1999 Aberdeenshire Council election

1999 Aberdeenshire Council election
All 68 seats to Aberdeenshire Council; 35 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; ; NOC	Council Leader after election ; ; NOC

Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 6 May 1999; the same day as elections to the Scottish Parliament and to the 31 other Scottish local authorities. 68 councillors were elected from 68 wards using First Past The Post (FPTP). This election was conducted under boundary changes with an increased number of seats from the 47 used in the 1995 election. The Liberal Democrats were the largest party, with councillors also being elected representing the SNP, Independents, and Conservatives.

Overall result[edit]

Aberdeenshire Council elections, 1999 ^[1]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	28	15	47.2	32.8	29,908	9.2
Scottish National	23	8	33.8	29.4	26,848	3.7
Independent	10	3	14.7	14.3	13,036	11.5
Conservative	7	3	10.3	18.4	16,795	7.6
Labour	0	0	0.0	5.0	4,579	1.3
Green Independent	0	0	0.0	0.1	80	0.1

Ward Results[edit]

Ward 1 Durn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	S Taylor	817	57
	Liberal Democrats	J Mair	617	43
Majority			202	14
Turnout			1436	62
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 2 Banff West & Boyndie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	J McKee	618	45.8
	Independent	R Cumming	296	22
	Independent	T Chalmers	227	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	H Mair	207	15.4
Majority			322	23.8
Turnout			1348	59.1
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 3 Banff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	J Cox	987	72.8
	Liberal Democrats	S Barett	187	13.8
	Conservative	C Sutherland	181	13.4
Majority			800	59
Turnout			1,355	57.9
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 4 Aberchirder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	K Benzie	491	41.3
	Independent	C Bruce	423	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	D Ward	274	23.1
Majority			68	5.7
Turnout			1,188	51.5
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 5 Macduff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	S Mair	948	80.3
	Liberal Democrats	S Ritchie	233	19.7
Majority			715	60.6
Turnout			1,181	50.7
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 6 Gamrie-King Edward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	A Buchan	537	45.2
	Independent	J Duncan	530	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	E Murphy	120	10.1
Majority			7	0.5
Turnout			1,187	58.3
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 7 Buchan North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	M Burnett	784	57.6
	Independent	M Rennie	409	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Murphy	167	12.3
Majority			375	27.5
Turnout			1,360	58.3
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 8 Fraserburgh West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	B Topping	unopposed
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 9 Fraserburgh North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	D Duguid	887	70.6
	Independent	J Milne	370	29.4
Majority			517	41.2
Turnout			1,257	52.3
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 10 Fraserburgh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	I Tait	931	72.3
	Liberal Democrats	P MacKie	357	27.7
Majority			574	44.6
Turnout			1,288	52.6
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 11 Fraserburgh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H Fowler	757	56.5
	Scottish National	A Ramsay	584	43.5
Majority			173	13
Turnout			1,341	54.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 12 Buchan North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	M McRae	unopposed
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 13 South Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	N Thomson	417	31.2
	Independent	R Chapman	338	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Smith	308	23.1
	Independent	J Conn	165	12.4
	Labour	C Donald	108	8.1
Majority			79	5.9
Turnout			1,336	55
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 14 Central Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	S Tennant	776	51.9
	Conservative	R Thomas	447	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	V Duncan	272	18.2
Majority			329	22
Turnout			1,495	57.9
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 15 Lonmay & St. Fergus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Cowie	1,015	61.6
	Scottish National	P MacKie	519	31.5
	Liberal Democrats	J Michie	115	7.0
