Aberdeen City Council elections
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Local government elections in Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen City Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation in 1995 to 2007.
As a district council
| Year | SNP | Labour | Conservative | Liberal[a] | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 1980 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984[b] | 0 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988[c] | 1 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
- ↑ SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988.
- ↑ New ward boundaries.[1]
- ↑ Some new ward boundaries.[2]
As a unitary authority
| Year | SNP | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999[a] | 3 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| 2007[b] | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2012 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017[c] | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Results maps
1974 results map
1977 results map
1980 results map
1984 results map
1988 results map
1992 results map
1995 results map
1999 results map
2003 results map
2007 results map
2012 results map
2017 results map
2022 results map
By-elections
2003-2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 669 | 46.8 | +2.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 611 | 42.8 | +6.8 | ||
| Labour | 63 | 4.4 | −6.3 | ||
| SNP | 51 | 3.6 | −5.5 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 25 | 1.8 | +1.8 | ||
| National Front | 9 | 0.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Majority | 58 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,428 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2007-2012
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | John Corall | 29.5 | 873 | 984 | 1,258 | |
| Conservative | Fraser Forsyth | 27.8 | 821 | 873 | 1,122 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Delaney | 23.4 | 693 | 869 | ||
| Labour | Allan McIntosh | 17.5 | 518 | |||
| Solidarity | Stephen Haddan | 1.0 | 31 | |||
| Independent | Dennis Grattan | 0.7 | 20 | |||
| SNP gain from Conservative | ||||||
| Valid: 2,956 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 1,479 Turnout: 2,977 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| SNP | Neil MacGregor | 51.4 | 2,090 | ||
| Labour | Graeme Lawrence | 23.1 | 941 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kristian Chapman | 11.0 | 446 | ||
| Conservative | Ross Thomson | 8.7 | 352 | ||
| Independent | Angela Joss | 3.7 | 150 | ||
| Scottish Green | Rhonda Reekie | 2.2 | 88 | ||
| SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Valid: 4,067 Spoilt: Quota: 2,034 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Gordon Townson | 33.2 | 1,112 | 1,115 | 1,120 | 1,136 | 1,161 | 1,263 | 1,441 | 1,792 | |
| Labour | Angela Taylor | 23.3 | 783 | 783 | 784 | 810 | 829 | 956 | 1,068 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Berry | 19.4 | 649 | 652 | 654 | 656 | 676 | 801 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor McAbery | 16.5 | 554 | 558 | 562 | 584 | 599 | ||||
| Independent | Graham Bennett | 2.9 | 98 | 99 | 109 | 122 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Richie Brian | 3.0 | 101 | 103 | 104 | ||||||
| Independent | Hamish Hay Mackay | 1.0 | 32 | 34 | |||||||
| National Front | Dave Macdonald | 0.7 | 25 | ||||||||
| SNP gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,623 Valid: 3,354 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 3,386 | |||||||||||
2012-2017
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| SNP | Neil Copland | 54.5 | 1,690 | ||
| Labour | Charlie Pirie | 24.9 | 771 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Begg | 11.3 | 350 | ||
| Scottish Green | Peter Kennedy | 4.2 | 130 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Waddell | 4.1 | 125 | ||
| SNP hold | |||||
| Valid: 3,099 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,534 Turnout: 3,132 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| SNP | Stephen Flynn | 60.5 | 1,939 | ||
| Labour | Donna Clark | 18.9 | 606 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Sellar | 9.8 | 313 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ken McLeod | 6.5 | 207 | ||
| Scottish Green | Dan Yeats | 3.6 | 114 | ||
| SNP hold | |||||
| Valid: 3,205 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,590 Turnout: 3,231 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| SNP | Michael Hutchison | 51.2 | 961 | ||
| Labour | Mike Scott | 26.1 | 490 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Davidson | 10.4 | 195 | ||
| Scottish Green | Alex Jarvis | 7.2 | 136 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Euan Davidson | 5.1 | 96 | ||
| SNP hold | |||||
| Valid: 1,878 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 940 Turnout: 1,898 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SNP | Alex Nicoll | 40.9 | 1,168 | 1,225 | 1,275 | 1,433 | |
