Central Buchan (ward)

Central Buchan is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Sandy Stronach (SNP)		Norman Smith (Ind.)		Albert Howe (Ind.)		Peter Chapman (Conservative)
2012	Jim Ingram (SNP)		Lenny Pirie (SNP)		Edie Chapman (Conservative)
2017			Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats)		Marion Buchan (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [2]

Central Buchan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Conservative	Marion Buchan	37.28%	1,808
	SNP	Jim Ingram (incumbent)	24.50%	1,188
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	17.79%	863	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	10.41%	505	760	777	854	1,169
	SNP	Lenny Pirie (incumbent)	10.02%	486	518	700	728
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,850   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 971   Turnout: 44.3%

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [3]

Central Buchan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Jim Ingram	29.23	1,141
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	20.70	808
	Conservative	Edie Chapman	19.9	780	791.7
	SNP	Lenny Pirie	11.68	456	746.9	751.4	752.6	768.1	801.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	5.64	220	233.3	236.6	238.5	258.2	302.8
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.25	205	215.4	216.6	226.4
	Independent	Hugh Livingstone	4.82	188	198.4	206.1	207.9	256.2	302.8
	Independent	David S. Ross	2.72	106	112.6	118.6
Electorate: 10,231   Valid: 3,904   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 781   Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Central Buchan
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Sandy Stronach	20.2	1,096
	Independent	Norman Smith	19.4	1,054	1,054	1,080	1,142
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	17.2	933	933	974	1,022	1,031	1,087
	Independent	Albert Howe	14.6	790	790	822	911	933	1,016	1,016	1,283
	SNP	Norma Thomson	13.2	718	726	771	804	812	870	870
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.9	318	318	363	378	381
	Independent	Jim Conn	4.9	265	265	290
	Liberal Democrats	Betty May	4.7	253	253
Electorate: -   Valid: 5,427   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,086   Turnout: 55.42%

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