# Banff and District (ward)

Banff and District is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | Jack Mair (Liberal Democrats) | | Ian Gray (SNP) | John Cox (Independent / SNP/ Independent) |
| 2012 | Mike Roy (Conservative /Ind.) | | Ian Gray (SNP) | John Cox (Independent / SNP/ Independent) |
| 2016 | Mike Roy (Conservative /Ind.) | Iain Taylor (Conservative) | | John Cox (Independent / SNP/ Independent) |
| 2017 | Mike Roy (Conservative /Ind.) | Glen Reynolds (SNP) | | John Cox (Independent / SNP/ Independent) |
| 2020 | Mike Roy (Conservative /Ind.) | Glen Reynolds (SNP) | | John Cox (Independent / SNP/ Independent) |
| 2022 | Stewart Adams (Conservative) | Glen Reynolds (SNP) | | John Cox (Independent / SNP/ Independent) |

## Election Results
### 2022 election

Banff and District − 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Glen Reynolds (incumbent) | 31.9 | 1,265 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Stewart Adams | 27.8 | 1,103 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Cox (incumbent) | 19.8 | 787 | 834 | 862 | 892 | 921 | 950 | 1,023 |
| | Independent | Mike Roy (incumbent) | 7.2 | 285 | 299 | 318 | 326 | 368 | 401 | 487 |
| | Labour | James Low | 5.0 | 200 | 224 | 234 | 238 | 294 | 365 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandy Leslie | 3.8 | 150 | 167 | 181 | 199 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Neil Woodward | 2.6 | 105 | 182 | 185 | 214 | 239 | | |
| | Alba | Iain Cameron | 1.8 | 73 | 106 | 108 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,185 Valid: 3,968 Spoilt: 34 Quota: 993 Turnout: 43.6% |||||||||||
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### 2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
Banff and District - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Mike Roy (incumbent) | 36.18% | 1,509 |
| | Independent | John B. Cox (incumbent) | 26.18% | 1,092 |
| | SNP | Glen Reynolds | 25.15% | 1,049 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Simpson | 12.49% | 521 |
| Electorate: 9,187 Valid: 4,171 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,043 Turnout: 46.0% |||||

### 2016 By-election

Banff By-election (3 November 2016) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Conservative | Iain Taylor | 44.0% | 1170 |
| | SNP | Glen Reynolds | 36.2% | 962 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Mason | 19.8% | 526 |
| Quota: Turnout: 29.5% |||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
Banff and District - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | John B. Cox (incumbent)††††††††† | 31.24 | 1,037 | | | |
| | SNP | Ian Gray (incumbent)†††††††† | 24.19 | 803 | 959.7 | | |
| | Conservative | Mike Roy | 23.13 | 768 | 780.4 | 793.5 | 880.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Francis Mason | 11.12 | 369 | 377.8 | 405.8 | 508.6 |
| | Scottish Christian | Colin Murray | 10.30 | 342 | 350.4 | 375.4 | |
| Electorate: 8,661 Valid: 3,319 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 830 Turnout: 3,369 (38.32%) ||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
Banff and District :
| 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 | Ian Gray | 24.0 | 1,088 | 1,092 | 1,103 | 1,142 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Mair | 15.3 | 694 | 704 | 713 | 773 | 773 | 848 | 915 | 1,132 |
| | Independent | John Cox†††††††† | 15.2 | 691 | 707 | 742 | 791 | 791 | 925 | 1,055 | 1,257 |
| | Conservative | Neil Chalmers | 13.6 | 616 | 626 | 640 | 666 | 666 | 741 | 792 | |
| | SNP | Kathryn Parr | 11.0 | 500 | 509 | 525 | 554 | 558 | 609 | | |
| | Independent | Sandy Buchan | 8.4 | 383 | 398 | 438 | 475 | 475 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Jonny Barton | 6.6 | 298 | 301 | 319 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Calder | 3.8 | 172 | 180 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Page | 2.1 | 94 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 4,536 Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,135 Turnout: 53.11% ||||||||||||