Midstocket/Rosemount (ward)

Midstocket/Rosemount 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		Bill Cormie (SNP)		Jenny Laing (Labour)		John Porter (Conservative)
2011 by-			John Corall (SNP)
2012			Fraser Forsyth (Conservative)
2015 by-			Neil Copeland (SNP)
2017			Tom Mason (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeen City Council election [2]

Midstocket/Rosemount – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Tom Mason	27.7%	1,318
	SNP	Bill Cormie (incumbent)	25.1%	1,195
	Labour	Jenny Laing (incumbent)‡	19.7%	935	960.05	960.4	971.05	1,040.2	1,154.2	1,283.3
	SNP	Derek Davidson	8.4%	398	399.2	403.8	403.8	491.1	524.9	604.5
	Independent	Dustin MacDonald	6.5%	311	323.8	323.9	379.3	419.7	492.4
	Scottish Green	Alex Jarvis	5.4%	256	260.5	260.8	268.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Sell	5.2%	245	270.01	272.1	292.9	332.05
	Independent	Bill Robb	2%	97	117.4	117.5
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,755   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,189   Turnout: 4,835 (44.3%)

2015 By-election

Midstocket/Rosemount By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	Alex Nicoll	40.9%	1,168	1,225	1,275	1,433
	Conservative	Tom Mason	23.6%	672	687	771	927
	Labour	Howard Gemmell	21.2%	605	629	692
	Liberal Democrats	Ken McLeod	8.3%	238	270
	Scottish Green	Jennifer Phillips	6.0%	170
Electorate: 11,825   Valid: 2,853   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,427   Turnout: 2,872 (24.29%)

George Street/Harbour By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	SNP	Michael Hutchinson	51.2%	961
	Labour	Mike Scott	26.1%	490
	Conservative	Brian Davidson	10.4%	195
	Scottish Green	Alex Jarvis	7.2%	136
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Davidson	5.1%	96
Electorate: 12,179   Valid: 1,878   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 940   Turnout: 1,898 (15.58%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeen City Council election

Midstocket/Rosemount - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Jenny Laing (incumbent)††	32.4%	1,247
	SNP	Bill Cormie (incumbent)	32.1%	1,233
	Conservative	Fraser Forsyth†††	13.8%	531	555.7	579.9	600.2	686.1	751.7	867.6
	SNP	Iolanda Serci	6.9%	264	292.8	458.5	468.2	498.2	580.9
	Scottish Green	John Laing McCallum	6.4%	245	315.8	333.9	360.7	461.3
	Liberal Democrats	William Sell	6.4%	245	282.3	299.2	321.5
	Independent	Patrick McGuire	2.1%	82	102.8	112.2
Electorate: 3,895   Valid: 3,847   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 962   Turnout: (33.38%)

2011 By-election

Midstocket/Rosemount by-election 16 August 2007 - 1 Seat[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	John Corall	29.5	873	875	885	984	1,258
	Conservative	Fraser Forsyth	27.8	821	825	826	873	1,122
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	23.4	693	700	708	869
	Labour	Allan McIntosh	17.5	518	520	529
	Solidarity	Stephen Haddan	1.1	31	33
	Independent	Dennis Grattan	0.7	20
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing
Electorate: 10,288   Valid: 2,956   Spoilt: 21   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 2,977 (28.9%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

Midstocket/Rosemount - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	John Porter	27.7	1,503
	SNP	Bill Cormie	26.3	1,431	1,431
	Labour	Jenny Laing	21.1	1,144	1,164	1,176	1,223	1,281
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Delaney	12.4	671	689	702	753	1,201
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Donaldson	9.7	529	563	570	586
	Scottish Socialist	Christine Chandler	2.8	153	155	167
Electorate:     Valid: 5,431   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,358   Turnout: 5,491

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 Government By-Elections Aberdeen City Council Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated". aberdeencity.gov.uk. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
4. "Midstocket/Rosemount By-Election 16 August 2007". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2011.