Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone (ward)

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]

Dyce/Buckburn/Danestone
ward Aberdeen City Council.
Boundary of Dyce/Buckburn/Danestone in Aberdeen from 2017.
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeen
Electorate	15,278
Current ward
Created	2007
Councillor	Neil MacGregor (SNP)
Councillor	Gill Samarai (SNP)
Councillor	Barney Crockett (Labour)
Councillor	Avril MacKenzie (Conservative)

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: 4th 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: 3rd 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
	Scottish 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
	Scottish 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: 3rd 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
	Scottish 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. https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/local-government-election-2017/local-government-election-2017-results
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.