Heldon and Laich (ward)

Heldon and Laich is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Allan Wright (Conservative)		Eric McGillivray (Independent)		John Hogg (Independent)	David Stewart (SNP)
2012	Chris Tuke (Independent)		Carolle Ralph (SNP)
2013 by					John Cowe (Independent)
2015 by			Dennis Slater (Independent)
2017	James Allan (Conservative)	Ryan Edwards (Independent)		Amy Patience (SNP)
2022	James Allan (Conservative)		Bridget Mustard (Conservative)	Neil Cameron (SNP)

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Neil Cameron	29.5	1,455
	Conservative	James Allan (incumbent)	27.0	1,331
	Independent	John Cowe (incumbent)	18.5	914	1,045
	Conservative	Bridget Mustard	12.7	629	639	885	898	947	1,150
	Labour	Andrew O'Neill	7.7	404	489	512	526	725
	Liberal Democrats	Calum Cameron	4.6	228	307	326	337
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,936 Spoilt: 60 Quota: 988 Turnout: 46.3%

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	James Allan	37.9	1,953
	Independent	John Cowe (incumbent)	15.3	789	1,044.9
	SNP	Amy Patience	18.9	976	995.9	996.5	1,013.9	1,110.3
	Independent	Ryan Edwards	10.5	541	662.1	667.9	706.01	769.04	788.4	1,169.5
	Independent	Dennis Slater (incumbent)	10.2	527	657.6	662.8	692.6	760.3	778.2
	Scottish Green	James Mackessack-Leitch	4.7	240	286.8	287.8	346.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Mitchell	2.3	116	200.7	201.3
Electorate: 10,737 Valid: 5,142 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,029 Turnout: 5,186 (48.3%)

Heldon and Laich by-election (1 October 2015) - 1 seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Independent	Dennis Slater	41.1	1,323	1,382	1,775
	SNP	Joyce O'Hara	31.1	1,003	1,054	1,100
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	21.8	703	725
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	6.0	192
Electorate: 11,070 Valid: 3,221 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 1,612 Turnout: 29.3%

Heldon and Laich by-election (7 March 2013) - 1 seat^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	John Cowe	31.4	972	1,020	1,058	1,273	1,507
	SNP	Stuart Crowther	26.9	833	844	891	960	1,005
	Conservative	Pete Bloomfield	15.3	473	490	516	558
	Independent	Nick Traynor	13.5	418	459	496
	Scottish Green	James Edward Mackessack-Leitch	7.4	228	242
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton	5.7	175
Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 3,099 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1,550 Turnout: 29.7%

Heldon and Laich - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Carolle Ralph	20.0	797	807
	Independent	Eric McGillivray (incumbent)	18.4	735	828
	Conservative	Allan Wright (incumbent)	17.3	688	699	703	704	764	836
	SNP	David Stewart (incumbent)	17.0	678	687	692	699	741
	Independent	Chris Tuke	14.7	584	659	670	670	764	922
	Scottish Green	James Mackessack-Leitch	6.6	262	279	281	282
	Independent	John Gordon	6.1	241
Electorate: 10,287 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 798 Turnout: 38.7%

Heldon and Laich- 4 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	David Stewart	21.0	1,646
	Independent	Eric McGillivray	15.3	813	886	905	945	957	1,002	1,062
	Independent	John Hogg	14.0	744	781	787	797	810	844	941	952	1,099
	Conservative	Allan Wright	11.4	606	634	640	645	653	671	726	730	799
	Independent	Chris Tuke	10.0	531	564	594	607	615	635	677	688
	Independent	Harry Halkett	6.7	354	399	401	418	502	621
	Independent	Eric Paton	4.8	254	311	315	326	366
	Independent	Des Donaldson	2.9	155	196	203	215
	Independent	Martyn Harris	2.2	114	126	141
	Independent	Neil Hutchinson	1.7	92	104
Valid: 5,309 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,062 Turnout: 54.4%

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^ "Local Government By-Election Ward 5 Heldon and Laich 2015". Moray Council. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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