Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Midstocket/Rosemount is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Bill Cormie
(SNP) 		Jenny Laing
(Labour) 		John Porter
(Conservative)
2011
by-election 		John Corall
(SNP)
2012 Fraser Forsyth
(Conservative)
2015
by-election 		Alex Nicoll
(SNP)
2017 Tom Mason
(Conservative)
2022 Jennifer Bonsell
(Labour) 		Emma Farquhar
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeen City Council election
Midstocket/Rosemount – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Bill Cormie (incumbent) 27.0 1,264        
Conservative Emma Farquhar 24.5 1,150 1,153 1,221    
Labour Jennifer Bonsell 21.5 1,007 1,014 1,136 1,160 1,334
SNP William MacKenzie 10.8 507 571 585 587 815
Scottish Green Alex Jarvis 9.3 435 442 514 517  
Liberal Democrats William Sell 7.0 326 328      
Electorate: 10,979   Valid: 4,689   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,173   Turnout: 43.5%  

Source:[2][3]

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Aberdeen City Council election: 4 May 2017[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Tom Mason 27.7% 1,318            
SNP Bill Cormie (incumbent) 25.1% 1,195            
Labour Jenny Laing (incumbent)‡ 19.7% 935 960.05 960.4 971.05 1,040.2 1,154.2 1,283.3
SNP Derek Davidson 8.4% 398 399.2 403.8 403.8 491.1 524.9 604.5
Independent Dustin MacDonald 6.5% 311 323.8 323.9 379.3 419.7 492.4  
Scottish Green Alex Jarvis 5.4% 256 260.5 260.8 268.4      
Liberal Democrats William Sell 5.2% 245 270.01 272.1 292.9 332.05    
Independent Bill Robb 2% 97 117.4 117.5        
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,755   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,189   Turnout: 4,835 (44.3%)  
Midstocket/Rosemount By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Alex Nicoll 40.9% 1,168 1,225 1,275 1,433
Conservative Tom Mason 23.6% 672 687 771 927
Labour Howard Gemmell 21.2% 605 629 692  
Liberal Democrats Ken McLeod 8.3% 238 270    
Scottish Green Jennifer Phillips 6.0% 170      
Electorate: 11,825   Valid: 2,853   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,427   Turnout: 2,872 (24.29%)  
2012 Aberdeen City Council election: 3 May 2012
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Jenny Laing (incumbent)†† 32.4% 1,247            
SNP Bill Cormie (incumbent) 32.1% 1,233            
Conservative Fraser Forsyth††† 13.8% 531 555.7 579.9 600.2 686.1 751.7 867.6
SNP Iolanda Serci 6.9% 264 292.8 458.5 468.2 498.2 580.9  
Scottish Green John Laing McCallum 6.4% 245 315.8 333.9 360.7 461.3    
Liberal Democrats William Sell 6.4% 245 282.3 299.2 321.5      
Independent Patrick McGuire 2.1% 82 102.8 112.2        
Electorate: 3,895   Valid: 3,847   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 962   Turnout: (33.38%)  
Midstocket/Rosemount by-election 16 August 2011 - 1 Seat[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP John Corall 29.5 873 875 885 984 1,258
Conservative Fraser Forsyth 27.8 821 825 826 873 1,122
Liberal Democrats Steve Delaney 23.4 693 700 708 869  
Labour Allan McIntosh 17.5 518 520 529    
Solidarity Stephen Haddan 1.1 31 33      
Independent Dennis Grattan 0.7 20        
SNP gain from Conservative Swing
Electorate: 10,288   Valid: 2,956   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 2,977 (28.9%)  

Elections in the 2000s

2007 Aberdeen City Council election: 3 May 2007
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative John Porter 27.7 1,503        
SNP Bill Cormie 26.3 1,431 1,431      
Labour Jenny Laing 21.1 1,144 1,164 1,176 1,223 1,281
Liberal Democrats Steve Delaney 12.4 671 689 702 753 1,201
Liberal Democrats Jim Donaldson 9.7 529 563 570 586  
Scottish Socialist Christine Chandler 2.8 153 155 167    
Electorate:     Valid: 5,431   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,358   Turnout: 5,491  

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Midstocket/Rosemount" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Midstocket/Rosemount" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local government election 2017: Results | Aberdeen City Council". 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Government By-Elections Aberdeen City Council Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Midstocket/Rosemount By-Election 16 August 2011". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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