# Elgin City North (ward)

Elgin City North is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Mike Shand (SNP) | | John Russell (Ind.) | | Barry Jarvis (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Mike Shand (SNP) | Patsy Gowans (SNP) | | | Barry Jarvis (Labour) |
| 2014 by | | Mike Shand (SNP) | Patsy Gowans (SNP) | Kirsty Reid (SNP) |
| 2017 | Paula Coy (SNP) | | Sandy Cooper (Ind.) | | Frank Brown (Conservative) |
| 2019 by | Paula Coy (SNP) | | Maria McLean (Conservative) | | Frank Brown (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Jérémie Fernandes (SNP) | | Sandy Keith (Labour) | Amber Dunbar (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

Elgin City North - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Jérémie Fernandes | 32.6 | 1,199 |
| | Labour | Sandy Keith | 28.5 | 1,048 |
| | Conservative | Amber Dunbar | 25.9 | 952 |
| | Independent | Graham Jarvis | 4.6 | 170 |
| | Scottish Green | Rebecca Kail | 4.5 | 165 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Alexander | 3.9 | 144 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,678 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 920 Turnout: 40.2% |||||

### 2017 by-election

Elgin City North by-election (13 July 2017) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Conservative | Maria McLean | 40.0 | 923 | 970 | 1,061 |
| | SNP | Patsy Gowans | 38.8 | 895 | 904 | 994 |
| | Labour | Nick Taylor | 15.8 | 365 | 389 | |
| | Independent | Terry Monaghan | 5.4 | 124 | | |
| Electorate: 9,354 Valid: 2,307 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1153.5 Turnout: 24.8% |||||||

### 2017 Election

Elgin City North - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | Frank Brown | 32.9 | 1,181 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sandy Cooper | 14.9 | 532 | 606 | 767 | 933 | | |
| | SNP | Paula Coy | 17.7 | 634 | 639 | 672 | 714 | 720 | 1,279 |
| | SNP | Patsy Gowans (incumbent) | 15.0 | 537 | 540 | 557 | 630 | 634 | |
| | Labour | Nick Taylor | 11.9 | 429 | 477 | 536 | | | |
| | Independent | Billy Adams | 7.4 | 266 | 339 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,237 Valid: 3,579 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 895 Turnout: 39.5% ||||||||||

### 2014 by-election

Elgin City North By-election (11 December 2014) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Kirsty Ella Reid | 38.0 | 728 | 748 | 764 | 773 | 850 |
| | Independent | Sandy Cooper | 24.6 | 472 | 483 | 499 | 595 | 693 |
| | Labour | Craig Graham | 15.0 | 287 | 305 | 316 | 368 | |
| | Conservative | Alex Griffiths | 14.2 | 273 | 280 | 299 | | |
| | UKIP | Ramsay Urquhart | 4.2 | 81 | 84 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Morvern Forrest | 4.0 | 77 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,263 Valid: 1,918 Spoilt: 20 Quota: 960 Turnout: 20.9% |||||||||

### 2012 Election

Elgin City North - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Barry Jarvis (incumbent) | 29.9 | 766 | | | | |
| | SNP | Mike Shand (incumbent) | 23.2 | 596 | 613 | 662 | | |
| | SNP | Patsy Gowans | 20.1 | 515 | 527 | 550 | 567 | 688 |
| | Conservative | Frank Brown | 17.5 | 448 | 467 | 566 | 566 | |
| | Independent | Darren Margach | 9.4 | 241 | 274 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,386 Valid: 2,566 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 642 Turnout: 30.6% |||||||||

### 2007 Election

Elgin City North- 3 Seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Mike Shand | 41.3 | 1,500 | | | |
| | Labour | Barry Jarvis | 23.9 | 866 | 1,005 | | |
| | Independent | John Russell | 18.5 | 671 | 837 | 876 | 1,349 |
| | Conservative | Frank Brown | 16.3 | 592 | 648 | 666 | |
| Valid: 3,629 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 908 Turnout: 45.8% ||||||||