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2022 Aberdeen City Council election

Elections to Aberdeen City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

2022 Aberdeen City Council election
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All 45 seats to Aberdeen City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Registered165,847
Turnout41.2%
  First party Second party
 
SNP
Lab
Leader Alex Nicoll Jenny Laing
Party SNP Labour
Leader's seat Kincorth/Nigg/ Cove Midstocket/ Rosemount (retiring)
Last election 19 seats, 32.6% 9 seats, 16.9%
Seats before 19 9
Seats won 20 11
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 23,472 11,731
Percentage 35.0% 17.5%
Swing Increase 2.8% Decrease 0.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Con
LD
Leader Ryan Houghton Ian Yuill
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Airyhall/Broomhill/ Garthdee Airyhall/Broomhill/ Garthdee
Last election 11 seats, 25.0% 4 seats, 15.4%
Seats before 10 3
Seats won 8 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 14,493 9,404
Percentage 21.6% 14.0%
Swing Decrease 3.1% Decrease 1.2%
  Fifth party
 
Leader Marie Boulton
Party Independent
Leader's seat Lower Deeside
Last election 2 seats, 7.9%
Seats before 2
Seats won 2
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 3,569
Percentage 5.3%
Swing Decrease 2.0%
The 13 multi-member wards.
Leader before election

Jenny Laing
(Aberdeen Labour)
No overall control

Co-leaders after election

Alex Nicoll (SNP)
& Ian Yuill (Lib Dem)
No overall control

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party on the council, increasing their number by one to 20 councillors out of 45. Labour – standing under the Aberdeen Labour moniker – regained some of the ground it had lost at the previous election to overtake the Conservatives for second place with 11 councillors (up two), while the Conservatives lost three seats to return eight councillors. The number of Liberal Democrats (four) and independent candidates (two) elected was unchanged, though there had been four independent councillors immediately prior to the election due to a suspension and a resignation.

Following the election, a coalition between the SNP and Liberal Democrats was formed to run the council, taking over from the incumbent Aberdeen Labour administration; this group had been in control of the council following a deal with the Conservatives in 2017 that was not sanctioned by the party hierarchy and resulted in the group being suspended from Labour. Alex Nicoll, SNP group leader, and Ian Yuill, Liberal Democrat group leader, were elected as co-leaders of the council.

Background

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Previous election

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Main article: 2017 Aberdeen City Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats on the council for the first time. The SNP gained four seats to hold 19, four shy of an overall majority, while Labour lost eight seats, which left them with nine as they fell from the largest party to third place. The Conservatives gained eight seats to record their best result in Aberdeen since 1980 with 11 seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost one seat to hold four. Two independent councillors were also elected.[1][2]

A coalition was formed after the 2017 election between Labour, the Conservatives and independent councillors to run the council.[3] This resulted in the suspension of the nine Labour councillors from the national party as its executive had not approved the coalition. The suspended Labour councillors then sat as the "Aberdeen Labour" group on the council.[4][5] The Labour Party eventually agreed to re-admit the Aberdeen Labour group in 2021, allowing them to stand as official Labour candidates in the 2022 election.[6] In February 2022, the UK Labour Party registered "Aberdeen Labour" as an official alternative description that its candidates could use on the ballot papers.[7]

2017 Aberdeen City Council election result
Party Seats Vote share
SNP 19 32.4%
Conservatives 11 24.7%
Labour 9 17.7%
Liberal Democrats 4 15.2%
Independent 2 7.4%

Source:[1][2]

Electoral system

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The election used the 13 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 45 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[8]

Composition

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Following the 2017 election, there were two changes in the political composition of the council. Conservative councillor Alan Donnelly was suspended from the party and subsequently resigned after he was convicted of sexual assault,[9] and Liberal Democrat councillor Jennifer Stewart resigned from the party to become an independent.[10] Following the coalition agreement between Labour and the Conservatives, the nine Labour councillors were suspended and sat as Aberdeen Labour.[4]

Three by-elections were held for four seats. These resulted in an SNP/Conservative hold[11] and two SNP holds.[12][13]

