Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

The Mearns is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

It takes its name from the Mearns, an old name for the former Kincardineshire (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the Stewartry").

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Bill Howatson
(Liberal Democrats) 		Tom Fleming
(Liberal Democrats) 		George Carr
(Conservative) 		Jean Dick
(SNP)
2012 Dave Stuart
(Independent)
2017 Jeff Hutchison
(Conservative) 		Leigh Wilson
(SNP/
Independent/
Alba)[2][3]
2020
2021
2022 Alison Evison
(Independent) 		Laurie Carnie
(Conservative) 		Kevin Stelfox
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Mearns − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SNP Kevin Stelfox 29.0 1,677                  
Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 21.0 1,217                  
Independent Alison Elizabeth McBean Evison[note 1] 10.8 623 663 667 674 699 730 792 894 1,111 1,349
Conservative Laurie Carnie 10.7 619 625 668 681 689 695 724 741 825 924
Independent Dave Stewart 8.9 513 546 550 558 573 592 622 672    
Liberal Democrats Shona Ewen 6.5 377 413 415 418 422 430 561 680 789  
Labour Yvonne Allan 5.8 336 392 393 396 399 412        
Scottish Green Douglas Fraser 3.4 194 375 376 380 398 447 506      
Alba Leigh Wilson (incumbent) 1.7 99 171 171 179 186          
Independent David Allan Neill 1.3 75 86 86 87            
Scottish Family Diane Elizabeth Laurenson 0.9 52 56 56              
Electorate: 12,170   Valid: 5,782   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,157   Turnout: 47.7%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

Mearns - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 36.19 2,034            
SNP Leigh Wilson 16.03 901 914.41 935.75 936.02 997.27 1,045.19 1,735.42
SNP Carole Wise 12.46 700 705.36 715.36 715.57 751.47 815.73  
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 10.66 599 701.79 767.94 772.58 863.53 1,100.31 1,145.13
Independent Dave Stewart (incumbent) 8.4 472 517.14 546.48 549.66 596.82    
Conservative Jeff Hutchison 8.2 461 1,116.16 1,141.52        
Scottish Green Karen Allan 4.15 233 248.19 284.09 284.94      
Labour Patrick Coffield 3.91 220 237.43          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,620   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 5,690 (48.3%)  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[7]

Mearns - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 20.73% 868            
SNP Jean Dick (incumbent) 20.70% 867            
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 20.03% 839            
SNP Robert Forbes 10.91% 457 458.3 482.2 482.4 564.1 595.9  
Independent Dave Stewart 10.29% 431 433.2 434.5 434.7 530.9 684.8 890.5
Conservative David Nelson 8.93% 374 394.1 395.1 395.3 423.8    
Labour Gill Bayfield 8.40% 352 353.2 354.5 354.7      
Electorate: 10,963   Valid: 4,188   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 838   Turnout: 4,223 (38.20%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Mearns
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Jean Dick 23.0 1,262              
Conservative George Carr 20.5 1,123              
Liberal Democrats Tom Fleming 16.6 909 940 945 1,046 1,144      
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson 13.8 759 775 778 815 850 879 1,021 1,291
Labour Gill Bayfield 7.1 392 406 407 442 455 459    
Independent David Nelson 7.1 391 404 407 432 596 601 659  
Independent Robert Gairn Davidson 6.2 342 355 358 403        
Scottish Green Kate Anderson 5.6 306 336 338          
Electorate:     Valid: 5,484   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 53.28%  

Notes

  1. ^ Sitting councillor for North Kincardine.

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Aberdeenshire councillor resigns from SNP to sit as an independent candidate".
  3. ^ "Alba party gains support of two Aberdeenshire councillors". 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 19 - Mearns". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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