Majority			496	30.1
Turnout			1,649	68
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 16 Mintlaw-Old Deer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	D McHugh	521	38.7
	Independent	A Howie	329	24.4
	Liberal Democrats	W Cruickshank	314	23.3
	Conservative	G Walker	182	13.5
Majority			192	14.3
Turnout			1,346	59.6
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 17 Mintlaw-Longside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	A MacLeod	513	36.7
	Conservative	I Sutherland	449	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Murison	436	31.2
Majority			64	4.6
Turnout			1,398	59.6
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 18 Boddam-Inverugie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	S Couli	829	61.7
	Scottish National	R Broughall	515	38.3
Majority			314	23.4
Turnout			1,344	50.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 19 Blackhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	A Fowler	853	66.1
	Conservative	W Kenny	438	33.9
Majority			415	32.2
Turnout			1,291	48.2
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 20 Buchanhaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	A Strachan	unopposed
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 21 Buchan North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	G Barnes	unopposed
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 22 Buchan North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	J Davidson	unopposed
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 23 Dales-Towerhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	S Pratt	938	75.7
	Liberal Democrats	P Morris	301	24.3
Majority			637	51.4
Turnout			1,239	51.3
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 24 Cruden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	J Towers	851	60.1
	Conservative	M Cantlay	381	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	D Mackie	185	13.1
Majority			470	33.2
Turnout			1,417	61.5
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 25 Turriff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S B Mair	645	54.1
	Scottish National	A Dillon	250	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	M Daley	157	13.2
	Conservative	R Grogan	79	6.6
	Labour	C Morrison	62	5.2
Majority			395	32.1
Turnout			1,193	47.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 26 Turriff East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Norrie	395	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	A Carmichael	305	30.3
	Scottish National	M Shaw	225	22.3
	Conservative	D Churcher	83	8.2
Majority			90	8.9
Turnout			1,008	49.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 27 Upper Ythan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H Cormack	416	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	J Picken	279	23.2
	Scottish National	A Will	246	20.4
	Conservative	A Jiggens	178	14.8
	Labour	A McLean-Bullen	84	7.0
Majority			137	11.4
Turnout			1,203	53.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 28 Fyvle-Methlick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	E A Robertson	788	57.9
	Conservative	R Fenton	302	22.2
	Scottish National	F Hall	178	13.1
	Labour	W McConnach	94	6.9
Majority			486	35.7
Turnout			1,362	58.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 29 Tarves
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P Johnston	760	44.8
	Conservative	R McIntyre	459	27
	Scottish National	F Nicholson	340	20
	Labour	S Thomson	139	8.2
Majority			301	17.8
Turnout			1,698	60.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 30 Ythan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A McInnes	796	48
	Scottish National	R Duncan	512	30.9
	Conservative	C Wolrige-Gordon	232	14
	Labour	S Osprey	118	7.1
Majority			284	17.1
Turnout			1,658	58.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 31 Ellon Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A McInnes	796	48
	Scottish National	R Duncan	512	30.9
	Conservative	C Wolrige-Gordon	232	14
	Labour	S Osprey	118	7.1
Majority			284	17.1
Turnout			1,658	58.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 31 Ellon Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	A Cameron	478	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Bowie	442	32.5
	Conservative	M Kinnaird	276	20.3
	Labour	L Stevenson	165	12.1
Majority			36	2.6
Turnout			1,361	56.7
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 32 Logle Buchan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Anderson	834	51.2
	Scottish National	R Kemp	616	37.8
	Labour	J Osprey	178	10.9
