2022 Aberdeen City Council election

Aberdeen City Council election

2022 Aberdeen City Council election

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All 45 seats to Aberdeen City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered| 165,847
Turnout| 41.2%
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SNP

Lab

Leader  | Alex Nicoll  | Jenny Laing
Party  | SNP | Labour
Leader's seat  | Kincorth/Nigg/ Cove | Midstocket/ Rosemount (retiring)
Last election  | 19 seats, 32.6% | 9 seats, 16.9%
Seats before  | 19  | 9
Seats won  | 20  | 11
Seat change  |  1  |  2
Popular vote  | 23,472  | 11,731
Percentage  | 35.0%  | 17.5%
Swing  |  2.8%  |  0.2%

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| Third party  | Fourth party

Con

Leader  | Ryan Houghton  | Ian Yuill
Party  | Conservative | Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat  | Airyhall/Broomhill/ Garthdee | Airyhall/Broomhill/ Garthdee
Last election  | 11 seats, 25.0% | 4 seats, 15.4%
Seats before  | 10  | 3
Seats won  | 8  | 4
Seat change  |  3  |
Popular vote  | 14,493  | 9,404
Percentage  | 21.6%  | 14.0%
Swing  |  3.1%  |  1.2%

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| Fifth party  |
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Leader  | Marie Boulton |
Party  | Independent |
Leader's seat  | Lower Deeside |
Last election  | 2 seats, 7.9% |
Seats before  | 2  |
Seats won  | 2  |
Seat change  |  |
Popular vote  | 3,569  |
Percentage  | 5.3%  |
Swing  |  2.0%  |

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The 13 multi-member wards.

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| Leader before election

Jenny Laing
(Aberdeen Labour)
No overall control

| Co-leaders after election

Alex Nicoll (SNP)
& Ian Yuill (Lib Dem)
No overall control

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Elections to Aberdeen City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party on the council, increasing their number by one to 20 councillors out of 45. Labour – standing under the Aberdeen Labour moniker – regained some of the ground it had lost at the previous election to overtake the Conservatives for second place with 11 councillors (up two), while the Conservatives lost three seats to return eight councillors. The number of Liberal Democrats (four) and independent candidates (two) elected was unchanged, though there had been four independent councillors immediately prior to the election due to a suspension and a resignation.

Following the election, a coalition between the SNP and Liberal Democrats was formed to run the council, taking over from the incumbent Aberdeen Labour administration; this group had been in control of the council following a deal with the Conservatives in 2017 that was not sanctioned by the party hierarchy and resulted in the group being suspended from Labour. Alex Nicoll, SNP group leader, and Ian Yuill, Liberal Democrat group leader, were elected as co-leaders of the council.

## Background

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### Previous election

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Main article: 2017 Aberdeen City Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats on the council for the first time. The SNP gained four seats to hold 19, four shy of an overall majority, while Labour lost eight seats, which left them with nine as they fell from the largest party to third place. The Conservatives gained eight seats to record their best result in Aberdeen since 1980 with 11 seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost one seat to hold four. Two independent councillors were also elected.[1][2]

A coalition was formed after the 2017 election between Labour, the Conservatives and independent councillors to run the council.[3] This resulted in the suspension of the nine Labour councillors from the national party as its executive had not approved the coalition. The suspended Labour councillors then sat as the "Aberdeen Labour" group on the council.[4][5] The Labour Party eventually agreed to re-admit the Aberdeen Labour group in 2021, allowing them to stand as official Labour candidates in the 2022 election.[6] In February 2022, the UK Labour Party registered "Aberdeen Labour" as an official alternative description that its candidates could use on the ballot papers.[7]

2017 Aberdeen City Council election result  Party  | Seats  | Vote share

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| SNP | 19  | 32.4%
| Conservatives | 11  | 24.7%
| Labour | 9  | 17.7%
| Liberal Democrats | 4  | 15.2%
| Independent | 2  | 7.4%

Source:[1][2]

### Electoral system

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The election used the 13 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 45 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[8]

