Keith and Cullen (ward)

Keith and Cullen is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council.^[1] It elects three Councillors.^[2]

Location of the ward in Moray

History

After the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the ward will move from the Moray to the new Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Stewart Cree (Independent)		Ron Shepherd (Independent)		Gary Coull (SNP)
2012
2017		Donald Gatt (Conservative)				Theresa Coull (SNP)
2022				Tracy Colyer (Conservative)

Election results

2022 Moray Council election

Keith and Cullen - 3 seats<

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Theresa Coull (incumbent)	43.5%	1,493
	Conservative	Donald Gatt (incumbent)	24.7%	849	884.25
	Conservative	Tracy Colyer	18.9%	650	673.8	693.6	732.61	955.35
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Tarr	9.9%	341	589.4	591.8	674.21
	Scottish Family	William Barclay	2.9%	99	178.0	178.4
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,432   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 859   Turnout: 45.7%

2017 Moray Council election

Keith & Cullen – 3 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Conservative	Donald Gatt	32.7%	1,208
	SNP	Theresa Coull	29.5%	1,088
	Independent	Ron Shepherd (incumbent)	18.02%	665	765	783	1,069
	SNP	Iain Grieve	10.2%	375	382	510	570
	Independent	Rob Barsby	9.6%	354	442	447
Electorate: 8,118   Valid: 3,690   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 923   Turnout: 3,752 (46.2%)

2012 Moray Council election

Keith and Cullen – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Gary Coull (incumbent)	42.45%	1,319
	Independent	Ron Shepherd (incumbent)	22.59%	702	750.5	866.7
	Independent	Stewart Cree (incumbent)	15.25%	474	591.5	706.1	752.5	964.8
	Conservative	Valery Dickson	10.04%	312	336.2
	SNP	Hazel Thain	9.66	300	615.2	633.5	650.6
Electorate: 7,810   Valid: 3,107   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 777   Turnout: 3,140 (39.78%)

2007 Moray Council election

Keith and Cullen

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Gary Coull	1,555	36.87	1	1
	Independent	Ron Shepherd	827	19.61	2	4
	Independent	Stewart Cree	698	16.55	3	4
	Independent	Percy Watt	582	13.80
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Matheson	300	7.11
	Conservative	Olive Starsmore	256	6.07

References

1. "Wards and Constituencies - Moray Council". www.moray.gov.uk. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
2. Malcolm, Ewan (26 April 2022). "Five candidates to contest Keith and Cullen ward in May's council election". Grampian Online.