Majority			218	13.4
Turnout			1,628	56.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 33 Meldrum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Loveday	651	42.1
	Conservative	P Sleigh	486	31.4
	Scottish National	G Ingram	300	19.4
	Labour	W Tuckwood	111	7.2
Majority			165	10.7
Turnout			1,548	60.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 34 Udny Slains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Sheridan	765	49.2
	Scottish National	J Daly	313	20.1
	Conservative	J Gifford	286	18.4
	Labour	R Kelly	190	12.2
Majority			452	29.1
Turnout			1,554	57.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 35 Belhelvie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D Storr	635	43.6
	Scottish National	J MacAskill	357	24.5
	Conservative	D Costin	262	18
	Labour	M Carr	202	13.9
Majority			278	19.1
Turnout			1,456	55
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 36 Insch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	S Lonchay	756	50.4
	Conservative	T Reed	265	17.7
	Scottish National	B Fielding-Browne	232	15.5
	Independent	L Tock	125	8.3
	Labour	R Winchester	121	8.1
Majority			491	32.7
Turnout			1,499	54.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 37 Chapel & Gadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	C Millar	578	39.9
	Independent	A Marr	346	23.9
	Scottish National	D Gorman	189	13.1
	Labour	J Cameron	179	12.4
	Conservative	M Hencken	155	10.7
Majority			232	16
Turnout			1,447	62.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 38 Inverurie North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Raeburn	536	41.5
	Scottish National	A McDiarmid	270	20.9
	Labour	E Thorpe	243	18.8
	Conservative	R Cowling	243	18.8
Majority			266	20.6
Turnout			1,292	54.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 39 Inverurie Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	H Bisset	933	62.2
	Scottish National	R Reid	213	14.2
	Labour	A Thorpe	200	13.3
	Conservative	L Johnstone	155	10.3
Majority			720	58
Turnout			1,501	58.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 40 Inverurie South & Port Elphins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R Bisset	912	59.4
	Scottish National	A Blackett	276	18
	Conservative	D Stewart	174	11.3
	Labour	B Begg	173	11.3
Majority			636	41.1
Turnout			1,535	56.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 41 Kintore & Keithhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Cameron	606	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	C Copeland	565	34.6
	Scottish National	A Wilson	309	18.9
	Labour	R Knowles	154	9.4
Majority			41	2.7
Turnout			1,634	61.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 42 Newmachar & Fintray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Ford	573	39.2
	Scottish National	A Allan	326	22.3
	Independent	F Hood	276	18.9
	Conservative	A Bell	174	11.9
	Labour	C Schenk	112	7.7
Majority			247	16.9
Turnout			1,461	58.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 43 Kemnay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Leitch	708	54.5
	Scottish National	G Paterson	398	30.6
	Conservative	I Wakley	194	14.9
Majority			310	23.9
Turnout			1,300	51.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 44 Echt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G Saluja	703	45.4
	Conservative	W Leslie	329	21.5
	Scottish National	L Davidson	379	24.5
Majority			238	15.3
Turnout			1,547	56
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 45 Kinellar & Westhill North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J McGregor	767	50
	Conservative	W Leslie	329	21.5
	Scottish National	M Cullen	292	19
	Labour	S Bousfield	145	9.5
Majority			438	28.5
Turnout			1,533	60
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 46 Westhill Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Findlay	1,120	54.4
	Conservative	I Walker	602	29.2
	Scottish National	J Hermse	189	9.2
	Labour	L Leighton	148	7.2
Majority			518	25.2
Turnout			2,059	64.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 47 Elrick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W A Findlay	739	56.7
	Scottish National	C Little	319	24.5
	Conservative	I Hopkin	246	18.9
Majority			420	32.2
Turnout			2,059	64.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 48 Huntly West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish National	J Strathdee	391	33.3
	Liberal Democrats	P Morgan	313	26.7
	Independent	R Ness	219	18.7
	Conservative	N Webb	146	12.4
	Labour	P Sheal	104	8.9
Majority			78	6.6
Turnout			1,173	49.5
	Scottish National win (new seat)

