Lower Deeside is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Councillors edit

Election Councillors
2007 Marie Boulton
(Ind.)
Aileen Malone
(Liberal Democrats)
Alan Milne
(Conservative)
2012 M. Tauqeer Malik
(Labour)
2017 Philip Bell
(Conservative)
2022 Duncan Massey
(Conservative)

Election results edit

2022 election edit

Lower Deeside – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
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:[2][3]

2017 election edit

2017 Aberdeen City Council election[4]

Lower Deeside – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Philip Bell 39.8 2,714              
Independent Marie Boulton (incumbent) 16.4 1,119 1,449.4 1,452.5 1,512 1,556.09 1,822.8    
Labour M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent)‡ 15.3 1,040 1,155.5 1,165.09 1,211.1 1,241.6 1,447.9 1,497.3 1,976.8
SNP Pamela McBain 15.1 1,028 1,042.9 1,049.4 1,068.8 1,145.9 1,224.4 1,235.1  
Liberal Democrats Ken McLeod 7.9 541 743.6 751.9 770.7 816.04      
Scottish Green Nir Oren 2.9 195 209.5 213.3 223.8        
Independent Kenneth Pratt 2.1 143 202.9 205.7          
Libertarian Robbie Bowman 0.5 31 45.9            
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,811   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,703   Turnout: 6,863 (57.7%)  

2012 election edit

2012 Aberdeen City Council election

Lower Deeside - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Marie Boulton (incumbent) 30.7% 1,520          
Liberal Democrats Aileen Malone (incumbent) 15.3% 755 814.2 823.4 992.7 1,140.9 1,539.9
Labour M. Tauqeer Malik 15.0% 744 779 789.4 841.2 1,007.5 1,068.9
Conservative Raymond Murchie 14.4% 712 741.4 754.5 881.8 950.2  
SNP Dorothy Janet McCaig 13.3% 659 677.4 684.9 739.4    
Independent Peter Reiss 9.9% 490 568.6 621.3      
Independent Andy Anderson 1.3% 64 94.7        
Electorate: 11,301   Valid: 4,944   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 1,237   Turnout: 4,977 (43.75%)  

2007 election edit

2007 Aberdeen City Council election

Lower Deeside - 3 seats[5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Liberal Democrats Aileen Malone 23.9 1,536 1,660      
Conservative Alan Milne†††† 24.0 1,546 1,588 1,592 1,745  
Independent Marie Boulton 17.1 1,097 1,173 1,176 1,353 1,399
SNP David Adams 16.6 1,068 1,125 1,127 1,234 1,253
Liberal Democrats Brian Malone 9.4 603 692 726    
Labour Marianne Stewart 9.1 583        
Electorate:     Valid: 6,435   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,609   Turnout: 6,504  

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Lower Deeside" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Lower Deeside" (PDF). Aberdeen City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local government election 2017: Results". Aberdeen City Council. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Election Results 3rd May 2007" (PDF). Local Election Archive Project. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Local Government Elections May 2007 - Full Results". Aberdeen City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2011.[permanent dead link]