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Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 6 May 1999; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other Scottish local authorities. 68 councillors were elected from 68 wards using First Past The Post (FPTP). This election was conducted under boundary changes with an increased number of seats from the 47 used in the 1995 election. The Liberal Democrats were the largest party, with councillors also being elected representing the SNP, Independents, and Conservatives.

Background

Previous election

At the previous election in 1995, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Liberal Democrats had the joint most number of seats at 15 each, both falling 9 short of an overall majority. It must be said though that in 1995 there were only 47 wards.

1995 Aberdeenshire Council election result
Party	Seats	Vote share
SNP	15	33.1%
Liberal Democrats	15	24.0%
Independent	13	25.8%
Conservative	4	10.8%

Source:^[1]

Results

1999 Aberdeenshire Council election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	28	-	-	13	47.2	32.8	29,908	8.8
SNP	23	-	-	8	33.8	29.4	26,848	3.7
Independent	10	-	-	3	14.7	14.3	13,036	11.5
Conservative	7	-	-	3	10.3	18.4	16,795	7.6
Labour	0	-	-		0.0	5.0	4,579	1.3
Scottish Green	0	-	-		0.0	0.1	80

Source:^[2]

Ward results

Ward 1 Durn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Taylor	817	57.0
	Liberal Democrats	J Mair	617	43.0
Majority			202	14.0
Turnout			1436	62.0
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 2 Banff West & Boyndie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J McKee	618	45.8
	Independent	R Cumming	296	22.0
	Independent	T Chalmers	227	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	H Mair	207	15.4
Majority			322	23.8
Turnout			1348	59.1
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 3 Banff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J Cox	987	72.8
	Liberal Democrats	S Barett	187	13.8
	Conservative	C Sutherland	181	13.4
Majority			800	59.0
Turnout			1,355	57.9
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 4 Aberchirder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	K Benzie	491	41.3
	Independent	C Bruce	423	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	D Ward	274	23.1
Majority			68	5.7
Turnout			1,188	51.5
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 5 Macduff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Mair	948	80.3
	Liberal Democrats	S Ritchie	233	19.7
Majority			715	60.6
Turnout			1,181	50.7
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 6 Gamrie-King Edward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Buchan	537	45.2
	Independent	J Duncan	530	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	E Murphy	120	10.1
Majority			7	0.5
Turnout			1,187	58.3
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 7 Buchan North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	M Burnett	784	57.6
	Independent	M Rennie	409	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Murphy	167	12.3
Majority			375	27.5
Turnout			1,360	58.3
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 8 Fraserburgh West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	B Topping	unopposed
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 9 Fraserburgh North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D Duguid	887	70.6
	Independent	J Milne	370	29.4
Majority			517	41.2
Turnout			1,257	52.3
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 10 Fraserburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	I Tait	931	72.3
	Liberal Democrats	P MacKie	357	27.7
Majority			574	44.6
Turnout			1,288	52.6
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 11 Fraserburgh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H Fowler	757	56.5
	SNP	A Ramsay	584	43.5
Majority			173	13.0
Turnout			1,341	54.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 12 Buchan North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	M McRae	unopposed
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 13 South Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	N Thomson	417	31.2
	Independent	R Chapman	338	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Smith	308	23.1
	Independent	J Conn	165	12.4
	Labour	C Donald	108	8.1
Majority			79	5.9
Turnout			1,336	55
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 14 Central Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Tennant	776	51.9
	Conservative	R Thomas	447	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	V Duncan	272	18.2
Majority			329	22.0
Turnout			1,495	57.9
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 15 Lonmay & St. Fergus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Cowie	1,015	61.6
