Aberdeenshire Council election, 2012

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2012

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 68 seats to Aberdeenshire Council 35 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Hamish Vernal	Jim Gifford	Karen Clark
Party	SNP	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Inverurie and District	Mid-Formantine	Banchory and Mid-Deeside
Last election	22 seats, 32.4%	14 seats, 20.6%	24 seats, 35.3%
Seats before	21	13	24
Seats won	28	14	12
Seat change	6	-	12

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Norman Smith	Alison Evison	Martin Anthony Ford
Party	Independent	Labour	Scottish Green
Leader's seat	Central Buchan	North Kincardine	East Garioch
Last election	8 seats, 20.6%	0 seats, 0%	0 seat, 0%
Seats before	12	0	2
Seats after	11	2	1
Seat change	3	2	1

Results by ward.

Council Leader before election

Anne Robertson
Liberal Democrats

Council Leader after election

Jim Gifford
Conservative

Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 19 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 68 Councillors being elected.

The 2007 election saw the Scottish Liberal Democrats form a coalition on the Council with the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

The 2012 election saw the SNP gain an additional 6 seats and become the largest party on the Council, supplanting the Lib Dems. The Tories retained their 14 seats on the Council and as a result became the second largest party. The Lib Dems lost half their Councillors falling from 24 to 12 seats. Independents also increased their overall numbers to 11 seats while Labour and the Scottish Green Party won seats in Aberdeenshire for the first time.

Following the election a Tory-Lib Dem-Independent administration was formed and in 2013 they were joined by the 2 Labour members.

Results

Aberdeenshire Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	28	7	1	+6	41.18	38.89	27,336	+4.39
	Conservative	14	2	2	-	20.59	21.21	14,907	+0.41
	Liberal Democrats	12	0	12	-12	17.65	15.36	10,797	-9.84
	Independent	11	3	0	+3	16.18	14.68	10,320	+1.98
	Labour	2	2	0	+2	2.94	6.81	4,785	+1.41
	Scottish Green	1	1	0	+1	1.47	2.39	1,681	+1.29
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-		0.65	460	+0.65

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Banff and District

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
2007-2012: SNP and Con gain one seat from Independent and Lib Dem

Banff and District - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	John B. Cox (incumbent)	31.24	1,037
	SNP	Ian Gray (incumbent)††††††††	24.19	803	959.7
	Conservative	Mike Roy	23.13	768	780.4	793.5	880.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Francis Mason	11.12	369	377.8	405.8	508.6
	Scottish Christian	Colin Murray	10.30	342	350.4	375.4
Electorate: 8,661 Valid: 3,319 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 830 Turnout: 3,369 (38.32%)

Troup

2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: No change

Troup - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Hamish Partridge†††††††	25.44	723
	Conservative	John Duncan (incumbent) †††	20.87	593	593.5	604.5	615.5	645.6	709.6	777.6
	Independent	Mark Findlater††††††	15.52	441	441.1	446.2	479.2	520.2	683.3	796.9
	SNP	Bob Watson (incumbent)	14.25	405	414.2	421.2	438.4	467.4	550.6
	Independent	Sydney Mair (incumbent)	12.10	344	344.5	346.5	366.5	393.6
	Labour	Alan Duffill	6.51	185	185.2	195.2	199.2
	Independent	Bill Rebecca	3.34	95	95.5	108.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Leslie	1.97	56	56.1
Electorate: 7,609 Valid: 2,842 Spoilt: 37 Quota: 711 Turnout: 2,879 (37.35%)

Fraserburgh and District

2007: 3xSNP; 1xIndependent
2012: 2xSNP; 2xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from SNP

