Stonehaven and Lower Deeside (ward)

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside 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		Mike Sullivan (Liberal Democrats)		Peter Bellarby (Liberal Democrats)		Wendy Agnew (Conservative)		Graeme Clark (SNP)
2012		Raymond Christie (Labour)
2017		Sandy Wallace (Conservative) Subsequently Scottish Libertarian Party	Sarah Dickinson (Liberal Democrats)	Dennis Robertson (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [2]

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew (incumbent)	30.83	1,703
	SNP	Dennis Robertson	23.54	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Dickinson	17.09	944	1,030.38	1,057.08	1,084.63	1,155.68
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace†††	14.85	820	1,196.42
	Labour	Raymond Christie (incumbent)	6.36	351	381.9	403.05	410.4	457.09
	Scottish Green	Rachel Shanks	3.84	212	223.24	312.79	316.27	365.31
	Independent	Philip Bishop	3.49	193	217.23	229.83	243.06
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,523   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 5,610 (49.7%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [3]

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%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Stonehaven and Lower Deeside

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Conservative	Wendy Agnew	24.9	1,433
	SNP	Graeme Clark	18.9	1,086	1,107	1,112	1,117	1,126	1,154
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sullivan	11.0	636	656	657	668	684	700	701	741	797	931	1,105
	Conservative	Sandy Wallace	10.9	629	730	735	737	751	760	760	779	823	853
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bellarby	9.8	563	590	596	605	620	633	633	723	780	880	980
	Labour	Bridget O'Hare	8.0	463	470	473	479	482	493	493	524	558
	Independent	Bob Michie	4.9	282	299	314	333	366	430	430	470
	Scottish Green	Karen Anne Allan	4.2	242	253	258	264	272	285	286
	Independent	George Alexander Forbes Emslie	2.8	160	177	182	189	201
	Independent	Ken Venters	1.9	108	116	132	139
	Independent	Dermot John Hearty	1.5	85	87	89
	Independent	David Wood	1.3	73	79
Electorate:     Valid: 5,760   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 54.79%

References

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702212518/https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/local-government-elections-2017/#list
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070512233641/http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/elections/local/index.asp