# Ellon and District (ward)

Ellon 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 |
| 2007 | | Rob Merson (SNP) | | Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) | Debra Margaret Storr (Liberal Democrats /Green) | Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) |
| 2009 | | Rob Merson (SNP) | | Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) | Debra Margaret Storr (Liberal Democrats /Green) | Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) |
| 2012 | | Rob Merson (SNP) | Richard Thomson (SNP) | Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) | | Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) |
| 2017 | Anouk Kloppert (SNP) | | Richard Thomson (SNP) | Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) | | Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) |
| 2020 | Anouk Kloppert (SNP) | Louise McAllister (SNP) | | Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) | | Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) |
| 2022 | | Louise McAllister (SNP) | John Crawley (Conservative) | Isobel Davidson (Liberal Democrats) | | Gillian Louise Owen (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Ellon 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 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson (incumbent) | 22.0 | 1,205 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Louise McAllister (incumbent) | 20.8 | 1,139 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Crawley | 19.1 | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1,064 | 1,070 | 1,140 | | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Owen (incumbent) | 16.5 | 906 | 935 | 936 | 946 | 993 | 1,028 | 1,202 |
| | SNP | Josh Gall | 10.9 | 599 | 612 | 645 | 772 | 871 | 873 | |
| | Labour | Mark Lappin | 6.3 | 348 | 370 | 371 | 444 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Craig William Stewart | 4.4 | 241 | 255 | 258 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,837 Valid: 5,488 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,098 Turnout: 47.0% |||||||||||
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### 2020 by-election

Ellon & District By-election (15 October 2020) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Louise Mcallister | 42.4 | 1,683 | 1,725 | 1,757 | 1,916 |
| | Conservative | John Crawley | 41.7 | 1,658 | 1,663 | 1,679 | 1,840 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Mason | 10.2 | 405 | 443 | 485 | |
| | Labour | John Bennett | 2.9 | 114 | 126 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Peter Kennedy | 2.8 | 112 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,893 Valid: 3,972 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,987 Turnout: 4,006 (33.7%) ||||||||

### 2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
Ellon and District - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) | 40.94 | 2,258 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson (incumbent) | 19.71 | 1,087 | 1,703.86 | | |
| | SNP | Richard Thomson (incumbent) | 17.9 | 987 | 1,034.02 | 1,093.74 | 1,264.34 |
| | SNP | Anouk Kloppert | 13.93 | 768 | 793.55 | 843.88 | 1,024.70 |
| | Labour | John Morgan | 7.52 | 415 | 548.39 | 835.99 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,515 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,104 Turnout: 5,579 (47.2%) ||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
Ellon and District - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Rob Merson (incumbent) | 39.04 | 1,644 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Louise Owen (incumbent) | 16.74 | 705 | 748.8 | 761.6 | 839.4 | 867.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson (incumbent) | 16.36 | 689 | 760.6 | 800.9 | 918.6 | |
| | SNP | Richard Thomson | 11.26 | 474 | 1,055.3 | | | |
| | Labour | Peter Thomas Smyth | 9.48 | 399 | 426.8 | 457.8 | 511.5 | 531.5 |
| | Independent | Sandy Allan | 7.12 | 300 | 325.8 | 361.7 | | |
| Electorate: 11,173 Valid: 4,211 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 843 Turnout: 4,262 (37.69%) |||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
Ellon and District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Rob Merson | 40.5 | 2,458 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isobel Davidson | 23.2 | 1,407 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Louise Owen | 14.4 | 872 | 1,033 | 1,053 | 1,197 | 1,274 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Debra Margaret Storr†† | 8.6 | 524 | 777 | 899 | 1,049 | 1,326 |
| | Labour | Ann Thorpe | 7.5 | 456 | 587 | 599 | 648 | |
| | Independent | Diane Ripley | 5.8 | 352 | 542 | 555 | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 6,069 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,214 Turnout: 55.37% |||||||||

## By-election

Following the election of Richard Thomson (SNP) to Westminster at the 2019 United Kingdom general election on 12 December and his subsequent resignation as Councillor for Ellon & District ward a by-election was called on Thursday, 15 October 2020.

### 2020 By-election

Ellon & District By-election 2020 - Aberdeenshire Council
Ellon & District - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Louise McAllister | 42.01% | 1,683 | 1,725 | 1,757 | 1,916 | 2,377 |
| | Conservative | John Paul Crawley | 41.39% | 1,658 | 1,663 | 1,679 | 1,840 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Booth Mason | 10.11% | 405 | 443 | 485 | | |
| | Labour | John David Bennett | 2.85% | 114 | 126 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Peter Alexander Kennedy | 2.80% | 112 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,893 Valid: 3,972 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,986 Turnout: 33.7% |||||||||