Fraserburgh and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	Brian Topping (incumbent)	25.1	1,056
	SNP	Charles Cummin Buchan	16.72	704	787.7	792.9	802.1	817.7	1,040.6
	Independent	Ian Tait (incumbent)	14.65	617	637.2	644.6	666.9	723.6	733.9	759.3	836.1	993.3
	Independent	Michael Watt (incumbent)	9.90	417	432.3	446.3	466.5	515.5	528.9	547.7	627.9	783.6
	Independent	Doreen Mair	8.81	371	379.5	410.5	436.7	470.9	483.3	498.3	625.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	7.65	322	326.8	334.0	361.4	420.1	427.3	446.3
	Conservative	Bob Sim	6.15	259	261.6	266.6	275.6
	SNP	Ricky Sheaffe-Greene	4.89	206	270.3	273.5	280.7	282.7
	Labour	Ashara Taylor	4.08	172	173.6	176.8
	Independent	George Esslemont	2.07	87	88.2
Electorate: 11,117 Valid: 4,211 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 843 Turnout: 4,276 (37.88%)

Central Buchan

2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
2007-2012: Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Central Buchan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Jim Ingram	29.23	1,141
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	20.70	808
	Conservative	Edie Chapman	19.9	780	791.7
	SNP	Lenny Pirie	11.68	456	746.9	751.4	752.6	768.1	801.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	5.64	220	233.3	236.6	238.5	258.2	302.8
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.25	205	215.4	216.6	226.4
	Independent	Hugh Livingstone	4.82	188	198.4	206.1	207.9	256.2	302.8
	Independent	David S. Ross	2.72	106	112.6	118.6
Electorate: 10,231 Valid: 3,904 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 781 Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%)

Peterhead North and Rattray

2007: 2xSNP; 1xInd; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 2xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Peterhead North and Rattray - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	Anne Allan (incumbent)	17.35	618	620	628	647	812
	Independent	Alan S. Buchan (incumbent)	16.47	587	592	623	676	704	716.9
	SNP	Fiona McRae (incumbent)	14.9	534	544	555	561	717
	Independent	Alan Gardiner	14.85	529	548	569	625	646	654.2	654.5	656.5	827.1
	Conservative	Sheena Drunsfield	12.55	447	455	470	504	525	531.3	531.5	532.1
	SNP	Michael Doig	11.01	394	400	406	430
	Independent	Stephen William Calder	5.42	193	203	223
	Labour	Thomas Phillips	4.72	168	181
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Smith	2.58	92
Electorate: 10,787 Valid: 3,562 Spoilt: 62 Quota: 713 Turnout: 3,624 (33.02%)

Peterhead South and Cruden

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem

Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Stephen William Smith (incumbent)	34.05	1,030
	SNP	Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent)	18.64	564	765.2
	Independent	Sam Coull (incumbent)	15.17	459	477.0	478.6	520.7	603.6
	Independent	Tom Malone	13.82	418	426.5	427.2	592.3	693.9	998.6
	Conservative	Steve Owen	9.59	290	296.9	297.2	319.5
	Independent	Peter Stevenson	8.73	264	277.3	278.2
Electorate: 8,621 Valid: 3,025 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 757 Turnout: 3,089 (35.09%)

Turriff and District

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change

Turriff and District - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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%)

Mid-Formartine

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: SNP and Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem

Mid-Formartine - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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%)

Ellon and District

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Ellon and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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%)

West Garioch

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
2007-2012 Change: Con gain from Lib Dem

West Garioch - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Allison Grant (incumbent)	42.5	1,327
	Conservative	Patricia Oddie	20.8	651	716.3	774.3	826.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Margaret Lonchay (incumbent) ††	14.0	439	555.6	645.3	1,052.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Linda Al-Kowarri (incumbent)	13.6	426	495.4	601.1
	Scottish Green	Richard Paul Openshaw	9.1	283	407.0
Electorate: 8,621 Valid: 3,126 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 782 Turnout: 3,153 (36.26%)