### Composition

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Following the 2017 election, there were two changes in the political composition of the council. Conservative councillor Alan Donnelly was suspended from the party and subsequently resigned after he was convicted of sexual assault,[9] and Liberal Democrat councillor Jennifer Stewart resigned from the party to become an independent.[10] Following the coalition agreement between Labour and the Conservatives, the nine Labour councillors were suspended and sat as Aberdeen Labour.[4]

Three by-elections were held for four seats. These resulted in an SNP/Conservative hold[11] and two SNP holds.[12][13]

Composition of Aberdeen City Council  | Party  | 2017 result  | Dissolution

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| SNP | 19  | 19
| Conservative | 11  | 10
| Labour | 9  | 9
| Liberal Democrats | 4  | 3
| Independents  | 2  | 4

### Retiring councillors

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Retiring councillors  Ward  | Party  | Retiring councillor

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Bridge of Don |  | Independent | John Reynolds
Northfield/Mastrick North |  | SNP | Jackie Dunbar
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill |  | Aberdeen Labour  | Lesley Dunbar
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen |  | SNP  | Jim Noble
Midstocket/Rosemount |  | Aberdeen Labour  | Jenny Laing
| Conservative | Tom Mason
Lower Deeside |  | Conservative  | Philip Bell
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells |  | Conservative  | Claire Imrie
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee |  | Conservative  | Douglas Lumsden
Torry/Ferryhill |  | SNP  | Audrey Nicoll
| Aberdeen Labour  | Yvonne Allan
| Conservative  | Alan Donnelly
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove |  | Aberdeen Labour  | Sarah Duncan
| Conservative  | Philip Sellar

Source:[2][14]

### Candidates

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The total number of candidates fell from 101 in 2017 to 99. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 23 (two less than in 2017) across the 13 wards. The Conservatives overtook Labour by fielding 17 candidates – three more than five years previous. Labour, which had put forward 20 candidates in 2017, stood 15 candidates, all of whom used the "Aberdeen Labour" description. The 13 candidates fielded by the Liberal Democrats were one less than in 2017. For the first time in an Aberdeen City election, the Greens contested every ward by fielding 13 candidates – almost double the number they had put forward in 2017. The number of independent candidates fell from 13 to six, while two Libertarian candidates contested the election – an increase of one. Contesting elections in Aberdeen City for the first time were the Alba Party (four candidates), the Scottish Family Party (five) and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) (one). Unlike the 2017 election, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the National Front and Solidarity did not put forward any candidates.[2][14]

## Results

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2022 Aberdeen City Council election  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| SNP | 20  | 1  | 0  |  1  | 44.4  | 35.0  | 23,472  |  2.6
| Labour | 11  | 2  | 0  |  2  | 24.4  | 17.5  | 11,731  |  0.2
| Conservative | 8  | 0  | 3  |  3  | 17.8  | 21.5  | 14,424  |  3.2
| Liberal Democrats | 4  | 1  | 1  |  | 8.9  | 14.0  | 9,404  |  1.2
| Independent | 2  | 1  | 1  |  | 4.4  | 5.3  | 3,569  |  2.1
| Scottish Green | 0  | 0  | 0  |  | 0  | 5.1  | 3,414  |  2.9
| Alba | 0  | 0  | 0  |  | 0  | 0.7  | 464  | New
| Scottish Family | 0  | 0  | 0  |  | 0  | 0.6  | 419  | New
| Scottish Libertarian | 0  | 0  | 0  |  | 0  | 0.1  | 56  |  0.1
| TUSC | 0  | 0  | 0  |  | 0  | 0.0  | 38  | New
Total | 45  |  |  |  |  |  | 66,991  |

Source: [15]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[16][17]

### Ward summary

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2022 Aberdeen City Council election results by ward  Ward  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | %  | Seats  | Total

