Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Turriff and District 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 Turriff and District elects four Councillors.[2]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Sandy Duncan
(SNP / Independent) 		Anne Robertson
(Liberal Democrats) 		Alisan Norrie
(Independent) 		3 seats
2012
2017 Alastair Forsyth
(SNP) 		Iain Taylor
(Conservative)
2022 Gordon Lang
(Conservative) 		Anne Stirling
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Turriff and District − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Iain Walker Taylor (incumbent) 23.8 1,075        
Liberal Democrats Anne Stirling(incumbent)[note 1] 23.5 1,059        
SNP Alastair Forsyth (incumbent) 17.5 792 798 825 869 1,624
SNP Susan Dubois 16.4 740 741 751 823  
Conservative Gordon Lang 15.3 690 839 881 895 904
Scottish Green Kathryn Louise Vincent 3.5 159 161 186    
Electorate: 10,429   Valid: 4,515   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 904   Turnout: 44.3%  

Source:[3][4]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]

Turriff and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Iain Taylor* 37.36% 1,854        
SNP Alastair Forsyth 25.39% 1,260        
Liberal Democrats Anne Robertson (incumbent) 19.77% 981 1,324      
Independent Sandy Duncan (incumbent) 10.96% 544 682 802 918 1,262
Independent Mike Rawlins 6.53% 324 429 514 559  
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,963   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 993   Turnout: 46.8%  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

Turriff and District - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Sandy Duncan (incumbent) 34.24 1,165        
Liberal Democrats Anne Robertson (incumbent) 18.43 627 652.6 664.7 842.1 999.0
Independent Alisan Keith Norrie (incumbent) 16.58 564 590.4 609.9 808.8 1,016.9
Conservative Jayne James Duff 15.93 542 556.6 569.8    
SNP Colin Graham Mair 12.70 432 658.4 667.7 742.1  
Scottish Christian Norman Alexander Ogston 2.12 72 74.9      
Electorate: 9,157   Valid: 3,402   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 851   Turnout: 3,455 (37.15%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Turriff and District
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Sandy Duncan 41.9 1,916        
Conservative Alistair Duffus Strachan 17.4 796 882 901 932  
Liberal Democrats Anne Robertson 17.3 790 948 962 1,071 1,372
Independent Alisan Norrie 16.4 748 900 935 971 1,304
Labour Ann Marie Sheal 5.1 232 270 279    
BNP Gary Raikes 1.9 87 119      
Electorate: -   Valid: 4,569   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 53.53%  

Notes

  1. ^ Elected in 2017 as Anne Robertson.

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations boundaries.scot
  3. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 7 - Turriff and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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