# Angus Council elections

Angus Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

## Council elections
### As a district council

| Year | SNP | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Independent |
| 1974 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1977 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1984 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
* ↑ New ward boundaries.

### As a unitary authority

| Year | SNP | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Brechin Independent Group | Independent |
| 1995 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* ↑ New ward boundaries.
* ↑ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
* ↑ New ward boundaries.

## Results maps

* 1995 results map
* 1999 results map
* 2003 results map
* 2012 results map
* 2017 results map
* 2022 results map

## By-elections
### 2007-2012

Monifieth and Sidlaw By-Election 25 June 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Jean Lee | 68.6 | 2,486 |
| | Conservative | Craig Fotheringham | 19.3 | 698 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Goodall | 12.1 | 439 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
| Valid: 3,623 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 1,829 Turnout: 3,657 |||||
Carnoustie and District By-Election 3 February 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Brian Boyd | 40.27 | 1,252 | 1,290 | 1,370 | 1,454 | 2,113 |
| | SNP | Ed Oswald | 41.46 | 1,289 | 1,302 | 1,346 | 1,426 | |
| | Labour | Ron Thoms | 8.3 | 258 | 266 | 287 | | |
| | Conservative | Eddie Wilmott | 7.0 | 217 | 234 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Goodall | 2.9 | 93 | | | | |
| | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP |
| Valid: 3,109 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,555 Turnout: 3,128 |||||||||

### 2012-2017

Arbroath East and Lunan By-Election 28 November 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Brenda Durno | 35.0 | 919 | 925 | 956 | 1,010 | 1,172 | 1,357 |
| | Conservative | Derek Wann | 27.0 | 709 | 723 | 741 | 799 | 928 | |
| | Independent | Lois Speed | 17.2 | 452 | 457 | 482 | 619 | | |
| | Independent | Kevin Smith | 11.8 | 309 | 315 | 352 | | | |
| | Labour | John Ruddy | 6.7 | 177 | 191 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Moore | 2.3 | 60 | | | | | |
| | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent | SNP gain from Independent |
| Valid: 2,626 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,314 Turnout: 2,668 ||||||||||
Carnoustie and District By-Election 5 December 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | David Cheape | 43.5 | 1,401 | 1,420 | 1,477 | 1,737 |
| | SNP | Mark McDonald | 32.1 | 1,033 | 1,043 | 1,078 | 1,117 |
| | Conservative | Derek Shaw | 17.7 | 568 | 586 | 606 | |
| | Labour | Ray Strachan | 4.4 | 141 | 151 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beth Morrison | 2.3 | 75 | | | |
| | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP | Independent gain from SNP |
| Valid: 3,218 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,610 Turnout: 3,246 ||||||||

### 2022-2027

Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim By-Election 25 April 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | James Cruickshanks | 41.9 | 1,682 | 1,691 | 1,759 | 1,997 | 2,450 |
| | SNP | Kathleen Wolf | 29.3 | 1,175 | 1,237 | 1,279 | 1,467 | |
| | Labour | Mark Hilton | 16.0 | 644 | 676 | 833 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra O'Shea | 8.3 | 333 | 375 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Mark Findlay | 4.4 | 176 | | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |
| Valid: 4,010 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 2,006 Turnout: 4,055 |||||||||