Mearns (ward)

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

Location of the ward [1]

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
	Scottish 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
	Scottish 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.