# Central Buchan (ward)

Central Buchan 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 | | Sandy Stronach (SNP) | | Norman Smith (Independent) | | Albert Howe (Independent) | Peter Chapman (Conservative) |
| 2012 | Jim Ingram (SNP) | | Lenny Pirie (SNP) | Norman Smith (Independent) | Edie Chapman (Conservative) |
| 2017 | Jim Ingram (SNP) | | Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats) | Norman Smith (Independent) | Marion Buchan (Conservative) |
| 2022 | David Mair (SNP) | | Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats) | Geoff Crowson (SNP) | Hannah Powell (Conservative) |
| 2024 by- | | Peter Chapman (Conservative) | Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats) | Geoff Crowson (SNP) | Hannah Powell (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

Central Buchan by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Chapman | 41.3 | 1,260 | 1,272 | 1,292 | 1,430 | 1,614 |
| | SNP | Sarah Wilken | 28.5 | 869 | 879 | 897 | 925 | 1,069 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Bailey | 14.3 | 435 | 452 | 463 | 507 | |
| | Reform UK | Andrew Curwen | 10.8 | 331 | 338 | 358 | | |
| | Scottish Family | Phil Reynolds | 2.7 | 83 | 89 | | | |
| | Independent | Dean Ward | 2.3 | 71 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,408 Valid: 3,049 Quota: 1,525 Turnout: 27.0% |||||||||
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### 2022 election

Central Buchan − 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 | Hannah Powell | 18.7 | 871 | 883 | 885 | 889 | 902 | 1,020 | | | |
| | SNP | David Mair | 16.0 | 744 | 750 | 774 | 797 | 812 | 862 | 864 | 866 | 901 |
| | SNP | Geoff Crowson | 15.1 | 705 | 710 | 740 | 788 | 810 | 843 | 844 | 845 | 881 |
| | Conservative | Steve Owen | 14.6 | 679 | 690 | 693 | 697 | 714 | 759 | 831 | 834 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Simpson (incumbent) | 13.0 | 607 | 613 | 617 | 641 | 715 | 946 | | | |
| | Independent | Norman Smith (incumbent) | 11.3 | 527 | 535 | 551 | 561 | 597 | | | | |
| | Labour | Arif Mahmood | 4.6 | 213 | 215 | 223 | 239 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Jamie Cole-Hamilton | 2.9 | 135 | 138 | 145 | | | | | | |
| | Alba | Charlotte Diana Cross | 2.4 | 111 | 117 | | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Joanna Moore | 1.4 | 65 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,170 Valid: 4,657 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 932 Turnout: 42.5% |||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
Central Buchan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Marion Buchan | 37.28% | 1,808 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Ingram (incumbent) | 24.50% | 1,188 | | | | |
| | Independent | Norman Smith (incumbent) | 17.79% | 863 | 1,133 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Simpson | 10.41% | 505 | 760 | 777 | 854 | 1,169 |
| | SNP | Lenny Pirie (incumbent) | 10.02% | 486 | 518 | 700 | 728 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,850 Spoilt: 66 Quota: 971 Turnout: 44.3% |||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
Central Buchan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Jim Ingram | 29.23 | 1,141 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Norman Smith (incumbent) | 20.70 | 808 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Edie Chapman | 19.9 | 780 | 791.7 | | | | |
| | SNP | Lenny Pirie | 11.68 | 456 | 746.9 | 751.4 | 752.6 | 768.1 | 801.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Simpson | 5.64 | 220 | 233.3 | 236.6 | 238.5 | 258.2 | 302.8 |
| | Labour | Carol Donald | 5.25 | 205 | 215.4 | 216.6 | 226.4 | | |
| | Independent | Hugh Livingstone | 4.82 | 188 | 198.4 | 206.1 | 207.9 | 256.2 | 302.8 |
| | Independent | David S. Ross | 2.72 | 106 | 112.6 | 118.6 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,231 Valid: 3,904 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 781 Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%) ||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
Central Buchan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Sandy Stronach | 20.2 | 1,096 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Norman Smith | 19.4 | 1,054 | 1,054 | 1,080 | 1,142 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Chapman | 17.2 | 933 | 933 | 974 | 1,022 | 1,031 | 1,087 | | |
| | Independent | Albert Howe | 14.6 | 790 | 790 | 822 | 911 | 933 | 1,016 | 1,016 | 1,283 |
| | SNP | Norma Thomson | 13.2 | 718 | 726 | 771 | 804 | 812 | 870 | 870 | |
| | Labour | Carol Donald | 5.9 | 318 | 318 | 363 | 378 | 381 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Conn | 4.9 | 265 | 265 | 290 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Betty May | 4.7 | 253 | 253 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 5,427 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,086 Turnout: 55.42% ||||||||||||