Elgin City North (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Elgin City North is one of the eight wards used to elect members of the Moray Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Mike Shand
(SNP) 		John Russell
(Ind.) 		Barry Jarvis
(Labour)
2012 Patsy Gowans
(SNP)
2014 by Kirsty Reid
(SNP)
2017 Paula Coy
(SNP) 		Sandy Cooper
(Ind.) 		Frank Brown
(Conservative)
2019 by Maria McLean
(Conservative)
2022 Jérémie Fernandes
(SNP) 		Sandy Keith
(Labour) 		Amber Dunbar
(Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 Moray Council election
Elgin City North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Jérémie Fernandes 32.6 1,199
Labour Sandy Keith 28.5 1,048
Conservative Amber Dunbar 25.9 952
Independent Graham Jarvis 4.6 170
Scottish Green Rebecca Kail 4.5 165
Liberal Democrats Neil Alexander 3.9 144
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,678   Spoilt: 32   Quota: 920   Turnout: 40.2%  

2017 by-election

Elgin City North by-election (13 July 2017)
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    
Electorate: 9,354   Valid: 2,307   Spoilt: 17   Quota: 1153.5   Turnout: 24.8%  

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 Moray Council election
Elgin City North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Frank Brown 32.9 1,181          
Independent Sandy Cooper 14.9 532 606 767 933    
SNP Paula Coy 17.7 634 639 672 714 720 1,279
SNP Patsy Gowans (incumbent) 15.0 537 540 557 630 634  
Labour Nick Taylor 11.9 429 477 536      
Independent Billy Adams 7.4 266 339        
Electorate: 9,237   Valid: 3,579   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 895   Turnout: 39.5%  

2014 by-election

Elgin City North By-election (11 December 2014) - 1 Seat[2]
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
Labour Craig Graham 15.0 287 305 316 368  
Conservative Alex Griffiths 14.2 273 280 299    
UKIP Ramsay Urquhart 4.2 81 84      
Scottish Green Morvern Forrest 4.0 77        
Electorate: 9,263   Valid: 1,918   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 960   Turnout: 20.9%  

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 Moray Council election
Elgin City North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Barry Jarvis (incumbent) 29.9 766        
SNP Mike Shand (incumbent) 23.2 596 613 662    
SNP Patsy Gowans 20.1 515 527 550 567 688
Conservative Frank Brown 17.5 448 467 566 566  
Independent Darren Margach 9.4 241 274      
Electorate: 8,386   Valid: 2,566   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 642   Turnout: 30.6%  

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 Moray Council election
Elgin City North- 3 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Mike Shand 41.3 1,500      
Labour Barry Jarvis 23.9 866 1,005    
Independent John Russell 18.5 671 837 876 1,349
Conservative Frank Brown 16.3 592 648 666  
Valid: 3,629   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 908   Turnout: 45.8%  

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ "SNP gain seat in Elgin by-election - the Moray Council". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.