Composition of Aberdeen City Council
Party 2017 result Dissolution
SNP 19 19
Conservative 11 10
Labour 9 9
Liberal Democrats 4 3
Independents 2 4

Retiring councillors

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Retiring councillors
Ward Party Retiring councillor
Bridge of Don Independent John Reynolds
Northfield/Mastrick North SNP Jackie Dunbar
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill Aberdeen Labour Lesley Dunbar
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen SNP Jim Noble
Midstocket/Rosemount Aberdeen Labour Jenny Laing
Conservative Tom Mason
Lower Deeside Conservative Philip Bell
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells Conservative Claire Imrie
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee Conservative Douglas Lumsden
Torry/Ferryhill SNP Audrey Nicoll
Aberdeen Labour Yvonne Allan
Conservative Alan Donnelly
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove Aberdeen Labour Sarah Duncan
Conservative Philip Sellar

Source:[2][14]

Candidates

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The total number of candidates fell from 101 in 2017 to 99. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 23 (two less than in 2017) across the 13 wards. The Conservatives overtook Labour by fielding 17 candidates – three more than five years previous. Labour, which had put forward 20 candidates in 2017, stood 15 candidates, all of whom used the "Aberdeen Labour" description. The 13 candidates fielded by the Liberal Democrats were one less than in 2017. For the first time in an Aberdeen City election, the Greens contested every ward by fielding 13 candidates – almost double the number they had put forward in 2017. The number of independent candidates fell from 13 to six, while two Libertarian candidates contested the election – an increase of one. Contesting elections in Aberdeen City for the first time were the Alba Party (four candidates), the Scottish Family Party (five) and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) (one). Unlike the 2017 election, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the National Front and Solidarity did not put forward any candidates.[2][14]

Results

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2022 Aberdeen City Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 20 1 0   1 44.4 35.0 23,472   2.6
  Labour 11 2 0   2 24.4 17.5 11,731   0.2
  Conservative 8 0 3   3 17.8 21.5 14,424   3.2
  Liberal Democrats 4 1 1   8.9 14.0 9,404   1.2
  Independent 2 1 1   4.4 5.3 3,569   2.1
  Scottish Green 0 0 0   0 5.1 3,414   2.9
  Alba 0 0 0   0 0.7 464 New
  Scottish Family 0 0 0   0 0.6 419 New
  Scottish Libertarian 0 0 0   0 0.1 56   0.1
  TUSC 0 0 0   0 0.0 38 New
Total 45 66,991

Source: [15]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[16][17]

Ward summary

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2022 Aberdeen City Council election results by ward
Ward % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats Total
SNP Lab Con Lib Dem Ind Others
Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone 41.3 2 17.8 1 26.2 1 8.8 0 5.9 0 4
Bridge of Don 40.4 2 15.3 1 29.1 1 10.9 0 4.4 0 4
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill 33.1 1 13.6 1 12.0 0 37.4 1 3.9 0 3
Northfield/Mastrick North 53.3 2 26.3 1 10.2 0 4.1 0 4.2 0 3
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill 44.4 2 24.6 1 17.1 0 6.3 0 7.6 0 3
Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen 43.3 2 25.7 1 13.3 0 4.5 0 2.9 0 9.8 0 3
Midstocket/Rosemount 37.8 1 21.5 1 24.5 1 7.0 0 9.3 0 3
George Street/Harbour 42.2 2 19.8 1 10.9 0 11.4 1 1.8 0 13.8 0 4
Lower Deeside 15.3 0 23.8 1 30.1 1 4.6 0 21.7 1 4.5 0 3
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells 18.4 1 6.3 0 25.4 1 25.4 1 20.9 1 3.6 0 4
Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee 27.5 1 10.7 0 21.1 1 36.5 1 4.2 0 3
Torry/Ferryhill 39.8 2 17.3 1 19.4 1 6.4 0 6.3 0 10.8 0 4
Kincorth/Nigg/Cove 45.7 2 18.8 1 21.1 1 6.5 0 7.7 0 4
Total 35.0 20 17.5 11 21.6 8 14.0 4 5.3 2 6.3 0 45

