2012 Aberdeenshire Council election

Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 19 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 68 Councillors being elected.

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election

3 May 2012
All 68 seats to Aberdeenshire Council 35 seats needed for a majority
Leader Richard Thomson Jim Gifford Karen Clark Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 22 seats, 34.5% 14 seats, 20.8% 24 seats, 25.2% Seats won 28 14 12 Seat change 6 12 First preferences 27,336 14,907 10,797 First preferences (%) 38.9% 21.2% 15.4% Swing (pp) 4.4% 0.4% 9.8%   Leader Norman Smith Alison Evison Martin Ford Party Independent Labour Scottish Green Last election 8 seats, 12.7% 0 seats, 5.4% 0 seat, 1.1% Seats won 11 2 1 Seat change 3 2 1 First preferences 10,320 4,785 1,681 First preferences (%) 14.7% 6.8% 2.4% Swing (pp) 2.0% 1.4% 1.3%
Results by ward.
Council Leader before election Anne Robertson Liberal Democrats Council Leader after election Jim Gifford Conservative

The 2007 election saw the Scottish Liberal Democrats form a coalition on the Council with the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

The 2012 election saw the SNP gain an additional 6 seats and become the largest party on the Council, supplanting the Lib Dems. The Tories retained their 14 seats on the Council and as a result became the second largest party. The Lib Dems lost half their Councillors falling from 24 to 12 seats. Independents also increased their overall numbers to 11 seats while Labour and the Scottish Green Party won seats in Aberdeenshire for the first time.

Following the election a Tory-Lib Dem-Independent administration was formed and in 2013 they were joined by the 2 Labour members. On 8 June 2015, a new administration was formed by the SNP and a 'Progressive Alliance' between Scottish Labour and 2 Progressive Independent councilors, who had been members of the previous administration.

Results

Aberdeenshire Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	28	7	1	+6	41.18	38.89	27,336	+4.39
	Conservative	14	2	2	-	20.59	21.21	14,907	+0.41
	Liberal Democrats	12	0	12	-12	17.65	15.36	10,797	-9.84
	Independent	11	3	0	+3	16.18	14.68	10,320	+1.98
	Labour	2	2	0	+2	2.94	6.81	4,785	+1.41
	Scottish Green	1	1	0	+1	1.47	2.39	1,681	+1.29
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-		0.65	460	+0.65

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Banff and District

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon
• 2007-2012: SNP and Con gain one seat from Independent and Lib Dem

Banff and District - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	John B. Cox (incumbent)†††††††††	31.24	1,037
	SNP	Ian Gray (incumbent)††††††††	24.19	803	959.7
	Conservative	Mike Roy	23.13	768	780.4	793.5	880.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Francis Mason	11.12	369	377.8	405.8	508.6
	Scottish Christian	Colin Murray	10.30	342	350.4	375.4
Electorate: 8,661   Valid: 3,319   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 830   Turnout: 3,369 (38.32%)

Troup

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Troup - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Hamish Partridge†††††††	25.44	723
	Conservative	John Duncan (incumbent) †††	20.87	593	593.5	604.5	615.5	645.6	709.6	777.6
	Independent	Mark Findlater††††††	15.52	441	441.1	446.2	479.2	520.2	683.3	796.9
	SNP	Bob Watson (incumbent)	14.25	405	414.2	421.2	438.4	467.4	550.6
	Independent	Sydney Mair (incumbent)	12.10	344	344.5	346.5	366.5	393.6
	Labour	Alan Duffill	6.51	185	185.2	195.2	199.2
	Independent	Bill Rebecca	3.34	95	95.5	108.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Leslie	1.97	56	56.1
Electorate: 7,609   Valid: 2,842   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 711   Turnout: 2,879 (37.35%)

Fraserburgh and District

• 2007: 3xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from SNP

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%)

