Fraserburgh and District (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Fraserburgh and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Election	Councillors
2007		Brian Topping (SNP/ Alba)^[2]		Ian Tait (SNP /Independent)		Andy Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.)	Michael Watt (Independent)
2009						Andy Ritchie (SNP/ Ind.)
2012					Charles Cummin Buchan (SNP)
2017	Doreen Mair (Independent)			Andy Kille (Conservative)	Charles Cummin Buchan (SNP)
2022		Seamus Logan (SNP)		Ann Bell (Liberal Democrats)	James Adams (Conservative)
2024 by-			Iain Sutherland (Conservative)	Ann Bell (Liberal Democrats)	James Adams (Conservative)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Iain Sutherland	36.3	1,145	1,158	1,225	1,556	1,884
	SNP	Mike McDonald	28.4	895	915	966	1,113
	Reform UK	Conrad Ritchie	25.9	817	829	864
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Leslie	7.0	222	233
	Scottish Family	Dawn Smith	2.2	71
Electorate: 11,584 Valid: 3,150 Quota: 1,576 Turnout: 27.4%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	James Adams	32.4	1,526
	Independent	Doreen Mair (incumbent)	32.1	1,509
	SNP	Seamus Logan	20.0	941
	Alba	Brian Topping (incumbent)	5.8	274	312	385	396
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	4.8	228	402	557	574	650	883
	Independent	Paul Greenall	3.9	182	269	423	444	553
	Scottish Family	John McColl	0.9	43	76	94
Electorate: 11,604 Valid: 4,703 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 941 Turnout: 40.9%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Andy Kille	24.10%	1,229
	Independent	Doreen Mair	14.57%	743	781	790	873	950	1,061
	SNP	Charles Cummin Buchan (incumbent)	12.04%	614	617	758	783	811	855	859	910	999
	SNP	Brian Topping (incumbent)	12.78%	652	653	709	731	763	776	780	827	968
	Independent	Ian Tait (incumbent)	9.73%	496	529	532	564	590	637	644	743
	Independent	Michael Watt (incumbent)	6.45%	329	352	359	397	429	470	478
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	5.14%	262	292	299	313	362
	Labour	Kenneth Watt	5.23%	267	282	287	311
	Independent	Charlie Reid	4.94%	252	258	267
	SNP	David Donn	5.02%	256	257
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,100 Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 42.9%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Brian Topping (incumbent)	25.1	1,056
	SNP	Charles Cummin Buchan	16.72	704	787.7	792.9	802.1	817.7	1,040.6
	Independent	Ian Tait (incumbent)	14.65	617	637.2	644.6	666.9	723.6	733.9	759.3	836.1	993.3
	Independent	Michael Watt (incumbent)	9.90	417	432.3	446.3	466.5	515.5	528.9	547.7	627.9	783.6
	Independent	Doreen Mair	8.81	371	379.5	410.5	436.7	470.9	483.3	498.3	625.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	7.65	322	326.8	334.0	361.4	420.1	427.3	446.3
	Conservative	Bob Sim	6.15	259	261.6	266.6	275.6
	SNP	Ricky Sheaffe-Greene	4.89	206	270.3	273.5	280.7	282.7
	Labour	Ashara Taylor	4.08	172	173.6	176.8
	Independent	George Esslemont	2.07	87	88.2
Electorate: 11,117 Valid: 4,211 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 843 Turnout: 4,276 (37.88%)

Election results

Fraserburgh and District
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Brian Topping	27.1	1,487
	SNP	Ian Tait†	20.6	1,131
	Independent	Michael Watt	15.1	831	865	869	890	918	1,041	1,370
	SNP	Andy Ritchie††††††	14.5	795	1,022	1,037	1,046	1,060	1,090	1,165
	Independent	Dennis Duthie	9.3	509	520	522	554	587	728
	Conservative	Bob Sim	8.5	466	482	484	490	522
	Liberal Democrats	Dominique-Paul Lonchay	3.0	164	167	168	171
	Independent	James Milne	2.0	109	116	116
Electorate: - Valid: 5,492 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 51.83%