Mearns (ward)

Mearns is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Bill Howatson
(Liberal Democrats)		 Tom Fleming
(Liberal Democrats)		 George Carr
(Conservative)		 Jean Dick
(SNP)
2012 Dave Stuart
(Ind.)
2017 Jeff Hutchison
(Conservative)		 Leigh Wilson
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election [2]

Mearns - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 36.19 2,034            
SNP Leigh Wilson 16.03 901 914.41 935.75 936.02 997.27 1,045.19 1,735.42
SNP Carole Wise 12.46 700 705.36 715.36 715.57 751.47 815.73  
Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 10.66 599 701.79 767.94 772.58 863.53 1,100.31 1,145.13
Independent Dave Stewart (incumbent) 8.4 472 517.14 546.48 549.66 596.82    
Conservative Jeff Hutchison 8.2 461 1,116.16 1,141.52        
Scottish Green Karen Allan 4.15 233 248.19 284.09 284.94      
Labour Patrick Coffield 3.91 220 237.43          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,620   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 5,690 (48.3%)

    2012 Election

    2012 Aberdeenshire Council election [3]

    Mearns - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Conservative George Carr (incumbent) 20.73% 868            
    SNP Jean Dick (incumbent) 20.70% 867            
    Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson (incumbent) 20.03% 839            
    SNP Robert Forbes 10.91% 457 458.3 482.2 482.4 564.1 595.9  
    Independent Dave Stewart 10.29% 431 433.2 434.5 434.7 530.9 684.8 890.5
    Conservative David Nelson 8.93% 374 394.1 395.1 395.3 423.8    
    Labour Gill Bayfield 8.40% 352 353.2 354.5 354.7      
    Electorate: 10,963   Valid: 4,188   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 838   Turnout: 4,223 (38.20%)

      2007 Election

      2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

      Mearns
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      SNP Jean Dick 23.0 1,262              
      Conservative George Carr 20.5 1,123              
      Liberal Democrats Tom Fleming 16.6 909 940 945 1,046 1,144      
      Liberal Democrats Bill Howatson 13.8 759 775 778 815 850 879 1,021 1,291
      Labour Gill Bayfield 7.1 392 406 407 442 455 459    
      Independent David Nelson 7.1 391 404 407 432 596 601 659  
      Independent Robert Gairn Davidson 6.2 342 355 358 403        
      Scottish Green Kate Anderson 5.6 306 336 338          
      Electorate:     Valid: 5,484   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 53.28%

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
        2. "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
        3. "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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