West Garioch (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

West Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Alison Grant
(SNP) 		Sheena Margaret Lonchay
(Liberal Democrats) 		Hazel Al-Kowarri
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Patricia Odie
(Conservative)
2017 Victoria Harper
(SNP) 		Hazel Smith
(Liberal Democrats) 		Sebastian Leslie
(Conservative/
Independent)[2]
2022 Moray Grant
(SNP) 		Sam Payne
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
West Garioch − 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Moray Grant 29.4 1,247              
Conservative Sam Payne 27.1 1,150              
Liberal Democrats Hazel Smith (incumbent) 12.7 539 561 588 598 683 736 956 1,318
Independent Sheena Lonchay 10.6 451 468 480 493 536 696 773  
Labour Sasha Brydon 7.6 324 348 357 365 425 451    
Independent Sebastian Leslie (incumbent)[note 1] 6.4 273 282 299 306 326      
Scottish Green Anne Mansfield 4.3 182 251 253 279        
Alba Elaine Mitchell 1.7 71 88 89          
Electorate: 9,227   Valid: 4,237   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,060   Turnout: 46.4%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

West Garioch - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Sebastian Leslie†† 42.49 1,809          
SNP Victoria Harper 19.73 840 858.10 874.33 879.02 979.03 1,487.26
Liberal Democrats Hazel Smith 15.64 666 1,011.06 1,155.76      
SNP Elaine Mitchell 10.31 439 450.52 460.75 465.65 577.54  
Scottish Green Richard Paul Openshaw 7.19 306 353.71 401.52 436.47    
Labour Peter Young 4.63 197 266.5        
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,257   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,065   Turnout: 4,310 (47.6%)  

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[7]

West Garioch - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 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%)  

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

West Garioch
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Alison Grant 35.5 1,555          
Liberal Democrats Sheena Margaret Lonchay 22.2 973 1,063 1,085 1,169    
Liberal Democrats Hazel Al-Kowarri 18.4 807 884 899 981 1,027 1,358
Conservative David Clucas 15.8 694 746 775 821 830  
Labour Ricky Simpson 6.0 263 293 303      
Independent Terry Rigby 2.1 93 125        
Electorate: -   Valid: 4,385   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 55.68%  

Notes

  1. ^ In 2018, West Garioch Conservative councillor Sebastian Leslie was suspended from the party over council tax arrears.[3]

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tory councillor Sebastian Leslie suspended by party for a year after missed council tax payments". The Press and Journal. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Tory councillor Sebastian Leslie suspended by party for a year after missed council tax payments". The Press and Journal. 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 10 - West Garioch". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.