West Garioch (ward)

West Garioch is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alison Grant (SNP)		Sheena Margaret Lonchay (Liberal Democrats)	Hazel Al-Kowarri (Liberal Democrats)
2012		Alison Grant (SNP)	Patricia Odie (Conservative)	Sheena Margaret Lonchay (Liberal Democrats)
2017	Victoria Harper (SNP)	Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats)		Sebastian Leslie (Conservative/ Independent)^[2]
2022	Moray Grant (SNP)	Hazel Smith (Liberal Democrats)		Sam Payne (Conservative)

West Garioch − 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Moray Grant	29.4	1,247
	Conservative	Sam Payne	27.1	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Smith (incumbent)	12.7	539	561	588	598	683	736	956	1,318
	Independent	Sheena Lonchay	10.6	451	468	480	493	536	696	773
	Labour	Sasha Brydon	7.6	324	348	357	365	425	451
	Independent	Sebastian Leslie (incumbent)^{[note 1]}	6.4	273	282	299	306	326
	Scottish Green	Anne Mansfield	4.3	182	251	253	279
	Alba	Elaine Mitchell	1.7	71	88	89
Electorate: 9,227 Valid: 4,237 Spoilt: 44 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 46.4%

Source:^[4]^[5]

West Garioch - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Sebastian Leslie††	42.49	1,809
	SNP	Victoria Harper	19.73	840	858.10	874.33	879.02	979.03	1,487.26
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Smith	15.64	666	1,011.06	1,155.76
	SNP	Elaine Mitchell	10.31	439	450.52	460.75	465.65	577.54
	Scottish Green	Richard Paul Openshaw	7.19	306	353.71	401.52	436.47
	Labour	Peter Young	4.63	197	266.5
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,257 Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 4,310 (47.6%)

West Garioch - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	Allison Grant (incumbent)	42.5	1,327
	Conservative	Patricia Oddie	20.8	651	716.3	774.3	826.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Margaret Lonchay (incumbent) ††	14.0	439	555.6	645.3	1,052.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Linda Al-Kowarri (incumbent)	13.6	426	495.4	601.1
	Scottish Green	Richard Paul Openshaw	9.1	283	407.0
Electorate: 8,621 Valid: 3,126 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 782 Turnout: 3,153 (36.26%)

West Garioch
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Alison Grant	35.5	1,555
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Margaret Lonchay	22.2	973	1,063	1,085	1,169
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Al-Kowarri	18.4	807	884	899	981	1,027	1,358
	Conservative	David Clucas	15.8	694	746	775	821	830
	Labour	Ricky Simpson	6.0	263	293	303
	Independent	Terry Rigby	2.1	93	125
Electorate: - Valid: 4,385 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 55.68%

^ In 2018, West Garioch Conservative councillor Sebastian Leslie was suspended from the party over council tax arrears.^[3]

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Tory councillor Sebastian Leslie suspended by party for a year after missed council tax payments". The Press and Journal. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 10 - West Garioch". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2020.