Seats changing hands

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Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands
Seat 2017 2022
Party Member Party Member
Bridge of Don Independent John Reynolds Labour Nurul Hoque Ali
Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill Conservative John Wheeler Labour Kate Blake
Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill Conservative Freddie John SNP Hazel Cameron
George Street/Harbour Conservative Ryan Houghton Liberal Democrats Desmond Bouse
Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells Liberal Democrats Jennifer Stewart Independent Jennifer Stewart[Note 1]
Notes
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    Note 1: In 2017, Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate but later resigned from the party.[10]

Source:[2][15]

Ward results

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Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Gill Al-Samarai (incumbent) 23.3 1,538            
Conservative Avril MacKenzie (incumbent) 21.0 1,387            
SNP Neil MacGregor (incumbent) 18.0 1,188 1,362          
Labour Barney Crockett (incumbent)[note 1] 17.8 1,174 1,184 1,187 1,193 1,207 1,311 1,408
Liberal Democrats Peter Heald 8.8 579 584 587 592 608 717 850
Conservative Braiden Smith 5.2 341 341 397 398 419 433  
Scottish Green William Ball 4.5 296 312 312 327 345    
Scottish Family Amy-Marie Stratton 1.4 95 96 96 98      
Electorate: 16,446   Valid: 6,598   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,320   Turnout: 41.1%  

Source:[19][20]

Bridge of Don

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The SNP (2) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from an independent.

Bridge of Don – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Alison Alphonse (incumbent) 24.3 1,649              
Conservative Sarah Cross (incumbent) 23.5 1,594              
SNP Jessica Mennie (incumbent) 16.1 1,094 1,339 1,341 1,347 1,450      
Labour Nurul Hoque Ali 15.3 1,040 1,053 1,066 1,076 1,118 1,136 1,246 1,708
Liberal Democrats Mevrick Renson Fernandes 10.9 739 748 762 783 833 852 1,033  
Conservative Matthew Watt 5.6 379 380 564 578 583 585    
Scottish Green Sylvia Hardie 3.1 210 220 221 226        
Scottish Family Harald Rainer Bartl 1.3 88 88 90          
Electorate: 15,216   Valid: 6,793   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,359   Turnout: 45.5%  

Source:[21][22]

Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill

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The Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Kingswells/Sheddocksley/Summerhill – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Liberal Democrats Steve Delaney (incumbent) 37.4 1,778            
SNP David John Cameron (incumbent) 26.6 1,265            
Labour Kate Blake 13.6 644 786 793 802 851 1,033 1,364
Conservative John Wheeler (incumbent) 12.0 571 698 699 728 742 758  
SNP Sam Ochola 6.5 310 390 450 458 534    
Scottish Green David John McGrath 2.6 124 179 183 199      
Scottish Family Dawn Smith 1.3 60 76 77        
Electorate: 11,504   Valid: 4,752   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,189   Turnout: 42.0%  

Source:[23][24]

Northfield/Mastrick North

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Northfield/Mastrick North – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Donna Clark 43.2 1,586        
Labour Gordon Graham (incumbent) 22.6 829 891 901 917 932
Conservative Nestor Carlsen-Devereux 10.2 373 383 388 395 400
SNP Ciarán McRae (incumbent) 10.1 370 857 860 908 964
Liberal Democrats Sam Forman 4.1 151 167 173 177 199
Labour Graeme Stephen Lawrence 3.7 136 145 148 153 156
Scottish Green Louise McCafferty 2.7 100 114 118 122  
Alba David Maitland 2.5 91 103 109    
TUSC Lucas Smith Grant 1.0 38 42      
Electorate: 11,686   Valid: 3,674   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 919   Turnout: 32.5%  

Source:[25][26]

Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill

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The SNP retained the seat they won at the previous election and gained one seat from the Conservatives while Labour retained their only seat.

Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Hazel Cameron 31.1 1,333            
Labour Deena Tissera 23.8 1,022 1,033 1,050        
Conservative Freddie John (incumbent) 16.6 711 713 731 732 748 847  
SNP Neil Copland (incumbent) 11.9 511 762 778 781 875 943 1,080
Liberal Democrats Sam Petchey 6.1 261 263 277 280 346    
Scottish Green Peter Kennedy 4.9 209 220 240 241      
Scottish Family Jakub Tomasz Kurpanik 2.5 107 108          
Electorate: 11,018   Valid: 4,154   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 38.9%  

Source:[27][28]

Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SNP Alexander McLellan (incumbent) 34.8 911                  
Labour Ross Grant (incumbent) 22.2 582 602 612 621 635 708        
Conservative Vish Archer 10.7 281 283 293 301 315 321 327 357 375  
SNP Kairin Van Sweeden 8.5 222 395 401 415 425 435 442 460 612 665
Scottish Green Ashish Malik 7.3 192 205 215 226 237 245 251 282    
Liberal Democrats Eileen Frances Delaney 4.5 118 121 125 130 135 145 154      
Labour Shona Simpson 3.7 98 104 108 115 127          
Independent Peter Nicol 2.9 77 85 94 103            
Scottish Family Graham Charles Elder 2.6 69 72                
Alba Robert Reid 2.5 66 74 80              
Electorate: 8,872   Valid: 2,616   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 655   Turnout: 30.7%  

Source:[29][30]

Midstocket/Rosemount

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The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Midstocket/Rosemount – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Bill Cormie (incumbent) 27.0 1,264        
Conservative Emma Farquhar 24.5 1,150 1,153 1,221    
Labour Jennifer Bonsell 21.5 1,007 1,014 1,136 1,160 1,334
SNP William MacKenzie 10.8 507 571 585 587 815
Scottish Green Alex Jarvis 9.3 435 442 514 517  
Liberal Democrats William Sell 7.0 326 328      
Electorate: 10,979   Valid: 4,689   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,173   Turnout: 43.5%  

Source:[31][32]

George Street/Harbour

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives.

George Street/Harbour – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Michael Hutchison (incumbent) 22.2 762            
SNP Dell Henrickson (incumbent) 20.0 684 745          
Labour Sandra Macdonald (incumbent) 19.8 678 682 690        
Scottish Green Guy Ingerson 13.8 474 478 506 507 521 548  
Liberal Democrats Desmond Bouse 11.4 391 392 397 398 417 599 871
Conservative Shane Painter 10.9 375 375 377 377 386    
Independent Mac Ahmed Chaudry 1.8 63 63 66 66      
Electorate: 12,378   Valid: 3,427   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 686   Turnout: 28.3%  

Source:[33][34]

Lower Deeside

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Labour, the Conservatives and independent candidate Marie Boulton retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Lower Deeside – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour M. Tauqeer Malik (incumbent) 23.8 1,640 1,698 1,804    
Independent Marie Boulton (incumbent) 21.7 1,496 1,524 1,622 1,651 1,733
Conservative Duncan Massey 17.3 1,194 1,197 1,232 1,242 2,009
SNP Ewan Ritchie 15.3 1,051 1,192 1,234 1,247 1,252
Conservative Gillian Tebberen 12.8 882 890 910 913  
Liberal Democrats Sue Mulkerrin 4.6 316 363      
Scottish Green Daniel Verhamme 4.5 307        
Electorate: 12,555   Valid: 6,886   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,722   Turnout: 55.5%  

Source:[35][36]

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells

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The Liberal Democrats retained one of their two seats and lost one to independent candidate Jennifer Stewart, while the Conservatives and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election. Cllr Stewart was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor in 2017 but subsequently left her party to join the minority Conservative–Aberdeen Labour administration.

