Heldon & Laich (ward)

Heldon & Laich is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Allan Wright (Conservative)		Eric McGillivray (Ind.)		John Hogg (Ind.)		David Stewart (SNP)
2012	Chris Tuke (Ind.)		Carolle Ralph (SNP)
2013 by					John Cowe (Ind.)
2015 by			Dennis Slater (Ind.)
2017	James Allan (Conservative)	Ryan Edwards (Ind.)		Amy Patience (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Moray Council election[2]

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	James Allan	37.9	1,953
	Independent	John Cowe (incumbent)	15.3	789	1,044.9
	SNP	Amy Patience	18.9	976	995.9	996.5	1,013.9	1,110.3
	Independent	Ryan Edwards	10.5	541	662.1	667.9	706.01	769.04	788.4	1,169.5
	Independent	Dennis Slater (incumbent)	10.2	527	657.6	662.8	692.6	760.3	778.2
	Scottish Green	James Mackessack-Leitch	4.7	240	286.8	287.8	346.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Mitchell	2.3	116	200.7	201.3
Electorate: 10,737   Valid: 5,142   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,029   Turnout: 5,186 (48.3%)

2015 by-election

Heldon and Laich By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Independent	Dennis Slater	41.1%	1,323	1,382	1,775
	SNP	Joyce O'Hara	31.1%	1,003	1,054	1,100
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	21.8%	703	725
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	6%	192
Electorate: 11,070   Valid: 3,221   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 1,612   Turnout: 3,248 (29.3%)

2013 by-election

Heldon and Laich By-election (7 March 2013) - 1 Seat[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Independent	John Cowe	31.36%	972	1,020	1,058	1,273	1,507
	SNP	Stuart Crowther	26.88%	833	844	891	960	1,005
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	15.26%	473	490	516	558
	Independent	Nick Traynor	13.49%	418	459	496
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	7.36%	228	242
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton	5.65%	175
Electorate: 10,579   Valid: 3,099   Spoilt: 38 (1.21%)   Quota: 1,550   Turnout: 3,137 (29.65%)

2012 Election

2012 Moray Council election

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Carolle Ralph†	20.0%	797	807
	Independent	Eric McGillivray (incumbent)†††††	18.44%	735	828
	Conservative	Allan Wright (incumbent)	17.26%	688	699	703.4	703.5	763.7	835.8
	SNP	David Stewart (incumbent)	17.01%	678	687	692.1	699.4	740.9
	Independent	Chris Tuke	14.65%	584	659	670	670.4	764.1	921.7
	Scottish Green	James Mackessack-Leitch	6.57%	262	279	281.3	281.7
	Independent	John Gordon	6.05%	241
Electorate: 10,287   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 56   Quota: 798   Turnout: 4,041 (38.74%)

2007 Election

2007 Moray Council election

Heldon and Laich
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Stewart	1,646	31.0	1	1
	Independent	Eric McGillivray	813	15.31	2	7
	Independent	John Hogg	744	14.01	3	8
	Conservative	Allan Wright	606	11.41	4	8
	Independent	Chris Tuke	531	10.0
	Independent	Harry Halkett	354	6.67
	Independent	Eric Paton	254	4.78
	Independent	Des Donaldson	155	2.92
	Independent	Martyn Harris	114	2.15
	Independent	Neil Hutchinson	92	1.73

References

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. "Moray Council Election Results 2017". Moray.gov. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
3. http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_97135.html
4. http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file85052.pdf