Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Jack Mair
(Liberal Democrats) 		Ian Gray
(SNP) 		John Cox
(Independent /
SNP/ Independent) [2]
2012 Mike Roy
(Conservative)
2017 Glen Reynolds
(SNP)
2022 Stewart Adams
(Conservative)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Banff and District − 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Glen Reynolds (incumbent) 31.9 1,265            
Conservative Stewart Adams 27.8 1,103            
Independent John Cox (incumbent) 19.8 787 834 862 892 921 950 1,023
Independent Mike Roy (incumbent) 7.2 285 299 318 326 368 401 487
Labour James Low 5.0 200 224 234 238 294 365  
Liberal Democrats Sandy Leslie 3.8 150 167 181 199      
Scottish Green Neil Woodward 2.6 105 182 185 214 239    
Alba Iain Cameron 1.8 73 106 108        
Electorate: 9,185   Valid: 3,968   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 993   Turnout: 43.6%  

Source:[3][4]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]

Banff and District - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Conservative Mike Roy (incumbent) 36.18% 1,509
Independent John B. Cox (incumbent) 26.18% 1,092
SNP Glen Reynolds 25.15% 1,049
Liberal Democrats Alison Simpson 12.49% 521
Electorate: 9,187   Valid: 4,171   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,043   Turnout: 46.0%  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

Banff and District - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP John B. Cox (incumbent)††††††††† 31.24 1,037      
SNP Ian Gray (incumbent)†††††††† 24.19 803 959.7    
Conservative Mike Roy 23.13 768 780.4 793.5 880.3
Liberal Democrats Alistair Francis Mason 11.12 369 377.8 405.8 508.6
Scottish Christian Colin Murray 10.30 342 350.4 375.4  
Electorate: 8,661   Valid: 3,319   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 830   Turnout: 3,369 (38.32%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Banff and District
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Ian Gray 24.0 1,088 1,092 1,103 1,142        
Liberal Democrats Jack Mair 15.3 694 704 713 773 773 848 915 1,132
Independent John Cox†††††††† 15.2 691 707 742 791 791 925 1,055 1,257
Conservative Neil Chalmers 13.6 616 626 640 666 666 741 792  
SNP Kathryn Parr 11.0 500 509 525 554 558 609    
Independent Sandy Buchan 8.4 383 398 438 475 475      
Scottish Green Jonny Barton 6.6 298 301 319          
Independent John Calder 3.8 172 180            
Independent Ian Page 2.1 94              
Electorate: -   Valid: 4,536   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,135   Turnout: 53.11%  

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "End of the road for SNP councillor as party block his election bid".
  3. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 1 - Banff and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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