Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone (ward)

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Dyce/Buckburn/Danestone
ward
Aberdeen City Council.
Outline map
Boundary of Dyce/Buckburn/Danestone in Aberdeen from 2017.
Lieutenancy areaAberdeen
Electorate15,278
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
CouncillorNeil MacGregor (SNP)
CouncillorGill Samarai (SNP)
CouncillorBarney Crockett (Labour)
CouncillorAvril MacKenzie (Conservative)

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone is a ward represented in the Aberdeen City Council since 2017 by Barney Crockett of the Labour Party, Avril MacKenzie of the Conservative Party, and Neil MacGregor and Gill Samarai, both of the Scottish National Party.[n 1]

Boundaries[]

In the Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, conducted by The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, and published in 2006, the ward is described to contain the areas of Dyce, Aberdeen Airport and its surrounding area, Stoneywood, Bankhead, and Bucksburn.[1]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Mark McDonald
(SNP)
Barney Crockett
(Labour)
Ron Clark
(Liberal Democrats)
George Penny
(Liberal Democrats)
2011 by- Neil MacGregor
(SNP)
2012 Gill Samarai
(SNP)
Graeme Lawrence
(Labour)
2017 Avril MacKenzie
(Conservative)

Election Results[]

Elections of the 2010s[]

Aberdeen City Council election: 4 May 2017[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Avril MacKenzie 30.4 2,012          
SNP Neil MacGregor (incumbent) 25.3 1,670          
SNP Gill Samarai (incumbent) 11.9 785 798.7 1,087.3 1,115.5 1,176.8 1,317.9
Labour Barney Crockett (incumbent)‡ 11.3 744 806 813.5 1,141.6 1,273.4 1,483.7
Independent Coral Duthie 7.7 509 658.1 669.8 708.9 942.9  
Labour Graeme Lawrence (incumbent) 6.9 458 504.9 514.3      
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Pearce 6.5 430 614.5 625.5 666.2    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,608   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,322   Turnout: 6,753 (44.2%)
Aberdeen City Council election: 3 May 2012[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Barney Crockett (incumbent) 29.4% 1,378                
SNP Neil MacGregor (incumbent) 25.5% 1,198                
SNP Gill Samarai 8.8% 412 419 513.1 525.7 536.4 544.1 948.6    
Conservative Duncan Stewart 7.7% 360 367 370.3 380.7 402.6        
SNP Caroline Elizabeth Little 7.6% 358 367.6 479.8 487.4 507.4 525.3      
Liberal Democrats Brian Malone 7.5% 353 368.3 377.4 392.8 428.1 585.7 607.1 607.7  
Labour Graeme Lawrence 7.3% 344 681.7 693.1 718.1 771 816.2 834.2 835.2 991.4
Independent Angela Joss 3.7% 174 190.2 195.9 232.8          
Green Rhonda Reekie 2.5% 117 128.1 134.9            
Electorate: 14,122   Valid: 4,694   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 939   Turnout: 4,786 (33.24%)
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election: 19th May 2011[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Neil MacGregor 51.4 2,090
Labour Graeme Lawrence 23.1 941
Liberal Democrats Kristian Chapman 11.0 446
Conservative Ross Thomson 8.7 352
Independent Angela Joss 3.7 150
Green Rhonda Reekie 2.2 88
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Electorate:     Valid: 4,067   Spoilt:     Quota: 2,034   Turnout: 29.5%

Elections of the 2000s[]

Aberdeen City Council election: 3 May 2007[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Mark McDonald 36.2 2,620            
Labour Barney Crockett 24.9 1,801 1,801          
Liberal Democrats Ron Clark 21.2 1,534 1,534 1,534        
Liberal Democrats George Penny 5.0 360 593 667 713 727 769 885
Conservative Avril MacKenzie 8.3 603 701 730 738 752 781 833
Green Rhonda Reekie 2.0 147 298 330 335 348 409  
Independent Angela Dunn 1.6 116 190 211 214 260    
Independent Dennis Grattan 0.8 57 117 131 133      
Electorate:     Valid: 7,238   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,448   Turnout: 7,349

Notes[]

  1. ^ As with all Scottish councils, the ward elects four councillors by the Single transferable vote system of election every five years.

References[]

  1. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements – Aberdeen City Council Area" (PDF). p. 18. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Local government election 2017: Results | Aberdeen City Council". 11 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Local Government Election Results 2012". aberdeencity.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Aberdeen by-election result announced". Aberdeen City Council. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Local Election Results 3rd May 2007" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk. p. 7. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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