# Lower Deeside (ward)

Lower Deeside is one of the thirteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeen City Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Marie Boulton (Ind.) | | Aileen Malone (Liberal Democrats) | Alan Milne (Conservative) |
| 2012 | | Marie Boulton (Ind.) | M. Tauqeer Malik (Labour) | Aileen Malone (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | | Marie Boulton (Ind.) | M. Tauqeer Malik (Labour) | Philip Bell (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Duncan Massey (Conservative) | Marie Boulton (Ind.) | M. Tauqeer Malik (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Lower Deeside – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent) | 23.8 | 1,640 | 1,698 | 1,804 | | |
| | Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent) | 21.7 | 1,496 | 1,524 | 1,622 | 1,651 | 1,733 |
| | Conservative | Duncan Massey | 17.3 | 1,194 | 1,197 | 1,232 | 1,242 | 2,009 |
| | SNP | Ewan Ritchie | 15.3 | 1,051 | 1,192 | 1,234 | 1,247 | 1,252 |
| | Conservative | Gillian Tebberen | 12.8 | 882 | 890 | 910 | 913 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Mulkerrin | 4.6 | 316 | 363 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Daniel Verhamme | 4.5 | 307 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,555 Valid: 6,886 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,722 Turnout: 55.5% |||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Aberdeen City Council election
Lower Deeside – 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 |
| | Conservative | Philip Bell | 39.8 | 2,714 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent) | 16.4 | 1,119 | 1,449.4 | 1,452.5 | 1,512 | 1,556.09 | 1,822.8 | | |
| | Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent)‡ | 15.3 | 1,040 | 1,155.5 | 1,165.09 | 1,211.1 | 1,241.6 | 1,447.9 | 1,497.3 | 1,976.8 |
| | SNP | Pamela McBain | 15.1 | 1,028 | 1,042.9 | 1,049.4 | 1,068.8 | 1,145.9 | 1,224.4 | 1,235.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken McLeod | 7.9 | 541 | 743.6 | 751.9 | 770.7 | 816.04 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Nir Oren | 2.9 | 195 | 209.5 | 213.3 | 223.8 | | | | |
| | Independent | Kenneth Pratt | 2.1 | 143 | 202.9 | 205.7 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Robbie Bowman | 0.5 | 31 | 45.9 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,811 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,703 Turnout: 6,863 (57.7%) ||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Aberdeen City Council election
Lower Deeside - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Marie Boulton (incumbent) | 30.7% | 1,520 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aileen Malone (incumbent) | 15.3% | 755 | 814.2 | 823.4 | 992.7 | 1,140.9 | 1,539.9 |
| | Labour | M. Tauqeer Malik | 15.0% | 744 | 779 | 789.4 | 841.2 | 1,007.5 | 1,068.9 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Murchie | 14.4% | 712 | 741.4 | 754.5 | 881.8 | 950.2 | |
| | SNP | Dorothy Janet McCaig | 13.3% | 659 | 677.4 | 684.9 | 739.4 | | |
| | Independent | Peter Reiss | 9.9% | 490 | 568.6 | 621.3 | | | |
| | Independent | Andy Anderson | 1.3% | 64 | 94.7 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,301 Valid: 4,944 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,237 Turnout: 4,977 (43.75%) ||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Aberdeen City Council election
Lower Deeside - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aileen Malone | 23.9 | 1,536 | 1,660 | | | |
| | Conservative | Alan Milne†††† | 24.0 | 1,546 | 1,588 | 1,592 | 1,745 | |
| | Independent | Marie Boulton | 17.1 | 1,097 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,353 | 1,399 |
| | SNP | David Adams | 16.6 | 1,068 | 1,125 | 1,127 | 1,234 | 1,253 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Malone | 9.4 | 603 | 692 | 726 | | |
| | Labour | Marianne Stewart | 9.1 | 583 | | | | |
| Electorate:  Valid: 6,435 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,609 Turnout: 6,504 |||||||||