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Troup (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 John Duncan
(Conservative)
Mitchell Burnett
(SNP)
Sydney Mair
(Independent)
2008 Bob Watson
(SNP)
2012 Hamish Partridge
(SNP/
Independent)
Mark Findlater
(Independent/ Conservative)
2014 Ross Cassie
(SNP)
2017
2022 Richard Menard
(Conservative)

Election Results

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2022 election

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Troup − 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Mark Findlater (incumbent) 42.5 1,305        
SNP Ross Cassie (incumbent) 37.3 1,144        
Liberal Democrats Ian Bailey 8.5 260 299 378 546  
Conservative Richard Menard 7.7 236 647 675 697 894
Scottish Green Simon Scott 4.1 125 135 300    
Electorate: 7,641   Valid: 3,070   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 768   Turnout: 40.9%  

Source:[2][3]

2017 Election

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2017 Aberdeenshire Council election[4]

Troup - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Mark Findlater (incumbent) 44.79% 1,535          
Independent Hamish Partridge (incumbent) 14.97% 513 721 759 912    
SNP Ross Cassie (incumbent) 20.63% 707 740 759 795 804 1,165
SNP Ricky Taylor 11.47% 393 406 420 438 443  
Liberal Democrats Sandy Leslie 4.17% 143 278 355      
Labour Ray Stephen 3.97% 136 201        
Electorate: 7,902   Valid: 3,427   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 857   Turnout: 44.20%  

2014 By-election

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Troup By-election (27 November 2014) - [5] 1 Seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Ross Cassie 46.1% 1,159 1,162 1,183 1,205 1,244 1,352
Conservative Iain Taylor 22.8% 574 580 588 604 645 718
Independent Alan Still 15.5% 391 408 415 423 446  
Liberal Democrats Ann Bell 5.6% 141 141 149 180    
Labour Alan Duffill 5.6% 140 142 148      
Scottish Green Darren Duncan 2.7% 68 69        
Independent Philip Mitchell 1.7% 43          
Valid: 2,516   Quota: 1,259   Turnout: (32.39%)  

2012 Election

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2012 Aberdeenshire Council election[6]

Troup - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Hamish Partridge††††††† 25.44 723            
Conservative John Duncan (incumbent) ††† 20.87 593 593.5 604.5 615.5 645.6 709.6 777.6
Independent Mark Findlater†††††† 15.52 441 441.1 446.2 479.2 520.2 683.3 796.9
SNP Bob Watson (incumbent) 14.25 405 414.2 421.2 438.4 467.4 550.6  
Independent Sydney Mair (incumbent) 12.10 344 344.5 346.5 366.5 393.6    
Labour Alan Duffill 6.51 185 185.2 195.2 199.2      
Independent Bill Rebecca 3.34 95 95.5 108.5        
Liberal Democrats Sandy Leslie 1.97 56 56.1          
Electorate: 7,609   Valid: 2,842   Spoilt: 37   Quota: 711   Turnout: 2,879 (37.35%)  

2008 By-election

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There was a Troup by-election held on 1 May 2008 to fill the vacancy which arose with the death of the SNP's Michael Burnett on 4 February 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's Bob Watson on 1 May 2008

Troup by-election, 1 May 2008[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Bob Watson 62.83 1,721
Conservative Lisa Watt 18.80 515
Liberal Democrats Edward Acton 18.36 503
SNP hold Swing
Electorate: 7,589   Valid: 2,739   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 2,755 (36.3%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Troup
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP Mitchell Burnett 47.7 1,798  
Conservative John Duncan 24.3 914 1,060
Independent Sydney Mair 20.4 770 975
Liberal Democrats Ian Findlay 7.6 286 422
Electorate: -   Valid: 3,768   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 943   Turnout: 50.91%  

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
  2. ^ "Local Government Election 2022 results: Ward 2 - Troup". Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 6 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Government Elections 2017 - Results - Aberdeenshire Council". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Scottish Elections :: Troup By-Election 2014 - election result". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Local Election Results 2007". www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)