Mearns (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Bill Howatson
(Liberal Democrats) 		Tom Fleming
(Liberal Democrats) 		George Carr
(Conservative) 		Jean Dick
(SNP)
2012 Dave Stuart
(Ind.)
2017 Jeff Hutchison
(Conservative) 		Leigh Wilson
(SNP)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[2]

Mearns - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 36.19 2,034            
SNP Leigh Wilson 16.03 901 914.41 935.75 936.02 997.27 1,045.19 1,735.42
SNP Carole Wise 12.46 700 705.36 715.36 715.57 751.47 815.73  
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 10.66 599 701.79 767.94 772.58 863.53 1,100.31 1,145.13
Independent Dave Stewart (incumbent) 8.4 472 517.14 546.48 549.66 596.82    
Conservative Jeff Hutchison 8.2 461 1,116.16 1,141.52        
Green Karen Allan 4.15 233 248.19 284.09 284.94      
Labour Patrick Coffield 3.91 220 237.43          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,620   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 5,690 (48.3%)

2012 Election[]

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[3]

Mearns - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 20.73% 868            
SNP Jean Dick (incumbent) 20.70% 867            
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 20.03% 839            
SNP Robert Forbes 10.91% 457 458.3 482.2 482.4 564.1 595.9  
Independent Dave Stewart 10.29% 431 433.2 434.5 434.7 530.9 684.8 890.5
Conservative David Nelson 8.93% 374 394.1 395.1 395.3 423.8    
Labour Gill Bayfield 8.40% 352 353.2 354.5 354.7      
Electorate: 10,963   Valid: 4,188   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 838   Turnout: 4,223 (38.20%)

2007 Election[]

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Mearns
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Jean Dick 23.0 1,262              
Conservative George Carr 20.5 1,123              
Liberal Democrats Tom Fleming 16.6 909 940 945 1,046 1,144      
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson 13.8 759 775 778 815 850 879 1,021 1,291
Labour Gill Bayfield 7.1 392 406 407 442 455 459    
Independent David Nelson 7.1 391 404 407 432 596 601 659  
Independent Robert Gairn Davidson 6.2 342 355 358 403        
Green Kate Anderson 5.6 306 336 338          
Electorate:     Valid: 5,484   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 53.28%

References[]

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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