Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Mike Sullivan
(Liberal Democrats) 		Peter Bellarby
(Liberal Democrats) 		Wendy Agnew
(Conservative) 		Graeme Clark
(SNP)
2012 Raymond Christie
(Labour)
2017 Sandy Wallace
(Conservative
/Independent
/Libertarian Party)[2][3] 		Sarah Dickinson
(Liberal Democrats) 		Dennis Robertson
(SNP)
2022 Alan Turner
(Conservative) 		Dawn Black
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Stonehaven and Lower Deeside − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Dickinson (incumbent) 22.7 1,263              
Conservative Wendy Agnew (incumbent) 20.6 1,147              
SNP Dawn Black 17.1 951 968 969 1,024 1,104 1,215    
Conservative Alan Turner 11.3 630 652 677 681 721 852 854 1,018
SNP Dennis Robertson (incumbent) 9.9 550 564 564 601 644 721 808  
Independent Ma Simpson 8.3 462 489 491 518 631      
Labour Raymond James Christie 6.9 383 412 415 453        
Scottish Green Rachel Katherine Shanks 3.1 173 192 192          
Electorate: 11,356   Valid: 5,559   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 49.7%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Wendy Agnew (incumbent) 30.83 1,703        
SNP Dennis Robertson 23.54 1,300        
Liberal Democrats Sarah Dickinson 17.09 944 1,030.38 1,057.08 1,084.63 1,155.68
Conservative Sandy Wallace††† 14.85 820 1,196.42      
Labour Raymond Christie (incumbent) 6.36 351 381.9 403.05 410.4 457.09
Scottish Green Rachel Shanks 3.84 212 223.24 312.79 316.27 365.31
Independent Philip Bishop 3.49 193 217.23 229.83 243.06  
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,523   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 5,610 (49.7%)  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[7]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Conservative Wendy Agnew 24.9 1,433                    
SNP Graeme Clark 18.9 1,086 1,107 1,112 1,117 1,126 1,154          
Liberal Democrats Mike Sullivan 11.0 636 656 657 668 684 700 701 741 797 931 1,105
Conservative Sandy Wallace 10.9 629 730 735 737 751 760 760 779 823 853  
Liberal Democrats Peter Bellarby 9.8 563 590 596 605 620 633 633 723 780 880 980
Labour Bridget O'Hare 8.0 463 470 473 479 482 493 493 524 558    
Independent Bob Michie 4.9 282 299 314 333 366 430 430 470      
Scottish Green Karen Anne Allan 4.2 242 253 258 264 272 285 286        
Independent George Alexander Forbes Emslie 2.8 160 177 182 189 201            
Independent Ken Venters 1.9 108 116 132 139              
Independent Dermot John Hearty 1.5 85 87 89                
Independent David Wood 1.3 73 79                  
Electorate:     Valid: 5,760   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 54.79%  

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission.
  2. ^ "North-east councillor quits Tory party because he has 'no faith' in council leaders".
  3. ^ "Scottish Libertarian Party".
  4. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 18 - Stonehaven and Lower Deeside". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.