	SNP	P MacKie	519	31.5
	Liberal Democrats	J Michie	115	7.0
Majority			496	30.1
Turnout			1,649	68.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 16 Mintlaw-Old Deer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D McHugh	521	38.7
	Independent	A Howie	329	24.4
	Liberal Democrats	W Cruickshank	314	23.3
	Conservative	G Walker	182	13.5
Majority			192	14.3
Turnout			1,346	59.6
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 17 Mintlaw-Longside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A MacLeod	513	36.7
	Conservative	I Sutherland	449	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Murison	436	31.2
Majority			64	4.6
Turnout			1,398	59.6
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 18 Boddam-Inverugie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	S Couli	829	61.7
	SNP	R Broughall	515	38.3
Majority			314	23.4
Turnout			1,344	50.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 19 Blackhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Fowler	853	66.1
	Conservative	W Kenny	438	33.9
Majority			415	32.2
Turnout			1,291	48.2
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 20 Buchanhaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Strachan	unopposed
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 21 Buchan North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	G Barnes	unopposed
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 22 Buchan North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J Davidson	unopposed
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 23 Dales-Towerhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Pratt	938	75.7
	Liberal Democrats	P Morris	301	24.3
Majority			637	51.4
Turnout			1,239	51.3
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 24 Cruden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J Towers	851	60.1
	Conservative	M Cantlay	381	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	D Mackie	185	13.1
Majority			470	33.2
Turnout			1,417	61.5
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 25 Turriff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S B Mair	645	54.1
	SNP	A Dillon	250	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	M Daley	157	13.2
	Conservative	R Grogan	79	6.6
	Labour	C Morrison	62	5.2
Majority			395	33.1
Turnout			1,193	47.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 26 Turriff East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Norrie	395	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	A Carmichael	305	30.3
	SNP	M Shaw	225	22.3
	Conservative	D Churcher	83	8.2
Majority			90	8.9
Turnout			1,008	49.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 27 Upper Ythan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H Cormack	416	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	J Picken	279	23.2
	SNP	A Will	246	20.4
	Conservative	A Jiggens	178	14.8
	Labour	A McLean-Bullen	84	7.0
Majority			137	11.4
Turnout			1,203	53.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 28 Fyvle-Methlick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	E A Robertson	788	57.9
	Conservative	R Fenton	302	22.2
	SNP	F Hall	178	13.1
	Labour	W McConnach	94	6.9
Majority			486	35.7
Turnout			1,362	58.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 29 Tarves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P Johnston	760	44.8
	Conservative	R McIntyre	459	27.0
	SNP	F Nicholson	340	20.0
	Labour	S Thomson	139	8.2
Majority			301	17.8
Turnout			1,698	60.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 30 Ythan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A McInnes	796	48.0
	SNP	R Duncan	512	30.9
	Conservative	C Wolrige-Gordon	232	14.0
	Labour	S Osprey	118	7.1
Majority			284	17.1
Turnout			1,658	58.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 31 Ellon Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A McInnes	796	48.0
	SNP	R Duncan	512	30.9
	Conservative	C Wolrige-Gordon	232	14.0
	Labour	S Osprey	118	7.1
Majority			284	17.1
Turnout			1,658	58.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 31 Ellon Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Cameron	478	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Bowie	442	32.5
	Conservative	M Kinnaird	276	20.3
	Labour	L Stevenson	165	12.1
Majority			36	2.6
Turnout			1,361	56.7
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 32 Logle Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Anderson	834	51.2
	SNP	R Kemp	616	37.8
	Labour	J Osprey	178	10.9
Majority			218	13.4
Turnout			1,628	56.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 33 Meldrum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Loveday	651	42.1
