Central Buchan (ward)

Central Buchan 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		Sandy Stronach (SNP)		Norman Smith (Independent)		Albert Howe (Independent)		Peter Chapman (Conservative)
2012	Jim Ingram (SNP)		Lenny Pirie (SNP)		Edie Chapman (Conservative)
2017			Anne Simpson (Liberal Democrats)		Marion Buchan (Conservative)
2022	David Mair (SNP)			Geoff Crowson (SNP)	Hannah Powell (Conservative)
2024 by-		Peter Chapman (Conservative)

Election results

2024 by-election

Central Buchan by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	41.3	1,260	1,272	1,292	1,430	1,614
	SNP	Sarah Wilken	28.5	869	879	897	925	1,069
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bailey	14.3	435	452	463	507
	Reform UK	Andrew Curwen	10.8	331	338	358
	Scottish Family	Phil Reynolds	2.7	83	89
	Independent	Dean Ward	2.3	71
Electorate: 11,408   Valid: 3,049   Quota: 1,525   Turnout: 27.0%

Source:^[2][3]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Aberdeenshire Council election

Central Buchan − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Hannah Powell	18.7	871	883	885	889	902	1,020
	SNP	David Mair	16.0	744	750	774	797	812	862	864	866	901
	SNP	Geoff Crowson	15.1	705	710	740	788	810	843	844	845	881
	Conservative	Steve Owen	14.6	679	690	693	697	714	759	831	834
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson (incumbent)	13.0	607	613	617	641	715	946
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	11.3	527	535	551	561	597
	Labour	Arif Mahmood	4.6	213	215	223	239
	Scottish Green	Jamie Cole-Hamilton	2.9	135	138	145
	Alba	Charlotte Diana Cross	2.4	111	117
	Scottish Family	Joanna Moore	1.4	65
Electorate: 11,170   Valid: 4,657   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 932   Turnout: 42.5%

Source:^[4][5]

2017 election

2017 Aberdeenshire Council election^[6]

Central Buchan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Marion Buchan	37.28%	1,808
	SNP	Jim Ingram (incumbent)	24.50%	1,188
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	17.79%	863	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	10.41%	505	760	777	854	1,169
	SNP	Lenny Pirie (incumbent)	10.02%	486	518	700	728
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,850   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 971   Turnout: 44.3%

2012 election

2012 Aberdeenshire Council election^[7]

Central Buchan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jim Ingram	29.23	1,141
	Independent	Norman Smith (incumbent)	20.70	808
	Conservative	Edie Chapman	19.9	780	791.7
	SNP	Lenny Pirie	11.68	456	746.9	751.4	752.6	768.1	801.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	5.64	220	233.3	236.6	238.5	258.2	302.8
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.25	205	215.4	216.6	226.4
	Independent	Hugh Livingstone	4.82	188	198.4	206.1	207.9	256.2	302.8
	Independent	David S. Ross	2.72	106	112.6	118.6
Electorate: 10,231   Valid: 3,904   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 781   Turnout: 3,954 (38.16%)

2007 election

2007 Aberdeenshire Council election

Central Buchan

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Sandy Stronach	20.2	1,096
	Independent	Norman Smith	19.4	1,054	1,054	1,080	1,142
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	17.2	933	933	974	1,022	1,031	1,087
	Independent	Albert Howe	14.6	790	790	822	911	933	1,016	1,016	1,283
	SNP	Norma Thomson	13.2	718	726	771	804	812	870	870
	Labour	Carol Donald	5.9	318	318	363	378	381
	Independent	Jim Conn	4.9	265	265	290
	Liberal Democrats	Betty May	4.7	253	253
Electorate: -   Valid: 5,427   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,086   Turnout: 55.42%