Central Buchan

• 2007: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012: Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Central Buchan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jim Ingram	29.23	1,141
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	20.70	808
	Conservative	Edie Chapman	19.9	780	791.7
	SNP	Lenny Pirie	11.68	456	746.9	751.4	752.6	768.1	801.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	5.64	220	233.3	236.6	238.5	258.2	302.8
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.25	205	215.4	216.6	226.4
	Independent	Hugh Livingstone	4.82	188	198.4	206.1	207.9	256.2	302.8
	Independent	David S. Ross	2.72	106	112.6	118.6
Electorate: 10,231   Valid: 3,904   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 781   Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%)

Peterhead North and Rattray

• 2007: 2xSNP; 1xInd; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Peterhead North and Rattray - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Anne Allan (incumbent)	17.35	618	620	628	647	812
	Independent	Alan S. Buchan (incumbent)	16.47	587	592	623	676	704	716.9
	SNP	Fiona McRae (incumbent)	14.9	534	544	555	561	717
	Independent	Alan Gardiner	14.85	529	548	569	625	646	654.2	654.5	656.5	827.1
	Conservative	Sheena Drunsfield	12.55	447	455	470	504	525	531.3	531.5	532.1
	SNP	Michael Doig	11.01	394	400	406	430
	Independent	Stephen William Calder	5.42	193	203	223
	Labour	Thomas Phillips	4.72	168	181
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Smith	2.58	92
Electorate: 10,787   Valid: 3,562   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 713   Turnout: 3,624 (33.02%)

Peterhead South and Cruden

• 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem

Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Stephen William Smith (incumbent)	34.05	1,030
	SNP	Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent)	18.64	564	765.2
	Independent	Sam Coull (incumbent)	15.17	459	477.0	478.6	520.7	603.6
	Independent	Tom Malone	13.82	418	426.5	427.2	592.3	693.9	998.6
	Conservative	Steve Owen	9.59	290	296.9	297.2	319.5
	Independent	Peter Stevenson	8.73	264	277.3	278.2
Electorate: 8,621   Valid: 3,025   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 757   Turnout: 3,089 (35.09%)

Turriff and District

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Turriff and District - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Sandy Duncan (incumbent)	34.24	1,165
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Robertson (incumbent)	18.43	627	652.6	664.7	842.1	999.0
	Independent	Alisan Keith Norrie (incumbent)	16.58	564	590.4	609.9	808.8	1,016.9
	Conservative	Jayne James Duff	15.93	542	556.6	569.8
	SNP	Colin Graham Mair	12.70	432	658.4	667.7	742.1
	Scottish Christian	Norman Alexander Ogston	2.12	72	74.9
Electorate: 9,157   Valid: 3,402   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 851   Turnout: 3,455 (37.15%)

Mid-Formartine

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP and Independent gain one seat from Lib Dem

Mid-Formartine - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Allan Hendry (incumbent)	29.12	1,293
	Independent	Paul Johnston (incumbent)	21.12	938
	Conservative	Jim Gifford (incumbent)	16.24	721	735.1	740.8	825.9	895.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Kevin Loveday (incumbent)	9.89	439	458.7	467.4	542.6	658.7	661.1
	Labour	Braden Davy	8.92	396	411.9	416.9	463.8
	Independent	Jeff Goodhall	8.11	360	371.6	387.1
	SNP	Cryle Shand	6.62	294	606.5	612.4	679.6	753.0	753.6	938.0
Electorate: 11,843   Valid: 4,441   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 889   Turnout: 4,480 (37.50%)

Ellon and District

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Ellon and District - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Rob Merson (incumbent)	39.04	1,644
	Conservative	Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent)	16.74	705	748.8	761.6	839.4	867.1
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Davidson (incumbent)	16.36	689	760.6	800.9	918.6
	SNP	Richard Thomson	11.26	474	1,055.3
	Labour	Peter Thomas Smyth	9.48	399	426.8	457.8	511.5	531.5
	Independent	Sandy Allan	7.12	300	325.8	361.7
Electorate: 11,173   Valid: 4,211   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 843   Turnout: 4,262 (37.69%)

