Lower Deeside (ward)

Lower Deeside is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Marie Boulton (Ind.)		Aileen Malone (Liberal Democrats)		Alan Milne (Conservative)
2012			M. Tauqeer Malik (Labour)
2017				Philip Bell (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeen City Council election [2]

Lower Deeside – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Conservative	Philip Bell	39.8	2,714
	Independent	Marie Boulton (incumbent)	16.4	1,119	1,449.4	1,452.5	1,512	1,556.09	1,822.8
	Labour	M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent)‡	15.3	1,040	1,155.5	1,165.09	1,211.1	1,241.6	1,447.9	1,497.3	1,976.8
	SNP	Pamela McBain	15.1	1,028	1,042.9	1,049.4	1,068.8	1,145.9	1,224.4	1,235.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ken McLeod	7.9	541	743.6	751.9	770.7	816.04
	Scottish Green	Nir Oren	2.9	195	209.5	213.3	223.8
	Independent	Kenneth Pratt	2.1	143	202.9	205.7
	Libertarian	Robbie Bowman	0.5	31	45.9
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,811   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,703   Turnout: 6,863 (57.7%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeen City Council election

Lower Deeside - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Marie Boulton (incumbent)	30.7%	1,520
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Malone (incumbent)	15.3%	755	814.2	823.4	992.7	1,140.9	1,539.9
	Labour	M. Tauqeer Malik	15.0%	744	779	789.4	841.2	1,007.5	1,068.9
	Conservative	Raymond Murchie	14.4%	712	741.4	754.5	881.8	950.2
	SNP	Dorothy Janet McCaig	13.3%	659	677.4	684.9	739.4
	Independent	Peter Reiss	9.9%	490	568.6	621.3
	Independent	Andy Anderson	1.3%	64	94.7
Electorate: 11,301   Valid: 4,944   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 1,237   Turnout: 4,977 (43.75%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

Lower Deeside - 3 seats[3][4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Malone	23.9	1,536	1,660
	Conservative	Alan Milne††††	24.0	1,546	1,588	1,592	1,745
	Independent	Marie Boulton	17.1	1,097	1,173	1,176	1,353	1,399
	SNP	David Adams	16.6	1,068	1,125	1,127	1,234	1,253
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Malone	9.4	603	692	726
	Labour	Marianne Stewart	9.1	583
Electorate:     Valid: 6,435   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,609   Turnout: 6,504

References

1. http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/5th-reviews-ward-maps
2. https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/local-government-election-2017/local-government-election-2017-results
3. "Local Election Results 3rd May 2007" (PDF). Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
4. "Local Government Elections May 2007 - Full Results". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2011.