Maryfield (ward)

Maryfield is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Dundee City Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Joe Morrow (Labour)		Elizabeth Fordyce (SNP)		Ken Lynn (SNP)
2009 by-		Craig Melville (SNP)
2012			Georgia Cruickshank (Labour)
2016 by-	Lynne Short (SNP)
2017

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Dundee City Council election [2]

Maryfield - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Ken Lynn (incumbent)	30.3%	1,240
	Labour	Georgia Cruickshank (incumbent)	21.6%	885	894.8	902.9	968.3	1,051.9
	SNP	Lynne Short (incumbent)	19.1%	782	968.2	972.9	997.4	1,084.3
	Conservative	James Clancy	17.6%	722	722.8	726.9	775.9	792.9
	TUSC	Stuart Fairweather	6.1%	250	253.3	253.5	270.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Blain	4.1%	168	169.2	194.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie McKaig	1.2%	48	49.6
Electorate: 12,021   Valid: 4,095   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,024   Turnout: 4,184 (34.8%)

2016 By-election

Maryfield By-election (31 March 2016) - 1 Seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	SNP	Lynne Short	49.5%	1,383	1,389	1,399
	Labour	Alan Cowan	22.7%	634	637	648
	Conservative	James Clancy	10.5%	294	304	317
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Stuart Fairweather	5.1%	142	147	161
	Scottish Green	Jacob Ellis	4.1%	116	118	123
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher McIntyre	3%	85	87	92
	Independent	Brian McLeod	2.6%	73	81
	UKIP	Calum Walker	2.5%	69
Electorate: 11,669   Valid: 2,796   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,399   Turnout: 2,824 (24.2%)

2012 Election

2012 Dundee City Council election

Maryfield - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Ken Lynn (incumbent)	34.57%	1,187
	Labour	Georgia Cruickshank	18.11%	622	634.7	643.9	644.1	675.6	736.5	1,334.7
	Labour	George McIrvine	18.32%	629	640.1	650.1	650.2	673	713.9
	SNP	Craig Melville (incumbent)†	16.28%	559	840.8	859.9
	Conservative	Stephen MacSporran	7.25%	249	253.7	253.7	253.7	296.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hall	3.67%	126	129.6	136.9	136.9
	TUSC	Derek Milligan	1.81%	62	64.8
Electorate: 11,555   Valid: 3,434   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 859   Turnout: 3,527 (29.72%)

2009 By-election

Maryfield By-Election (12 March 2009)- 1 seat[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Craig Melville	47.6	1,550	1,551	1,557	1,571	1,620	1,747
	Labour	George McIrvine	31.1	1,013	1,018	1,021	1,031	1,052	1,189
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hall	10.9	354	356	362	367	455
	Conservative	Colin Stewart	6.9	224	226	237	241
	Scottish Socialist	Angela Gorrie	1.6	52	52	55
	Independent	Grant Simmons	1.1	35	48
	Independent	Dave Young	0.9	28
Electorate: 11,195   Valid: 2,607   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 1,629   Turnout: 3,290 (29.39%)

2007 Election

2007 Dundee City Council election

2007 Council election: Maryfield (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Elizabeth Fordyce	1,247	25.3	1	1
	Labour	Joe Morrow	1,172	23.8	2	5
	SNP	Ken Lynn	941	19.1	3	8
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Matthew	644	13.1
	Conservative	John McCraw	410	8.3
	Labour	Alex Perry	339	6.9
	Scottish Socialist	Grant Cromar	96	1.9
	Solidarity	Mark Walker	83	1.7
Turnout				46.21

References

1. https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/childpoverty.pdf
2. https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/elections-results-2012-more-detailed-information
3. https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/maryfieldbyelection/notices
4. http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/maryfield2009.html