	Conservative	P Sleigh	486	31.4
	SNP	G Ingram	300	19.4
	Labour	W Tuckwood	111	7.2
Majority			165	10.7
Turnout			1,548	60.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 34 Udny Slains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Sheridan	765	49.2
	SNP	J Daly	313	20.1
	Conservative	J Gifford	286	18.4
	Labour	R Kelly	190	12.2
Majority			452	29.1
Turnout			1,554	57.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 35 Belhelvie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D Storr	635	43.6
	SNP	J MacAskill	357	24.5
	Conservative	D Costin	262	18.0
	Labour	M Carr	202	13.9
Majority			278	19.1
Turnout			1,456	55.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 36 Insch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	S Lonchay	756	50.4
	Conservative	T Reed	265	17.7
	SNP	B Fielding-Browne	232	15.5
	Independent	L Tock	125	8.3
	Labour	R Winchester	121	8.1
Majority			491	32.7
Turnout			1,499	54.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 37 Chapel & Gadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	C Millar	578	39.9
	Independent	A Marr	346	23.9
	SNP	D Gorman	189	13.1
	Labour	J Cameron	179	12.4
	Conservative	M Hencken	155	10.7
Majority			232	16.0
Turnout			1,447	62.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 38 Inverurie North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Raeburn	536	41.5
	SNP	A McDiarmid	270	20.9
	Labour	E Thorpe	243	18.8
	Conservative	R Cowling	243	18.8
Majority			266	20.6
Turnout			1,292	54.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 39 Inverurie Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	H Bisset	933	62.2
	SNP	R Reid	213	14.2
	Labour	A Thorpe	200	13.3
	Conservative	L Johnstone	155	10.3
Majority			720	58.0
Turnout			1,501	58.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 40 Inverurie South & Port Elphins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R Bisset	912	59.4
	SNP	A Blackett	276	18.0
	Conservative	D Stewart	174	11.3
	Labour	B Begg	173	11.3
Majority			636	41.4
Turnout			1,535	56.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 41 Kintore & Keithhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Cameron	606	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	C Copeland	565	34.6
	SNP	A Wilson	309	18.9
	Labour	R Knowles	154	9.4
Majority			41	2.5
Turnout			1,634	61.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 42 Newmachar & Fintray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Ford	573	39.2
	SNP	A Allan	326	22.3
	Independent	F Hood	276	18.9
	Conservative	A Bell	174	11.9
	Labour	C Schenk	112	7.7
Majority			247	16.9
Turnout			1,461	58.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 43 Kemnay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Leitch	708	54.5
	SNP	G Paterson	398	30.6
	Conservative	I Wakley	194	14.9
Majority			310	23.9
Turnout			1,300	51.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 44 Echt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G Saluja	703	45.4
	Conservative	W Leslie	329	21.5
	SNP	L Davidson	379	24.5
Majority			374	23.9
Turnout			1,547	56.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 45 Kinellar & Westhill North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J McGregor	767	50.0
	Conservative	W Leslie	329	21.5
	SNP	M Cullen	292	19.0
	Labour	S Bousfield	145	9.5
Majority			438	28.5
Turnout			1,533	60.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 46 Westhill Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Findlay	1,120	54.4
	Conservative	I Walker	602	29.2
	SNP	J Hermse	189	9.2
	Labour	L Leighton	148	7.2
Majority			518	25.2
Turnout			2,059	64.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 47 Elrick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W A Findlay	739	56.7
	SNP	C Little	319	24.5
	Conservative	I Hopkin	246	18.9
Majority			420	32.2
Turnout			2,059	64.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 48 Huntly West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J Strathdee	391	33.3
	Liberal Democrats	P Morgan	313	26.7
	Independent	R Ness	219	18.7
	Conservative	N Webb	146	12.4
	Labour	P Sheal	104	8.9
Majority			78	6.6
Turnout			1,173	49.5
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 49 Huntly East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W Anderson	605	38.9
	Independent	G Lumsden	506	32.6
	SNP	J Strong	222	14.3
	Conservative	B Jiggens	132	8.5
	Labour	R Barton	89	5.7
Majority			99	6.3
Turnout			1,554	54.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 50 Strathbogie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	K Carmichael	369	27.1
	Independent	D Grant	345	25.3
	Conservative	M Taitt	328	24.0
	SNP	M Grant	242	17.7
	Green Independent	J Williams	80	5.9
Majority			24	1.8