West Garioch

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: Con gain from Lib Dem

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%)

Inverurie and District

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Inverurie and District - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Bryan Hunter Stuart (incumbent)	19.7	688	701
	SNP	Hamish Vernal	17.5	612	621	621.8	643.8	685.8	690.2	806.2
	Conservative	Richard Cowling (incumbent)	17.4	608	614	614.0	636.0	684.0	692.1	771.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Christopher Kitts-Hayes (incumbent) ††	17.3	606	632	632.0	660.0	730.0
	Labour	Ellis Thorpe	13.2	463	477	477.1	503.1	562.1	568.9
	Independent	Mike Raeburn (incumbent)	6.0	211	225	225.0	300.0
	Independent	Ron Reid	5.6	196	212	212.0
	Scottish Green	Karen A. MacKenzie	3.2	113
Electorate: 10,034   Valid: 3,497   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 700   Turnout: 3,556 (34.85%)

East Garioch

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xGRN; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: GRN gain from Lib Dem

East Garioch - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Fergie Hood (incumbent) †	35.0	1,140
	Scottish Green	Martin Anthony Ford (incumbent)	20.3	660	732.1	784.8	834.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nan Cullinane (incumbent)	15.9	519	574.6	643.7	790.3	798.3	1,080.3
	Conservative	Patrick Sleigh	11.0	359	384.7	402.9
	Independent	Amanda Louise Clark	10.4	338	393.9	467.3	569.1	575.1
	Labour	Ann Thorpe	7.4	240	279.1
Electorate: 9,224   Valid: 3,256   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 815   Turnout: 3,280 (35.30%)

Westhill and District

• 2007: 1xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Independent

Westhill and District - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Ron McKail (incumbent)	29.35%	1,163
	Liberal Democrats	Iris Margaret Walker	24.08%	954
	SNP	Amanda Allan (incumbent)	17.99%	713	780.1	813.0
	SNP	David Robert Aitchison	17.74%	703	735.5	749.8	766.6	974.2
	Labour	Peter Young	10.83%	429	503.1	560.5	561.5
Electorate: 10,882   Valid: 3,962   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 793   Turnout: 3,994 (36.41%)

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Moira Ingleby (incumbent)	26.47%	1,091
	SNP	Joanna Strathdee (incumbent)††††	20.14%	830
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Ross (incumbent)†††††	18.24%	752	831.2
	SNP	Tom Murray	14.56%	600	620.2	620.97	624.8	683.8
	Independent	John Latham	14.39%	593	650.8	653.2	653.4	760.6	995.9
	Scottish Green	Jake Williams	6.21%	256	274.3	275.6	275.9
Electorate: 11,265   Valid: 4,122   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 825   Turnout: 4,170 (36.59%)

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

• 2007: 2xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con

Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Katrina Farquhar	34.62%	1,332
	SNP	Geva Blackett	28.36%	1,091
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Argyle (incumbent)	16.64%	640	756.9	780.7	852.7	1,443.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Bruce (incumbent)	14.11%	543	629.1	649.8	734.7
	Labour	Beverly Cochran	5.48%	241	267.1	294.4
Electorate: 8,597   Valid: 3,847   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 962   Turnout: 3,876 (44.75%)

Banchory and Mid-Deeside

• 2007: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Banchory and Mid-Deeside - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Jill Webster (incumbent)	36.0	1,185
	SNP	Linda Clark (incumbent)	29.1	956
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Clark (incumbent)	23.0	757	952.8
	Labour	Lesley Young	8.4	278
	Scottish Green	Matt Wickham	3.5	114
Electorate: 8,296   Valid: 3,290   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 823   Turnout: 3,309 (39.66%)

