Elgin City South (ward)
Location of the ward[1]
Elgin City South is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Graham Leadbitter (SNP) |
Alistair Bisset (Ind.) |
John Divers (Labour) | |||||
| 2008 by | John Alexander Sharp (SNP) | |||||||
| 2012 | James Allan (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2017 | Ray McLean (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Peter Bloomfield (Conservative) | |||||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
| Candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Bloomfield | Conservative | |
| Paul Briggs | Independent | |
| John Divers (incumbent) | Labour | |
| Michaela French | Independent | |
| Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | SNP | |
| Bernard Matthew Salmon | Liberal Democrat | |
2017 Election[edit]
2017 Moray Council election[2]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Conservative | Ray McLean | 35.9 | 1,460 | ||
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 30.7 | 1,245 | ||
| Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 24.8 | 1,009 | 1,126 | |
| Independent | Sean Malone | 8.5 | 347 | 531 | |
| Electorate: 9,551 Valid: 4,061 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 4,103 (43%) | |||||
2012 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 37.57% | 1,073 | ||
| Conservative | James Allan | 25.0% | 714 | 810.1 | |
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 23.63% | 675 | 771.1 | |
| SNP | John Sharp (incumbent) | 13.8% | 394 | 434 | |
| Electorate: 8,356 Valid: 2,856 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 715 Turnout: 2,896 (34.18%) | |||||
2008 by-election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | John Alexander Sharp | 32.10 | 670 | 670 | 672 | 672 | 679 | 685 | 706 | 763 | 884 | |
| Independent | Hamish Simpson | 24.3 | 513 | 513 | 518 | 523 | 527 | 540 | 612 | 722 | 845 | |
| Labour | Mark Cascarino | 17.0 | 358 | 358 | 361 | 363 | 370 | 380 | 403 | 459 | ||
| Independent | James Scott Allan | 10.6 | 223 | 224 | 227 | 229 | 233 | 240 | 278 | |||
| Conservative | Frank Brown | 9.8 | 206 | 206 | 206 | 208 | 216 | 223 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter J Horton | 2.3 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 53 | |||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 1.5 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 37 | ||||||
| UKIP | Matthew Coughlan Desmond | 1.0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| Independent | Martyn Harris | 0.8 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
| Independent | Gordon Davidson | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||||
| SNP gain from Independent | Swing | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 7,886 Valid: 2,087 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 2,112 | ||||||||||||
2007 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter | 1,304 | 33.16 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | John Divers | 1,132 | 28.79 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Alistair Bisset | 904 | 22.99 | 3 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Dennis Thompson | 592 | 15.06 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Moray Council Election Results 2017". Moray.gov. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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