Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

East Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. Until 2017 three councillors were elected in this ward following the fifth statutory Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland review 2016, now East Garioch elects four Councillors.[2]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Fergie Hood
(SNP/
Liberal Democrats) 		Nan Cullinane
(Liberal Democrats) 		Martin Anthony Ford
(Liberal Democrats
/Greens) 		3 seats
2012
2017 Glen Reid
(SNP) 		Dominic Lonchay
(Conservative)
2022 Trevor Booth Mason
(Liberal Democrats) 		Jim Gifford
(Independent)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
East Garioch − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Glen Reid (incumbent) 41.0 1,727        
Conservative Dominic Lonchay (incumbent) 27.4 1,156        
Liberal Democrats Trevor Booth Mason 9.4 398 564 649 720 1,041
Labour Rosanna Dobbin 7.7 323 496 538 595  
Independent Jim Gifford[note 1] 7.6 321 441 502 763 871
Independent Drew Cullinane 6.9 290 438 476    
Electorate: 10,414   Valid: 4,215   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 844   Turnout: 40.7%  

Source:[3][4]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]

East Garioch - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Dominic Lonchay 31.34 1,429          
Scottish Green Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent) 18.64 850 921.27        
Liberal Democrats Fergie Hood (incumbent) 18.47 842 1,077.53        
SNP Glen Reid 15.09 688 695.96 706.30 707.68 752.38 1,360.51
SNP Conor McKay 12.52 571 577.87 590.28 591.88 658.89  
Labour Ann Thorpe 3.93 179 228.57 294.78 297.37    
Electorate: 10175   Valid: 4,559   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 912   Turnout: 4,596 (45.17%)  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

East Garioch - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Fergie Hood (incumbent) † 35.0 1,140          
Scottish Green Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent) 20.3 660 732.1 784.8 834.9    
Liberal Democrats Nan Cullinane (incumbent) 15.9 519 574.6 643.7 790.3 798.3 1,080.3
Conservative Patrick Sleigh 11.0 359 384.7 402.9      
Independent Amanda Louise Clark 10.4 338 393.9 467.3 569.1 575.1  
Labour Ann Thorpe 7.4 240 279.1        
Electorate: 9,224   Valid: 3,256   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 815   Turnout: 3,280 (35.56%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

East Garioch
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Fergie Hood 31.9 1,420      
Liberal Democrats Martin Anthony Ford††† 23.7 1,054 1,118    
Liberal Democrats Nan Cullinane 21.8 968 1,025 1,030 1,206
Conservative Gordon Naismith 15.5 687 726 726 769
Labour Sheila Henderson 7.1 317 345 345  
Electorate: 8195   Valid: 4,446   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 4,502 (54.94%)  

By-election

The by-election was held on 17 June 2021, following the death of Councillor Fergus Hood following a prolonged illness.[7]

2021 By-election

East Garioch By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshire Council [8]

East Garioch - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Conservative David Keating 45.50% 1,240 1,278 1,285 1,411
SNP Dan Ritchie 35.34% 963 982 1,058 1,146
Liberal Democrats Trevor Booth Mason 10.31% 281 319 365  
Scottish Green Jamie Ogilvie 4.77% 130 143  
Labour Andy Brown 4.07% 111    
Electorate: 10,445   Valid: 2,725   Spoilt: 15   Quota: 1,363   Turnout: 26.2%  

Notes

  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Mid-Formartine.

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ Aberdeenshire report boundaries.scot
  3. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 12 - East Garioch". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. ^ Beattie, Kieran (24 March 2021). "Aberdeenshire Councillor Fergus Hood dies after prolonged illness". Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ "East Garioch by-election 2021 result". 6 January 2022.
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