Inverurie and District

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Inverurie and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Bryan Hunter Stuart (incumbent)	19.7	688	701
	SNP	Hamish Vernal	17.5	612	621	621.8	643.8	685.8	690.2	806.2
	Conservative	Richard Cowling (incumbent)	17.4	608	614	614.0	636.0	684.0	692.1	771.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Christopher Kitts-Hayes (incumbent) ††	17.3	606	632	632.0	660.0	730.0
	Labour	Ellis Thorpe	13.2	463	477	477.1	503.1	562.1	568.9
	Independent	Mike Raeburn (incumbent)	6.0	211	225	225.0	300.0
	Independent	Ron Reid	5.6	196	212	212.0
	Scottish Green	Karen A. MacKenzie	3.2	113
Electorate: 10,034 Valid: 3,497 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 700 Turnout: 3,556 (34.85%)

East Garioch

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
2012: 1xSNP; 1xGRN; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: GRN gain from Lib Dem

East Garioch - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Fergie Hood (incumbent) †	35.0	1,140
	Scottish Green	Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent)	20.3	660	732.1	784.8	834.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nan Cullinane (incumbent)	15.9	519	574.6	643.7	790.3	798.3	1,080.3
	Conservative	Patrick Sleigh	11.0	359	384.7	402.9
	Independent	Amanda Louise Clark	10.4	338	393.9	467.3	569.1	575.1
	Labour	Ann Thorpe	7.4	240	279.1
Electorate: 9,224 Valid: 3,256 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 815 Turnout: 3,280 (35.30%)

Westhill and District

2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Westhill and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	Ron McKail (incumbent)	29.35%	1,163
	Liberal Democrats	Iris Margaret Walker	24.08%	954
	SNP	Amanda Allan (incumbent)	17.99%	713	780.1	813.0
	SNP	David Robert Aitchison	17.74%	703	735.5	749.8	766.6	974.2
	Labour	Peter Young	10.83%	429	503.1	560.5	561.5
Electorate: 10,882 Valid: 3,962 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 793 Turnout: 3,994 (36.41%)

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Moira Ingleby (incumbent)	26.47%	1,091
	SNP	Joanna Strathdee (incumbent)††††	20.14%	830
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Ross (incumbent)†††††	18.24%	752	831.2
	SNP	Tom Murray	14.56%	600	620.2	620.97	624.8	683.8
	Independent	John Latham	14.39%	593	650.8	653.2	653.4	760.6	995.9
	Scottish Green	Jake Williams	6.21%	256	274.3	275.6	275.9
Electorate: 11,265 Valid: 4,122 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 825 Turnout: 4,170 (36.59%)

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

2007: 2xCon; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	Katrina Farquhar	34.62%	1,332
	SNP	Geva Blackett	28.36%	1,091
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Argyle (incumbent)	16.64%	640	756.9	780.7	852.7	1,443.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce (incumbent)	14.11%	543	629.1	649.8	734.7
	Labour	Beverly Cochran	5.48%	241	267.1	294.4
Electorate: 8,597 Valid: 3,847 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 962 Turnout: 3,876 (44.75%)

Banchory and Mid-Deeside

2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: No change

Banchory and Mid-Deeside - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	Conservative	Jill Webster (incumbent)	36.0	1,185
	SNP	Linda Clark (incumbent)	29.1	956
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Clark (incumbent)	23.0	757	952.8
	Labour	Lesley Young	8.4	278
	Scottish Green	Matt Wickham	3.5	114
Electorate: 8,296 Valid: 3,290 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 823 Turnout: 3,309 (39.66%)

North Kincardine

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

North Kincardine - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Alastair Bews (incumbent)	24.94%	988
	Labour	Alison Evison	21.53%	853
	Conservative	Carl Nelson (incumbent)	19.74%	782	785.7	790.3	812.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Mollison (incumbent)	11.71%	464	466.8	472.8	478.1	484.7	833.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Melling (incumbent)	10.48%	415	423.1	434.9	437.4	441.7
	SNP	Alan Inglis	10.43%	413	585.3	598.4	607.4	609.1	644.7
	Scottish Christian	Tom Morrow	1.16%	46	46.8	49.6
Electorate: 10,563 Valid: 3,961 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 793 Turnout: 3,997 (37.50%)

