Elgin City South (ward)
Location of the ward[1]
Elgin City South is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Graham Leadbitter (SNP) |
Alistair Bisset (Independent) |
John Divers (Labour) | |||
| 2008 by | John Sharp (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | James Allan (Conservative) | |||||
| 2017 | Ray McLean (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Peter Bloomfield (Conservative) | |||||
| 2024 by | Elaine Kirby (Conservative) | |||||
Election Results
[edit]2024 by-election
[edit]In July 2024, SNP councillor Graham Leadbitter was elected to be the MP for the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency at the 2024 United Kingdom general election and decided to resign as a councillor on 14 August 2024.[2] A by-election was held in the Elgin City South ward on 7 November 2024, and was won by Conservative candidate Elaine Kirby.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SNP | Laura Mitchell | 32.2 | 849 | 928 | 1,093 | |
| Conservative | Elaine Kirby | 31.6 | 834 | 962 | 1,160 | |
| Labour | Catriona McBain | 18.5 | 487 | 615 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Alexander | 17.7 | 466 | |||
| Electorate: 10,355 Valid: 2,636 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: 25.8% | ||||||
2022 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 35.5 | 1,444 | |
| Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 28.1 | 1,142 | |
| Conservative | Peter Bloomfield | 26.8 | 1,090 | |
| Independent | Michaela French | 4.0 | 161 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Salmon | 3.1 | 124 | |
| Independent | Paul Briggs | 2.5 | 101 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,062 Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 40.5% | ||||
2017 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Conservative | Ray McLean | 35.9 | 1,460 | ||
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 30.7 | 1,245 | ||
| Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 24.8 | 1,009 | 1,126 | |
| Independent | Sean Malone | 8.5 | 347 | 531 | |
| Electorate: 9,551 Valid: 4,061 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 43.0% | |||||
2012 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | John Divers (incumbent) | 37.6 | 1,073 | ||
| Conservative | James Allan | 25.0 | 714 | 810 | |
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter (incumbent) | 23.6 | 675 | 771 | |
| SNP | John Sharp (incumbent) | 13.8 | 394 | 434 | |
| Electorate: 8,356 Valid: 2,856 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 715 Turnout: 34.2% | |||||
2008 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | John Alexander Sharp | 32.1 | 670 | 670 | 672 | 672 | 679 | 685 | 706 | 763 | 884 | |
| Independent | Hamish Simpson | 24.3 | 513 | 513 | 518 | 523 | 527 | 540 | 612 | 722 | 845 | |
| Labour | Mark Cascarino | 17.0 | 358 | 358 | 361 | 363 | 370 | 380 | 403 | 459 | ||
| Independent | James Scott Allan | 10.6 | 223 | 224 | 227 | 229 | 233 | 240 | 278 | |||
| Conservative | Frank Brown | 9.8 | 206 | 206 | 206 | 208 | 216 | 223 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter J Horton | 2.3 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 53 | |||||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Andy Anderson | 1.5 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 37 | ||||||
| UKIP | Matthew Coughlan Desmond | 1.0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| Independent | Martyn Harris | 0.8 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
| Independent | Gordon Davidson | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 7,886 Valid: 2,087 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 2,112 | ||||||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| SNP | Graham Leadbitter | 33.2 | 1,304 | ||
| Labour | John Divers | 28.8 | 1,132 | ||
| Independent | Alistair Bisset | 23.0 | 904 | 1,019 | |
| Conservative | Dennis Thompson | 15.1 | 592 | 656 | |
| Valid: 3,932 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 984 Turnout: 50.7% | |||||
Source:[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Councillor resignation in Elgin City South". Moray Council. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Adam (8 November 2024). "SNP lose fourth council seat to Scottish Tories after Moray by-election". The National. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ McBlane, Lewis (8 November 2024). "Moray by-election win in Elgin City South for Conservative candidate Elaine Kirby". The Northern Scot. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 7 - Elgin South". Moray Council. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "STV Table - Ward 7 - Elgin South". Moray Council. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 7 - Elgin City South" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Transfers Report - Ward 7 - Elgin City South" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Local Government Election Results - 3rd May 2007 - Elgin City South" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.