Mid-Formartine (ward)

Mid-Formartine is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors. The ward's name refers to the region of Formartine, north of Aberdeen.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Allan Hendry (SNP)		Paul Johnston (Liberal Democrats Independent)		John Kevin Loveday (Liberal Democrats)		Jim Gifford (Conservative)
2012
2017	Karen Adam (SNP)	Andrew Hassan (Liberal Democrats)
2022	Jenny Nicol (SNP)				Derek Ritchie (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Mid-Formartine − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Jenny Nicol	19.2	971	1,597
	Independent	Paul Johnston (incumbent)	18.2	916	959	1,131
	Conservative	Derek Ritchie	17.4	876	879	897	910	1,648
	Conservative	Sheila Powell (incumbent)	15.9	803	809	827	837
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hassan (incumbent)	14.9	752	782	934	1,000	1,048
	SNP	Kenny Hutchison	14.4	728
Electorate: 11,612   Valid: 5,046   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 44.2%

Source:^[2][3]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election^[4]

Mid-Formartine - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Jim Gifford (incumbent)	34.61%	1,797
	Independent	Paul Johnston (incumbent)	20.61%	1,070
	SNP	Karen Adam	19.99%	1,038	1,057
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hassan	9.46%	491	724	731	731	860	930	1,227
	Independent	Jeff Goodhall	4.79%	249	456	467	468	534	627
	SNP	Cryle Shand (incumbent)	5.82%	302	310	314	329	358
	Labour	Kirsten Muat	4.72%	245	301	303	303
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,192   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 46.1%

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election^[5]

Mid-Formartine - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Allan Hendry (incumbent)	29.12	1,293
	Independent	Paul Johnston (incumbent)	21.12	938
	Conservative	Jim Gifford (incumbent)	16.24	721	735.1	740.8	825.9	895.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Kevin Loveday (incumbent)	9.89	439	458.7	467.4	542.6	658.7	661.1
	Labour	Braden Davy	8.92	396	411.9	416.9	463.8
	Independent	Jeff Goodhall	8.11	360	371.6	387.1
	SNP	Cryle Shand	6.62	294	606.5	612.4	679.6	753.0	753.6	938.0
Electorate: 11,843   Valid: 4,441   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 889   Turnout: 4,480 (37.50%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Mid-Formartine

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Allan Hendry	33.6	2,035
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Johnston†††††	27.4	1,661
	Conservative	Jim Gifford	17.1	1,034	1,141	1,182	1,261
	Liberal Democrats	John Kevin Loveday	11.2	677	855	1,134	1,210	1,227
	Labour	Steve Thomson	7.7	469	558	586	613	618
	Independent	Howard Kershaw	3.1	188	290	306
Electorate: -   Valid: 6,064   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 55.91%

By-election

Following the election of Karen Adam (SNP) to Holyrood at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 6 May and her subsequent resignation as Councillor for Mid-Formartine ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 19 August 2021.^[6]

2021 By-election

Mid Formartine By-election 2021 - Aberdeenshire Council^[7]

Mid-Formartine - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Conservative	Sheila Powell	45.66%	1,480	1,484	1,645
	SNP	Jenny Nicol	37.18%	1,205	1,281	1,409
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Goodhall	12.71%	412	451
	Scottish Green	Peter Kennedy	4.44%	144
Electorate: 11,670   Valid: 3,241   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 1,621   Turnout: 27.9%

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 8 - Mid-Formartine". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
4. . Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
5. . Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
6. "Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP Karen Adam to step down as councillor".
7. "Mid Formartine by election 2021 result". 6 January 2022.