# West Garioch (ward)

West Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Alison Grant (SNP) | | Sheena Margaret Lonchay (Liberal Democrats) | Hazel Al-Kowarri (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | Alison Grant (SNP) | Patricia Odie (Conservative) | Sheena Margaret Lonchay (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | Victoria Harper (SNP) | Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats) | | Sebastian Leslie (Conservative/ Independent) |
| 2022 | Moray Grant (SNP) | Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats) | | Sam Payne (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

West Garioch − 3 seats :
| 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 | Moray Grant | 29.4 | 1,247 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Sam Payne | 27.1 | 1,150 | | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Smith (incumbent) | 12.7 | 539 | 561 | 588 | 598 | 683 | 736 | 956 | 1,318 |
| | Independent | Sheena Lonchay | 10.6 | 451 | 468 | 480 | 493 | 536 | 696 | 773 | |
| | Labour | Sasha Brydon | 7.6 | 324 | 348 | 357 | 365 | 425 | 451 | | |
| | Independent | Sebastian Leslie (incumbent) | 6.4 | 273 | 282 | 299 | 306 | 326 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Anne Mansfield | 4.3 | 182 | 251 | 253 | 279 | | | | |
| | Alba | Elaine Mitchell | 1.7 | 71 | 88 | 89 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,227 Valid: 4,237 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 46.4% ||||||||||||
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### 2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
West Garioch - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | Sebastian Leslie†† | 42.49 | 1,809 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Victoria Harper | 19.73 | 840 | 858.10 | 874.33 | 879.02 | 979.03 | 1,487.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Smith | 15.64 | 666 | 1,011.06 | 1,155.76 | | | |
| | SNP | Elaine Mitchell | 10.31 | 439 | 450.52 | 460.75 | 465.65 | 577.54 | |
| | Scottish Green | Richard Paul Openshaw | 7.19 | 306 | 353.71 | 401.52 | 436.47 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Young | 4.63 | 197 | 266.5 | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,257 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 4,310 (47.6%) ||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
West Garioch - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Allison Grant (incumbent) | 42.5 | 1,327 | | | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Oddie | 20.8 | 651 | 716.3 | 774.3 | 826.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheena Margaret Lonchay (incumbent) †† | 14.0 | 439 | 555.6 | 645.3 | 1,052.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Linda Al-Kowarri (incumbent) | 13.6 | 426 | 495.4 | 601.1 | |
| | Scottish Green | Richard Paul Openshaw | 9.1 | 283 | 407.0 | | |
| Electorate: 8,621 Valid: 3,126 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 782 Turnout: 3,153 (36.26%) ||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
West Garioch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Alison Grant | 35.5 | 1,555 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheena Margaret Lonchay | 22.2 | 973 | 1,063 | 1,085 | 1,169 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Al-Kowarri | 18.4 | 807 | 884 | 899 | 981 | 1,027 | 1,358 |
| | Conservative | David Clucas | 15.8 | 694 | 746 | 775 | 821 | 830 | |
| | Labour | Ricky Simpson | 6.0 | 263 | 293 | 303 | | | |
| | Independent | Terry Rigby | 2.1 | 93 | 125 | | | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 4,385 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 55.68% ||||||||||