Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Mid-Formartine is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors. The ward's name refers to the region of Formartine, north of Aberdeen.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Allan Hendry
(SNP) 		Paul Johnston
(Liberal Democrats
Independent) 		John Kevin Loveday
(Liberal Democrats) 		Jim Gifford
(Conservative)
2012
2017 Karen Adam
(SNP) 		Andrew Hassan
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 Jenny Nicol
(SNP) 		Derek Ritchie
(Conservative)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Mid-Formartine − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Jenny Nicol 19.2 971 1,597      
Independent Paul Johnston (incumbent) 18.2 916 959 1,131    
Conservative Derek Ritchie 17.4 876 879 897 910 1,648
Conservative Sheila Powell (incumbent) 15.9 803 809 827 837  
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hassan (incumbent) 14.9 752 782 934 1,000 1,048
SNP Kenny Hutchison 14.4 728        
Electorate: 11,612   Valid: 5,046   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 44.2%  

Source:[2][3]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[4]

Mid-Formartine - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Jim Gifford (incumbent) 34.61% 1,797            
Independent Paul Johnston (incumbent) 20.61% 1,070            
SNP Karen Adam 19.99% 1,038 1,057          
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hassan 9.46% 491 724 731 731 860 930 1,227
Independent Jeff Goodhall 4.79% 249 456 467 468 534 627  
SNP Cryle Shand (incumbent) 5.82% 302 310 314 329 358    
Labour Kirsten Muat 4.72% 245 301 303 303      
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,192   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 46.1%  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]

Mid-Formartine - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Allan Hendry (incumbent) 29.12 1,293            
Independent Paul Johnston (incumbent) 21.12 938            
Conservative Jim Gifford (incumbent) 16.24 721 735.1 740.8 825.9 895.3    
Liberal Democrats John Kevin Loveday (incumbent) 9.89 439 458.7 467.4 542.6 658.7 661.1  
Labour Braden Davy 8.92 396 411.9 416.9 463.8      
Independent Jeff Goodhall 8.11 360 371.6 387.1        
SNP Cryle Shand 6.62 294 606.5 612.4 679.6 753.0 753.6 938.0
Electorate: 11,843   Valid: 4,441   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 889   Turnout: 4,480 (37.50%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Mid-Formartine
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Allan Hendry 33.6 2,035        
Liberal Democrats Paul Johnston††††† 27.4 1,661        
Conservative Jim Gifford 17.1 1,034 1,141 1,182 1,261  
Liberal Democrats John Kevin Loveday 11.2 677 855 1,134 1,210 1,227
Labour Steve Thomson 7.7 469 558 586 613 618
Independent Howard Kershaw 3.1 188 290 306    
Electorate: -   Valid: 6,064   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 55.91%  

By-election

Following the election of Karen Adam (SNP) to Holyrood at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 6 May and her subsequent resignation as Councillor for Mid-Formartine ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 19 August 2021.[6]

2021 By-election

Mid Formartine By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshire Council[7]

Mid-Formartine - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Conservative Sheila Powell 45.66% 1,480 1,484 1,645
SNP Jenny Nicol 37.18% 1,205 1,281 1,409
Liberal Democrats Jeff Goodhall 12.71% 412 451  
Scottish Green Peter Kennedy 4.44% 144    
Electorate: 11,670   Valid: 3,241   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 1,621   Turnout: 27.9%  

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 8 - Mid-Formartine". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP Karen Adam to step down as councillor".
  7. ^ "Mid Formartine by election 2021 result". 6 January 2022.
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