |
1,326 |
1,380.5 |
1,395.4 |
1,448 |
2,614.1 |
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Conservative |
Steve Robertson |
16.2 |
1,214 |
1,251.4 |
1,273.8 |
1,345.4 |
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SNP |
John Cooke |
16.1 |
1,210 |
1,239.9 |
1,251.8 |
1,371.9 |
1,396.4 |
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Labour |
John McLeod |
5.9 |
441 |
470.2 |
481.1 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,508 Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,502 Turnout: 7,639 (54.3%) |
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee
- 2012 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xSNP
- 2017 1xLib Dem; 1xCons; 1xSNP
- 2012-2017 Change: -1 Lab; +1 Cons
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee- 3 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Ian Yuill (incumbent) |
40.2 |
2,458 |
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Conservative |
Douglas Lumsden |
25.1 |
1,533 |
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SNP |
Gordon Townson (incumbent) |
23.2 |
1,417 |
1,596.7 |
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Labour |
Angela Taylor (incumbent) |
11.6 |
708 |
1,076.8 |
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,116 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,530 Turnout: 6,170 (51.9%) |
Torry/Ferryhill
- 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCons
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCons
- 2012-2017 Change: No change
Torry/Ferryhill - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
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Conservative |
Alan Donnelly (incumbent) |
26.1 |
1,337 |
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SNP |
Christian Allard |
17.8 |
910 |
913.6 |
914.6 |
920.7 |
963.9 |
988.4 |
1,013.4 |
1,037.7 |
1,159.3 |
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SNP |
Catriona MacKenzie |
16.5 |
847 |
851.2 |
851.2 |
854.2 |
915.4 |
956.4 |
1,001.4 |
1,017.3 |
1,143.1 |
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Labour |
Yvonne Allan (incumbent)‡ |
16.5 |
843 |
873.7 |
873.7 |
881.4 |
908.9 |
989.7 |
1,324.2 |
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Independent |
David Fryer |
11.3 |
580 |
616.7 |
619.8 |
629.2 |
681.2 |
754.7 |
799.0 |
846.3 |
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Labour |
Piotr Teodorowski |
9.1 |
467 |
474.8 |
474.8 |
476.8 |
499.09 |
547.4 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Gregor McAbery |
5.6 |
286 |
332.7 |
333.7 |
340.01 |
377.5 |
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Scottish Green |
Renée Slater |
5.3 |
269 |
274.7 |
275.7 |
282.8 |
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UKIP |
William McIntosh |
1.0 |
49 |
65.7 |
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National Front |
Billy Watson |
0.2 |
10 |
10.5 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,598 Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 5,742 (37.8%) |
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove
- 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCons; 1xLab
- 2012-2017 Change: New ward
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove- 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 |
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SNP |
Stephen Flynn * |
27.0 |
1,396 |
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Conservative |
Philip Sellar |
21.5 |
1,113 |
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SNP |
Alex Nicoll + |
13.7 |
707 |
1,020.3 |
1,023.08 |
1,041.9 |
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Labour |
Sarah Duncan‡ |
11.4 |
590 |
595.7 |
601.9 |
615.5 |
615.9 |
670.9 |
960.07 |
1,198.6 |
|
Independent |
Andy Finlayson * |
10.9 |
562 |
571.5 |
585.9 |
719.5 |
720.8 |
812.07 |
845.5 |
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Labour |
Lynn Thomson |
6.1 |
318 |
322.1 |
329.5 |
343.7 |
344.08 |
388.3 |
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Liberal Democrats |
Cameron Finnie |
5.2 |
270 |
273.09 |
286.2 |
305.3 |
305.9 |
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Independent |
Finlay Crossan |
4.3 |
220 |
224.1 |
232.9 |
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Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,176 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 5,296 (40.9%) |
- = Sitting Councillors for Kincorth/Loirston Ward.
+ = Sitting Councillor for Midstocket/Rosemount Ward.
Changes between 2017 and 2022
‡ Changes of affiliation
On 17 May 2017, Cllr Jennifer Stewart (Hazlehead/Ashley/Queens Cross) resigned from the Liberal Democrat group and now sits as an Independent.
On the same day, all 9 Labour councillors were suspended from the party and now sit as "Aberdeen Labour". The issue is to be resolved after the Councils budget in February by the Labour Party's Scottish Executive Committee.