# Mearns (ward)

The Mearns is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.
It takes its name from the Mearns, an old name for the former Kincardineshire (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the Stewartry").

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrats) | | Tom Fleming (Liberal Democrats) | | George Carr (Conservative) | Jean Dick (SNP) |
| 2012 | Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrats) | Dave Stuart (Independent) | | | George Carr (Conservative) | Jean Dick (SNP) |
| 2017 | Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrats) | Jeff Hutchison (Conservative) | Leigh Wilson (SNP/ Independent/ Alba) | | George Carr (Conservative) |
| 2020 | Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrats) | Jeff Hutchison (Conservative) | Leigh Wilson (SNP/ Independent/ Alba) | | George Carr (Conservative) |
| 2021 | Bill Howatson (Liberal Democrats) | Jeff Hutchison (Conservative) | Leigh Wilson (SNP/ Independent/ Alba) | | George Carr (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Alison Evison (Independent) | Laurie Carnie (Conservative) | | Kevin Stelfox (SNP) | George Carr (Conservative) |
| 2024 | Alison Evison (Independent) | Laurie Carnie (Conservative) | Tracey Smith (Conservative) | | George Carr (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

Mearns by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Conservative | Tracey Smith | 39.2 | 1,347 | 1,350 | 1,494 | 1,768 |
| | SNP | Hannah Scott | 24.0 | 823 | 891 | 928 | 1,181 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isobel Knights | 21.7 | 745 | 788 | 851 | |
| | Reform UK | Claudia Leith | 10.9 | 375 | 384 | | |
| | Scottish Green | William Linegar | 4.0 | 136 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,414 Valid: 3,435 Quota: 1,718 Turnout: 27.8% ||||||||
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### 2022 election

Mearns − 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | SNP | Kevin Stelfox | 29.0 | 1,677 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | George Carr (incumbent) | 21.0 | 1,217 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alison Elizabeth McBean Evison | 10.8 | 623 | 663 | 667 | 674 | 699 | 730 | 792 | 894 | 1,111 | 1,349 |
| | Conservative | Laurie Carnie | 10.7 | 619 | 625 | 668 | 681 | 689 | 695 | 724 | 741 | 825 | 924 |
| | Independent | Dave Stewart | 8.9 | 513 | 546 | 550 | 558 | 573 | 592 | 622 | 672 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shona Ewen | 6.5 | 377 | 413 | 415 | 418 | 422 | 430 | 561 | 680 | 789 | |
| | Labour | Yvonne Allan | 5.8 | 336 | 392 | 393 | 396 | 399 | 412 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Douglas Fraser | 3.4 | 194 | 375 | 376 | 380 | 398 | 447 | 506 | | | |
| | Alba | Leigh Wilson (incumbent) | 1.7 | 99 | 171 | 171 | 179 | 186 | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Allan Neill | 1.3 | 75 | 86 | 86 | 87 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Diane Elizabeth Laurenson | 0.9 | 52 | 56 | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,170 Valid: 5,782 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 47.7% ||||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
Mearns - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | George Carr (incumbent) | 36.19 | 2,034 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Leigh Wilson | 16.03 | 901 | 914.41 | 935.75 | 936.02 | 997.27 | 1,045.19 | 1,735.42 |
| | SNP | Carole Wise | 12.46 | 700 | 705.36 | 715.36 | 715.57 | 751.47 | 815.73 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Howatson (incumbent) | 10.66 | 599 | 701.79 | 767.94 | 772.58 | 863.53 | 1,100.31 | 1,145.13 |
| | Independent | Dave Stewart (incumbent) | 8.4 | 472 | 517.14 | 546.48 | 549.66 | 596.82 | | |
| | Conservative | Jeff Hutchison | 8.2 | 461 | 1,116.16 | 1,141.52 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Karen Allan | 4.15 | 233 | 248.19 | 284.09 | 284.94 | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick Coffield | 3.91 | 220 | 237.43 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,620 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 5,690 (48.3%) |||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
Mearns - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | George Carr (incumbent) | 20.73% | 868 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jean Dick (incumbent) | 20.70% | 867 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Howatson (incumbent) | 20.03% | 839 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Robert Forbes | 10.91% | 457 | 458.3 | 482.2 | 482.4 | 564.1 | 595.9 | |
| | Independent | Dave Stewart | 10.29% | 431 | 433.2 | 434.5 | 434.7 | 530.9 | 684.8 | 890.5 |
| | Conservative | David Nelson | 8.93% | 374 | 394.1 | 395.1 | 395.3 | 423.8 | | |
| | Labour | Gill Bayfield | 8.40% | 352 | 353.2 | 354.5 | 354.7 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,963 Valid: 4,188 Spoilt: 35 Quota: 838 Turnout: 4,223 (38.20%) |||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
Mearns :
| 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 | Jean Dick | 23.0 | 1,262 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | George Carr | 20.5 | 1,123 | | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Fleming | 16.6 | 909 | 940 | 945 | 1,046 | 1,144 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Howatson | 13.8 | 759 | 775 | 778 | 815 | 850 | 879 | 1,021 | 1,291 |
| | Labour | Gill Bayfield | 7.1 | 392 | 406 | 407 | 442 | 455 | 459 | | |
| | Independent | David Nelson | 7.1 | 391 | 404 | 407 | 432 | 596 | 601 | 659 | |
| | Independent | Robert Gairn Davidson | 6.2 | 342 | 355 | 358 | 403 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Kate Anderson | 5.6 | 306 | 336 | 338 | | | | | |
| Electorate:  Valid: 5,484 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 53.28% ||||||||||||