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SNP | Lab | Con | Lib Dem | Ind | Others
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone | 41.3  | 2  | 17.8  | 1  | 26.2  | 1  | 8.8  | 0  |  | 5.9  | 0  | 4
Bridge of Don | 40.4  | 2  | 15.3  | 1  | 29.1  | 1  | 10.9  | 0  |  | 4.4  | 0  | 4
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill | 33.1  | 1  | 13.6  | 1  | 12.0  | 0  | 37.4  | 1  |  | 3.9  | 0  | 3
Northfield/Mastrick North | 53.3  | 2  | 26.3  | 1  | 10.2  | 0  | 4.1  | 0  |  | 4.2  | 0  | 3
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill | 44.4  | 2  | 24.6  | 1  | 17.1  | 0  | 6.3  | 0  |  | 7.6  | 0  | 3
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen | 43.3  | 2  | 25.7  | 1  | 13.3  | 0  | 4.5  | 0  | 2.9  | 0  | 9.8  | 0  | 3
Midstocket/Rosemount | 37.8  | 1  | 21.5  | 1  | 24.5  | 1  | 7.0  | 0  |  | 9.3  | 0  | 3
George Street/Harbour | 42.2  | 2  | 19.8  | 1  | 10.9  | 0  | 11.4  | 1  | 1.8  | 0  | 13.8  | 0  | 4
Lower Deeside | 15.3  | 0  | 23.8  | 1  | 30.1  | 1  | 4.6  | 0  | 21.7  | 1  | 4.5  | 0  | 3
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells | 18.4  | 1  | 6.3  | 0  | 25.4  | 1  | 25.4  | 1  | 20.9  | 1  | 3.6  | 0  | 4
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee | 27.5  | 1  | 10.7  | 0  | 21.1  | 1  | 36.5  | 1  |  | 4.2  | 0  | 3
Torry/Ferryhill | 39.8  | 2  | 17.3  | 1  | 19.4  | 1  | 6.4  | 0  | 6.3  | 0  | 10.8  | 0  | 4
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove | 45.7  | 2  | 18.8  | 1  | 21.1  | 1  | 6.5  | 0  |  | 7.7  | 0  | 4
Total  | 35.0  | 20  | 17.5  | 11  | 21.6  | 8  | 14.0  | 4  | 5.3  | 2  | 6.3  | 0  | 45

### Seats changing hands

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Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands  Seat  | 2017 | 2022

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Party  | Member  | Party  | Member
Bridge of Don |  | Independent | John Reynolds  |  | Labour | Nurul Hoque Ali
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill |  | Conservative | John Wheeler  |  | Labour  | Kate Blake
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill |  | Conservative  | Freddie John  |  | SNP | Hazel Cameron
George Street/Harbour |  | Conservative  | Ryan Houghton  |  | Liberal Democrats | Desmond Bouse
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells |  | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stewart  |  | Independent  | Jennifer Stewart[Note 1]

Notes

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Note 1: In 2017, Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate but later resigned from the party.[10]

Source:[2][15]

## Ward results

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### Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SNP | Gill Al-Samarai (incumbent)  | 23.3  | 1,538 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Avril MacKenzie (incumbent)  | 21.0  | 1,387 |  |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | Neil MacGregor (incumbent)  | 18.0  | 1,188  | 1,362 |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Barney Crockett (incumbent)[note 1] | 17.8  | 1,174  | 1,184  | 1,187  | 1,193  | 1,207  | 1,311  | 1,408
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Heald  | 8.8  | 579  | 584  | 587  | 592  | 608  | 717  | 850
| Conservative | Braiden Smith  | 5.2  | 341  | 341  | 397  | 398  | 419  | 433  |
| Scottish Green | William Ball  | 4.5  | 296  | 312  | 312  | 327  | 345  |  |
| Scottish Family | Amy-Marie Stratton  | 1.4  | 95  | 96  | 96  | 98  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,446  Valid: 6,598  Spoilt: 168  Quota: 1,320  Turnout: 41.1%

Source:[19][20]

### Bridge of Don

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The SNP (2) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from an independent.

