Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Rob Merson
(SNP) 		Isobel Davidson
(Liberal Democrats) 		Debra Margaret Storr
(Liberal Democrats) 		Gillian Louise Owen
(Conservative)
2012 Richard Thomson
(SNP)
2017 Anouk Kloppert
(SNP)
2022 Louise McAllister
(SNP) 		John Crawley
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Ellon and District − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Liberal Democrats Isobel Davidson (incumbent) 22.0 1,205            
SNP Louise McAllister (incumbent) 20.8 1,139            
Conservative John Crawley 19.1 1,050 1,063 1,064 1,070 1,140    
Conservative Gillian Owen (incumbent) 16.5 906 935 936 946 993 1,028 1,202
SNP Josh Gall 10.9 599 612 645 772 871 873  
Labour Mark Lappin 6.3 348 370 371 444      
Scottish Green Craig William Stewart 4.4 241 255 258        
Electorate: 11,837   Valid: 5,488   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,098   Turnout: 47.0%  

Source:[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[4]

Ellon and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Conservative Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) 40.94 2,258      
Liberal Democrats Isobel Davidson (incumbent) 19.71 1,087 1,703.86    
SNP Richard Thomson (incumbent) 17.9 987 1,034.02 1,093.74 1,264.34
SNP Anouk Kloppert 13.93 768 793.55 843.88 1,024.70
Labour John Morgan 7.52 415 548.39 835.99  
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,515   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,104   Turnout: 5,579 (47.2%)  

2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]

Ellon and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Rob Merson (incumbent) 39.04 1,644        
Conservative Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) 16.74 705 748.8 761.6 839.4 867.1
Liberal Democrats Isobel Davidson (incumbent) 16.36 689 760.6 800.9 918.6  
SNP Richard Thomson 11.26 474 1,055.3      
Labour Peter Thomas Smyth 9.48 399 426.8 457.8 511.5 531.5
Independent Sandy Allan 7.12 300 325.8 361.7    
Electorate: 11,173   Valid: 4,211   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 843   Turnout: 4,262 (37.69%)  

2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Ellon and District
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Rob Merson 40.5 2,458        
Liberal Democrats Isobel Davidson 23.2 1,407        
Conservative Gillian Louise Owen 14.4 872 1,033 1,053 1,197 1,274
Liberal Democrats Debra Margaret Storr†† 8.6 524 777 899 1,049 1,326
Labour Ann Thorpe 7.5 456 587 599 648  
Independent Diane Ripley 5.8 352 542 555    
Electorate: -   Valid: 6,069   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,214   Turnout: 55.37%  

By-election

Following the election of Richard Thomson (SNP) to Westminster at the 2019 United Kingdom general election on 12 December and his subsequent resignation as Councillor for Ellon & District ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 15 October 2020.[6]

2020 By-election

Ellon & District By-election 2020 - Aberdeenshire Council[7]

Ellon & District - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Louise McAllister 42.01% 1,683 1,725 1,757 1,916 2,377
Conservative John Paul Crawley 41.39% 1,658 1,663 1,679 1,840  
Liberal Democrats Trevor Booth Mason 10.11% 405 443 485    
Labour John David Bennett 2.85% 114 126      
Scottish Green Peter Alexander Kennedy 2.80% 112        
Electorate: 11,893   Valid: 3,972   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 1,986   Turnout: 33.7%  

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 9 - Ellon and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Gordon MP Richard Thomson to step down as councillor".
  7. ^ "Ellon and District Ward By-Election 2020".
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