Fraserburgh and District (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Fraserburgh and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Brian Topping
(SNP/
Alba)[2] 		Ian Tait
(SNP
/Independent) 		Andy Ritchie
(SNP/
Ind.) 		Michael Watt
(Independent)
2009
2012 Charles Cummin Buchan
(SNP)
2017 Doreen Mair
(Independent) 		Andy Kille
(Conservative)
2022 Seamus Logan
(SNP) 		Ann Bell
(Liberal Democrats) 		James Adams
(Conservative)
2024 by- Iain Sutherland
(Conservative)

Election results

2024 by-election

Fraserburgh and District by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Iain Sutherland 36.3 1,145 1,158 1,225 1,556 1,884
SNP Mike McDonald 28.4 895 915 966 1,113  
Reform UK Conrad Ritchie 25.9 817 829 864    
Liberal Democrats Sandy Leslie 7.0 222 233      
Scottish Family Dawn Smith 2.2 71        
Electorate: 11,584   Valid: 3,150   Quota: 1,576   Turnout: 27.4%  

Source:[3][4]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election
Fraserburgh and District − 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative James Adams 32.4 1,526          
Independent Doreen Mair (incumbent) 32.1 1,509          
SNP Seamus Logan 20.0 941          
Alba Brian Topping (incumbent) 5.8 274 312 385 396    
Liberal Democrats Ann Bell 4.8 228 402 557 574 650 883
Independent Paul Greenall 3.9 182 269 423 444 553  
Scottish Family John McColl 0.9 43 76 94      
Electorate: 11,604   Valid: 4,703   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 941   Turnout: 40.9%  

Source:[5][6]

2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[7]

Fraserburgh and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Conservative Andy Kille 24.10% 1,229                
Independent Doreen Mair 14.57% 743 781 790 873 950 1,061      
SNP Charles Cummin Buchan (incumbent) 12.04% 614 617 758 783 811 855 859 910 999
SNP Brian Topping (incumbent) 12.78% 652 653 709 731 763 776 780 827 968
Independent Ian Tait (incumbent) 9.73% 496 529 532 564 590 637 644 743  
Independent Michael Watt (incumbent) 6.45% 329 352 359 397 429 470 478    
Liberal Democrats Ann Bell 5.14% 262 292 299 313 362        
Labour Kenneth Watt 5.23% 267 282 287 311          
Independent Charlie Reid 4.94% 252 258 267            
SNP David Donn 5.02% 256 257              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,100   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 42.9%  

2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[8]

Fraserburgh and District - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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%)  

2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Fraserburgh and District
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Brian Topping 27.1 1,487            
SNP Ian Tait† 20.6 1,131            
Independent Michael Watt 15.1 831 865 869 890 918 1,041 1,370
SNP Andy Ritchie†††††† 14.5 795 1,022 1,037 1,046 1,060 1,090 1,165
Independent Dennis Duthie 9.3 509 520 522 554 587 728  
Conservative Bob Sim 8.5 466 482 484 490 522    
Liberal Democrats Dominique-Paul Lonchay 3.0 164 167 168 171      
Independent James Milne 2.0 109 116 116        
Electorate: -   Valid: 5,492   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,099   Turnout: 51.83%  

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Veteran SNP councillor Brian Topping 'doing what others are thinking' as he joins Alba".
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Fraserburgh and District" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 3 Fraserburgh and District" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 3 - Fraserburgh and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.