Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee (ward)

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee 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		Scott Cassie (Liberal Democrats)		Ian Yuill (Liberal Democrats)		Jill Wisely (Conservative)
2011 by-		Gordon Scott Townson (SNP)
2012			Angela Taylor (Labour)
2017			Douglas Lumsden (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeen City Council election [2]

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee – 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill (incumbent)	40.2	2,458
	Conservative	Douglas Lumsden	25.1	1,533
	SNP	Gordon Townson (incumbent)	23.2	1,417	1,596.7
	Labour	Angela Taylor (incumbent)	11.6	708	1,076.8
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,116   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,530   Turnout: 6,170 (51.9%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeen City Council election

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill (incumbent)	34.0%	1,626
	Labour	Angela Taylor	22.4%	1,073	1,157.6	1,193.9	1,260.9
	SNP	Gordon Scott Townson (incumbent)	22.3%	1,065	1,139	1,164.9	1,222.6
	Conservative	Bill Berry	15.2%	728	843	871.3	896.7
	Scottish Green	Bex Holmes	3.1%	149	182.3	221.6
	Independent	Paul Briggs	2.9%	140	166.4
Electorate: 11,858   Valid: 4,781   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,196   Turnout: 4,828 (40.32%)

2011 By-election

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee by-election 23 June 2011 - 1 Seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Gordon Scott Townson	33.2	1,112	1,115	1,120	1,136	1,161	1,263	1,441	1,792
	Labour	Angela Taylor	23.3	783	783	784	810	829	956	1,068
	Conservative	Bill Berry	19.4	649	652	654	656	676	801
	Liberal Democrats	Gregor McAbery	16.5	554	558	562	584	599
	Independent	Graham Murray Bennett	2.9	98	99	109	122
	Scottish Green	Richie Brian	3.0	101	103	104
	Independent	Hamish Hay Mackay	1.0	32	34
	National Front	Dave Macdonald	0.7	25
	SNP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	18.5%
Electorate: 11,623   Valid: 3,354   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 1,678   Turnout: 3,386 (29.1%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee - 3 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Conservative	Jill Wisely	27.4	1,911
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Cassie	19.6	1,365	1,381	1,446	1,695
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Yuill	18.0	1,257	1,310	1,385	1,565
	SNP	Rigg Robertson	17.3	1,207	1,220	1,296	1,399
	Labour	Allan McIntosh	12.8	894	901	940
	Independent	Graham Bennett	4.8	332	352
Electorate:     Valid: 6,966   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,742   Turnout: 7,046

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Local Government Elections May 2007 - Full Results". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2011.