Banff and District (ward)

Location of the ward [1]

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

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillors

|

2007 |  | Jack Mair
(Liberal Democrats)  |  | Ian Gray
(SNP)  |  | John Cox
(Independent /
SNP/
Independent) [2]
2012 |  | Mike Roy
(Conservative
/Ind.)  |
2016  |  | Iain Taylor
(Conservative)
2017 |  | Glen Reynolds
(SNP)  |
2020  |
2022 |  | Stewart Adams
(Conservative)

## Election Results

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### 2022 election

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Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Banff and District − 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SNP | Glen Reynolds (incumbent)  | 31.9  | 1,265 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Stewart Adams | 27.8  | 1,103 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | John Cox (incumbent)  | 19.8  | 787  | 834  | 862  | 892  | 921  | 950  | 1,023
| Independent | Mike Roy (incumbent)  | 7.2  | 285  | 299  | 318  | 326  | 368  | 401  | 487
| Labour | James Low  | 5.0  | 200  | 224  | 234  | 238  | 294  | 365  |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandy Leslie  | 3.8  | 150  | 167  | 181  | 199  |  |  |
| Scottish Green | Neil Woodward  | 2.6  | 105  | 182  | 185  | 214  | 239  |  |
| Alba | Iain Cameron  | 1.8  | 73  | 106  | 108  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,185  Valid: 3,968  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 993  Turnout: 43.6%

Source:[3][4]

### 2017 Election

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2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[5]

Banff and District - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

| Conservative | Mike Roy (incumbent)  | 36.18%  | 1,509
| Independent | John B. Cox (incumbent)  | 26.18%  | 1,092
| SNP | Glen Reynolds | 25.15%  | 1,049
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Simpson  | 12.49%  | 521
Electorate: 9,187  Valid: 4,171  Spoilt: 53  Quota: 1,043  Turnout: 46.0%

### 2016 By-election

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Banff By-election (3 November 2016) [6] \- 1 Seat  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

| Conservative | Iain Taylor | 44.0%  | 1170
| SNP | Glen Reynolds  | 36.2%  | 962
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Mason  | 19.8%  | 526
Turnout: 29.5%

### 2012 Election

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2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[7]

Banff and District - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| SNP | John B. Cox (incumbent)†††††††††  | 31.24  | 1,037 |  |  |
| SNP | Ian Gray (incumbent)††††††††  | 24.19  | 803  | 959.7 |  |
| Conservative | Mike Roy | 23.13  | 768  | 780.4  | 793.5  | 880.3
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Francis Mason  | 11.12  | 369  | 377.8  | 405.8  | 508.6
| Scottish Christian | Colin Murray  | 10.30  | 342  | 350.4  | 375.4  |
Electorate: 8,661  Valid: 3,319  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 830  Turnout: 3,369 (38.32%)

### 2007 Election

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2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Banff and District  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| SNP | Ian Gray | 24.0  | 1,088  | 1,092  | 1,103  | 1,142 |  |  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Mair | 15.3  | 694  | 704  | 713  | 773  | 773  | 848  | 915  | 1,132
| Independent | John Cox††††††††  | 15.2  | 691  | 707  | 742  | 791  | 791  | 925  | 1,055  | 1,257
| Conservative | Neil Chalmers  | 13.6  | 616  | 626  | 640  | 666  | 666  | 741  | 792  |
| SNP | Kathryn Parr  | 11.0  | 500  | 509  | 525  | 554  | 558  | 609  |  |
| Independent | Sandy Buchan  | 8.4  | 383  | 398  | 438  | 475  | 475  |  |  |
| Scottish Green | Jonny Barton  | 6.6  | 298  | 301  | 319  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | John Calder  | 3.8  | 172  | 180  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Ian Page  | 2.1  | 94  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: \-  Valid: 4,536  Spoilt: 105  Quota: 1,135  Turnout: 53.11%

## References

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1. ^ "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 9 March 2020.
2. ^ "End of the road for SNP councillor as party block his election bid".
3. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 1 - Banff and District". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
5. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
6. ^ "By-Elections results for Banff and District and Inverurie and District". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 9 May 2018.
7. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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Wards of Aberdeenshire

* Banff and District
* Troup
* Fraserburgh and District
* Central Buchan
* Peterhead North and Rattray
* Peterhead South and Cruden
* Turriff and District
* Mid-Formartine
* Ellon and District
* West Garioch
* Inverurie and District
* East Garioch
* Westhill and District
* Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
* Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
* Banchory and Mid-Deeside
* North Kincardine
* Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
* Mearns

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