Ward 49 Huntly East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W Anderson	605	38.9
	Independent	G Lumsden	506	32.6
	Scottish National	J Strong	222	14.3
	Conservative	B Jiggens	132	8.5
	Labour	R Barton	89	5.7
Majority			99	6.3
Turnout			1,554	54.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 50 Strathbogie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	K Carmichael	369	27.1
	Independent	D Grant	345	25.3
	Conservative	M Taitt	328	24
	Scottish National	M Grant	242	17.7
	Green Independent	J Williams	80	5.9
Majority			24	1.8
Turnout			1,364	54.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 51 Donside & Cromar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B Luffman	610	39
	Liberal Democrats	R Hunter	475	30.3
	Scottish National	C Watt	361	23.1
	Labour	N Bayfield	120	7.7
Majority			135	8.7
Turnout			1,566	58.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 52 Alford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R Stroud	847	57
	Conservative	F Lawson	348	23.4
	Scottish National	L Watt	292	19.6
Majority			499	33.6
Turnout			1,487	55.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 53 Upper Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J M M Humphrey	1,048	64.7
	Liberal Democrats	J MacKintosh	266	16.4
	Scottish National	A Low	234	14.4
	Independent	D Bruce	73	4.5
Majority			782	48.3
Turnout			1,621	62.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 54 Aboyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P Argyle	752	43.7
	Conservative	G Fiddes	619	36
	Scottish National	J Meiklejohn	212	12.3
	Labour	G Gray	137	8
Majority			133	7.7
Turnout			1,720	65.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 55 Mid Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Ewing	837	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	S Hall	578	29.9
	Scottish National	G Clark	331	17.1
	Labour	G Urquhart	186	9.6
Majority			259	13.4
Turnout			1,932	63.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 56 Banchory West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Makin	1,210	73.9
	Liberal Democrats	I McMillan	290	17.7
	Labour	J burt	137	8.4
Majority			920	56.2
Turnout			1,637	60.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 57 Banchory East & Crathes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Watson	408	27.4
	Independent	R Parr	297	19.9
	Conservative	S Salter	270	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	B Strachan	245	16.4
	Scottish National	H Taylor	158	10.6
	Labour	G Bayfield	113	7.6
Majority			111	7.5
Turnout			1,491	62
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 58 Lower Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Wallace	521	32.6
	Independent	H Irvine-Fortescue	368	23
	Scottish National	C Douglas	291	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Piggins	287	18
	Labour	M Hagger	131	8.2
Majority			153	9.6
Turnout			1,598	57.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 59 Portleithen North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Tunstall	486	33
	Scottish National	G Coutts	462	31.4
	Conservative	E Leavitt	266	18.1
	Labour	D Watt	258	17.5
Majority			24	1.6
Turnout			1,472	54
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 60 Portleithen South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M Nash	623	45.3
	Scottish National	A Bews	380	27.6
	Conservative	G Paterson	372	27.1
Majority			243	17.7
Turnout			1,275	53
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 61 Stonehaven North & Fetteresso
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A Bisset	658	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	M Sullivan	436	29.3
	Scottish National	T Muir	239	16.1
	Labour	J Smith	153	10.3
Majority			222	15
Turnout			1,486	60.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 64 Stonehaven South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J H McLean	537	37
	Conservative	W Agnew	306	21.1
	Scottish National	J Vigurs	265	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	P Bellarby	219	15.1
	Labour	D Sharp	126	8.7
Majority			231	15.9
Turnout			1,453	52.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 65 Mearns North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G Swapp	1,097	67.8
	Conservative	B Bartlett	178	11
	Scottish National	S Munn	173	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	C Tailford	169	10.5
Majority			919	56.8
Turnout			1,617	61.5
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 66 Mearns Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I Frain	442	35.5
	Scottish National	S Speirs	323	26
	Independent	V Fairclough	206	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	B Fenwick	174	14
	Labour	J Milne	99	8.0
Majority			119	9.5
Turnout			1,244	52.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 67 Inverbervie, Gourdon, & Johnshaven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D Smith	649	43.9
	Scottish National	P Martin	578	39.1
	Conservative	J Duncan	252	17
Majority			71	4.8
Turnout			1,479	53.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ward 68 Mearns South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W Howatson	738	49.1
	Conservative	W Pirie	403	26.8
	Scottish National	J Dick	361	24
Majority			335	22.3
Turnout			1,502	55.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (16 September 2015). "Scottish Council Elections 1999 – Results and Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2018.

[electionscentre-1] Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (16 September 2015). "Scottish Council Elections 1999 – Results and Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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