Elgin City South (ward)

Elgin City South 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 Graham Leadbitter
(SNP)		 Alistair Bisset
(Ind.)		 John Divers
(Labour)
2008 by John Alexander Sharp
(SNP)
2012 James Allan
(Conservative)
2017 Ray McLean
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Moray Council election[2]

Elgin City South - 3 Seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2
Conservative Ray McLean 35.9 1,460  
SNP Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) 30.7 1,245  
Labour John Divers (incumbent) 24.8 1,009 1,126
Independent Sean Malone 8.5 347 531
Electorate: 9,551   Valid: 4,061   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,016   Turnout: 4,103 (43%)

    2012 Election

    2012 Moray Council election

    Elgin City South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2
    Labour John Divers (incumbent) 37.57% 1,073  
    Conservative James Allan 25.0% 714 810.1
    SNP Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) 23.63% 675 771.1
    SNP John Sharp (incumbent) 13.8% 394 434
    Electorate: 8,356   Valid: 2,856   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 715   Turnout: 2,896 (34.18%)

      2008 by-election
      Elgin City South By-Election (February 14, 2008)- 1 seat[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
      SNP John Alexander Sharp 32.10 670 670 672 672 679 685 706 763 884
      Independent Hamish Simpson 24.3 513 513 518 523 527 540 612 722 845
      Labour Mark Cascarino 17.0 358 358 361 363 370 380 403 459  
      Independent James Scott Allan 10.6 223 224 227 229 233 240 278    
      Conservative Frank Brown 9.8 206 206 206 208 216 223      
      Liberal Democrats Peter J Horton 2.3 48 48 49 50 53        
      Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 1.5 32 32 32 37          
      UKIP Matthew Coughlan Desmond 1.0 20 20 20            
      Independent Martyn Harris 0.8 16 16              
      Independent Gordon Davidson 0.1 1                
      SNP gain from Independent Swing
      Electorate: 7,886   Valid: 2,087   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,044   Turnout: 2,112

        2007 Election

        2007 Moray Council election

        Elgin City South
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        SNP Graham Leadbitter 1,304 33.16 1 1
        Labour John Divers 1,132 28.79 2 1
        Independent Alistair Bisset 904 22.99 3 2
        Conservative Dennis Thompson 592 15.06

        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/downloads/file54834.pdf


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