# Peterhead South and Cruden (ward)

Peterhead South and Cruden 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 | | Stephen Smith (SNP) | | Stuart Pratt (SNP) | Sam Coull (Liberal Democrats/ Independent) |
| 2012 | | Stephen Smith (SNP) | | Stuart Pratt (SNP) | Sam Coull (Liberal Democrats/ Independent) |
| 2017 | | Stephen Smith (SNP) | Alan Lascelles Fakley (Conservative) | Stephen Calder (Independent) |
| 2022 | George Hall (Conservative) | Stephen Smith (SNP) | | Colin Alexander Simpson (Liberal Democrats) |

## Election Results
### 2022 election

Peterhead South and Cruden − 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | Stephen William Smith (incumbent) | 46.5 | 1,578 | | | |
| | Conservative | George Hall | 32.5 | 1,105 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Alexander Simpson | 12.2 | 414 | 783 | 796 | 1,110 |
| | Conservative | Neil Johnstone | 8.8 | 298 | 371 | 595 | |
| Electorate: 9,135 Valid: 3,395 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 849 Turnout: 37.8% ||||||||
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### 2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election
Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Alan Lascelles Fakley | 37.00% | 1,364 | | | | |
| | SNP | Stephen William Smith (incumbent) | 21.35% | 787 | 801 | 828 | 857 | 1,384 |
| | Independent | Stephen Calder | 15.16% | 559 | 618 | 719 | 909 | 932 |
| | SNP | Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent) | 15.16% | 559 | 567 | 583 | 616 | |
| | Independent | Sam Coull | 7.40% | 273 | 351 | 416 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Simpson | 5.07% | 187 | 289 | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,687 Spoilt: 82 Quota: 922 Turnout: 40.8% |||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election
Peterhead South and Cruden - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Stephen William Smith (incumbent) | 34.05 | 1,030 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Stuart Wallace Pratt (incumbent) | 18.64 | 564 | 765.2 | | | | |
| | Independent | Sam Coull (incumbent) | 15.17 | 459 | 477.0 | 478.6 | 520.7 | 603.6 | |
| | Independent | Tom Malone | 13.82 | 418 | 426.5 | 427.2 | 592.3 | 693.9 | 998.6 |
| | Conservative | Steve Owen | 9.59 | 290 | 296.9 | 297.2 | 319.5 | | |
| | Independent | Peter Stevenson | 8.73 | 264 | 277.3 | 278.2 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,621 Valid: 3,025 Spoilt: 64 Quota: 757 Turnout: 3,089 (35.09%) ||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election
Peterhead South and Cruden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Stephen Smith | 29.4 | 1,205 | | | | |
| | SNP | Stuart Pratt | 21.6 | 888 | 1,016 | 1,032 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Coull†††† | 21.0 | 861 | 870 | 894 | 895 | 1,032 |
| | Independent | Raymond Matthew | 13.0 | 535 | 542 | 637 | 638 | 767 |
| | Conservative | Steven Owen | 10.3 | 422 | 425 | 443 | 443 | |
| | Independent | Veronica Johnston | 4.7 | 193 | 196 | | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 4,104 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 48.11% |||||||||