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
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Irene Ogilvie (SNP) |
Jeff Hamilton (Ind.) |
Lee Bell (Ind.) |
Iain Young (Conservative) | ||||
| 2010 by | Lorna Creswell (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2012 | Aaron McLean (SNP) |
George Alexander (Ind.) |
Anne Audrew Skene (Ind.) | |||||
| 2017 | Claire Feaver (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Scott Lawrence (SNP) |
Paul McBain (Conservative) |
Kathleen Robertson (Conservative) |
Draeyk Van Der Horn (Green) | ||||
Election Results
edit2022 Election
edit| 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 | ||
| Scottish 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
edit| 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 | ||||||
| Scottish 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
edit| 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 | ||||
| Scottish 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
edit| 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 | |||
| Scottish 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
edit| 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% | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Scottish Boundary Commission | he Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Declaration of Results from Local Government By-Election" (PDF). Moray Council. Retrieved 28 July 2024.