Moray Council elections

Moray Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year Conservative SNP Labour Independent
1974 0 1 0 17
1977 0 3 0 15
1980 0 3 0 15
1984[a] 0 2 1 15
1988 0 7 2 9
1992 1 7 1 9
  1. ^ New ward boundaries.[1]

As a unitary authority

Year Conservative SNP Labour Liberal Democrats Green Independent
1995 0 13 3 0 0 2
1999[a] 1 2 6 2 0 15
2003 1 3 5 1 0 16
2007[b] 3 9 2 0 0 12
2012 3 10 3 0 0 10
2017[c] 8 9 1 0 0 8
2022 11 8 3 1 1 2
  1. ^ New ward boundaries.[2]
  2. ^ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
  3. ^ New ward boundaries.[3]

Results maps

  • 2012 results map
  • 2017 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Buckie West By-Election 1 July 2004[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Mackay 552 63.6 +63.6
SNP Gordon McDonald 196 22.6 −9.7
Conservative Ian Moir 89 10.3 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Holms 31 3.6 +3.6
Majority 356 41.0
Turnout 868
Independent hold Swing
Speyside By-Election 12 August 2004[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP 286 30.8 +4.0
Independent 244 26.3 +26.3
Independent 187 20.1 +20.1
Conservative 121 13.0 +13.0
Independent 91 9.8 +9.8
Majority 42 4.5
Turnout 929
SNP gain from Independent Swing
Speyside By-Election 11 November 2004[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrina Taylor[8] 383 37.6 +37.6
Conservative 242 23.8 +10.8
Independent 232 22.8 +22.8
Independent 99 9.7 +9.7
Liberal Democrats 62 6.1 +6.1
Majority 141 13.9
Turnout 1,018
Independent gain from SNP Swing

2007-2012

Elgin City South By-Election 14 February 2008[9]
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                
SNP gain from Independent
Valid: 2,087   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,044   Turnout: 2,112  
Forres By-Election 11 November 2010[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Lorna Creswell 17.5 562 576 615 686 726 878 999 1,399
SNP Aaron John McLean 24.1 773 774 789 800 837 899 950 1,045
Independent Anne Audrey Skene 14.4 463 464 491 541 572 695 860  
Conservative Paul McBain 14.4 463 464 476 486 491 511    
Scottish Green Fabio Villani 12.5 401 405 419 433 459      
Labour Mark Cascarino 6.1 195 195 201 205        
Independent Janet Kennedy 6.0 192 194 201          
Scottish Senior Citizens Andy Anderson 4.1 132 135            
Independent Jane Elizabeth Cotton 0.9 30              
Independent gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,210   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,606   Turnout: 3,233  

2012-2017

Heldon and Laich By-Election 7 March 2013[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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        
Independent gain from SNP
Valid: 3,099   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,550   Turnout: 3,137  
Buckie By-Election 30 January 2014[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Independent Gordon Cowie 43.9 830 907 1,034
SNP Linda McDonald 35.5 670 679 710
Independent Marc Macrae 11.7 220 248  
Conservative Margaret Gambles 7.6 143    
Independent hold
Valid: 1,889   Spoilt: 26   Quota: 933   Turnout: 1,915  
Elgin City North By-Election 11 December 2014[13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Kirsty Ella Reid 38.0 728 748 764 773 850
Independent Sandy Cooper 24.6 472 483 499 595 693
UKIP Craig Ahab Graham 15.0 287 305 316 368  
Conservative Alex Griffiths 14.2 273 280 299    
Labour Ramsay Urquhart 4.2 81 84      
Scottish Green Morvern Forrest 4.0 77        
SNP gain from Labour
Valid: 1,918   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 960   Turnout: 1,938  
Buckie By-Election 26 March 2015[14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Sonya Warren 59.5 1,485
Independent Norman Calder 27.9 696
Conservative Tim Eagle 12.6 315
SNP gain from Independent
Valid: 2,496   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 1,249   Turnout: 2,521  
Heldon and Laich By-Election 1 October 2015[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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    
Independent hold
Valid: 3,221   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 1,612   Turnout: 3,248  

2017-2022

Elgin City North By-Election 13 July 2017[16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Conservative Maria McLean 40.0 923 970 1,061
SNP Patsy Gowans 38.8 895 904 994
Labour Nick Taylor 15.8 365 389  
Independent Terry Monaghan 5.4 124    
Conservative gain from Independent
Electorate: 9,354   Valid: 2,307   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1,155   Turnout: 2,324  
Keith and Cullen By-Election 21 November 2019[17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Conservative Laura Powell 41.5 1,142 1,177 1,339
SNP Jock McKay 38.1 1,047 1,077 1,184
Independent Rob Barsby 12.7 349 430  
Liberal Democrats Ian Aitchison 7.7 212    
Conservative gain from Independent
Valid: 2,778   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,376   Turnout: 2,806  

2022-2027

Buckie By-Election 3 November 2022[18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP John Stuart 48.9 1,172 1,181 1,192 1,269
Conservative Tim Eagle 36.7 879 884 904 989
Labour Keighley Goldie 10.0 239 247 276  
Liberal Democrats Les Tarr 2.8 67 78    
Independent Neil Houlden 1.6 38      
SNP gain from Liberal Democrats
Valid: 2,395   Spoilt: 13   Quota: 1,199   Turnout: 2,408  
Elgin City South By-Election 7 November 2024[19]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Conservative Elaine Kirby 31.6 834 962 1,160
SNP Laura Mitchell 32.2 849 928 1,093
Labour Catriona McBain 18.5 487 615  
Liberal Democrats Neil Alexander 17.7 466    
Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 2,636   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 1,319   Turnout: 2,669  

References

  1. ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Moray Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Moray Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Buckie West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  5. ^ "2004" (PDF). Buckie Heritage. p. 8. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Speyside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Speyside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Sons of Cornwall make sole byelection gain". The Guardian. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Ward 7 - Elgin City South By-Election" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Declaration of Results from Local Government By-Election" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Local Government By-Election Electoral Ward No. 5 - Heldon and Laich (Transfers)" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Local Government By-Election Ward 3 - Buckie" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Local Government By-Election Ward 6 - Elgin City North" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Local Government By-Election - Ward 3 - Buckie" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Heldon and Laich by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Local Government By-Election Ward 6 - Elgin City North" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Local Government By-Election Ward 2 - Keith and Cullen" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Council By-Election Ward 3 - Buckie" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  19. ^ "STV Table - Ward 7 - Elgin South" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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