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew (incumbent)	27.0	1,111
	SNP	Graeme Clark (incumbent)	16.2	667	684.2	713.0	741.3	762.3	1052.7
	Labour	Raymond Christie	9.8	404	414.8	427.8	463.4	486.6	501.9	530.6	590.8	617.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bellarby (incumbent)	8.6	354	380.3	398.8	433.8	617.7	633.9	660.9	735.0	860.6
	SNP	Robert Fergusson	7.5	311	314.9	335.4	353.1	371.7
	Conservative	Jeff Hutchison	6.7	278	404.9	426.5	438.0	458.9	462.9	474.3	526.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Fleming	6.7	275	297.9	319.5	347.5
	Scottish Green	Rachel Shanks	6.2	255	263.5	286.8
	Independent	Bob Michie	5.8	241	258.2	321.1	378.2	411.1	425.0	462.8
	Independent	Douglas Samways	5.4	224	243
Electorate: 10,701 Valid: 4,120 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 825 Turnout: 4,167 (38.50%)

Mearns

2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem

Mearns - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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%)

Post-Election Changes

† East Garioch Cllr Fergie Hood defected from the SNP and joined the Liberal Democrats on 3 May 2013. .
†† West Garioch Cllr Sheena Lonchay and Inverurie and District Cllr Martin Kitts-Hayes both defected from the Liberal Democrats and became Independents on 25 April 2014. Cllr Kitts-Hayes resigned as a Councillor on 31 August 2016 citing bullying and harassment arising out of the LEGOGATE row. A by-election was held on 3 November 2016 and the seat was gained by Colin Clark (Conservative).
††† Troup Conservative Cllr John Duncan died on 4 September 2014. A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was gained by Ross Cassie (SNP).
†††† Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford SNP Cllr Joanne Strathdee died on 23 August 2015 after a long battle with cancer. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 5 November 2015 and the seat was retained by Gwyneth Petrie (SNP).
††††† Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford Liberal Democrat Cllr Alastair Ross resigned on health grounds on 1 September 2015. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 5 November 2015 and the seat was gained by Margo Stewart (Conservative).
†††††† Troup Independent Cllr Mark Findlater ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 23 February 2016.
††††††† Troup SNP Cllr Hamish Partridge resigned from the party on 17 June 2016 and became an Independent citing curtailments to his freedom of speech.
†††††††† Banff and District SNP Cllr Ian Gray died on 27 August 2016 after a long illness. A by-election was held on 3 November 2016 and the seat was gained by Iain Taylor (Conservative).

By-elections

Troup By-election (27 November 2014) - ^[1] 1 Seat
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Ross Cassie	46.1%	1,159	1,162	1,183	1,205	1,244	1,352
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	22.8%	574	580	588	604	645	718
	Independent	Alan Still	15.5%	391	408	415	423	446
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	5.6%	141	141	149	180
	Labour	Alan Duffill	5.6%	140	142	148
	Scottish Green	Darren Duncan	2.7%	68	69
	Independent	Philip Mitchell	1.7%	43

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-election (5 November 2015) ^[2] - 2 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Conservative	Margo Stewart	36.3%	1,469
	SNP	Gwyneth Petrie	35.4%	1,433
	Liberal Democrats	David Millican	22.9%	928
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.8%	196
	Libertarian	Derek Scott	0.5%	20

Banff By-election (3 November 2016) ^[3] - 1 Seat
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	44.0%	1170
	SNP	Glen Reynolds	36.2%	962
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mason	19.8%	526

Inverurie and District By-election (3 November 2016) ^[4] - 1 Seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Conservative	Colin Clark	38.8%	1,302
	SNP	Neil Baillie	34.6%	1,164
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Auld	22.5%	755
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.1%	139

References

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Banff and Buchan District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Gordon District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Kincardine and Deeside District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

(2011 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2012 (→ 2013)

Metropolitan borough elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

District councils	Adur Amber Valley Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest

Welsh councils	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham

Scottish councils	Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Comhairle nan Eilean Siar North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian

Mayoral elections	Liverpool London Salford Bristol

PCC elections	Police and crime commissioner elections

Regional assembly elections	London Assembly

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