Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford (ward)

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford is one of the nineteen wards used to elect members of the Aberdeenshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Joanna Strathdee (SNP)		Richard C Stroud (Liberal Democrats)		Alistair Ross (Liberal Democrats)		Moira Ingleby (Conservative)
2012			John Latham/ (Independent)
2015	Gwyneth Petrie (SNP)			Margo Stewart (Conservative)
2017			Robbie Withey (Conservative/ Independent) [2]		John Latham (Liberal Democrats)
2022				Jeff Goodhall (Liberal Democrats)	Lauren Knight (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Gwyneth Petrie (incumbent)	34.5	1,945
	Conservative	Lauren Knight	26.5	1,491
	Conservative	Robbie Withey (incumbent)[note 1]	14.0	788	820	1,047	1,055	1,092	1,094	1,277
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Goodhall	13.9	784	976	1,021	1,033	1,143
	Labour	Bryan Scott Begg	7.8	441	630	651	655	728	735
	Independent	Rosie Leagas	2.7	152	264	276	298
	Scottish Libertarian	Stuart Whitby	0.6	34	58	62
Electorate: 12,148   Valid: 5,635   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,128   Turnout: 47.0%

Source:^[4][5]

2017 Election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election^[6]

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Moira Ingleby (incumbent)	30.69	1,741
	Conservative	Robbie Withey	20.43	1,159
	Liberal Democrats	John Latham (incumbent)	17.54	995	1,212.54
	SNP	Gwyneth Petrie (incumbent)	15.78	895	924.24	930.54	931.06	994.03	1,639.02
	SNP	Kate Monahan	10.38	589	594.92	601.66	602.01	701.6
	Labour	Bryan Begg	5.18	294	363.27	390.63	396.05
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,673   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,135   Turnout: 5,785 (47.8%)

2015 By-election

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford By-election (5 November 2015) ^[7] - 2 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Margo Stewart	36.3%	1,469
	SNP	Gwyneth Petrie	35.4%	1,433
	Liberal Democrats	David Millican	22.9%	928
	Labour	Sarah Flavell	4.8%	196
	Scottish Libertarian	Derek Scott	0.5%	20
Valid: 4,046   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,349   Turnout: 4,096 (34.5%)

2012 Election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election^[8]

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Moira Ingleby (incumbent)	26.47%	1,091
	SNP	Joanna Strathdee (incumbent)††††	20.14%	830
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Ross (incumbent)†††††	18.24%	752	831.2
	SNP	Tom Murray	14.56%	600	620.2	620.97	624.8	683.8
	Independent	John Latham	14.39%	593	650.8	653.2	653.4	760.6	995.9
	Scottish Green	Jake Williams	6.21%	256	274.3	275.6	275.9
Electorate: 11,265   Valid: 4,122   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 825   Turnout: 4,170 (36.59%)

2007 Election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Joanna Strathdee	30.7	1,839
	Conservative	Moira Ingleby	27.3	1,635
	Liberal Democrats	Richard C Stroud	16.4	978	1,077	1,145	1,170	1,280
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Ross	13.6	812	907	979	1,012	1,088	1,143	1,378
	Labour	Bryan Begg	6.3	375	424	444	456	501	508
	Scottish Green	Jake Williams	4.2	251	340	376	421
	Independent	David Hutchison	1.5	91	135	177
Electorate:     Valid: 5,981   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,197   Turnout: 54.68%

Notes

1. Councillor Robbie Withey was suspended from the Conservative Party in April 2022 after it was alleged he grabbed a man by the throat. As this was after the close of nomination of candidates for the election in May, he still appeared on the ballot as a Conservative candidate.^[3]