Aberdeenshire Elections - Ward 11 Inverurie

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The results of the 2017 election in the ward were as follows -

Conservative - Colin Clark (incumbent) 1732

SNP - Neil Baillie 1085

Independent - Judy Whyte 982

Liberal Democrats -Marion Ewenson 568 951.1 958.69 965.63

SNP - Bryan Stuart (incumbent) 245 261.41 360.1 362.9

Labour - Sarah Flavell 206 265.42 269.77 271.69

Valid: 4818 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 964 Turnout: 4866 (43.3 per cent)

But shortly after a by-election was held after Colin Clark stood down.

2017 by- election

Lesley Berry (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) - 1672

Scott Bremner (Scottish Liberal Democrats) - 295

Sarah Flavell (Scottish Labour Party) - 276

Elaine Mitchell (Scottish National Party) - 1146

Craig Stewart (Scottish Green Party) - 56

After the application of STV rules, Lesley Berry was elected at the fourth stage

She would shortly thereafter resign from the Conservative party to remain on the council as an aligned independent.

The turnout in Ward 11 was 30.9 per cent

For Ward 11: Inverurie and District (Four elected) with an electorate of 12,091 for the 2022 election with three out of the four incumbent councillors standing again, and the stepping down of the incumbent aligned independent councillor , the SNP are making a bid to gain a seat in the ward, where they have not had two councillors since 2017.

Neil Baillie, SNP

Marion Ewenson, Scottish Liberal Democrats

David Keating, Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Archie Peebles, SNP

Denise Rothnie, Scottish Greens

Judy Whyte, Independent

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