Buckie (ward)

Location of the ward

Buckie is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007	rowspan=5; style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |	Anne McKay (Ind.)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |	Joe McKay (Ind.)	rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	Gordon McDonald (SNP)
2012
2014 by	Gordon Cowie (Ind.)
2015 by		rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	Sonya Warren (SNP)
2017		rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" |		Tim Eagle (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Moray Council election

Buckie - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Tim Eagle	33.8	1,060
	Independent	Gordon Cowie (incumbent)	21.4	673	826.3
	SNP	Sonya Warren (incumbent)	22.8	716	728.1	734.4	1,369.4
	SNP	Gordon McDonald (incumbent)	22.0	691	701.6	710.3
Electorate: 7,962   Valid: 3,140   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 786   Turnout: 3,187 (40%)

2015 by-election

Buckie By-election (26 March 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Sonya Warren	59.5%	1,485
	Independent	Norman Calder	27.9%	696
	Conservative	Tim Eagle	12.6%	315
Electorate: 7,798   Valid: 2,496   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,249   Turnout: 2,521 (32.3%)

Heldon and Laich By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Independent	Dennis Slater	41.1%	1,323	1,382	1,775
	SNP	Joyce O'Hara	31.1%	1,003	1,054	1,100
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	21.8%	703	725
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	6%	192
Electorate: 11,070   Valid: 3,221   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 1,612   Turnout: 3,248 (29.3%)

2014 by-election

Buckie By-election (30 January 2014) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Independent	Gordon Cowie	43.94	830	907	1,034
	SNP	Linda McDonald	35.47	670	679	710
	Independent	Marc Macrae	11.65	220	248
	Conservative	Margaret Gambles	7.57	143
Electorate: 7,872   Valid: 1,889   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 933   Turnout: 1,915 (24.33%)

2012 Election

2012 Moray Council election

Buckie - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Gordon McDonald (incumbent)	38.37%	967
	Independent	Anne McKay (incumbent) ††	25.71%	648
	Independent	Joe Mackay (incumbent) ††††	22.10%	557	596.9	607.2	728.6
	Conservative	Margaret Gambles	7.1%	179	183.2	184.9
	SNP	Linda Scobie McDonald	6.71%	169	449.1	451.7	457.5
Electorate: 7,336   Valid: 2,520   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 631   Turnout: 2,559 (34.35%)

2007 Election

2007 Moray Council election

Buckie

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Gordon McDonald	1,188	32.40	1	1
	Independent	Anne McKay	708	19.31	2	4
	Independent	Joe Mackay	698	19.03	3	4
	Labour	John Leslie	507	13.83
	Conservative	Ian Moir	397	10.83
	Independent	Bruce Smith	169	4.61