Ellon and District (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Ellon and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Rob Merson (SNP)		Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats)	Debra Margaret Storr (Liberal Democrats /Green)	Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative)
2009					Debra Margaret Storr (Liberal Democrats /Green)
2012			Richard Thomson (SNP)
2017	Anouk Kloppert (SNP)		Richard Thomson (SNP)
2020	Anouk Kloppert (SNP)	Louise McAllister (SNP)
2022		Louise McAllister (SNP)	John Crawley (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Ellon and District − 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Davidson (incumbent)	22.0	1,205
	SNP	Louise McAllister (incumbent)	20.8	1,139
	Conservative	John Crawley	19.1	1,050	1,063	1,064	1,070	1,140
	Conservative	Gillian Owen (incumbent)	16.5	906	935	936	946	993	1,028	1,202
	SNP	Josh Gall	10.9	599	612	645	772	871	873
	Labour	Mark Lappin	6.3	348	370	371	444
	Scottish Green	Craig William Stewart	4.4	241	255	258
Electorate: 11,837 Valid: 5,488 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 47.0%

Source:^[2]^[3]

2020 by-election

Ellon & District By-election (15 October 2020) - 1 Seat ^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	Louise Mcallister	42.4	1,683	1,725	1,757	1,916
	Conservative	John Crawley	41.7	1,658	1,663	1,679	1,840
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Mason	10.2	405	443	485
	Labour	John Bennett	2.9	114	126
	Scottish Green	Peter Kennedy	2.8	112
Electorate: 11,893 Valid: 3,972 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,987 Turnout: 4,006 (33.7%)

2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election^[5]

Ellon and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent)	40.94	2,258
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Davidson (incumbent)	19.71	1,087	1,703.86
	SNP	Richard Thomson (incumbent)	17.9	987	1,034.02	1,093.74	1,264.34
	SNP	Anouk Kloppert	13.93	768	793.55	843.88	1,024.70
	Labour	John Morgan	7.52	415	548.39	835.99
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,515 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,104 Turnout: 5,579 (47.2%)

2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election^[6]

Ellon and District - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Rob Merson (incumbent)	39.04	1,644
	Conservative	Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent)	16.74	705	748.8	761.6	839.4	867.1
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Davidson (incumbent)	16.36	689	760.6	800.9	918.6
	SNP	Richard Thomson	11.26	474	1,055.3
	Labour	Peter Thomas Smyth	9.48	399	426.8	457.8	511.5	531.5
	Independent	Sandy Allan	7.12	300	325.8	361.7
Electorate: 11,173 Valid: 4,211 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 843 Turnout: 4,262 (37.69%)

2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Ellon and District
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Rob Merson	40.5	2,458
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Davidson	23.2	1,407
	Conservative	Gillian Louise Owen	14.4	872	1,033	1,053	1,197	1,274
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Margaret Storr††	8.6	524	777	899	1,049	1,326
	Labour	Ann Thorpe	7.5	456	587	599	648
	Independent	Diane Ripley	5.8	352	542	555
Electorate: - Valid: 6,069 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,214 Turnout: 55.37%

By-election

Following the election of Richard Thomson (SNP) to Westminster at the 2019 United Kingdom general election on 12 December and his subsequent resignation as Councillor for Ellon & District ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 15 October 2020.^[7]

2020 By-election

Ellon & District By-election 2020 - Aberdeenshire Council^[8]

Ellon & District - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Louise McAllister	42.01%	1,683	1,725	1,757	1,916	2,377
	Conservative	John Paul Crawley	41.39%	1,658	1,663	1,679	1,840
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Booth Mason	10.11%	405	443	485
	Labour	John David Bennett	2.85%	114	126
	Scottish Green	Peter Alexander Kennedy	2.80%	112
Electorate: 11,893 Valid: 3,972 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,986 Turnout: 33.7%

References

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 9 - Ellon and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Ellon and District By-Election 2020".
^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Gordon MP Richard Thomson to step down as councillor".
^ "Ellon and District Ward By-Election 2020".

[1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[2] "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 9 - Ellon and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[3] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[4] "Ellon and District By-Election 2020".

[5] "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[6] "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[7] "Gordon MP Richard Thomson to step down as councillor".

[8] "Ellon and District Ward By-Election 2020".

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