Forres (ward)

Forres 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		Irene Ogilvie (SNP)		Jeff Hamilton (Independent)		Lee Bell (Independent)		Iain Young (Conservative)
2010 by			Lorna Creswell (Independent)
2012	Aaron McLean (SNP)	George Alexander (Independent)		Anne Skene (Independent)
2017					Claire Feaver (Conservative)
2022	Scott Lawrence (SNP)		Paul McBain (Conservative)	Kathleen Robertson (Conservative)		Draeyk Van Der Horn (Green)

Election Results

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 Moray Council election

Forres - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Scott Lawrence	34.3	2,077
	Conservative	Kathleen Robertson	25.0	1,516
	Conservative	Paul McBain	15.9	962	991	1,240
	Labour	James Hynam	10.6	643	830	845	852	1,001
	Green	Draeyk Van der Horn	9.1	550	928	933	934	1,047	1,514
	Independent	Shaun Moat	5.1	309	403	417	424
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,128   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 49.0%

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 Moray Council election

Forres - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Claire Feaver	35.4	2,094
	SNP	Aaron McLean (incumbent)	23.5	1,389
	Independent	George Alexander (incumbent)	16.6	981	1,247
	Green	Fabio Villani	10.4	613	671	767	773	778	835
	Independent	Lorna Creswell (incumbent)	9.4	555	739	779	815	841	1,015	1,505
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton	4.1	243	335	349	360	381
	Independent	Terry Monaghan	0.6	36	54	60	62
Electorate: 12,116   Valid: 5,911   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 49.2%

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 Moray Council election

Forres - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	George Alexander	25.2	1,134
	Independent	Lorna Creswell (incumbent)	12.8	575	650	676	690	815	867	871	987
	SNP	Aaron McLean	12.2	547	559	569	575	588	924
	Conservative	Paul McBain	10.4	466	484	487	507	529	540	541
	Green	Fabio Villani	10.2	457	475	488	492	524	549	552	614	631
	SNP	Irene Ogilvie (incumbent)	9.5	429	440	444	447	478
	Independent	Anne Audrey Skene	9.1	410	441	451	469	550	569	572	732	764	1,073
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton (incumbent)	7.0	314	344	350	356
	UKIP	Ian Meiklejohn	2.0	91	96	99
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Andy Anderson	1.7	78	85
Electorate: 10,999   Valid: 4,501   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 901   Turnout: 40.9%

2010 by-election

Forres by-election (11 November 2010) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Aaron John McLean	24.1	773	774	789	800	837	899	950	1,045
	Independent	Lorna Creswell	17.5	562	576	615	686	726	878	999	1,399
	Independent	Anne Audrey Skene	14.4	463	464	491	541	572	695	860
	Conservative	Paul McBain	14.4	463	464	476	486	491	511
	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
Electorate: 11,224   Valid: 3,210   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 1,606   Turnout: 28.8%

Source:^[2]

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 Moray Council election

Forres- 4 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Irene Ogilvie	29.8	1,602
	Conservative	Iain Young	28.8	1,546
	Independent	Jeff Hamilton	13.3	716	789	880	992	1,122
	Independent	Lee Bell	9.0	482	540	610	672	831	849	1,160
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Thomas Anderson	8.2	438	549	615	653	719	726
	Independent	Pat Carroll	6.1	326	368	413	492
	Independent	Rick Walker	4.9	261	294	356
Valid: 5,371   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,075   Turnout: 51.1%