North Kincardine

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

North Kincardine - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Alastair Bews (incumbent)	24.94%	988
	Labour	Alison Evison	21.53%	853
	Conservative	Carl Nelson (incumbent)	19.74%	782	785.7	790.3	812.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Mollison (incumbent)	11.71%	464	466.8	472.8	478.1	484.7	833.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Melling (incumbent)	10.48%	415	423.1	434.9	437.4	441.7
	SNP	Alan Inglis	10.43%	413	585.3	598.4	607.4	609.1	644.7
	Scottish Christian	Tom Morrow	1.16%	46	46.8	49.6
Electorate: 10,563   Valid: 3,961   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 793   Turnout: 3,997 (37.50%)

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xCon; 1xSNP
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Lib Dem

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%)

Mearns

• 2007: 2xLib Dem; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xCon; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain from Lib Dem

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%)

Post-Election Changes

• † East Garioch Cllr Fergie Hood defected from the SNP and joined the Liberal Democrats on 3 May 2013. .
• †† West Garioch Cllr Sheena Lonchay and Inverurie and District Cllr Martin Kitts-Hayes both defected from the Liberal Democrats and became Independents on 25 April 2014. Cllr Kitts-Hayes resigned as a Councillor on 31 August 2016 citing bullying and harassment arising out of the LEGOGATE row. A by-election was held on 3 November 2016 and the seat was gained by Colin Clark (Conservative).
• ††† Troup Conservative Cllr John Duncan died on 4 September 2014. A by-election was held on 27 November 2014 and was gained by Ross Cassie (SNP).
• †††† Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford SNP Cllr Joanne Strathdee died on 23 August 2015 after a long battle with cancer. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 5 November 2015 and the seat was retained by Gwyneth Petrie (SNP).
• ††††† Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford Liberal Democrat Cllr Alastair Ross resigned on health grounds on 1 September 2015. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 5 November 2015 and the seat was gained by Margo Stewart (Conservative).
• †††††† Troup Independent Cllr Mark Findlater ceased to be an Independent and joined the Conservatives on 23 February 2016.
• ††††††† Troup SNP Cllr Hamish Partridge resigned from the party on 17 June 2016 and became an Independent citing curtailments to his freedom of speech.
• †††††††† Banff and District SNP Cllr Ian Gray died on 27 August 2016 after a long illness. A by-election was held on 3 November 2016 and the seat was gained by Iain Taylor (Conservative).
• ††††††††† Banff and District SNP Cllr John Cox resigned from the party and became an Independent on 20 February 2017.

By-elections

Troup By-election (27 November 2014) - [1] 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Ross Cassie	46.1%	1,159	1,162	1,183	1,205	1,244	1,352
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	22.8%	574	580	588	604	645	718
	Independent	Alan Still	15.5%	391	408	415	423	446
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bell	5.6%	141	141	149	180
	Labour	Alan Duffill	5.6%	140	142	148
	Scottish Green	Darren Duncan	2.7%	68	69
	Independent	Philip Mitchell	1.7%	43

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-election (5 November 2015) [2] - 2 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Margo Stewart	36.3%	1,469
	SNP	Gwyneth Petrie	35.4%	1,433
	Liberal Democrats	David Millican	22.9%	928
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.8%	196
	Scottish Libertarian	Derek Scott	0.5%	20

Banff By-election (3 November 2016) [3] - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Iain Taylor	44.0%	1170
	SNP	Glen Reynolds	36.2%	962
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mason	19.8%	526

Inverurie and District By-election (3 November 2016) [4] - 1 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Colin Clark	38.8%	1,302
	SNP	Neil Baillie	34.6%	1,164
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Auld	22.5%	755
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.1%	139

References

1. http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/troup2.php
2. https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/huntly-strathbogie-and-howe-of-alford-by-election/
3. https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/by-elections-results-for-banff-and-district-and-inverurie-and-district/
4. https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/by-elections-results-for-banff-and-district-and-inverurie-and-district/

External links

• Aberdeenshire 2012 election results