Hazlehead/Queens Cross/Countesswells – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Liberal Democrats Martin Greig (incumbent) 25.4 1,967            
Independent Jennifer Stewart (incumbent) 20.9 1,618            
SNP John Cooke (incumbent) 18.4 1,426 1,476 1,487 1,650      
Conservative Ken McLeod 13.2 1,021 1,116 1,134 1,139 1,142 1,262 2,238
Conservative Lars Frevert 12.2 941 1,003 1,011 1,017 1,020 1,123  
Labour Mohamed Mosobbir 6.3 486 552 561 661 703    
Scottish Green Becky Rafferty 3.6 277 319 324        
Electorate: 15,281   Valid: 7,736   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,548   Turnout: 51.1%  

Source:[37][38]

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee

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The Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Airyhall/Broomhill/Garthdee – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Liberal Democrats Ian Yuill (incumbent) 36.5 2,146  
SNP Derek Davidson 27.5 1,615  
Conservative Ryan Houghton 21.1 1,240 1,455
Labour Logan Machell 10.7 627 802
Scottish Green Harry Rafferty 4.2 244 345
Electorate: 11,842   Valid: 5,872   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 1,469   Turnout: 50.1%  

Source:[39][40]

Torry/Ferryhill

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Torry/Ferryhill – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Christian Allard (incumbent) 32.9 1,646              
Conservative Michael Kusznir 19.4 970 975 982 988 996 1,023    
Labour Simon Peter Watson 17.3 864 894 897 900 904 966 972 1,138
Scottish Green Esme Houston 7.8 390 433 433 438 458 513 514 566
SNP Lee Fairfull 6.9 344 824 825 833 891 928 929 950
Liberal Democrats Gregor McAbery 6.4 318 327 329 336 339 372 379  
Independent Simon McLean 4.8 238 247 252 305 331      
Alba Brian Allan 2.5 123 142 146 148        
Independent Paul Dawson 1.5 77 85 87          
Scottish Libertarian Oren Katz 0.5 27 27            
Electorate: 15,012   Valid: 4,997   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 34.1%  

Source:[41][42]

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove

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The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Kincorth/Nigg/Cove – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Alex Nicoll (incumbent) 30.5 1,465      
Conservative Richard Brooks 21.1 1,014      
Labour Lynn Thomson 18.9 904 917 949 966
SNP Miranda Radley (incumbent) 15.2 731 1,171    
Liberal Democrats Moira Henderson 6.5 314 321 335 350
Alba Charlie Abel 3.8 184 191 222 223
Scottish Green Heather Herbert 3.3 156 163 236 237
Scottish Libertarian Bryce Hope 0.6 29 29 30 31
Electorate: 13,058   Valid: 4,797   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 960   Turnout: 37.4%  

Source:[43][44]

Aftermath

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On 18 May, a partnership was formed between the SNP group and the four Liberal Democrat councillors.[45] David Cameron was made Provost, defeating Labour's Lynn Thomson by 25 votes to 9.[46] The SNP's Alex Nicoll and the Liberal Democrats' Ian Yuill were named co-leaders of the council.[47]

Barney Crockett, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in June 2023 to sit as an independent.[18]

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election

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Conservative councillor Avril MacKenzie died on 1 December 2022.[48] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 23 February 2023 and was won by Labour's Graeme Lawrence.[49]

Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone by-election (23 February 2023) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Tomasz Brzezinski 30.5 1,455 1,461 1,465 1,513 1,604 1,674 1,729  
Labour Graeme Lawrence 25.7 1,227 1,233 1,255 1,282 1,306 1,459 1,971 2,596
Conservative Akila Kanthaswamy 24.9 1,190 1,192 1,201 1,205 1,216 1,310    
Liberal Democrats Mevrick Fernandes 9.4 452 460 464 480 491      
Alba Charlie Abel 3.7 178 181 183 191        
Scottish Green Sylvia Hardie 2.3 111 116 121          
Scottish Family Amy-Marie Stratton 1.2 60 68            
Independent Simon McLean 1.1 52              
Electorate: 16,926   Valid: 4,772   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 2,363   Turnout: 28.2%  

Source:[50][51]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cllr Crockett resigned from Labour in June 2023 to sit as an independent.[18]

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