Bridge of Don – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| SNP | Alison Alphonse (incumbent)  | 24.3  | 1,649 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Sarah Cross (incumbent)  | 23.5  | 1,594 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | Jessica Mennie (incumbent)  | 16.1  | 1,094  | 1,339  | 1,341  | 1,347  | 1,450 |  |  |
| Labour | Nurul Hoque Ali | 15.3  | 1,040  | 1,053  | 1,066  | 1,076  | 1,118  | 1,136  | 1,246  | 1,708
| Liberal Democrats | Mevrick Renson Fernandes  | 10.9  | 739  | 748  | 762  | 783  | 833  | 852  | 1,033  |
| Conservative | Matthew Watt  | 5.6  | 379  | 380  | 564  | 578  | 583  | 585  |  |
| Scottish Green | Sylvia Hardie  | 3.1  | 210  | 220  | 221  | 226  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Family | Harald Rainer Bartl  | 1.3  | 88  | 88  | 90  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,216  Valid: 6,793  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,359  Turnout: 45.5%

Source:[21][22]

### Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill

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The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Delaney (incumbent)  | 37.4  | 1,778 |  |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | David John Cameron (incumbent)  | 26.6  | 1,265 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Kate Blake | 13.6  | 644  | 786  | 793  | 802  | 851  | 1,033  | 1,364
| Conservative | John Wheeler (incumbent)  | 12.0  | 571  | 698  | 699  | 728  | 742  | 758  |
| SNP | Sam Ochola  | 6.5  | 310  | 390  | 450  | 458  | 534  |  |
| Scottish Green | David John McGrath  | 2.6  | 124  | 179  | 183  | 199  |  |  |
| Scottish Family | Dawn Smith  | 1.3  | 60  | 76  | 77  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,504  Valid: 4,752  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,189  Turnout: 42.0%

Source:[23][24]

### Northfield/Mastrick North

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Northfield/Mastrick North – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| SNP | Donna Clark | 43.2  | 1,586 |  |  |  |
| Labour | Gordon Graham (incumbent)  | 22.6  | 829  | 891  | 901  | 917  | 932
| Conservative | Nestor Carlsen-Devereux  | 10.2  | 373  | 383  | 388  | 395  | 400
| SNP | Ciarán McRae (incumbent)  | 10.1  | 370  | 857  | 860  | 908  | 964
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Forman  | 4.1  | 151  | 167  | 173  | 177  | 199
| Labour | Graeme Stephen Lawrence  | 3.7  | 136  | 145  | 148  | 153  | 156
| Scottish Green | Louise McCafferty  | 2.7  | 100  | 114  | 118  | 122  |
| Alba | David Maitland  | 2.5  | 91  | 103  | 109  |  |
| TUSC | Lucas Smith Grant  | 1.0  | 38  | 42  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,686  Valid: 3,674  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 919  Turnout: 32.5%

Source:[25][26]

### Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill

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The SNP retained the seat they won at the previous election and gained one seat from the Conservatives while Labour retained their only seat.

Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SNP | Hazel Cameron | 31.1  | 1,333 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Deena Tissera | 23.8  | 1,022  | 1,033  | 1,050 |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Freddie John (incumbent)  | 16.6  | 711  | 713  | 731  | 732  | 748  | 847  |
| SNP | Neil Copland (incumbent)  | 11.9  | 511  | 762  | 778  | 781  | 875  | 943  | 1,080
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Petchey  | 6.1  | 261  | 263  | 277  | 280  | 346  |  |
| Scottish Green | Peter Kennedy  | 4.9  | 209  | 220  | 240  | 241  |  |  |
| Scottish Family | Jakub Tomasz Kurpanik  | 2.5  | 107  | 108  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,018  Valid: 4,154  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,039  Turnout: 38.9%

Source:[27][28]

### Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| SNP | Alexander McLellan (incumbent)  | 34.8  | 911 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Ross Grant (incumbent)  | 22.2  | 582  | 602  | 612  | 621  | 635  | 708 |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Vish Archer  | 10.7  | 281  | 283  | 293  | 301  | 315  | 321  | 327  | 357  | 375  |
| SNP | Kairin Van Sweeden | 8.5  | 222  | 395  | 401  | 415  | 425  | 435  | 442  | 460  | 612  | 665
| Scottish Green | Ashish Malik  | 7.3  | 192  | 205  | 215  | 226  | 237  | 245  | 251  | 282  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen Frances Delaney  | 4.5  | 118  | 121  | 125  | 130  | 135  | 145  | 154  |  |  |
| Labour | Shona Simpson  | 3.7  | 98  | 104  | 108  | 115  | 127  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Peter Nicol  | 2.9  | 77  | 85  | 94  | 103  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Family | Graham Charles Elder  | 2.6  | 69  | 72  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alba | Robert Reid  | 2.5  | 66  | 74  | 80  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 8,872  Valid: 2,616  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 655  Turnout: 30.7%

