# Montrose and District (ward)

Montrose and District is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Angus Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David May (Liberal Democrats) | | Sandy West (SNP) | | Paul Valentine (SNP) | Mark Salmond (Ind.) |
| 2012 | Bill Duff (SNP) | David May (Liberal Democrats) | | | | Paul Valentine (SNP) | Mark Salmond (Ind.) |
| 2017 | Bill Duff (SNP) | | Tommy Stewart (Ind.) | | Ron Sturrock (Conservative) | | Mark Salmond (Ind.) |
| 2022 | Bill Duff (SNP) | Iain Gall (Conservative) | Tommy Stewart (Ind.) | | Kenny Braes (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Montrose and District – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Conservative | Iain Gall | 22.3 | 1,124 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Kenny Braes | 21.6 | 1,090 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Bill Duff (incumbent) | 17.7 | 894 | 896 | 966 | 972 | 976 | 1,059 | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Stewart (incumbent) | 14.5 | 732 | 749 | 750 | 763 | 784 | 808 | 815 | 903 | 1,377 |
| | Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 9.9 | 499 | 532 | 534 | 554 | 587 | 612 | 620 | 729 | |
| | Labour | John Ruddy | 6.5 | 330 | 341 | 342 | 344 | 392 | 426 | 433 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Jamie Adams | 3.6 | 180 | 183 | 185 | 192 | 209 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Noble | 2.7 | 139 | 154 | 155 | 163 | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Boag | 1.2 | 61 | 66 | 66 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,016 Valid: 5,049 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 42.7% |||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Angus Council election
Montrose and District - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | Ron Sturrock | 27.9% | 1,375 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Bill Duff (incumbent) | 23.2% | 1,142 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 13.9% | 687 | 797 | 809 | 867 | 983 | 1,175 |
| | Independent | Tommy Stewart | 13.2% | 653 | 727 | 732 | 770 | 852 | 1,011 |
| | SNP | Gill Stranock | 11.6% | 570 | 574 | 692 | 715 | 768 | |
| | Labour | Pamela Ruddy | 6.6% | 323 | 358 | 365 | 428 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Avril Simpson | 1.7% | 178 | 240 | 242 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,058 Valid: 4,928 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 986 Turnout: 41.6% ||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Angus Council election
Montrose and District - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Mark Salmond (incumbent) | 22.61% | 891 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Bill Duff | 20.69% | 815 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Paul Michael Valentine (incumbent) | 18.43% | 726 | 743.1 | 764.1 | 821.1 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David May (incumbent) | 16.29% | 642 | 678.2 | 680.9 | 757.7 | 765.1 | 1,119.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Boyd | 14.37% | 566 | 588.9 | 589.6 | 617 | 621.2 | |
| | Labour | Ina Paton | 7.61% | 300 | 308.4 | 309.1 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,434 Valid: 3,940 Spoilt: 54 Quota: 789 Turnout: 3,994 (34.46%) ||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Angus Council election
2007 Council election: Montrose and District :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Mark Salmond | 1,550 | 28.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Sandy West | 832 | 15.1 | 4 | 5 |
| SNP | Paul Valentine | 809 | 14.7 | 3 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | David May | 660 | 12.0 | 2 | 5 |
| Conservative | Ingram Bruce | 645 | 11.7 | | |
| Labour | James Sinclair | 529 | 9.6 | | |
| Independent | Joe Wishart | 490 | 8.9 | | |