Forres (ward)
Location of the ward[1]
Forres is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Irene Ogilvie (SNP) |
Jeff Hamilton (Ind.) |
Lee Bell (Ind.) |
Iain Young (Conservative) | ||||
| 2010 by | Lorna Creswell (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2012 | Aaron McLean (SNP) |
George Alexander (Ind.) |
Anne Audrew Skene (Ind.) | |||||
| 2017 | Claire Feaver (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Scott Lawrence (SNP) |
Paul McBain (Conservative) |
Kathleen Robertson (Conservative) |
Draeyk Van Der Horn (Green) | ||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
| Candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| James Hynam | Labour | |
| Gary Shaw | SNP | |
| Steve Borden | Conservative | |
| Shaun Moat | Independent | |
| Kathleen Robertson | Conservative | |
| Draeyk van der Horn | Green | |
2017 Election[edit]
2017 Moray Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Claire Feaver | 35.4 | 2,094 | |||||||
| SNP | Aaron McLean (incumbent) | 23.5 | 1,389 | |||||||
| Independent | George Alexander (incumbent) | 16.6 | 981 | 1,247.3 | ||||||
| Independent | Lorna Creswell (incumbent) | 9.4 | 555 | 738.6 | 779.08 | 814.9 | 840.5 | 1,015.2 | 1,504.6 | |
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 10.4 | 613 | 671.3 | 767.4 | 773.2 | 777.9 | 834.9 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 4.1 | 243 | 334.8 | 349.3 | 359.5 | 380.7 | |||
| Independent | Terry Monaghan | 0.61 | 36 | 54.3 | 59.8 | 62.3 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,116 Valid: 5,911 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 5,958 (49.2%) | ||||||||||
2012 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | George Alexander | 25.19% | 1,134 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Lorna Creswell (incumbent) | 12.77% | 575 | 650.4 | 675.5 | 690.1 | 814.9 | 866.5 | 870.6 | 987.2 | |||
| SNP | Aaron McLean | 12.15% | 547 | 559.1 | 568.5 | 574.7 | 588.4 | 924.1 | |||||
| Conservative | Paul McBain | 10.35% | 466 | 483.5 | 486.7 | 507.1 | 529.4 | 540.2 | 541 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 10.15% | 457 | 474.7 | 488.1 | 492.1 | 524.2 | 548.6 | 551.9 | 614.2 | 630.7 | ||
| SNP | Irene Ogilvie (incumbent) | 9.53% | 429 | 440.3 | 443.7 | 446.9 | 478.2 | ||||||
| Independent | Anne Audrey Skene | 9.11% | 410 | 441.2 | 450.8 | 468.7 | 549.9 | 569.3 | 571.7 | 731.6 | 764.2 | 1,072.5 | |
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton (incumbent) | 6.98% | 314 | 343.8 | 349.8 | 356.2 | |||||||
| UKIP | Ian Meiklejohn | 2.02% | 91 | 96.1 | 98.5 | ||||||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 1.73% | 78 | 85.4 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,999 Valid: 4,501 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 901 Turnout: 4,551 (40.92%) | |||||||||||||
2010 by-election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Aaron John McLean | 24.1 | 773 | 774 | 789 | 800 | 837 | 899 | 950 | 1,045 | |
| Independent | Lorna Creswell | 17.5 | 562 | 576 | 615 | 686 | 726 | 878 | 999 | 1,399 | |
| Independent | Anne Audrey Skene | 14.4 | 463 | 464 | 491 | 541 | 572 | 695 | 860 | ||
| Conservative | Paul McBain | 14.4 | 463 | 464 | 476 | 486 | 491 | 511 | |||
| Scottish Green | Fabio Villani | 12.5 | 401 | 405 | 419 | 433 | 459 | ||||
| Labour | Mark Cascarino | 6.1 | 195 | 195 | 201 | 205 | |||||
| Independent | Janet Kennedy | 6.0 | 192 | 194 | 201 | ||||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 4.1 | 132 | 135 | |||||||
| Independent | Jane Elizabeth Cotton | 0.9 | 30 | ||||||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,224 Valid: 3,210 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,606 Turnout: 3,233 (28.8%) | |||||||||||
2007 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Irene Ogilvie | 1,602 | 29.83 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Iain Young | 1,546 | 28.78 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Jeff Hamilton | 716 | 13.33 | 3 | 5 | |
| Independent | Lee Bell | 482 | 8.97 | 4 | 5 | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Thomas Anderson | 438 | 8.15 | |||
| Independent | Pat Carroll | 326 | 6.07 | |||
| Independent | Rick Walker | 261 | 4.86 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Moray Council Election Results 2017". Moray.gov. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Electoral Ward No. 8 - Forres - DECLARATION OF NOTICE OF RESULTS" (PDF). 11 November 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2023.