| Conservative | Tom Mason | 23.6 | 672 | 687 | 771 | 927 | |
| Labour | Howard Gemmell | 21.2 | 605 | 629 | 692 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ken McLeod | 8.3 | 238 | 270 | |||
| Scottish Green | Jennifer Phillips | 6.0 | 170 | ||||
| SNP gain from Conservative | |||||||
| Valid: 2,853 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,427 Turnout: 2,872 | |||||||
2017-2022
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| Conservative | Sarah Cross | 36.2 | 1,857 | ||
| SNP | Jessica Mennie | 35.0 | 1,797 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Skoczykloda | 18.1 | 929 | ||
| Labour | Graeme Lawrence | 5.9 | 305 | ||
| Scottish Green | Sylvia Hardie | 2.7 | 140 | ||
| Independent | Simon McLean | 0.8 | 43 | ||
| Red Party of Scotland | Max McKay | 0.2 | 9 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| SNP hold | |||||
| Valid: 5,135 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,712 Turnout: 5,201 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Audrey Nicoll | 43.2 | 1,618 | 1,620 | 1,624 | 1,673 | 1,819 | 1,989 | |
| Conservative | Neil Murray | 26.0 | 972 | 983 | 996 | 1,049 | 1,083 | 1,151 | |
| Labour | Willie Young | 10.6 | 395 | 396 | 402 | 462 | 533 | ||
| Scottish Green | Betty Lyon | 8.1 | 304 | 320 | 347 | 429 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor McAbery | 8.4 | 315 | 320 | 324 | ||||
| Independent | Simon McLean | 2.3 | 86 | 89 | |||||
| UKIP | Roy Hill | 1.4 | 53 | ||||||
| SNP hold | |||||||||
| Valid: 3,743 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,872 Turnout: 3,783 | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Miranda Radley | 47.4 | 1,661 | 1,661 | 1,663 | 1,672 | 1,691 | 1,697 | 1,716 | 1,785 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Wyles | 20.2 | 709 | 710 | 712 | 713 | 714 | 725 | 746 | 834 | |
| Labour | Shona Simpson | 12.2 | 429 | 430 | 430 | 431 | 441 | 446 | 471 | 529 | |
| Independent | Andy Finlayson | 10.5 | 367 | 368 | 368 | 374 | 383 | 419 | 451 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Moira Henderson | 3.6 | 128 | 132 | 132 | 133 | 140 | 148 | |||
| Independent | Simon McLean | 2.5 | 92 | 93 | 97 | 99 | 104 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Daniel Verhamme | 1.7 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 63 | |||||
| Independent | Lizette Belizzi Houston | 0.9 | 31 | 32 | 34 | ||||||
| Independent | Sochima Iroh | 0.5 | 16 | ||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Bryce Hope | 0.5 | 16 | ||||||||
| SNP hold | |||||||||||
| Valid: 3,540 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,754 Turnout: 3,573 | |||||||||||
2022-2027
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Graeme Lawrence | 25.7 | 1,227 | 1,233 | 1,255 | 1,282 | 1,306 | 1,459 | 1,971 | 2,596 | |
| SNP | Tomasz Brzezinski | 30.5 | 1,455 | 1,461 | 1,465 | 1,513 | 1,604 | 1,674 | 1,729 | ||
| Conservative | Akila Kanthaswamy | 24.9 | 1,190 | 1,192 | 1,201 | 1,205 | 1,216 | 1,310 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mevrick Fernandes | 9.4 | 452 | 460 | 464 | 480 | 491 | ||||
| Alba | Charlie Abel | 3.7 | 178 | 181 | 183 | 191 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Sylvia Hardie | 2.3 | 111 | 116 | 121 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Amy-Marie Stratton | 1.2 | 60 | 68 | |||||||
| Independent | Simon McLean | 1.1 | 52 | ||||||||
| Valid: 4,725 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 2,363 Turnout: 4,772 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ↑ Bochel, J M; Denver, D T (1989). SCOTTISH DISTRICT ELECTIONS 1988 RESULTS AND STATISTICS (PDF). University of Dundee: Election Studies. p. 9. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Aberdeen City Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Aberdeen City Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Queens Cross Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Midstocket/Rosemount By-Election 16 August 2007". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ "Aberdeen by-election result announced". Aberdeen City Council. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Local Government By-Election – 30 July 2015". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ "Local Government By-Election – 30 July 2015". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — George St/Harbour Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Midstocket/Rosemount Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Bridge of Don by-election results". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Torry/Ferryhill by-election results". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Local government by-elections 2020". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone By-Election". Aberdeen City Council. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ↑ "Candidate votes per stage Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone ward" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