Source:[29][30]

### Midstocket/Rosemount

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The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Midstocket/Rosemount – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| SNP | Bill Cormie (incumbent)  | 27.0  | 1,264 |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Emma Farquhar | 24.5  | 1,150  | 1,153  | 1,221 |  |
| Labour | Jennifer Bonsell | 21.5  | 1,007  | 1,014  | 1,136  | 1,160  | 1,334
| SNP | William MacKenzie  | 10.8  | 507  | 571  | 585  | 587  | 815
| Scottish Green | Alex Jarvis  | 9.3  | 435  | 442  | 514  | 517  |
| Liberal Democrats | William Sell  | 7.0  | 326  | 328  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,979  Valid: 4,689  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,173  Turnout: 43.5%

Source:[31][32]

### George Street/Harbour

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives.

George Street/Harbour – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SNP | Michael Hutchison (incumbent)  | 22.2  | 762 |  |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | Dell Henrickson (incumbent)  | 20.0  | 684  | 745 |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Sandra Macdonald (incumbent)  | 19.8  | 678  | 682  | 690 |  |  |  |
| Scottish Green | Guy Ingerson  | 13.8  | 474  | 478  | 506  | 507  | 521  | 548  |
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond Bouse | 11.4  | 391  | 392  | 397  | 398  | 417  | 599  | 871
| Conservative | Shane Painter  | 10.9  | 375  | 375  | 377  | 377  | 386  |  |
| Independent | Mac Ahmed Chaudry  | 1.8  | 63  | 63  | 66  | 66  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,378  Valid: 3,427  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 686  Turnout: 28.3%

Source:[33][34]

### Lower Deeside

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Labour, the Conservatives and independent candidate Marie Boulton retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Lower Deeside – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent)  | 23.8  | 1,640  | 1,698  | 1,804 |  |
| Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent)  | 21.7  | 1,496  | 1,524  | 1,622  | 1,651  | 1,733
| Conservative | Duncan Massey | 17.3  | 1,194  | 1,197  | 1,232  | 1,242  | 2,009
| SNP | Ewan Ritchie  | 15.3  | 1,051  | 1,192  | 1,234  | 1,247  | 1,252
| Conservative | Gillian Tebberen  | 12.8  | 882  | 890  | 910  | 913  |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Mulkerrin  | 4.6  | 316  | 363  |  |  |
| Scottish Green | Daniel Verhamme  | 4.5  | 307  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,555  Valid: 6,886  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,722  Turnout: 55.5%

Source:[35][36]

### Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells

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The Liberal Democrats retained one of their two seats and lost one to independent candidate Jennifer Stewart, while the Conservatives and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election. Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor in 2017 but subsequently left her party to join the minority Conservative–Aberdeen Labour administration.

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Liberal Democrats | Martin Greig (incumbent)  | 25.4  | 1,967 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jennifer Stewart (incumbent)  | 20.9  | 1,618 |  |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | John Cooke (incumbent)  | 18.4  | 1,426  | 1,476  | 1,487  | 1,650 |  |  |
| Conservative | Ken McLeod | 13.2  | 1,021  | 1,116  | 1,134  | 1,139  | 1,142  | 1,262  | 2,238
| Conservative | Lars Frevert  | 12.2  | 941  | 1,003  | 1,011  | 1,017  | 1,020  | 1,123  |
| Labour | Mohamed Mosobbir  | 6.3  | 486  | 552  | 561  | 661  | 703  |  |
| Scottish Green | Becky Rafferty  | 3.6  | 277  | 319  | 324  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,281  Valid: 7,736  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,548  Turnout: 51.1%

Source:[37][38]

### Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee

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The Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Liberal Democrats | Ian Yuill (incumbent)  | 36.5  | 2,146 |
| SNP | Derek Davidson | 27.5  | 1,615 |
| Conservative | Ryan Houghton | 21.1  | 1,240  | 1,455
| Labour | Logan Machell  | 10.7  | 627  | 802
| Scottish Green | Harry Rafferty  | 4.2  | 244  | 345
Electorate: 11,842  Valid: 5,872  Spoilt: 55  Quota: 1,469  Turnout: 50.1%

Source:[39][40]

### Torry/Ferryhill

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Torry/Ferryhill – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| SNP | Christian Allard (incumbent)  | 32.9  | 1,646 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Michael Kusznir | 19.4  | 970  | 975  | 982  | 988  | 996  | 1,023 |  |
| Labour | Simon Peter Watson | 17.3  | 864  | 894  | 897  | 900  | 904  | 966  | 972  | 1,138
| Scottish Green | Esme Houston  | 7.8  | 390  | 433  | 433  | 438  | 458  | 513  | 514  | 566
| SNP | Lee Fairfull | 6.9  | 344  | 824  | 825  | 833  | 891  | 928  | 929  | 950
| Liberal Democrats | Gregor McAbery  | 6.4  | 318  | 327  | 329  | 336  | 339  | 372  | 379  |
| Independent | Simon McLean  | 4.8  | 238  | 247  | 252  | 305  | 331  |  |  |
| Alba | Brian Allan  | 2.5  | 123  | 142  | 146  | 148  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Paul Dawson  | 1.5  | 77  | 85  | 87  |  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Libertarian | Oren Katz  | 0.5  | 27  | 27  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,012  Valid: 4,997  Spoilt: 123  Quota: 1,000  Turnout: 34.1%

Source:[41][42]

### Kincorth/Nigg/Cove

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| SNP | Alex Nicoll (incumbent)  | 30.5  | 1,465 |  |  |
| Conservative | Richard Brooks | 21.1  | 1,014 |  |  |
| Labour | Lynn Thomson | 18.9  | 904  | 917  | 949  | 966
| SNP | Miranda Radley (incumbent)  | 15.2  | 731  | 1,171 |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Moira Henderson  | 6.5  | 314  | 321  | 335  | 350
| Alba | Charlie Abel  | 3.8  | 184  | 191  | 222  | 223
| Scottish Green | Heather Herbert  | 3.3  | 156  | 163  | 236  | 237
| Scottish Libertarian | Bryce Hope  | 0.6  | 29  | 29  | 30  | 31
Electorate: 13,058  Valid: 4,797  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 960  Turnout: 37.4%

Source:[43][44]

## Aftermath

[edit]

On 18 May, a partnership was formed between the SNP group and the four Liberal Democrat councillors.[45] David Cameron was made Provost, defeating Labour's Lynn Thomson by 25 votes to 9.[46] The SNP's Alex Nicoll and the Liberal Democrats' Ian Yuill were named co-leaders of the council.[47]

Barney Crockett, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in June 2023 to sit as an independent.[18]

### Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election

[edit]

Conservative councillor Avril MacKenzie died on 1 December 2022.[48] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 23 February 2023 and was won by Labour's Graeme Lawrence.[49]

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election (23 February 2023) – 1 seat  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| SNP | Tomasz Brzezinski  | 30.5  | 1,455  | 1,461  | 1,465  | 1,513  | 1,604  | 1,674  | 1,729  |
| Labour | Graeme Lawrence | 25.7  | 1,227  | 1,233  | 1,255  | 1,282  | 1,306  | 1,459  | 1,971  | 2,596
| Conservative | Akila Kanthaswamy  | 24.9  | 1,190  | 1,192  | 1,201  | 1,205  | 1,216  | 1,310  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Mevrick Fernandes  | 9.4  | 452  | 460  | 464  | 480  | 491  |  |  |
| Alba | Charlie Abel  | 3.7  | 178  | 181  | 183  | 191  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Green | Sylvia Hardie  | 2.3  | 111  | 116  | 121  |  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Family | Amy-Marie Stratton  | 1.2  | 60  | 68  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Simon McLean  | 1.1  | 52  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,926  Valid: 4,772  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 2,363  Turnout: 28.2%

Source:[50][51]

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ Cllr Crockett resigned from Labour in June 2023 to sit as an independent.[18]

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