Turnout			1,364	54.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 51 Donside & Cromar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B Luffman	610	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	R Hunter	475	30.3
	SNP	C Watt	361	23.1
	Labour	N Bayfield	120	7.7
Majority			135	8.7
Turnout			1,566	58.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 52 Alford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R Stroud	847	57.0
	Conservative	F Lawson	348	23.4
	SNP	L Watt	292	19.6
Majority			499	33.6
Turnout			1,487	55.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 53 Upper Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J M M Humphrey	1,048	64.7
	Liberal Democrats	J MacKintosh	266	16.4
	SNP	A Low	234	14.4
	Independent	D Bruce	73	4.5
Majority			782	48.3
Turnout			1,621	62.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 54 Aboyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P Argyle	752	43.7
	Conservative	G Fiddes	619	36.0
	SNP	J Meiklejohn	212	12.3
	Labour	G Gray	137	8.0
Majority			133	7.7
Turnout			1,720	65.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 55 Mid Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Ewing	837	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	S Hall	578	29.9
	SNP	G Clark	331	17.1
	Labour	G Urquhart	186	9.6
Majority			259	13.4
Turnout			1,932	63.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 56 Banchory West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Makin	1,210	73.9
	Liberal Democrats	I McMillan	290	17.7
	Labour	J burt	137	8.4
Majority			920	56.2
Turnout			1,637	60.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 57 Banchory East & Crathes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Watson	408	27.4
	Independent	R Parr	297	19.9
	Conservative	S Salter	270	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	B Strachan	245	16.4
	SNP	H Taylor	158	10.6
	Labour	G Bayfield	113	7.6
Majority			111	7.5
Turnout			1,491	62.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 58 Lower Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Wallace	521	32.6
	Independent	H Irvine-Fortescue	368	23.0
	SNP	C Douglas	291	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Piggins	287	18
	Labour	M Hagger	131	8.2
Majority			153	9.6
Turnout			1,598	57.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 59 Portlethen North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Tunstall	486	33.0
	SNP	G Coutts	462	31.4
	Conservative	E Leavitt	266	18.1
	Labour	D Watt	258	17.5
Majority			24	1.6
Turnout			1,472	54.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 60 Portlethen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Nash	623	45.3
	SNP	A Bews	380	27.6
	Conservative	G Paterson	372	27.1
Majority			243	17.7
Turnout			1,275	53.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 61 Stonehaven North & Fetteresso
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Bisset	658	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	M Sullivan	436	29.3
	SNP	T Muir	239	16.1
	Labour	J Smith	153	10.3
Majority			222	15.0
Turnout			1,486	60.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 64 Stonehaven South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J H McLean	537	37.0
	Conservative	W Agnew	306	21.1
	SNP	J Vigurs	265	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	P Bellarby	219	15.1
	Labour	D Sharp	126	8.7
Majority			231	15.9
Turnout			1,453	52.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 65 Mearns North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G Swapp	1,097	67.8
	Conservative	B Bartlett	178	11.0
	SNP	S Munn	173	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	C Tailford	169	10.5
Majority			919	56.8
Turnout			1,617	61.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 66 Mearns Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I Frain	442	35.5
	SNP	S Speirs	323	26.0
	Independent	V Fairclough	206	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	B Fenwick	174	14.0
	Labour	J Milne	99	8.0
Majority			119	9.5
Turnout			1,244	52.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 67 Inverbervie, Gourdon, & Johnshaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D Smith	649	43.9
	SNP	P Martin	578	39.1
	Conservative	J Duncan	252	17.0
Majority			71	4.8
Turnout			1,479	53.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 68 Mearns South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W Howatson	738	49.1
	Conservative	W Pirie	403	26.8
	SNP	J Dick	361	24.0
Majority			335	22.3
Turnout			1,502	55.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

^ "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Scottish Council Elections 1999" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2024.