# Inverurie and District (ward)

Inverurie and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Bryan Hunter Stuart (SNP) | | Mike Raeburn Lonchay (Liberal Democrats) | | Martin Kitts-Hayes (Liberal Democrats) | Richard Cowling (Conservative) |
| 2012 | | Bryan Hunter Stuart (SNP) | Hamish Vernal (SNP) | | | Martin Kitts-Hayes (Liberal Democrats) | Richard Cowling (Conservative) |
| 2017 | Neil Baillie (SNP) | | Judy Margaret Whyte (Independent) | Marion Ewenson (Liberal Democrats) | Colin Clark (Conservative) |
| 2017 by- | Neil Baillie (SNP) | Lesley Berry (Conservative /Ind.) | Judy Margaret Whyte (Independent) | Marion Ewenson (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2020 | Neil Baillie (SNP) | Lesley Berry (Conservative /Ind.) | Judy Margaret Whyte (Independent) | Marion Ewenson (Liberal Democrats) | |
| 2022 | Neil Baillie (SNP) | | Judy Margaret Whyte (Independent) | Marion Ewenson (Liberal Democrats) | David Keating (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Inverurie and District − 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Conservative | David Keating | 25.7 | 1,276 | |
| | SNP | Neil Baillie (incumbent) | 24.1 | 1,200 | |
| | Independent | Judy Margaret Whyte (incumbent) | 22.5 | 1,120 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Ewenson (incumbent) | 17.0 | 843 | 1,003 |
| | SNP | Archie Peebles | 6.9 | 343 | 348 |
| | Scottish Green | Denise May Rothnie | 3.8 | 187 | 195 |
| Electorate: 12,128 Valid: 4,969 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 994 Turnout: 41.7% ||||||
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### 2017 By-election

Inverurie & District By-election (12 October 2017) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Berry | 48.53% | 1,672 | 1,679 | 1,715 | 1,871 |
| | SNP | Elaine Mitchell | 33.27% | 1,146 | 1,161 | 1,234 | 1,300 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Bremner | 8.56% | 295 | 309 | 412 |
| | Labour | Sarah Flavell | 8.01% | 276 | 290 |
| | Scottish Green | Craig Stewart | 1.62% | 56 |
| Electorate: NA Valid: 3,445 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,723 Turnout: 30.9% ||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
Inverurie and District - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Colin Clark (incumbent)† | 35.95 | 1,732 | | | |
| | SNP | Neil Baillie | 22.52 | 1,085 | | | |
| | Independent | Judy Margaret Whyte | 20.38 | 982 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Ewenson | 11.79 | 568 | 951.1 | 958.69 | 965.63 |
| | SNP | Bryan Hunter Stuart (incumbent) | 5.09 | 245 | 261.41 | 360.1 | 362.9 |
| | Labour | Sarah Flavell | 4.28 | 206 | 265.42 | 269.77 | 271.69 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,818 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 964 Turnout: 4,866 (43.3%) ||||||||

### 2016 by-election

Inverurie and District By-election (3 November 2016) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Colin Clark | 38.8% | 1,302 |
| | SNP | Neil Baillie | 34.6% | 1,164 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Auld | 22.5% | 755 |
| | Labour | Sarah Flavell | 4.1% | 139 |
| Quota: Turnout: 30.4% |||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
Inverurie and District - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Bryan Hunter Stuart (incumbent) | 19.7 | 688 | 701 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Hamish Vernal | 17.5 | 612 | 621 | 621.8 | 643.8 | 685.8 | 690.2 | 806.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Cowling (incumbent) | 17.4 | 608 | 614 | 614.0 | 636.0 | 684.0 | 692.1 | 771.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Christopher Kitts-Hayes (incumbent) †† | 17.3 | 606 | 632 | 632.0 | 660.0 | 730.0 | | |
| | Labour | Ellis Thorpe | 13.2 | 463 | 477 | 477.1 | 503.1 | 562.1 | 568.9 | |
| | Independent | Mike Raeburn (incumbent) | 6.0 | 211 | 225 | 225.0 | 300.0 | | | |
| | Independent | Ron Reid | 5.6 | 196 | 212 | 212.0 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Karen A. MacKenzie | 3.2 | 113 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,034 Valid: 3,497 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 700 Turnout: 3,556 (34.85%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
Inverurie and District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Bryan Hunter Stuart | 29.6 | 1,515 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Raeburn | 25.7 | 1,316 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Kitts-Hayes | 16.9 | 865 | 975 | 1,172 | | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Cowling | 14.9 | 762 | 823 | 837 | 864 | 928 | 1,190 |
| | Labour | Ellis Thorpe | 11.1 | 567 | 637 | 659 | 693 | 737 | |
| | Independent | John Sangster | 1.7 | 87 | 165 | 175 | 192 | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 5,148 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,030 Turnout: 56.32% ||||||||||

## By-election

Following the election of Colin Clark (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) to Westminster at the 2017 United Kingdom general election on 8 June and his subsequent resignation as Councillor for Inverurie & District ward, a by-election was called on Thursday, 12 October 2017.

### 2017 By-election

Inverurie & District By-election 2017 - Aberdeenshire Council
Inverurie & District - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Berry | 48.17% | 1,672 | 1,679 | 1,715 | 1,871 |
| | SNP | Elaine Mitchell | 33.02% | 1,146 | 1,161 | 1,234 | 1,300 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott James Bremner | 8.50% | 295 | 309 | 412 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Flavell | 7.95% | 276 | 290 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Craig Stewart | 1.61% | 56 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,233 Valid: 3,445 Spoilt: 26 Quota: 1,723 Turnout: 30.9% ||||||||